The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09
Which the Assassin of the
Austrian Empress Pays,
HIS OWN VOICE RAISED
For Fear That He May Forget
the Faculty of Speech
New York. Nov. s-The New York

/ cheni, the ASSASSIN OF the Empress Of
Austria. has proved Tar mere terrible
/ than the death punishment that has here
( tofore enGe9 the careers az the murderers
OF rulers He knows that his mind IS
i breaking downfall he IS slowly becom-
+ ing a mailman.
I He IS dragging out an existence that
long since became URbearable 10 him
/ in the gray. gloomy prison OF Geneva.
/ He has not even the power 70 kill him
/ self. as he would have done before this
( II opportunity had been given TO him.
He may not even talk. rail al govern
nient, law. order. society, anything He
may rot even send forth 10 the world his
defiance OF power that placed him where
he L. That is frlghtful punishment for
man OF his stripe
When a fanatics Unbalanced braia
drives him to the point where h. is
anxious 70 commit murder for anarchy's
sake and the attention that IL will al
tract 10 himself. ne plans the successive
scenes 81 the drama ia which he viii
stand in the limelight- He realizes that
he viii BE caught, tried and sentenced
10 death IN his own mind his execution
IS the grand climax and ne gIosts over
his farewell speeches. He dreams
Of the years TO come when men like
himself VIII describe his death and repeat
his last words.
At least this has been true Of all the
predecessors OF Luccheni. and the whole
manner Of the Geneva assassin UP TO the
time that he was sentenced indicated that
he was like all the others.
Possibly he was more despica5Ie than
the other slayers OF rulers, FOR. il will
&c remembered, he went 10 Geneva 70 Kill
the Duke OF Orleans. When he failed to
and him he was possessed Of the notion
that ne must kill someone and he thought
OF King Humbert But he did not have
money enough 10 pay his fare TO Rome.
II happened that the Empress OF Aus
tria was in Geneva and so Luccheni Sc
lccted a woman for his victim He stab
hed her with dle that had been fash
iCned into stiletto as she was going
to the lake fo- 4 sail on September 10.
Isss.
Luccheni tried TO escape. just 10 add
further excitement to his deed When
ne was arrested he proclaimed his love
for anarchy and his exul5ation in the
a. ~ 1T NVA4-L4LAtcl anu tll4L was
about the last opportunity that LUG;
IUccheni the founding who does not
know his real name nor anything about
his parents, had 70 talk for the benefit
OF his bloody brotherhOod. Little chance
vas given TO him TO air his sentiments
at his trial. Just one month from the
TIME he committed the murder he was
sentenced 10 life Imprisonment. aad there
IS no appeal Or pardon.
He had expected 10 be executed He
had planned q leave-tazIng IN keeping
With his murder OF woman who had
never harmed MIN in the slightest way
and whom h had killed 70 gain notoriety.
Instead ne vas thrown into a cell and cut
OF from communication from the world
He literally has been buried alive.
During the first six months Of his
Imprisonment Lucchenf sax no one save
the jailer who thrust his food through
an opening in mis- cell He was not per
nitted TO speak to his guard. who appear
Cd once a day. He had nothing 10 read.
nothing with which 70 write. he lived
in absolute silence and with nothing to
occupy his save his own thoughts He
could not know what the world said OF
him, and that was the greatest punish
ment OF all. He did not know whether
the red-handsd brotherhood gIorihed him
or whether he was utterly forgotten
He ragged over the refusal OF the prison
aue.-oriJies 10 pay the slightest attention
10 his request for newspapers. II was
v crse 70 Luccheni than thousand deaths +
this complete oblivion
The world did speedily forget hin. and
the consciousness q this came 70 Lucheni
after 4 time He became more amenable
70 prison rules and, after six months
OF absolute isolation during which tine
b was never permitted 20 leave his cel
TIE rigors OF his punishment were some
Y hat relaxed
lie was permitted 70 take Al hour ex-
eTcise IN the corridor. b.. II was iu-
PRESSED upon him thst II he spoke =
any one this privilege would &c taken
from him Also he was give Hthe bless
ms OF work
The creature who murdered ar I'm
press 10 gain notoriety and who planned
& spectacular death gladly accepted the
81 po-tunity OF making shoes n The Gene
"a prison But he vas SIN compelled
to be silent: Neither the other prisoners
= 18th whom Re sometimes came 81 con-
act nor his keepers were permitted Z
.aIS Nth him Re vas directed - signs
For tine II looked As = Lucrheni sould
sevelop natural and normal instincts
He asked for . chaplain ard listened
.reedfv 10 the good man 5 words. lac
cheni even expressed sorrow for his
Iced ard The chaplain was 5oyously hope
10. Of bringing 4 hloody sinner 70 real
r pcatance
Eis reform was sha~t-lived- As soon as
ae became convinced la1E he would gain
,othing BIZ X Re speedily rslapseG izto
Is cid sulIsu hatred Ire uers fast thaf
Is tsIl0x prisoners paid rot ths slSar-
- attention 70 htn-actsc- iz6eed. as
: the assassin q an Enpress weVe
= esture 7orth net e~er tae glance II
.lriosit5 -prcved u7oa his miserable sou
-ucchezi he-zu 70 dlsobeT TIE prison
ulss. Ell vas given some Constellation.
or The administration q Swiss pTts-
rs Is more humane fnzn II zos1 coaz-
rtss
-sut vhcn The sssassfl-s intT1ctious be-
auae Mora serious he vas sgzaa .ert
RIO solitary c=nsrez-a-- Yer a tir1e
.e vas permitted - take enc heck q
aoath from rs 7-tsen l1brary-s Nhrsrv
Z rnossl hon letic<-but when Re VS.
gain CIT % from TIE rest e Ire prison
ven thts soIace vas denied hin
So nov. during the long hourz q thc
az and Il the night ne : zic1e. ard
e hears the sou-6 q Eo vaice save rs
wr. VIXEN he lifts X n The fear thzs .
peech nay - forgotten Pet n IS ever .