MURDER OF THE TSAR

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10193, 4 January 1926, Page 5

MURDER OF THE TSAR

0 SHEVJK nmrS? BY BOLbHKVIK GOVERNMENT.

ROYAL FAMSOFUJTREACHEROUSLY SHOT DOEN BY REDS.

BODIES DESTROYED.

(United Press Asse^n-Copyrlght) says le the T So C?, f R s a • Respondent Sad for flTt r^ onties , ™ LeninH F If first , time published details of the murder of the Imnerial family ln 11)18, impenai only the shooting of. the ,pf h £ s been officially admitted. • „ ■ et ? ccount s ™l*s that durhLft V lsonment at Ekaterin■i l g fil f ■ S Bar x' vas stric % guarded W /° to approach windows lest he exchange signals with people utside. The Central Government oiigmally intended that he should have a public , trial, with Trotsky as prosecutor, but on July 12 it was decided to shoot immediately. 1 rusted Communists were instructed to assist the guards in the shooting.

At midnight the Royal family and tour attendants were told to dress and proceed to the basement because the White Army intended to bombard the house. None of them suspected treachery. On reaching the basement the commandant read out "the Soviet’s sentence. All seemed stunned.

Only the Tsar spoke. He said: “So you are not taking us anywhere.” The shooting then commenced, preventing further speech. The bodies were destroyed next day, and a week later the White Army arrived.— Times.