Show Bodies of Czar and Famil Family T. T i Burned by y SuI ph uric Acid t New Wew Details of the Tragedy That Wiped Out the Russian Royal Family on July 17 1918 Brought Back to the United States by Col George H. H Emer Emerson on of the Engineer Corps Scene Scene Unspeakably Horrible St. St Paul How the forme I empress f Russia and her oldest Cn daughter knelt in prayer prayer mal making th thO sign of the cross while former Czar 1 Nicholas and his Ills hell heir were before their e eyes es and how the assassins assassins assas- assas J sins then turned their guns gUliS and bayonets bayonets bay bay- hayi i on the remaining members of of the czars czar's family and their retinue is told in a report brought back bael from Russia by Colonel Colone George H. H Emerson of St. St Paul Colonel Emerson formerly general manager of the Great Northern railway rail rull- way returned from Russia January 20 He was a member of the American American Ameri Amen can railway mission headed by John F. F Stevens which was sent to Siberia in November 1917 to keep leep open the tile Siberian railway in the tile hope that Russia's RussIa's Russins Russin's Rus Rus- sias sia's forces might be l kept ept in the tile field While the mission was en route the Kerensky government went to pieces but Colonel Emerson was one of those who remained in Russia for twenty six months attempting to assist the country country country coun coun- try to regain Its fighting power Czechs Investigated Tragedy Extracts from fram a special report prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared by General furnish the basis for the story of the tile murder of the former czar and his family and these are by an nn investigation tion by the Czechs under command of General Gaida Galda who became a n stanch friend of Colonel Emerson On the ni night ht the czar and his family fam fam- fly ily were murdered Colonel Emerson and other members of the commission l n about sixty miles distant According to the report a n copy of which Is in lu Colonel Emersons Emerson's possession posses posses- his family were and sion slon the Ue czar awakened between midnight and 1 a.m. a. a I m. m Jul July 17 1918 1915 The They were brought I down stairs In their house at Ekaterin burg and told the Czechs would soon It and that therefore be upon them to them wo would ld be necessary to put immediately the tile red death ileath Almost guards guard be began an firing The mutilated bodies of many of those that night were dis- dis that the c coVered vered but it is believed bodies lochies of the czar and of the members I late family were consumed consumed con con- Immediate of his Imme h by ly great quantities of sulphuric neW acid Jewelry and trinkets possessed found near flear the scene of them were by y of ol included many the murder These the royal Jewels Dall Dally Daily Life Sharply Restricted With the usurpation of the government government government govern govern- severe restrictions restrictions restrictions ment b by the I were placed on the daily dally affairs Thus a n valet family of ol the cz czars czar's rs r's for forten forten forten who had bad been In the czars czar's s 's family stated that after the turnover turnover turnover turn turn- ten years veal'S restrictions restrictions over over there there followed severe both In the funds for the upkeep family and in the tile matter czars czar's of the particularly In 11 occupation and of its their walks When a demand demand de de- lewand le- le to regard made by the unexpectedly mand wand was was- central committee fOI for the czars czar's family fam fam- Il fly ily to transfer Immediately ly to the czars czar's plea that his son was wasill ill III re received el ed n no consideration As far as could be learned by the examination of Inhabitants the leaders in the tile murder murder were and his assistants a workman workman work worl- man of the works orl s Pavel Med- Med and the red guards Partin and Some of them boa boasted t d of their participation The tragedy of Tul July 17 ImS 1918 was described described described de de- de- de scribed by Inthe Inthe in inthe the words of her brother Anatole one of the red guards of the house of She said on the day following the murder her brother came cameto cameto cameto to her tired and broken down broken down and in great agitation announced This night Nicholas Romanoff his family the doctor the fraulein fra and the lackeys were killed 1 All of the he captives cap tives were tives-were were awakened awaken ed between in midnight and one o'clock and requested to go I downstairs Here they were told that tile the enemy Czechs would soon soan be in and and that therefore It It was wa necessary that they be put to death Then rl m and there the red guards h began to shoot at the czars czar's family The first to be killed were the emPeror emperor emperor em em- and the heir heh The rest of the tile prisoners were wounded They had to tobe tobe tobe be finished off by further shooting battering