Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-15
THE DEAD EMPRESS.
The Assassin's stiletto Penetrates
the Heart.
HER MURDERER IS AN ANARCHIST.
Great Sorrow Manifested Throughout
=. Austria-Tho Pope COMEDIES with
the BeroaVed Empcror-T
Assnssin'S AvOwal,

Geneva, Switzerland, September -.
THE post mortem examination of
the remains OF the late empress OF
Austria, who was assasslnated on
Saturday last by an Italian anarchist
whose name has been varlously given
as Laccheni, Luchesi and Lulginl, has
revealed that the weapon completely
transhxed the heart, penetrating
three and one-third inches and maxi
ing ~ wound one-sixth OF an inch
wide. The fact that her majesty walk
ed Atty yards to The steamer Us as
cribed TO her remarkable VIII power
and naturW energy
The body OF the empress has been
inclosed in triple coffin and placed
In o. room transformed into u mortu-
AIRY chamber. The walls OF the apart
ment are yelled with black drapery
covered with silver stars, and several
Sisters OF Charity are continually on
their knees beside the bier, praying
for the soul departed. Nearby stands
the prayer table of the deceased bear
ing her rosary and cruehX.
On the order of magistrate the
assassin was taken this afternoon
from Saint Anthony prison to the Ans
tihropometrical institute, where he
was measured and photoghaph
Photographs were given to the press
and will be distributed to the police
in the cities where he lived.
In the course Of second examina'
ton. as to his history and the motives
for the crime he said he had never
known his father or mother. He was
brought up at Parma, Italy, In a char
ity school and at the age of ten was
thrown on the streets without re-
sources. He worked as an unskilled
laborer until he was twenty. Then he
served in the Italian army three years
and q half.
On leaving his regiment he was em-
ployed as the valet de chambre OF the
Prince OF Aragon for three months
At this time anarchistic ideas began
to possess his mind and--to use his
own words-"preventcd me from re-
naming in serrltude." In the course
of a life OF adventure, he happened
TO be at Budapest in 1894 There for
the first time he saw Empress Eliza
beth. He was miserable and weak,
and applied to the EtahOn consul to
be returned to Italy, The consul sent
him to Fiume. His description of his
subsequent wandeNngs was vague,
He said he seldom, II ever, obtained
work, While staying at Laussaneh
he saw file outside a shop, purchas-
ed 1t with no conceived purpose, and
made clumsy wooden handle for 1t.
In prison he has boasted OF his
crime, and he has addressed letter
to Milan newspaper, expressing
fear lest he be mistaken by Professor
Cabar Lombroso for degenerate. Di-
lating in this communication upon
the objects of militant anarchism, he
wrote:
above oil, II is the great who must
he struck. Not only sovereigns and
their ministers will be reached by the
comrades, but Ill who make men mis-
cradle on earth"
He says he was not impelled by
misery to kill The empress, as such
course would have been idotic, but
he committed the deed in order that
such crimes, following one upon the
other, might cause all who impover-
ish the populace to tremble and shiv-
err. The document concludes with this
declarations:
IT ann an anarchist Wy vonviction."
The imposing demonstration OF sym
'pathy organized by the federal coui-
Gil commenced at noon today. The
approaches to the Hotel Beau-Rivage
were guarded by gendarmes.
The procession was headed by gem
darmes with arms reversed. Then
came four beadles with four cooked
hats and long claoks. half yellow and
half red. Their leader bore a Grape
covered mace. They were followed by
the members of the government, the
members Of parliament, the diplomat.
ic corps and the civic dignitaries.
Then came a great mass OF the popu-
lation of Geneva. In close ranks the
people defiled bareheaded, before the
hotel, in spite Of The very hot sun.
Vienna, September 13.--The emper-
or of Austria and his daughter at
tended mass this morning in the pri-
vate chapel of the Schroenbrunner
palace. His majesty showed evidences
Of intense grief, but he said ne did
not lose faith in God. He expressed
a wish for confession and communion.
During the day the emperor re-read
with much emotion passage in the
last letter me received from the en-
press, In which she expressed herself
with being pleased with the prospect
OF returning to- Vienna in few days
to witness the Jubilee festivities. His
majesty attended the usual state du-
ties today and insisted upon attending
personally to the numerous messages
of sympathy he has received since the
death Of the empress.
He telegraphed the following reply
on receipt of the teIegraphic condo
lepce Of The pone: