FATE OF ROMANOFFS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2165, 19 August 1920, Page 3

FATE OF ROMANOFFS.

“FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE DETAILS.”

THE EKATERINBURG TRAGEDY.

London, August 16,

The Standard publishes what purport's to he final and conclusive details of (he murder of Ihe Tsai* and his family at Ekaterinburg in 1918. The tacts were collected by Genera! Diederiehs, commander of the. Czeeho-Slovakian and Siberian troops, who carefully im'csligafed the circumstances.. The victims were harshly treated while prisoners. At 2 o'clock on tho morning of 17(h July, a Russian named YouroAvski. Avith ten Letts and live Soviet deputies, alj -lews, entered the moms where the victims were guard'd. Yonrowski, addressing (he Tsar, said; “Your life is finished.” The ’l’sar replied: “1 am ready," while (wo of ihe iidies and Dr. Botkins made the sign of the Gross. Three of the Grand Duchesses fainted. The Tsarevilch remained standing, Ids eyes seeming as if- they would start from their sockets, and in* appeared to have lost his reason. Yonrowski gnu* a signal, and fired the first shot from a revolver. The Tsar fell dead. Furious killing followed. Those who had not succumbed to (lie revolver shot.- were killed with bayouets or the butts of rilles. 'flic Grand Duchess Anastasia fainted, and was -tabbed io death Avitli bayonets. These facts were proA 7 ed by a prie-f and the wife of one of the murderers. Tho bodies Avere afterwards burned, and what remained Avas thro-wn into a mine containing water. On the day following, the Grand Duchess Feodorovna, the Grand Duke Serge, and three sous were executed at Volopaievsk, and their bodies thrown into a mine.