PART I: TRANSCRIPT OF THE DEPOSITIONS OF EYE-WITNESSES OF THE CRIME, TAKEN FROM THE ARCHIVES BY M. GEORGE GUSTAV TELBERG, MINISTER OF JUSTICE AT OMSK. CHAPTER PAGE I EXAMINATION OF M. GILLIARD 15 II EXAMINATION OF MR. GIBBES 38 III EXAMINATION OF COLONEL KOBYLINSKY 61 IV EXAMINATION OF PHILIP PROSKOURIAKOFF 139 V EXAMINATION OF ANATOLIE IAKIMOFF 160 VI EXAMINATION OF PAVEL MEDVEDEFF 195 VII RECEIPT OF BELOBORODOFF FOR THE ARRESTED IMPERIAL FAMILY 206 PART II: THE NARRATIVE OF MR. ROBERT WILTON, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF _The Times_ (LONDON), BASED UPON THE ORIGINAL DOSSIER OF THE INVESTIGATING MAGISTRATE, NICHOLAS ALEXEIEVICH SOKOLOV. CHAPTER PAGE I PROLOGUE 211 II THE STAGE AND THE ACTORS 222 III NO ESCAPE: ALEXANDRA MISJUDGED 232 IV RAZPUTIN THE PEASANT 243 V CAPTIVES IN A PALACE 253 VI EXILE IN SIBERIA 263 VII THE LAST PRISON 276 VIII PLANNING THE CRIME 291 IX CALVARY 303 X “WITHOUT TRACE” 318 XI DAMNING EVIDENCE 333 XII ALL THE ROMANOVS 352 XIII THE JACKALS 369 XIV BY ORDER OF THE “TSIK” 380 XV THE RED KAISER 394 XVI EPILOGUE 404 PART III: I THE MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION 415 II CHRONOLOGY OF THE DOCUMENTS 417 III EXPLANATION OF RUSSIAN NAMES MENTIONED IN THE DOCUMENTS 420 IV ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF NAMES 422 ILLUSTRATIONS H.I.M. NICHOLAS II, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA _Frontispiece_ PAGE THE MARTYRED FAMILY 64 RAZPUTIN WOUNDED AT HIS VILLAGE HOME 64