The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-01
MARTIAL LAW
IS DECLARED
IN SARAYEVO
MURDER OF GRAND DUKE
WAS ANTI-SERVIAN EX.
PRESTON
STUDENTS RIOTING
Demonstrations in Bosnian Cap.
ital Required Drastic Action
By the Authorities

Sarayevo, June ga bomb thrown
by youth standing on the corner oi
the Main street here was the signal
this morning for a serious anti-Ser.
Wan outbreak which the troops found
considerable difficulty in quelling
Martial law Immediately was declared
The only damage done by the bomb
was a slight injury to a passing Muss-
ulman. The rougher element, joined
are regarded as legitimate contracts
by number of Croatian students, pa
raded along the streets stoning the
windows of Servian shops, clubs
schools and houses and looting the in
teriors. The manifestants carried q
potrait of the Emperor Francis 10.
seph at their head. They sang the
Austrian national anthem and attack
ed everything Servian until they were
confronted by an Overwhelming force
of soldiers. .,......y 4
Martial law was proclaimed by beat
of drum and the posting Of placards,
All the chief points of the city were
occupied by troops. .-r
DOdtu mdShS lunuos
Death masks Of the archduke and
the Duchess were taken today and
the bodies placed on catafalque in
the chapel Of the palace and sur
rounded by a magnificent display of
Wreaths and other floral emblems
from all parts Of the country.
According to the semi-oficial report
of the tragedy, when Gavrio Prinzip,
the young assassin, fired the fatal
shots, Count Francis Won Harrach
was standing on the footbcard of the
car acting as a shield to the occu-
pants Of whom he had constituted
himself the special bodyguard after
the bomb had been thrown a short
time before by Nedeljo Cabrinovics.
The archduke was joking with the
count about his precautions when the
shot rang out.
The aim of the assassin was so true
that each of the bullets inflicted a
mortal wound Neither the archduke
nor the Duchess uttered a sound but
moment later it was seen that they
had been hit. ....-.. :.
injured Improving.
Lieutenant Colonel Erik Merrizzi,
who had been wounded by the bomb
in the first attack today was pronoun-
ced out Of danger, while the injury
sustained by Count Won Boos- -Waldeck
is said to be Insignificant. ;,
Gabrinovics, 1t was learned, today,
had been expelled from Sarayevo two
years ago, but had been recently per-
mitted to return through the inter-
vention Of socialist member of the
Bosnian diet.
The official account Of the assassi-
nation issued today, after stating that
the deadly effect of the murderer's
bullets was explained by the extreme
closeness of the range proceeds:
Dying Spoke to Each Other.
"The Duchess of Hohenburg collap-
sep against her husband Field Mar
shall Oskar Potiorek thought she hao
merely tainted from the shock. He
was strengthened in this belief by the
fact that the archduke and duchess
exchanged few words in low voice
"It was not until the field marshal
turned around after giving instruc-
tions to the chauffeur to proceed to
the governors palace that, he noted
the archduke, while still sitting quiet
ly upright, had his open mouth full OF
blood.
when the car stopped before the
palace the duchess was unconscious
After she had been lifted from the
car the archduke collapsed in the
seat.
1.-THE archduke died about a quarter
Of an hour afterward and few min
utes later the duchess expired without
either Of them regaining conscious
ness"
A report was current here today
that the archduke's last words to his
wife were: Sophia, live for our ch'l-
dren."
Williamson the GreenVille coroner