The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-13

Empress Was Taken from Scene of the Tragedy to Hotel
Beaurvage, where she Expired-- Travelling Incog-
nito-Not Only Switzerland but all Europe Pro-
foundIy Stirred by the Crme--Mct tn-
ley Cables Emperor his Symk kathy.

Geneva, Switzerland, September TO-
at the Hotel Beaurivage this afternoon
by an anarchist. who was arrested. He
stabbed Her Majesty with Il stiletto
1t appears that Her Majesty was walk
ing from her hotel to the landing of the
steamer at about one O'Clock when an
Italian anarchist named Lucchoni. who
was born in Paris of Italian parents.
suddenly approached and stabbed her
to the heart. The Empress fell. got
up again and was carried TO the steamer
unconscious. The boat started: but. see
ing the Empress had not recovered con-
SciousncSs, the captain returned and the
Empress was carried to the Hotel Beau
rivage. where she expired.
The stretcher upon which the Empress
was carried to the hotel was hastily
improvised with oars and sail cloth. Doe
tors and priests were Immediately sum-
moned and Il telegram was sent to En-
pcror Francis Joseph.
All efforts to revive Her Majesty were
unavaiIing, and she expired at three
o'clock
the assassin must have used Il small tri-
angular file.
After striking the blow he ran along
the Rue des Alpes. with the evident
intention Of entering the Square deS
Alpes. but before reaching it he was
seized by two cabmcn who mad witnessed
the crime. They handed him over to 4
hoatman and a gendarme. who conveyed
him to the police station
The prisoner made 10 resistance. He
even sang as he walked along, saying:
Il did it, and ''she must be dead
At the police station he declared that
he was Il starving anarchist, with no
hatred of the poor. only Of the rich. Later
when taken to the court house and in
terrOgatcd by Il magistrate in the pres
ence of three members of the LEGAL gov
crnment and the police officials he pre-
tended not to know French and refused
to answer questions. The police on
searching him found a document showing
his name to be Luigi Laochini. born in
Paris in 1873, and an Italian soldier.
y great crowd quickly assembled
around the Hotel Beaurivage. where the
officials proceeded after interrogating the
prisoner. The police searched the scene
of the crime for the weapon and the
accompliccs of the assassin.
1t appears that a bOatman noticed
three persons closely following the En-
press. who was making purchases in the
shops.
The local government. i,ilmedia te1y on
receiving the news of Her Majesty's
death, half-masted the flag on the Hotel
dc Vile (the municipal Offices and pro-
cceded in a body to the hotel Beaurivage
rs a token of respect.
The excitement is increasing and many
of the shops on the Kursaal are closed.
The assassin told the magistrate that
h" came to Geneva in order to assassi-
uatc another persona" but had been un-
aide to execute the projecr. The reason
of his failure he did not give. but he
declared that it was only by accident he
had learned OF the presence Of the Aus
rian Empress in Geneva.
The wound was just over the left
breast. There was hardly any bleed
wg
\ priest was secured in time to ad-
minister extreme unction.'
The Empress of Austria was born De
rcmber n. 1887. She WAS a daughter
of Duke MaXimilian of Bavaria. and
WAS married to Francis Joseph. Emperor
of Austria, and King of Hungary, April
- 1914. They had three children, the
ArrbduchcSs GiSOla. who is married to
Prince Luitpold Of Bavaria. the Arch
luke Rudolph, who married Princess
Ntephanic Of Belgium and who was
'S"emlngly) assassinated in 1880. and the
-lrchduchcSs Maria Naleria. who mar
ii"d the Archduke Franz Salvador, of
-AHStra-Iuscany. The late Empress was
an enthusiastic horse-woman.