The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-07-02
ARCHDUKE and
CONSORT SHOT
Both Die in Automobile
Archduke Wards off Bombs
At the First Attempt
Murderer Later Rushes To Vehicle
and Empties HE Revolver Into
Vietlms-Great Throng Makes oes-
perate Effort To Kill Student, But
Police Save Him.

Police Save Him.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Serajevo, Bosnia.-Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz
Josef, and heir to the Austro-Hunga-
rian throne and his wife, the Duchess
of Hohenberg, were assassinated when
driving from the city hall, where they
had attended a celebration.
The royal carriage had just started
away from the station when journey.
man printer, Pierre Gabrinovic. hurled
a bomb at the carriage, injuring six
persons, all members of the royal
party.
A young Servian student named
Prinzip an accomplice OF Gabrinovic,
raised a revolver an hour later and
fred several shots at the archduke and
duchess, each OF the bullets striking
a vital spot The archduke was shot
in the head and the duchess in the
abdomen. They were carried into the
palace, where they died within few
minutes. Those OF the throng nearest
to the two assassins stood paralyzed
for a moment after the explosion and
shots, and then, before the smoke
cleared away, flung themselves upon
Gabrinovic and his accomplice, who
were trying to make their escape I'M
der cover Of the confusion. The two
men were thrown down and men and
women tried to lynch them.
Wards of Bomb With Arm.
Those responsible for the assassi;
nation took care that it should prove
effective, as there were two attacks,
the first with bomb and the second
with a revolver. The bomb was thrown
at the royal automobile as 1t was pro-
ceeding to the town hall, where a re-
ception was to be held. The archduke
saw the deadly missile hurtling
through the air and warded it off with
his arm. 1t fell outside the car and
exploded, slightly wounding two aids
de-camp in a second car and half a
dozen spectators.
1t was on the return Of the process.
sion that the assassination took place.
The first attempt against the archduke
took place just outside the Girls High
school. His car restarted, after a brief
pause for an inspection Of the building.
when Gabrinovic hurled the bomb.
Falls Under Following Car.
This was so successfully warded off
by the archduke that 1t fell directly
beneath the following car, the occu-
pants Of which, Count Won Boos-W Wal
deck and Col. Merizzo, we're struck by
slivers Of iron. Archduke Franz
making inquiries as to their injuries
and lending what aid he could. contin.
ued his journey to the town hall.
There the Burgomaster began the
customary address, but the Archduke
sharply interrupted and snapped out:
Herr Burgomaster, we have come
here to pay you a visit and bombs
have been thrown at us. This Is alto.
gether an amazing indignity."
After pause the Archduke said:
Now you may speak"
Bound on Mission Of Mercy.
On leaving the hall the Archduke
and his wife announced their inten.
tion to visit the wounded members of
their suite at the hospital on their way
back to the palace.
They were actually bound on their
mission OF mercy when, at the corner
or Rudolf strasse and Franz josef
strasse PrinZip opened fire.
A bullet struck the Archduke In the
face.
The Duchess was wounded in the
abdomen and another bullet struck her
in the throat, severing an artery.
She fell unconscious across her hus
bands knee.
At the same moment the Archduke
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 at Belgrade,
PrInzip Long Planned Murder.
He decided he had long intended {.
kill some eminent person from nation
alist motives.
He was awaiting the Archduke at {
point where he knew the automobile
would slacken speed, turning into
Franz Josef strasse
The presence of the Duchess in thu
car caused him to hesitate, but onl!
for a moment.
Then his nerve returned and he emp
tied his pistol at the imperial pair.
he denied that he had any accom-
plices
Prinzip is IS years of age. Pierr
Gabrinovic Is q. He told the polic'
heh ad obtained the bombs from An
archists at Belgrade, whose name
he did not know.
Assassin Leaps Into River.
After his unsuccessful attempt t,
blow up the imperial visitor Cabr!
movie sprang into the River Miljachk
in an effort to escape, but witnesses o
his crime plunged after him an
seized him. A few yards from tn
scene of the shooting an unexplode
bomb was found, which, 1t is su:
pected, was thrown away by an az
complice after he had noted the suC
cess of Prinzip's attack. The tim
and place for the deed were we
chosen, for the city was en- fete in hor
of coming of archduke and duchess.
A Huge Throne Gathered.
A huge throng had gathered nea
the railroad station, where sma
keep the way clear for the passag
of the royal carriage In the thron