The herald., 1898-09-11
AUSTRIAN EMPRESS
ASSASSINATfD
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presses the universal sorrow fel; at tn
loss of our noble empress, whose life wa
one long case of philan; hropy, adding: ,
"She had gone abroad, in order to Obtain
fresh strength, but only to become the vic
tim Of a wicked and mad attack"
1t concludes with an expression Of "sin
cere sympathy with the emperor, upor
whose beloved head such grief has faller
in the year Of his jubilee"
Hungard Hears Of It
BUDAPEST, Hungary. Sept. 10.-Th'
news Of the assassination of ;he queer
Of Hungary and empress Of Austria wa.
received here with CONSERVATION. Every
where mourning banners were displayed
The Hungarian diet will be convened ir
special session tomorrow.
The News in France
PARIS, Sept. 10.-President Faure sent 8
| telegram of coincidence 10 Emperor Franci:
Joseph upon the receip. Of the news OF the
assassination, and he has since counter.
manded the arrangements for the shooting
party fixed for tomorrow.
The police believe the murder Is plot OF
anarchists.
Luccessi, the assassin, who is wanted by
the Boulogne police as a dangerous an.
archist. is the guilty party. He was i'm.
plicated in the recent troubles at Milan
after which he fled to Zurich. While al
Zurich Luccessi was present al meeting
| Of Italian anarchists, when seven were Sc
,ected including Lucchessi, to assassina;e
the principal European sovereigns, includ-
ing the king Of Italy.
| A French detective, who was present
communicated the information to the Ital-
ian government. AS a result. King Hum
bert was carefully guarded, as was NJ
Faure.
| About a week ago another meeting Of the
anarchists was held at Zurich. and those
who had been selected at the previous meet
ing was accused of cowardice.
Thereupon Luccessi said:
IT will show that am no coward. will
kill some one"
The following day he left Zurich and went
to Basic.
Then London Learns
LONDON, Sept. 1O.-The story Of The as
sassination of the empress Of Austria
reached here through the Paris office Of the
.Havre News agency. The French foreign
office confirms the report Of the assassina-
ton Of the empress.
Crosses the Ocean
NEW LONDON, Conn. Sept 1o-The
news Of the assassinat ton of the empress OF
Austria first reached Ambass ador Hengel-
muller. who, with his suite, has been spend
ing The summer here. The ambassador was
seen at his cottage at Pequot. and when told
of the tragedy was completely overcome.
He declined to be interviewed on the SUBJ
ject at present
A Consul's Advices
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-The following
message has just been received a; he state
department.:
GENEVA Sept. 10, 1898.
Empress of Austria just assassinated
here by Italian anarchist.
(signed "QUIGLEY, Consul"
Mckinley Condoles
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-Upon receipt
Of Consul Quigley's notification Of the death
of the empress, President Mckinley SEN;
the following message of coincidence:
"EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 10.
"To His Majesty, the Emperor of Aus
tria. Vienna: I have heard with profound
regret Of the assassination Of her majesty,
the empress of Austria, while at Geneva,
and tender TO your majesty The deep SYM
pathy of the government and people Of the
United States.
(signeO WILLIAM M'KINLEY."
The Assassin's Confession
VIENNA, Sept. 10.-The assassin, while
being interrogated by the Magistrate, said
he came to Geneva with the intention of
killing the Due d'Orleans, but the latter
had already left.
Luccessi followed the duke to Eviank,
about twenty-five miles north of Geneva
on the lake, where he was again unsuccess-
full. He then returned ID Geneva and
learned Of the arrival of the empress. Yes
terday he logged her footsteps but found
no opportunity to carry out his purpose,
though he watched the hotel all day.
This afternoon, about 49, he said, he
saw the valet Of the empress leaving the
hotel and going toward the landing. He
inferred from this that the empress was
going to take the steamboat and he hid
himself behind tree on the quay, with
the knife concealed in his right hand. In
few minutes the empress, accompanied
by her lady of honor. appeared, and the
assassin struck the knife home. Lucessi
confessed that he has been an anarchist
since he was 13 years Of age.
"If all anarchists did their duty as I have
done NINE" he said. bourgeois society
| would soon disappear"
He admitted that he knew the crime was
| useless, but said he committed it "for the
sake of example,
| In spite Of minute searching, the weapon
Of the murderer was rot found.
Dense crowds still surround the hotel
Beaurivage this evening.
French Excitement
| LONDON, Sept. ia special dispatch
| to the Sunday Times from Paris says:
THE assassination OF the Empress Eliz-
abeth of Austria has created an immense
sensation in the French capital, where the
| sympathy of the people is all the greater
| because it is remembered that her sister
the Duchess DAlencon, persisted in the
terrible charity bazaar fire last year.
Her other sister, the former queen OF
Naples, has resided in Paris since the
death of her husband, and the murdered
empress was frequent visitor here and
| familiar to Parisians. Sympat heuic crowds
gathered near the Austrian embassy soor
after the sad news began to spread through
| the CITY,"
The Awful News
! LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE Vienna core.
spondent of the Observer says:
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