The herald., 1898-09-13
WITH THE BEREAVED PEOPLE
OF AUSTRIA
AN IMPOSING PROCESSION
Files Past the Hotel Where the Muir
dered Empress Lies-Assassin
Makes Boasts
Associated Press Special Wire.

GENEVA, Sept. 12.-The imposing
demonstration Of sympathy organized by
the federal council commenced at daylight
today. The approaches to the Hotel Beau
rivage were guarded by gendarmes. The
procession was headed By gendarmes with
arms reversed. Then came four beaglss
with cooked hats and long cloaks. half yell
low and half red. Their leader bore a
crepe-covered mace. They were followed
by the members OF the government, the
members of parliament, the diplomatic
corps and the civic d!gnitaries. Then
came great mass Of the population OF
Geneva. In close ranks the people filed,
bareheaded, before the hotel, in spite of the
very hot sun. Meanwhile, the historic bell
Of the Cathedral Of ST. Clemence changed
heavily.
The procession lasted over an hour. All
eyes were directed toward the terrace Of
the hotel. where stood General Berziviczy,
marshal Of the late empress household, the
Austrian minister and the members OF the
deceased. The majority of the stores were
closed.
The body Of the Empress has been en-
closed In triple coffin and placed in room
transformed into a mortuary chamber. The
walls OF this apartment are yelled with
black drapery covered with silver stars,
and several Sisters of Charity are con-
tinually on their knees beside the bier,
praying for the soul Of the departed. Near
by stands the prayer-table of the decea sed.
bearing her rosary and crucifx.
Official Examination
GENEVA. Switzerland. Sept. 1.-THE
post-mortem examination Of the remains of
the late Empress Of Austria, who was as
sassinated on Saturday last by an italian
anarchist, whose name has been variously
given as Laccheni, Lucheni and Luigini,
has revealed that the weapon completely
transfxed the heart, penetrating Three
and one-third inches and making a wound
one-sixth of an inch wide. The fact that
Her Majesty walked fifty yards TO the
steamer is ascribed to her remarkable will
power and natural energy.
On the order Of a magistrate the assa ssin
was taken this afternoon from Saint An
thony prison to the Anthropometrical in
stitute, where he was measured and pho
tographed. Photographs were given to the
press, and will be distributed to the police
in the cities where he lived.
In the course OF a second examination al
to his histroy and the motives for the
crime, he said he had never known his
father or mother. In the course OF life Of
adventure he happened to be at Budapest
in 1894. There for the first time he saw
Empress Elizabeth. While staying at
he saw a file outside shop
purchased 1t with no conceived purpose,
and made clumsy wooden handle for it.
In prison he has boasted Of his crime, and
has addressed, a letter 10 a Milan news
paper. expressing fear lest he be mis-
taken by Professor Cabar Tombroso for a
degenerate. Dilating In this commundca-
tion upon the objects of militant anarch-
ism, he. wrote:
above all, II is the great who must be
struck. Not only sovereigns and their
ministers will be reached by the comrades,
but all who make men miserable on earth"
He says he was not impelled by misery to
XIII the empress, as such course would
have been idiotic, but he committed the
deed N order that such crimes, following
one upon the other. might cause all who
impoverish the populace to tremble and
shiver. The document concludes with this
declarations:
Il am an anarchist by conviction