Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-20
Aleko Schinas Within Six
Feet Of King George as
He Fired Upon Royal
Victim.
WOULD
GIVE NO MOTIVE
Refused to Talk When
Questioned; Queen Olga
Frustrated and Sons Wis
IDLY Affected by News.
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the late King George Of Greece was
embalmed today and removed from
the hospital to the palace on
stretcher borne by his son, Prince
Nicholas. and several superior officers
Of the Greek army. The stretcher was
followed by q strangely diversified
procession. consisting of regular
troops in the campaign outfits. OFF,
GERS in brilliant uniforms. clergy.
civilians. cretans Greeks, Mussulmans
and peoples Of the various Balkan
races in a kaleidoscope variety Of
costumes.
Soldiers Of the Greek light infantry,
in their quaint kits surrounded the,
humble military stretcher as a guard
of honor. The procession on It's way
to the palace passed the spot where]
King George was shot down yesterday.
On arrival at the palace military
honors were rendered. The body was,
placed on a bier in the main chamber
and the Greek metropolitan offered ~
prayer. AS the civil and military;
authorities filed past many of them
burst into tears.
A guard of honor consisting OF
Greek children and priests, the latter
continuing chanting prayers, will ~
stationed around the body until It II
removed for burial.
Slayer Lived Much Abroad.
Aleko Schinas, slayer OF King George
appears to have lived much abroad.
He returned to this city only when
it was occupied by the Greek army At
ter the surrender OF the Turkish gar.
risOn.
The premediation OF the regicide ap-i
pears to be established by the fact
that Schinas' lurked In hiding. H4
rushed out when his royal victim wasS
only six feet from his hiding place and
fired point blank into the back Of tho
king. The shooting occurred only ~
few yards from police headquarters.
Lieut.. Col Francoudis, the kings
aid de camp, who was walking beside,
his royal master, Immediately his
revolver. Schinas turned and fired ati
the aid de camp but the shot went
wild. Two Cretan military policemen
who were acting as an escort to the
king dashed at Schinas and pinionedl
his arms before he could fire again.,
When Francoudis saw that the 49,
sassin had been arrested he turned t0d
King George who he supposed had
escaped unscathed, and was horrihedl
to find his majesty stretched on the
roadway.
rancoudis raised the stricken mon.i
arch's head from the pavement but|
the king was already unconscious andt
he never spoke again. 4
Soldiers who had been summon e0f
by the shots lifted the king from tho
ground and carried him to hospitald
He expired on the way without recovs
ering consciousness.
When questioned by the police
Schinas trucently replied:
"Yo, have courts. will speaA
there
Pressed to say who he was ana
what was the motive of his crime hsJ
replied: &.
"Take me to the police station s0,'
that the crowd shall not maltreat NEE;
will speak there"
On reaching the police station he
gave his name and few particulars
about himself. q.
Sctinas An Anarchist.
New York, March 19-Aleco Schinas,,
the assassin OF King George of Greece,
was man Of education and q con.i
firmed anarchist, according to infor.
nation obtained by De Metrios N.
Botassi. Greek consul in this city. The
man nursed grudge against the king,
Mr. Botassi was told today by Greeks
In this city who knew Schinas well
because the government had closed Z
school Of anarchism which Schinas had
established at Volo, the chief city Of
Thessaly. Schinas was born In Volo.
Queen is Frustrated.
Athens. Greece, March 19.-Queen
Olga Of Greece, was too prostrated BY
the news of the fate Of her husband to
sail for Saloniki last night but she left
today. When her sons. Prince George
and Prince Andre, communicated the
news of the tragedy to her she fell
fainting in their arms and recovered
only to swoon again. This happened
several times and physicians wero
called in to quiet her.
All the princes and princesses Of the
royal family accompanied their mother
to Saloniki.
State mourning has been ordered for
a period of six months and court
mourning for year. The whole Greek