Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-17
BOASTS OF HIS CRIME.
Declares He Acted on His Own In.
itiative and That He Had No :
Accom- pIkce.

Accom- plsce.
Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 13.-The
federal council met yesterday and sent
a message of coincidence to Emperor
Francis Joseph.
The flag of the federal building is at
half mast. The council assembled yes
terday afternoon to receive reports re-
garding the crime and to consider the
steps to be taken.
The Geneva cantonal government
met Yesterday and decided to issue q
proclamation expressing the horror OF
the government and the people of Ge-
neva and decreeing a popular dem
onstration today.
DR.. Reverdil, DR.. Megevaus, on be-
half of the judicial authorities, held
an autopsy Yesterday over the body of
the dead empress. At the close of the
examination they announced that
death was caused by internal hem
orrage from a triangular incised
wound" They decided that the injury
was of a character to cave no grounds
for the theory, which had been ed
vanced, that the empress, who suffered,
from weakness of the heart, might
have succumbed simply to the shock
of the blow.
The autopsy showed that the lung
as well as the heart was pierced.
Throughout the examination of the
assassin his demeanor was one of re-
Voting cynicism.
And yet the authorities have found
no confirmation of the report that the
murder was part of an anarchist con
spiracy, but a dozen persons with
whom the assassin associated have
been arrested for examination.
Geneva, Sept. 12.-No strangers are
allowed to approach the coffin of the
murdered Empress Elizabeth. The
body has been embalmed and is
dressed in white.
The doctors photographed the
wound, but the plate will be de-
stroyed.
1t is understood that Emperor Fran
els Joseph will not leave Austria, but
will send high court officials to take
the body to Vienna, Flowers are ar
irving in profusion.
The assassin maintains his cynical
demeanor and frankly copgratulates
himself upon the success of his crime.
He says:
81 am an anarchist but ] belong to
no committee. l acted upon my w
initiative. Let them do as they like
with me. That is my strength"
A hle found late last evening in the
passage of a house on the Rue DIES
Alpes has been identified by the assas-
sin as the weapon he used.
His name, though heretofore va
riously given apd published here, is
now said to be Iuigini.
The Italian records show that Lui,
gini was an illegitimate child and took
his mothers name. He has been twice
arrested as q defaulter from military
service.
Vienna, Sept. 12.-The plans for the
funeral OF the late Empress Elizabeth
who was assassinated by an anarchist
at Geneva, contemplate bringing the
remains to Vienna next Thursday,
lying in state on Friday, and the obse
quies of interment on Saturday.
Every flag in the city is at half mast
and the theaters, races and Other
amusements are suspended indefin
itely.
All the archdukes and the Arch
duchess Marie Valerie have arrived a
Schoenbrunn. 1t was reported las
evening that Emperor Francis JOSEPH
had gone to Geneva by special train
but this was an error. Ot noon yester
day he had not yet left Schoenbrunn
Crown Prince S~tephanie, who has beer
staying at Darmstadt, has been sum
moned.
The em%peror's fortitude is the topic
of universal admiration. He is bear
ing up manfully despite the terrible
shock, which, in view of his age hat
inspired the gravest apprehension. Al
though mt first stunned and theI
slightly hysterical, he soon regaine'
his self-control and displayed remark
able calmness. Occasionally, however
completely overpowercd by his grie
he moaned ~piteously, repeatedly sob
bling the name of the empress.
He managed to sleep several hours
last night, and said this morning h
felt comparatively well, discouragint
the attempts of his attendants to dis
play solicitude for his health.
The shock of the news craZed n o
the court servants, who rushed from
the palace to BuryplatZ, shrieking:
Where is the murderer of the EN-
press?"
Dispatches on condolepce are arriv
ing at the palace from all parts of tn
world t~estifying to profound horro
and sympathy. Among them are mes
sages from President Mckinley, from
Emperor William and from nearly al
the European sovereighs.
The court will go into mourning 10
six months.