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Show TELLS OF DEATH OF BIFFS Details of Murder of Emperor Em-peror and Family Given by Russian Sentry. LONDON, Auc 25. Allcrrcd authentic authen-tic details of Hie killing of Emperor Nicholas of Kussia anil the nlli,?r members mem-bers of Die Kussian royal family at Yckulermbnrt; on duly 17, 1!)18, arc; contained in a report drafted bv an unnamed French officer who had 'been employed in an official capacity in southern Kussia, made public today to-day bv Tenter's Limited. The story purports to have been told bv a sentry sen-try who guarded the nival family while its members were under detention. Under the orders of Commissary Totirovsky, the account runs, the emperor, em-peror, the empress, Urown I'rince Alexis Al-exis and the (Irand Duchesses Ul.'i, Anastasia, Tatiana and Aenin, together to-gether with court physician liotkinz and three servants, were taken to an underground room. The emperor carried car-ried his son in his arms because of ihe boy 's inability to walk in consefpiem-c of illness. Joitrovsky, another llolsiic-vik llolsiic-vik leader, and nine Lettish soldiers, the account continues, enter.-il the room and immediately killed all Hie occupants occu-pants with revolver shots. The sentry, on hearing Ihe reports, dashed into the room, he savs, ain s;1w c.-'ven bodies lying on Ihe floor, (inly Ihe omp 'Tor's son teas still alive. Seeing See-ing this, the narrator added, one of the j I'.olslciv ik parly killed the crown prince w il h point-blank shots. |