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Show tBUSS EMPRESS M CHILDREN MM TO" DEATH Such Is Statement Attributed to Former Courier Now Reported Re-ported in Paris PARIS. Julv 16 Tho Russian em-j press and her children were burned alive after the exocutlon of Emperor; Nicholas at Kkat rlnburjr. It is alleged' In statements attributed to Alexis Dol-revlts, Dol-revlts, formerly courier to the em-i press, published hero today. Dolro-1 vita said he made vain attempts to j save his mistress and her children , The empress and the children. I ol-, ro Itz declared, were taken to a wood near Rkaterlnbunr. Brushwood was gathered and a huge fire made, Intoi which the royal victims were ftfroed Every time they sought to get out of the flames, Dolrovltz said, they were driven back at the point of the bayonet. bayo-net. Tatiana, the empress' second daugh-: ter, fled from the pyre three times j and eventually fell pierced through by a bayonet. The empress and Alexis, heir to the throne, clasped In close embrace, walked almost automatically automatical-ly Into the flames and disappeared In a whirl of smoke, according to Dol-rovitx. |