battering bat bat- with the butt ends ens of muskets ets and nna stabbing with bayonets Czarina Two Thirty-Two Times Wounded There was particularly great trouble trou trou- bin bIG with the tile fraulein She was wriggling wriggling wrig wrig- gling and ana attempting to defend herself with a n pillow On her body 32 wounds The Tue duchess were vere counted grand Anastasia Anastasia had fain fainted ed When we began to examine her she shrieked el ed wildly after which he she was killed with bayonets and rifle butts According to the murder scene was so unspeakably horrible that he could not endure ItI ItI itI it I w went v nt outside for a n breath of fresh air all severn several 1 times he declared The evening following the murder l left ft for the front and when he lie came to bid farewell he was utterly utterly utter utter- ly out ut of countenance His IUs face was pinched the pupils of his eyes ees dilated and his lips were trembling Another red guard Kuzma related that on the day lay of the murder murdel he lie was to have haye taken his post In the sentinel booth in the street when he observed a n boy of the emperors emperor's household household house house- household hold in the street When he lie Inquired wh why another of the red guards Sic Ste- korin told him of the murder According According Ac Ac- cording to story Commandant Command Command- ant hod had killed the czar having pr previously read to him some paper paper presumably the order of f the Ural soviet of deputies lie told that during the murder both the empress and her bel eldest daughter were present and were making the sign of the flue Cross Cros After fter the czar h had d been done to death Pavel err ass assistant tant to Your and the Letts 1 killed the entire entin family and also the court retinue The bodies of the murdered were vere placed In 10 Ina ina a and sent away awny he said suh Later the police officers took tool awn away from Kuzma about one hundred hun tired dred different articles all ha having belonged be lIe- longed to the czars czar's family and obtained ob taIni according to him some time during the cleaning of the house after aCter the murder Others were wele taken from froni his brother brothel Mehail a red guard Woman Confirms Story A similar picture of the murder i is drawn by the wife of l the commandants commandant's assistant confirming her Prokopi T a n red guard who served In the house guard told that he was In the Working Mens Men's club chub of the Verk works July IS 18 or 19 10 and that the president of the executive ex cx- committee of the soviet ot of and soldiers' soldiers deputies Serge l the military commis- commis saire Peter and other prominent members of the bolshevik were conducting a secret conversation said he c caught the sen sea sentence tence There were thirteen of them aliu alLu get gethel her the thirteenth was the doctor As they moved away he lie el them and heard one of them say This Is the second day we h h e E been fussing Yesterday we burled butle II them and today we wc ha have ye to them From this he lie deduced that Levat Partin and tool part In fn the funeral of the ro royal al family Their talk taik wits boastful he lie said Raid and th they thov y told that their victims had beer In civilian clothing In which was us skillfully sewed many valuables He Tie also sail said he heard beard one of the speakers speak ers ens deny that the heir hell had hind dl die m ni as ns r reported because lie he ft vii H as on one of their victims victim From their conversation Ie ie learned that the slain first w first were e burled buried Just outside of l l but that thai later their bodies were to other places furth further r away awny General DIetrick's s 's special report concludes as itS follows The correspondence will wUl be he s im rallied to examination for the purpose e of establishing the participation In Inthe Inthe Inthe the death lentil of the emperor ox-emperor of the local and und central soviet authorities Besides this in the h future one of the principal prin cipal parties to the lie murder In fact the direct murderer of the thc czar I Pavel lw 1 who him has only Just b been en detained will iIi be he examined The committee of Inquiry hla great reat Importance to the cro s of tills this witness s. s since In nIl probability ability all nil the circumstances of or Ih the death of the former czar czir arid and his family film fam ily will he made clear It I Is probable also that lint clues as to the of nf the tue corpses corpses may be obtained the lie sea search for which notwithstanding ml lag nl ni the measures taken has hns furnished nc ncI I le results At the present moment thE business ss of Investigation has fins been In trusted to the examining magistrate for special cases Mr Also Also- the necessary steps step have e been taken to preserve nil all articles of the ex emperor I and family which were found at the he heI I time of the and auth which in the aggregate have ha an historical value |