Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-07-04
ROYAL COUPLE SHOT DOWN IN
STREETS OF BOSNIA cAPI-
tai AFTER ESCAPING
BOMB EXPLOSION.
WAS HEIR TO TWO THRONES
Death of Arehduke Francis Ferdinand
Nephew Of Emperor Franz Je-
seph, Leaves Austrian EN-
pire Without an Heir-Two
Assassins Are Arrested.

Serajeyo, Bosnia. June 29.-Areh4
duke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the
Observation-Disclosures throne, and the
princess of Hobenberg. his morgan
attic wife, were shot dead on Sunday
by ssadent in the main street of
the Bosnian capital. a short time
! after they had escaped death from a
bomb hurled at the royal automobile,
They were slain while passing
through the city on their annual VISIT
to the annexed provinces of Bosnia;
and Herzegovina.
The archduke was struck full inl
the face and the princess was shot
through the abdomen and throatI
| They died a few minutes after reach-i
ing the palace to which they we're
hurried with all speed
Use Bomb and Bullets.
Those responsible for the assassina-
ton took care that 1t should prove
effective as there were two assaults,
the first with a bomb and the second
with revolver The bomb was
/ thrown at the royal automobile as
It was proceeding to the town hall,
where a reception was to be held.
rhe arehduke saw the deadly missile
hurting through the air and warded
It off with his arm IL fell outside9
he car and exploded. slightly wound
/ ing two aide-de-camps in a second
EAR and half dozen spectators
1t was on the return Of the pro-
session that the tragedy was added
% the long list of those that have
larkened the pages of the recent his
.ory of the Hapsburgs.
Student Opens Fire.
As the royal automobile reached a
prominent point in the route to thei
palace, a Servian student, Gavrio
Prinzip, sprang out of the crowd and
poured deadly fusilade of bullets
rom an automatic pistol at the arch
duke and princess.
Prin2ip and a fellow conspirator,
compositor from Trobinie, named
Iabrinovics, barely escaped lynchingl
by the Infatuated spectators They
inally were seized by the police who
afforded them protection Both are
natives of the annexed province Of
herzegovina.
Wards of Bomb.
The first attempt against the arch
luke occurred Just outside the girls
ligh school. His car had started after
brief pause for an inspection of the
building when Gabrinovics hurled the
bomb This was so successfully
warded of by the archduke that It fell
directly beneath the following car.
lie occupants of which, Count Won.
8oos- Waldeck and Col Merizzo. were
struck by slivers OF iron. ArchdukeI
Francis Ferdinand stopped his car
and after making inquiries as to their
INJURIES and lending what aid he.
,ould. continued his journey to the
/ own hall where an address was made
BY the burgomaster.
Shot Dead in Their Car.
/ After going around the town hall
about half an hour the archduke
started for the garrison hospital to
visit Col Morizzi. who had been TAX
IN there after the outrage. AS tho
4rchduke reached the corner OF Ru-
iolf street two pistol shots were fred
oy young man named Gavro Prin-
zip The first struck the duchess on
he right side. while the second hit
The archduqe and pierced the jugular
vein.
The duchess became unconscious i'm
mediately and fell arcoss the knee of
her husband The archduke also lost
consciousness in few seconds. The
motor car IN which they were seated
drove straight TO the palace where
army surgeons rendered first aid, but
( n vain Neither the archduke nor
he duchess gave any siGn of life and
he head Of the hospital could only
certify that both were dead
The authors OF both attacks, who
were promptly arrested are born
Austrlans Cabrinoyitch worked for
2 few weeks in the government print
ing works at Belgrade. He returned
here as a SerVian chauvinist and
made no concealment Of his sympathy
with the king Of ServlA.