Show BOMS EHOS L LIFE iff OF SERGIUS UNCLE OF THE CZAR ASSASSIN BY TERRORIST I 1 his death had been decreed by rev in december and sen son tence was executed at first opportunity grand duke sergius uncle of tha the c czar z a r 0 of f ru russia ss 1 a a and n d i leader e a d er 0 of f th the e deac mae t tlona i 0 u ar ries i es m met e t a t terrible e rr 1 b 1 e de death a th i in mos cow shortly before 3 clock friday at afternoon the deed was committed by a single terrorist who chiew beneath the car ariage of the grand dekl duke a bom bogli charged with the same high bowdel explosive which wrought minister von yon s death the missile waa packed with nails and fragments ol 01 iron and its explosion tore the imperial victims victim a body to ghastly frag ment mento which strewed the snow toi foi yards around every window in the this great lofty facade of the palace ol 01 justice was shattered and bits of iron were imbedded deeply in the he walls 01 ol the arsenal yards away on the snow lay fragments of th body of grand duke sergius mingled with the wreck of the carriage th this grand duke s head had been torn from his body an and reduced to a shapeless elesa pulp and the trunk and limbs were frightfully mangled A finger bearing a rich seal ring was found lying sev eral yards away the crimson tint and the smell of blood were everywhere only a few fragments of clothing in dilated that the body had been clothed the coachman lay moaning with pain beside a deep hole in the pavement the horses dragging the front wheels of the carriage had dashed off maddened with pa pain in to sink dying before they reached the gale gate the assassin was thrown to the ground and stunned by the force of the explosion but he immediately rose and ran toward the gate attempting to escape his haste and the blood streaming from his face where he had been wounded by fragments of the bomb attracted the attention of a ser geant of police who seized him before he could draw a revolver the man did not deny his crime but on the contrary gloried in Us its success he expressed his satisfaction that ll 11 had been able to kill the grand duke without involving the duchess he avowed his membership in the social revolutionary organization but refused to give his name and at the jail his papers were found to be forged the assassin belongs to the noted fighting group of me tae socialist revolutionary lutio nary party which has removed other prominent officials and long since passed a sentence of dea death th upon grand duke sergius the grand duke is understood to have been condemned to death by the revolutionary party in december last the governor generalship of moscow was abolished early in the year and the grand duke according to dis patches from moscow january 4 kept closely to the well welI guarded daskou bohny palace on the outskirts of mos MOB cow retaining his position as corn com mander in chief of the military district later in janavry however it was announced that the grand duke had sought refuge in one of the pal aces ot of the kremlin he has been classed as the most reactionary mem her ber of the imperial family at the head of what is referred to as the war party a arty and has been stigmatized by the fl liberals as russia s evil genius grand duke sergius was born barn in 1857 and was married in 1884 to prin cess elizabeth of hesse darmstadt they have no children |