One hundred years ago
A great and successful crime has startled Europe. The Nihilists, after four known and several unknown attempts, have succeeded in killing the Emperor of Russia. Though warned from abroad, and by his Minister of the Interior, Count Melikoff, the Emperor persisted on Sunday in attending a review. He had ' nearly returned to the Winter Palace when a bomb exploded beneath his carriage, wounding some Cossacks in attendance behind. The Emperor alighted, and, in spite of a remonstrance from his coachman, insisted on seeing to the wounded, when a second bomb, thrown by a man standing near, fell between his legs, and exploding, broke both legs, laid open the bowels till they protruded, and tore the left eye from its socket. From 18 to 20 other persons were also seriously wounded. He was rapidly borne to the Palace, but according to the best accounts he never recovered perfect consciousness, though he whispered, "I am cold," and at four o'clock he died.
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