The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-09-14
N J0LD BLOOD.
The Empress Of Austria The Vic
tim Of an Assassin.
STABBED t,ER FROM BEHIND.
An Anarchist Plunges His SfiIleto
into Her Heart on the Streets
Of Geneva, Switzerland.

mated while walking on the streets Of
Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday after
noon by an anarchist, who was arrested.
He stabbed her majesty with a stiletto
Itappears that her majesty was walk
ing from her hotel to the landing place
Of the steamer at about l o'clock, when
an Italian anarchist named Lucchoni.
who was born in Paris Of Italian par
ents, suddenly approached and stabbe..
her to the heart. The empress fell, got
up again and was carried to the steamer
unconscious. The boat started; but,
seeing the empress had not recovered
consciousness, the captain returned and
the empress was carried to the hotel
Beauriyage, where she expired.
The stretcher upon which the empress
was carried to the hotel was hastily i'm
provised with oars and sail cloth. Doc
tors and priests were Immediately sum-
moued, and telegram was sent to En-
peror Francis Joseph. All efforts to
revive her majesty we're unavailing and
she expired at 3 o'clock The medical
examination showed that the assassin
must have used a small triangular 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 cabmen who had witness
ed the crime. They handed him over
to a boatman and a agendarme, who con-
veyed him to the police station. The
prisoner made no 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 starving anarchist, with no
hatred for the poor, but only for the
rich. y
Later, when taken to the court house
and interrogated by a magistrate in the
presence of three members Of the local
government and the police officials, he
pretended not to know French and re-
fused to answer questions. The police
on searching him found a document
showing his name to be Luigi Lacchinl,
born in Paris in 1873, and an Italian
soldier
4 great crowd quickly assembled
around the Hotel Beaurivage: where
the officials proceeded after interrogat-
ing the prisoner. The police searched
the scene Of the crime for the weapon
and the accomplices of the assassin.
1t appears that boatman noticed
three persons closely following the en-
press. who was making purchases in
the shops. The local government, i'm
mediately on receiving the news Of her
majesty's death, half-masted the flag on
the Hotel de Vile (the municipal Off
ces) and proceeded in body to the
Hotel Beaurivage as a token Of respect.
The excitement is increasing and
many Of the shops on the Kursaal are
closed. The assassin told the magis-
that he came to Geneva in order to as
sassinate another important person,
but had been unable to execute the pro-
ject. 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 Austrian empress in
Geneva.
The wound was just over the left
breast. There was hardly any bleeding.
4 priest was secured in time to admin
lister extreme JUNCTION. All Switzerland
! is profound with sorrow and indigna-
! ton. The papers of all cities have
printed extra editions expressing horror
Of the crime. Lucchoni, the anarchist
assassin. lived at Parma, Italy.
The empress of Russia was born De-
cember "a. 1887. She was daughter
of Duke Macmillan of Bavaria, and
was married to Francis Joseph, emper-
or of Austria and king Of Hungary,
April "a. 1854. They had three child
rem, the Archduchess Gisola. who is
married to Prince Luitpold Of Bavaria,
the Archkuke Rudolph, who married
Princess Stephanie Of Belgium. and
who was Seemingly assassinated in
1889, and the Archduchess Maria Vale
ria, who married the Archduke Franz
Salvador of Austria-Tuscany. The late
empress was an enthusiastic horse
! woman.
Paris. Sept. 10.-President Felix
Faure sent telegram Of coincidence
to Emperor Francis Joseph immediate
ly upon receipt Of news of the assassi
nation, and he has since countermand-
ed the arrangements for the shooting
party fixed for tomorrow at the Marty
preserves.
The police here believe the murder
the result Of a plot of Italian anar-
chists. and that the assassin is identi-
cal with one Luccessi, who is wanted
by the Bologna police as q dangerous
anarchist. The man known as Luccesi
was implicated in the recent truobles