Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-07-01
AND
JULY
ARCHDUKE AND WIFE KILLED.
Couple Shot While Riding i'm Auto
Through Bosnian Capital.


Sarajevo, Bosnia, June 28.-Arch-
duke Francis Ferdinand. heir TO
Austria-Hungarian throne, and the
Princess of Hohenberg, his morga-
matte wife, were shot dead to-day by
student in the main street Of the
B"snian capital, a short time afte.
they haG escaped death from a bomb
hurled at the "oval automohi'C.
The two were slain AS they were
passing through the city on their
annual visit to the annexed provinces
OF Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The archduke was struck full in
the face and the princess was shot
through the abdomen and throat.
They died few minutes after reach
lnS the palace, to which they were
hurried.
With Bomb and Pistol
Those responsible for the assassin
alton took care that it should prove
effective. There were two assailants.
the first armed with bomb and the
second with a revolver The bomb
was thrown at the royal automobile
as it sped to the town hall, where a
reception was to be held.
The archduke saw the missile
1T Off with his arm. 1t fell outside
the car and exploded. slightly wound
ing two aides de camp in a second
car and half dozen spectators.
1T was on the return Of the pro-
cession that the tragedy was added
TO the long list of those that have
darkened the pages of the recent his
tory of the Hapsburgs.
AS the royal automobile reached a
prominent point in the route to the
palace, an eighth grade student, Cav
rio Prinzip, sprang out Of the crowd
and poured a deadly fusillade of bull
lets from an automatic pistol at the
archduke and princess.
Slain on Mercy Mission
At the town hall the burgomaster
began the customary address, but the
archduke sharply Interrupted and
snapped out:
Herr BurgomaSter we have come
here to pay you visit and bombs
have been thrown at us. This is al
together an amazing indignity."
After pause, the archduke said: (:
Now you may speak
On leaving the hall, the archduke
and HIS wife announced their frten-
tion Of visiting the wounded mem
bers of their suite at the hospital on
their way back to the palace. They
actually were bound on their mis-
sion OF mercy, when, at the corner of
Rudolfe strasse and Franz Josef
strasse, Prinzip opened fire. The
duchess fell unconscious across her
husbands knee. A the same mo-
ment the archduke sank to the floor
Of the car.
Tho oScnc ,,,nro L..
the police and both seemed to glory
in their exploit. Prinzip said he had
studied for time at Belgrade. He
declared he had intended to kill
some eminent person from national
motives. He was awaiting the arch
duke at point where he knew the
automobile would slacken speed,
tuning into Franz Josef strasse.
The presence Of the duchess in the
car caused him to hesitate, but only
FOR moment. Then his nerve re-
turned and he emptied his pistol at
the imperial pair. He denied he had
accOmplices.
Both AsSaSsinS Young.
Prinzip is 18 years of age. Ned
clio Gabrinovics is 81. He told the
police he had obtained the bomb
from anarchists at Belgrade, whose
names he did not know. He denied
a lso that he had accomplices, and
treated the tragedy with cynical in
difference.
After his unsuccessful attempt to
blow up the imperial visitors, Cab
rin0Nics spfank into the Miljachka
river in an effort to escape, but spec
tatorS plunged after him and seized
him.
a few yards from the scene Of the
shooting an uneXploded bomb was
found, which, it was suspected, was
thloWn away by an accomplice after
he had noted the success of Prinzip's
a tt0ck