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Show 19 DETAILS OF TRAGEDY." V! IB Grand Duke Instantly Killed, Head W 5 Blown Prom His Body, ffi . ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 17. While j Grand Duke Serglus was driving' from mm tne Nicholas palace through, the senate ft quarter in Moscow his . carriage was tin followed by. two cabs. At the law courts IMl , a sleigh in which were two men, one IB 'of whom 'was dressed as a' workman, HE i went quickly ahead of the Grand IBM ' Duke's carriage, lljf i Carriage Blown to Pieces. fcltc Tne sle'Sn then slowed up to allow the fly? .carriage to pass, and at that moment fHB a bomo was thrown beneath the caring car-ing ; riage. The force of the explosion, broke iuS 5 a lne windows of lne law courts and Itllrn ' tne rePrt was heard outside the city, nlti i Tne car'aEe was blown to pieces, HjH) nothing but the four wheels remaining, HBn Tlie horses were not hurt and bolted, nlKH Grand Duke Instantly Killed. 1hS 'rnc Grand Iuke was Instantly killed, lira head was blown off, actually being flKK separated from his body, which was IE IB frightfully mangled, u coachman was also killed. He ff m was so frightfully burned by the ex-m ex-m If plosive with which the bomb was ail charged that he died while being taken II jl to a hospital. 1 1 Assassins Arrested. II On the arrest of the murderers, nelth-tDH nelth-tDH ! - er of whom was known to the police, Mil one of them coolly said: j8l , "I don't care; I have done my job.' Htjj .An, ImmcnBe crowd .gathered-At the tin! spot and made a demonstration against luffS a number of students who. commenced mui ..scattering revolutionary proclamations, mn Within a few minutes after the explo- Hj slon people might have-been seen truth's truth-'s ! I erlng up pieces of wood aijd clothing iMi as mementos of the tragedy. jlj Grand Duchess Hears News. wfj When the Grand Duchess Elizabeth, ffljpl widow of the Grand Duke Serglus, was iutjjti Informed of the occurrence, she imme- iWu diat6ly"went to the scene of Stissinn- iUf tlon without waiting to p'it on a hat lii it or c'oa- : tjrol The gates of the Kremlin were closed IH as soon us tho news of the assasslna-on assasslna-on was conveyed to the authorities and ' the 'remains' of the Grand Duke were taken to the Nicholas palace. Tne assassination occurred at 3 ,p. m. .. 1 , One. Assassin Arrested. One of the assassins was arrested by a nolicernun, who overtook him as he was running from the scene of the assassination. as-sassination. The-man carried --a- revolver, revol-ver, but made no attempt to use It. He expressed gratification that .Gra.nd Duchess Elizabeth was not accompanying accompany-ing her husband, Grand Duke Serglus, when the Duke was killed. The assassin assas-sin refused to reveal his Identity, but admitted that he was a member of the Socialistic revolutionary party. Heod Blown to Pieces. , The head of, Grand Duke. Serglus was-blown was-blown 'topleces. A massVof his, brains' was found near by. by a woman, who hunded It to a police commissioner. The Grand Duke's pockel-book, which contained con-tained letters and money, wns found near by Expected to Meet Husband. At the moment of the explosion' Grand Duchess Elizabeth was at tho Kv.emllii. superintending work for the . woun'dcd-ujt the front, and .was about to proceed to the residence of the Governor-General, expecting to meet her husband there. Her carriage was waiting outside the Kremlin. Prayers for Dead Man. ' Prayers for thp murdered Grand Duke were held later in the evening, Grand Duchess Elizabeth and civil and military mili-tary oflicers being present. The bodv of Grand Duke Serglus will be burled in the cathedral of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. The newspapers tonight announce the death of Grand Duke Scrgius by the explosion of a bomb, but give no details. Causes Great SenccMon. The. news of the tragedy in -which Grand Duke Serglus was blown up created cre-ated a tremendous sensation In St. Petersburg, where the announcement by telephone from Moscow arrived during dur-ing the afternoon. Owing to the Intense excitement prevailing' pre-vailing' at Moscow few particulars are ascertainable. Tragedy No Surprise. The tragedy 'in reality was no great surprise, as it was known that the terrorists ter-rorists had already condemned the Grand Duke to death and ever since the affair of January 22, the Inauguration Inaugura-tion of a bomb-throwing campaign had been anticipated. Uncle of the Czar. Grand Duke Serglus, who was a brother-in-law, os well as uncle of tho Emperor, and who had exercised immense im-mense Influence at court, was regarded as the most reactionary of the Grand Dukes. As Governor-General of Moscow, Mos-cow, he was intensely unpopular. His advent as Governor-General of Moscow Was followed by expulsion of the Jews from the central provinces and throughout through-out his administration his rigorous and harsh measures aroused the greatest hostility, especially among the students.' Catise for Assassination. Two years ago after the student riots, in which many were killed or woundci', several hundred expulsions to Slberla followed under the orders of , Grand Duke Serglus and Gen. Trpdff, now Governpr-Qeneral of St. Petersburg, but wfio was then chief of, police of Moscow. Mos-cow. As there were r.nany threats made jxgalnst his life Grand Duke was "'ottffgS'A- tatYei; ti his summer residence, twenty miles from the city. During tho recent strike disturbances the Grand Duke left the Diskoutohmy palace on the outskirts of the city, where he had been living, and took refuge Inside tho ramparts of the Kremlin, where he had since lived in what is known as the little lit-tle palace. Tho trip to the Kremlin on that occasion occa-sion was made at night, between solid lines of troops. Grand Duke Wealthy Man. Grand Duke Serghis was tho wealthiest member of the imperial family. lie was tall. Handsome and cordial In "manner. In spite of the ruthless fashion In which ho exercised his authority os Governor-General Hu was childless, but adopted two children of his brother Paul, who was banished on account of a morganatic alliance. al-liance. Sorciys' record as a soldier was not brilliant. Ho suffered a disastrous defeat at tho hands of Gen. KuropatkJn during the famous Kourskm maneuvers. Laid at His Door. Much of the responsibility for the catastrophe catas-trophe at the coronation of Emperor Nicholas in Moscow, when several thousand thou-sand people were crushed to (loath at tho tithe of the distribution of .the imperial clfts. was laid at Grand Duke Serglus' doors. It was held that ho had not taken .sufficient precautions and the Liberals, after the affair hero of January 22, placed the major portion of the blame on his shoulders. The news of the assassination of tho Grand Duke reached Tsarskoe-Selo while the Imperial family wore entertaining Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia. It treated the greatest consternation. The Emperor Is reported to have been completely com-pletely prostrated. All festivities In honor hon-or of the Prussian guests were at once abandoned. |