The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-09-15
ANARCHY's LATEST VICTIM.

After having been stabbed the empress
arose and walked on board the steamer
where she fell. fainting. The captain
did not wish to put of from the quay,
but did so at the request Of the en-
press and her suite, there being no ap-
prehension that she was seriously hurt.
The steamer was turned back before
reaching the open lake, and the en-:
press, unconscious, was carried to the
hotel on a stretcher. Doctors and
priests were Immediately summoned.
and telegram was sent TO Emperor
Francis Joseph. Efforts to revive her
majesty were unavailing, and she ex-
pired at o'clock.
After striking the blow the assassin
ran along the Rue des Alpes, with the
evident intention Of entering the
Square des Alpes. but before reaching
1t he was seized by two cabmen who
had witnessed the crime. They handed
him over to boatman and gendarme,
who conveyed him to the police sta
tion. The prisoner made no resistance.
He even sang as he walked along. say
ing: II did IT," and "She must be
dead" At the police station he de-
clared that he was a starving an
archist, with no hatred for the poor,
but only for the rich" Throughout
the examination OF the assassin his de-
meanor was one Of revolving cynicism.
He frankly congratulated himself upon
the success Of his crime. He said: "I
am an anarchist, but I belong to no
committee. acted on my own initia-
tive. Let them do as they like with
me. That is my strength" He added
atty does not exist In the canton where
the tragedy occurred.
In prison he has boasted Of his crime,
and he has addressed a letter to a
Milan newspaper expressing fear lest
be be mistaken BY Professor Caesar
Lombroso for a degenerate. Dilating
In this communication upon the OBJ
1ects Of militant anarchism he wrote:
Above all 1t IL the great who must
be struck. Not only sovereigns and
their ministers will be reached by the
comrades. but all who make men mis-
erabls on earth"
misery to kill the empress, as such a
course would have been idiotic, but
he committed the deed ''in order that
such crimes, following one upon an
other. might cause all who impoverish
the populace to tremble and shiver.'
The document concludes: II am ar
anarchist by conviction"
The autopsy on the body of the mur.
dered empress took place yesterday. II
showed that both the lung and heart
were pierced by the assassin's dagger
The examination showed an almost
imperceptible wound. the file having
penetrated the heart and not causing
exterior bleeding.
AS yet the authorities have found nc
confirmation that the murder was par,
OF an anarchist conspiracy. but dozer
persons with whom the assassin as
sociated have been arrested for ex
animation.
Empress Elizabeth was about return
Ing to Caux, France. when she was
murdered. Her suite had proceeded
her by train, leaving with her only he
maid Of honor. Countess Szapary, ant
man servant.
The emperor's fortitude fs the topi
OF universal admiration. He is bearing
up manfully despite the fearful shock
which, In view Of his age, had inspire'
the sravest apprehension. Although a
nrst stunned and slightly hysterica
ne soon regained his self control. an
Displayed remarkable calmness. Oc
casionally. however. completely over
powered by his grief. be moaned pit
eously, repeatedly sobbing the nam
OF the empress.