Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-09-15
KILLED AN EMPRESS.
Elizabeth of AUSTRIA Stabbed to tho Heart
by AN italian Anarchist

Elizabeth of AUSTRIA Stabbed to tho Heart
by an italian Anarchist
Geneva, Switzerland. Sept. 1.-THE
Empress Of Austrin was nssnssinpted
at the Hotel Beaurivnge yesterday af.
ternOOn by an anarchist, who was ar
rested.
1t appears that her majesty was
walking from her hotel to the landing
place 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 recov.
cred consciousness. the captain re-
turned and the Empress was carried
to the Hotel Beaurlvnge, where she
expired
The stretcher upon which the En-
press was carried to the hotel was
hastily improvised with oars and sail
cloth. Doctors and priests were I'M
mediately summoned and II telegram
was sent to Emperor Francis Joseph.
All efforts to revive her majesty
were unavniiing and she expired mt 3
o'clock.
The medical examination shows that
the assassin used n small triangular
file.
After striking the blow he ran along
the Rue des Alpes, with the evident
intention of entering the Square los
Alpcs. but. before reaching 1t. he was
seized by two cabmen who had wit
messed the crime. They handed him
over to n bOatmnn and gcndarme
who conveyed him TO the police sta
tion.
The prisoner made no resistance.
He even sang as he walked along,
saying. Il did It," and '.Shc must be
dead"
At the police station he declared
that he was II starving anarchist,
with no hatred for the poor, but only
for the rich.''
Later, when taken to the court
house and intcrrognted by magis-
trnte In the presence OF three men,
bcrs OF the local government and the
police officials. he pretended not to
know French and refused to answer
questions. The police. on searching
him, found n document showing his
name to bc Luigi Iaochini. born In
Paris In 1874. and an Italian soldier.
A file found late this evening In the
passage OF n house on the Rue dcs
Alpes has been Identified by the AS
sassin as the weapon he used.
His name. though heretofore vnrl-
onsiy given ana published mere ns
Lonchiii, i.uccheni. l.uccncsi anu i.uc-
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