Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-11


anarchist, who was arrested. He
Stabbed her majesty with still
ettO.
1t appears that her majesty was
walking from her hotel to the
landing !iace Of the steamer at
about / O'Clock. when an Italian
Anarchist 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, seeing the
empress had not recovered cons
ciousness, the captain returned and
the empress was carried to the
Hotel Beaurivago, where she ex-
PRED
The Empress of Austria had been
stopping at the Hotel Beaurivago
for several days. 1t was at first
thought the wound was not serious,
but she died in a few minutes.
\ Berne, switzerland, September
II 0.-Another account of the assas-
sination OF the Empress of Austria
says:
After having been stabbed from
behind, the Empress rose and
walked on board the steamer, where
she fell fainting. The captain did
not wish to put off from the quay,
but did so at the request OF the
Empress and her suite, there being
no apprehension that she was SER
iously hurt. The steamer was
turned back before reaching the
open lake and the Empress, un-
conscious, was carried to the Hotel
0n stretcher.
The stretcher upon which the
Empress was carried to the
hotel was hastily impro-
vised with cars and sail
Goth. Doctors and priests were
Immediately summoned, and tele-
gram was sent to Emperor Francis
Joseph.
All efforts to revive her majesty
were unavailing, and she expired
at o'clock.
The medical examination showed
that the assassin must have used a
small triangular file.
Alter stlIklng Tee blow he ran
along the Rue des Alpes, with the
esauenr lntentiCn OF entering the
Square des Alpes, but belu-e rGa IL
ing it he was seized by two CAB
men who had witnessed the crime.
They handed him owe: to a boat
man and a genda:me, who con-
yeyed him to the police staten.
The prisoner made no resistance.
He even sang as he walked along,
saving: Il did it" and, She mast
be dead"
At the police station he declared
that he was a starving anarchist
with no hatred for the poor but
only for the rich
Later, when taken TO the cOur-
house and Intercepted by 4 mag
istrate in the presence of three
members of the local government
and the police officials. he pretend
ed not to know French and re-
fused to answer questions. The
notice, on searching him, found a
document showing his name to be
Luigi Laochini, born in Paris in
1873, and an Italian soldier.
A 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 ac-
completes of the assassin.
1t appears that boatman noticed
three persons closely following the
Empress, who was making purch-
asses in the shops.
The local government Immediate
" on receiving the news of her
majesty's death, half-masted the
flag on the Hotel de Vile (the
municipal Offices. and proceeded in
a body to the Hotel Beaurivage as
a token of respect.
The excitement increasing, many
pps on the Kursaal were
ASSN told the magistrate
me to Geneva in order to
another important
but had been unable to ex-
e project. The reason of
= he did not give. but he
hat it was only by acct
4 learned OF the presence