They had lanterns in their hands, and were twenty to one.

The first blow struck off the right arm of the king; a saber thrust pierced his heart, passed through his body, and the monarch fell dead.

His last words were, "Lord, into thy hands I commit my spirit." There is, to this day, preserved a cimeter of Grecian workmanship, which tradition says was the sword of Andre.

Upon the blade is inscribed in Greek letters, "Holy mother of God, assist thy servant." The death of the monarch was the signal for the universal outbreak of violence and crime.

Where the sovereign is the only law, the death of the monarch is the destruction of the government.