Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 21 | Former Czar's Body Believed in Coal Mine

FORMER CZARS CZAR'S BODY BELIEVED IN COAL MINE lINE Nicholas Shot to Death by hy Soviet Chief When hen Soldiers Refused Archangel Friday Aug Aus- 16 No IG-No No trace was found foun of or the body of the former former former for for- mer Emperor Nicholas of Russia when Slovak Czecho-Slovak forces orcas captured Yeka Yeka- Jul July 26 This information was 3 brought ht to David R. R Francis the American ambassador by a Czechoslovak Czecho slovak ak army officer who has arrived at Archangel ol with dispatches from the American consul at after atter a lon long and perilous trip through two tw lines of ot hostile Bolshevik troops I The officer said he had no definite Information as to the tho disposition of oC the tho body of or the ex but the most I credible report was It had been taken to the deepest pit In a coal mine and destroyed c The officer was as unable unable un un- able abbe to learn the whereabouts of oC the deposed rulers ruler's family except that he knew hoe they had been spirited d away The execution of oC the former emperor took place Jul July 16 So far tar as the of officer officer ot- ot was waR able abbe to learn the commandant command command- ant of the Soviets lets who was nas reported to be a sailor killed Nicholas with a revolver Red guards who nho were commanded to kill their former former former for for- mer emperor refused as ns also did n a Let Let- tish firing part party Then the commandant command command- ant drew his own revolver re and shot Nicholas dead The Tho Cz Slovak cho Slovak officer however ho heard man many other versions of ot the afa af af- a- a tal fa fair i r The officer declared that the Czecho- Czecho Slovak Pole and Cossack officers oClee 5 and volunteers formed a great which was making stead steady pro progress and winning battles Ho lie termed the Bolshevik Bolshevik Bolshevik Bol Bol- communications to the contrary as untrue The people of oC the villages ma es and towns he added welcomed the Slovak Czecho-Slovak forces with food and andI I lowers flowers II