The Arvada enterprise., 1914-07-02
MoRGANATic MATE FALLS DEAF
IN HER HUSBANDS ARMS
49, - .f
AND SAVES MAYORS
LIFE.
SECOND PLOT IS FATAL
ROYAL COUPLE MEET END a.
THEY HURRY TO CONSOLE
AIDES WOUNDED BY
BOMB.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Serajeveo, June 29.-Archduke Fran
els Ferdinand. heir to the Austria Hun
garian throne. and his morganatic wife
the Duchess Of Hohenberg, were as.
sassinated Sunday while driving
through the streets of Serajeveo, the
Bosnian capital A youthful Seryian
student fired the shots which added
another to the list Of tragedies that
have darkened the long reign of EN-.
peror Francis Joseph.
The Archduke and his wife were vic.
Tins of second attempt in the same
day against their lives. First bomb
was thrown at the automobile in which
they were driving to. the town hall.
Forewarned. however. of a possible at
tempt against his life, the Archduke
was watchful, and struck the missile
aside with his arm. 1t fell under an
automobile which carried members OF
his suite, wounding Count Won Boos
Waldeck and Colonel Merizzo.
On their return from the town hall
the Archduke and Duchess were driv-
ing to the hospital when the Servian.
Gavrio Prinzip. darted at the car and
fired yolley at the occupants. His
aim was true, for the Archduke and his
wife were mortally wounded. With
them at the time was the governor Of
the city. who escaped injury. The bod.
les of his murdered companions col.
lapsed across him and protected him
from stray bullets.
The Archduke was struck full In the
face and the Duchess was shot
through the abdomen and throat. They
died few minutes after reaching the
palace. to which they were hurried
with all possible speed.
Prinzip and fellow conspirator. a
compositor from Trebinje. named Cab
rinovic. barely escaped lynching by the
infuriated spectators. They finally
we're seized by the police. who afforded
them protection. Both are natives Of
the annexed province Of Herzegovina.
The first attempt against the arch
duke occurred Just outside the girls
high school, His car had just restart-
cd after brief pause for an inspection
of the building. when Gabrinovic
hurled the bomb This was 80 sue
cersfully warded off by the archduks
that 1t fell directly beneath the follow.
ing car, the occupants OF which.
Count Won Boos Waldeck and Colonel
Merizzo. were struck by slivers Of iron.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand stopped
his car and. after making inquiries a.
to their injuries and lending what aid
he could. continued his journey to the
town hall.
There the burgomaster began tho
customary address. but the archduke
sharply interrupted and snapped out:
Herr Burgomaster. we have como
here to pay you visit and bombs
aave been thrown at us. This is alto
yether an amazing indignity."
After a pause. the archduke said:
Now you may speak"
On leaving the hall, the archduke
and his wife announced their intention
of visiting the wounded members Of
their suite at the hospital on their way
back to the palace. Theye were actu.
ally bound on their mission OF mercy,
when at the corner Of Rudolf strasse
and Franz Josef strasse. Prinxip
opened fire.
A bullet struck the archduke In tho
face. The duchess was wounded In
the abdomen and another struck her
In the throat, severing an artery. She
fell unconscious across her husband's =
knee. At the same moment the arch.
duke sank to the floor OF the car.
The assassins were interrogated by
the police and both seemed to glory In
their exploit. Prinzip said he had
studied for time Mt Belgrade. He de.
clared he had long intended to kill
some eminent person from nationalist
motives. He was awaiting the arch.
duke at a point where he knew the
automobile would slacken speed, turn
ing into Franz Josef s.rasse. The pres.
cnce OF the duchess In the car caused
him to hesitate. but only for mo-
ment. Then his nerve returned and
he empticd his pistol at the imperial
pair. He denied that be had any &C.
completes.
Prinzip Is is years old. Nedeljo Cab.
rinovicS il 81. He told the police he
had oh'a,ned the bomb from anar-
chists at Belgrade. whose names he
did not know. He denied also that
ne had aocomplices aud treated the
tragedy with cynical indifference.
After his unsuccessful attempt 70
blow up the imperial visitors. 0abrino-
Tics sprnns into the river Miljachka,
n an effort to escape. but witnesses
Of his crime plunged after hin, and
ssixcd him.