The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-13
TO TERRORIZE TYRANTS
SoVEREIGNs MUST BE REACHED
BY ANARCHISTS.
Has Lived the Life of a Vagabond
and Never Knew His Father or
Mother-His Weapon Transhxed
! the Heart of the Empress-Dsmon-
stration at Geneva.

by an Italian anarchist, whose name
has been variously given as Laccheni,
Luchesi and LGegini, has revealed that
the weapon completely transfixed the
heart, penetrating three and one
third inches and making wound one
sixth of an inch wide. The fact that
her majesty walked so yards to the
steamer is ascribed to her remarkable
will power and natural energy.
The body of the empress has been
enclosed in a 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 continually on their knees
beside the bier, praying for the soul
of the departed Nearby stands the
prayer table of the deceased, bearing
her rosary. and crucihx.
The imposing demonstration of SYM
pathy organized by the federal council
commenced at noon today. The APP
proaches to the hotel were guarded by
gendarmes. The procession was head
ed by gendarmes, with arms reversed.
Then came four beadles with cooked
hats and long cloaks. half yellow 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 dignitaries. Then
came a great mass of the population of
Geneva. In close ranks the people de-
filed bareheaded before the hotel, in
spite of the very hot sun.
In the meanwhile the historic bell of
the cathedral of st. Clemence changed
heavily. The procession lasted over an
hour.
All eyes were directed towards the !
terrace of the hotel. where stood Gen !
eral Berzivicizy. marshal of the late !
empress household. the Austrian min l
lister and the members of the suite of /
the deceased. The majority of the 1
stores were closed.
On the order of magistrate. the as
sassin was taken this afternoon from |
Saint Anthony prison to the Anthropo- |
metrical institute, where he was meas /
ured and photographed. Photographs /
were given TO the press and will be dis
tributed to the police in the cities where /
he lived.
ASSASSIN'S HISTORY.
In the course of a 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 chart
ty school, and at the age of 10 he wa5
thrown on the streets without resour-
until he was 20. Then he served in the
Italian army three years and a half.
On leaving his regiment he was employ
ed as valet de chambre of the Prince
of Aragon for six months At this
time anarchistic ideas began to possess
his mind. and-to use his own words
Prevented me from remaining in servi-
tude."
In the course of 81 life of adventure,
he happened to be at Budapest in 1894.
There, for the first time, he saw En-
press Elizabeth. He was miserable and
weak, and applied to the italian consul
to be returned to Italy. The consul
sent him to Fiume. His description of
his subsequent wanderingS was vague,
and he said he seldom if ever obtained
work. While staying at Lausanne he
saw a file outside a shop. He purchased I
It with no conceived purpose and made j
4 clumsy wooden handle for it.
In prison he has boosted of his crime
and has addressed letter to a Milan
newspaper, expressing a fear lest he
be mistaken by Professor Cabar. LOn-
lroso for a degenerate. Dilating IN this
communication upon the objects of mil :
tant anarchism, he wrote:
above all, ii is the great who must !
De struck. Not only Sovereigns and !
heir ministers will be reached by my /
but all who make men mis-
,rable on earth" {
He says he was not impelled by mis- {
Try to kill the empress. as such course :
would have been idiotic, but he commit r
ed the deed in order that such crimes,
GLOWING one with the other, might i
ause all who impoverished the popu q
ace to tremble and shiver. The docu
rent concludes with this declaration: ?
II am an anarchist by conviction" 7
GRIEF OF THE EMPEROR.
Vienna, Sept. 12.-The emperor of
Austria and his daughter attended a
mass this morning in the private chapel
f the Schoenbrunner palace. His \
majesty showed evidences of intense
rief, but said he did not lose faith
n God. He expressed wish for con-
ession and communion.
During the day the emperor re-read h
With much emotion passage in the 6
asst letter he received from the en- Il
ress, in which she expressed herself v
nth being pleased with the prospect s
returning to Vienna in a few days il
0 witness the jubilee festivities. His c
majesty attended the usual state du- a
les today and insisted on attending t
ersonally to the numerous messages a
sympathy he had received since the v
cath of the empress. n
Rome, Sept. 13.-Emperor' Francis n
oseph telegraphed the following reply a
n receipt of the Geographic coincidence n
the pope: A
In the frightful misfortune that has L
truck me and my house, the words of p
our holiness, full of holy Indignation il
nd affection, and inspired by that C
aith which henceforth is my only C
efuge, have conveyed sweet consola- S
on to my broken heart. il
Holy father, accept my most pro- @
)un6 and most devoted thanks for a
our words and your fraternaf bene- c.
lotion. Pray. remember with pity in c.
our holy prayers henceforth the il
unity soul. my blessed, beloved COM n
anion. myself and my family.
,igned) FRANCIS JOSEPH"
COUSIN OF THE EMPRESS.
st. Louis. Mo-. Sept. 12.-Baron Wal B
eek de Villeneuve, captain in the
eventh immune regiment, now at
sfferson barracks. is a cousin OF the
tie empress of Austria. who was as 81
estimated in Geneva. He seemed very CO
UGH affected when he, read the news q
the crime in the papers. He has II
ired the following cablegram of con- W
,lence: pl
70 His Majesty. Emperor Francis Jo- u
seph of Austria. Vienna: 81
Receive my sincere sympathy ef
"WALDECK DE VILLENEUVE." a
Before coming to this country, Wal 81
eek was a baron and n lieutenant at IL
ched to the court of the emperor al
- n;