Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-07-08


Prinzip, who was on the sidewalk,
fired two pistol shots at the archduke
and the duchess.
The man, who was only a short dis
lance from the car, was good marks
man. The first shot struck the duch-
ess of Hohenberg low down on the
right side, while the second bullet hit
the archduke in the neck, near the
throat, and pierced the jugular vein.
Assassin Well Coached. .
The fact that the assassin aimed
directly at the archduke's head leads
the police to believe that the killing
is the result of well planned plot.
Francis Ferdinand always wore bull
let-proof jacket under his outer gar
ments. This was supposed to be
closely guarded secret known to only
those within the immediate circle OF
the archduke. If this fact was not
| known to the assassin, the police be-
lieve, he would have aimed for the
body of his victim instead Of at the
smaller target, the archduke's head.
| The duchess became unconscious
Immediately and fell across the knees
| of, her husband. The archduke lost
consciousness in a few seconds after
he was hit
Murder Result of Plot?
The murders occurred with such
rapidly that many persons near the
scene did not even hear the shots.
According to some accounts, Prinzip
fired several shots, but only two were
effective. These witnesses said he
was hiding behind a house and dart
ed forth as the royal car passed. He
actually climbed onto the car, accord
ing to one story, and the fact that no
one stopped him is taken to indicate
that the assassination was the result
of carefully planned conspiracy.
This theory is supported by the
fact that few yards from the scene
of the actual assassination of the arch
| duke and duchess an unexploded bomb
was found. 1t had evidently been
thrown away by third assassin after
he had seen the success of the second
attack on the royal couple
Prinzip was seized by police almost
as soon as he had fired the fatal shots.
Only protection by the officers pre-
vented him from mobbing by the great
crowd which had collected
The assassins were interrogated by
the police and both seemed to glory in
their exploit Prinzip said he had
studied for time at Belgrade. He
declared he had long intended to kill
| some eminent person from Nationalist
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 the car caused him to
hesitate, but only for moment Then
his nerve returned and he emptied his
pistol at the imperial pair. He denied
that he had any accomplices.
| Prinzip is eighteen years of age.
Nedeljo Gabrinovics is twenty-one. He
| told the police he had obtained the
| bomb from anarchists at Belgrade
whose names he did not know. HeSde-
MED also that he had accomplices, and
treated the tragedy with cynical indif-
| ference.
Warned Against Visit.
| The assassination took place during
! the first official visit of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand to Bosnia. Before
his departure from Vienna on Wednes-
day NJ Jovanovitch, the Servian min
lister to Austria-Hungary, called on the
archduke and expressed doubts as to
! the wisdom of his journey.
The minister said the country was in
most turbulent condition and the
Servian part of the population might
organize hostile demonstration. He
| added that even il the archduke went
| himself he ought not to take his wife,
as Bosnia was no place for women in
| it's present condition.
| AS a matter of fact, the people of
Sarayevo displayed Servian flags when
the announcement was made of the
proposed visit OF the archduke and
duchess and the local authorities had
great difficulty in removing them be-
fore the state entry of the royal party.
Anger Turns to Sorrow.
The murder, however, changed this
feeling to one Of sorrow and regret,
and anti-Servian demonstrations began.
The crowds knelt in the streets and
sang the national anthem
| Throughout the day weeping women
we're to be seen in groups, while great
crowds surrounded the spots where
| the bomb exploded and where the
| fatal shots were fired.
| The president has sent message to
the emperor expressing the grief and
horror of the whole population at the
ruthless crime and assuring his
majesty of the peoples unalterable de
| votion to the ruling house.
The services Of two interpreters
were necessary. When Judge Mad
| den started to perform the ceremony