Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-19
Constantine Formally
Declared Ruler as
Inquiry Into F ather' S
Murder Starts.
1HlNK ASSASSIN INSANE
GREEK, NOT A PLOTTER
Widowed Queen Olga, Partial
ly Recovered from Shock
News Brought, Hurries to
View Husbands Body.

News Brought, Hurries to
View Husbands Body.
SALONIKI. March 1s.-Investiga-
tion began here today to determine
whether the assassination of George
l.. King of the Hellenes. by Aleko
Schinas, was the act of an unbalanced
Anarchist acting alone, or was the re-
suit of a plot of an organization in
Volo to which the assassin is reported
to belong.
The city is still stricken with sor-
row and horror at the deed of the as
sassin. The streets are deserted save
by small groups of men talking of
the tragedy in low tones. Cafes and
restaurants are closed. as are all
places of amusement, and the troops
are remaining in their barracks The
Greeks, flushed with joy at the sue
cess of their armies yesterday, are
today numb with grief.
ATHENS. March 19.-The Chamber
OF Deputies met this morning and
Premier Venizelos formally announced
the death of King George and the
succession of King Constantine.
Queen Olga was too prostrated by
the news of the fate of her husband
TO sail for Salonik last night, but she
left today.
When her sons, Prince George and
Prince Andre communicated the news
!, fra 10 che fell fqinfinp
in their arms, and only recovered to
'swoon again. This happened several
times and physicians were called in
to quiet her.
All the princes and princesses of the
royal family accompany their mother
TO Saloniki.
State mourning has been ordered
for a period of six months andscourt
mourning for year.
The whole Greek capital is draped
with mourning. On public and other
buildings the national flag flies at
half-mast, and is draped in crepe.
Fhe bells of all the churches in the
city were to1led all day and minute
guns were fired from the forts
The population is overwhelmed
All the newspapers are printed with
black borders and contain long eulo-
gies of the dead monarch.
JANINA, March 19.-Constantine,
the new King of Greece, left for Salo-
niki this morning, after handing over
to General Danglis the chief COM
mand of the Greek army.
When the telegram announcing the
tragedy was read to him last night,
the prince was so overcome that he
was unable fully to grasp its purport.
After ii had been read to him sec
ond time, he burst into tears, and for
a considerable time was quite over
come with grief.
SALONIKI, March 19.-Aleko Schi-
mas, murderer of King George |. of
Greece, appears to have lived much
abroad. He returned to this city only
when it was occupied by the Greek
army after the surrender of the
Turkish garrison.
The premeditation of the regicide
appears to be established by the fact
that Schinas lurked in hiding. He
rushed out when his royal victim was
only six feet from his hiding place
and fired point-blank into the back
of the king. The shooting occurred
only few yards from police head
quarters.
Lieutenant-C Colonel Francoudis, the
kings aide e-de-camp, who was walk
ing beside his royal master, immedi-
ately drew his revolver Schinas
turned and fired at the aide-de-camp,
but the shot went wild :
Two Cretan military policemen who
were acting as an escort to the king
dashed at Schinas and pinioned his
arms before he could fire again.
When Francoudis saw that the as
sassin had been arrested he turned
to King George, who he supposed had
escaped unscathed and was Mortified
to find his majesty stretched on the
roadway.
Francoudis raised the stricken mon
arch's head from the pavement, but
the king was already unconscious and
he never spoke again.
Soldiers who had been summoned
by the shots lifted the ling from the
groud and carried him to hospital.
He expired on the way without recov-
cring consciousness.
When questioned by the police
Schinas truculently replied: "You
have courts. ! will speak there"
Pressed to say who he was and
what was the motive of his crime,
he replied:
Take me to the police station Sc
that the crowd shall not maltreat
me. / will speak there"
on reaching the police station he
cave his name and Few particulars
about himself.
NEW YORK. March 19.-Aleco
schinas, the assassin of King
George. of Greece, was a man OF
education and confirmed anarchist
sccording to information obtained by
Demetrios N Botassi, Greek consul
in this city. The man nursed a
crudge against the king, Mr.. Botassi
was told today by Greeks in this
CITY who knew schinas well, because
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