The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-29
TRAGEDY OCCURS
AFTER ESCAPING
DEATHFROM BOMB
Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand and ConsOrt Vic
Tins Of Bullets.
KILLED WHILE PASSING
THROUGH SARAJEVO CITY
On Annual Visit to Annexed
Provinces Of Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
TWO ASSAILANTS CAPTURED
Student and Compositor, Glorying in
Exploit, Barely Escape Lynch
ing by Spectators.
KILLED WHILE PASSING
THROUGH SARAJEVO CITY
TWO AssAILANTs CAPTURED
Student and Conpositor, Glorying i'll
Exploit, Barely Escape Lynch
ing by Spectators.

SaraJeNO. Bosnia. June 2S.--arcnuuife .
Francis Ferdinand. heir to the Austro-
Hungarian throne and the Duchess of
Hohenberg. his morganatic wife. We're
shot dead to-day by II student in the
main street of the Bosnian capital, Il
short time after they had escaped
death from a bomb hurled at the royal
automobile. 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 'u!l In the
face, and the duchess was shot through
the abdomen and throat. They died
a fAw minutes after reaching he palace
to whc. they were hurried.
Those responsible for the assnssina-
ton took care that 1t should prove
cnec ective. There were two rsSnilantS,
the frst armed with a bomb ana the
second with a revolver. The bomb was
thrown at the royal automobile as it
sped to the Town Hall, where 4 re-
ception was 70 bc held.
ARCHDUI<E WARDS
OrF Is,MB VITA ARM
The archduke saw the missile
hurtlinS through the air and warded%
it of with his arm 1t fell outside
the car and exploded, slightly wound
Ing two aidcs-de- camp in second
car. and half n dozen spectators.
II on the return of the process
sion that the tragedy added to
the long list OF those that have dark
encd the pages OF the recent history
OF the HapSburgs.
AS the royal automobile reached a
prominent point in the route to the
palace, an eighth grade student, Gavrio (
Prinz!a, sprang out of the crowd and
poured n deadly fusillade OF bullets
from an automatic pistol at the arch ;
duke and duchess.
Prinzip and his follow onspirator,
a compositor from Trebinje named
Gabrinovics, barely escaped lynching
By the infuriatcd spectators. They s
finally were seized by the police. Both
are natives Of the annexed provincs
OF Herzegovina.
TIE first attempt against the arch
duke occurred just outside the Girls
High School. His had started. af-
ter brief pause for an inspection
of the building, when Gabrinovics.
hurled the bomb. This was success =
fully wardcd OFF by the ;lrchdukc that /.
it fell directly beneath the car fol-
lowing, the occupants OF which. Count
Won Boos- Waldeck and Colonel Me- /
rizzo. were struck by slivcrs of iron.
CONTINUES JOURNEY
TO THE TOWN HALL
Archduke Francis Ferdinand stopped
his EAR, and. after making Inquiries as
to their injuries and lending what aid
! lie could. continued his journey TO the
Town Sail. There the burgomaster
began the customary address, but the
archduke sharply interrupted and
Herr BurSomaster. we have como
here TO pay you Il visit and bombs
have been thrown at us. This is al
together an amazing indtgnity."
After 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 or
their suite AZ the hospital on their
way back to the palace They actually
Ins k.N,,t hot, .
when at the cornor OF Rudolf Strasss
and Franz Josef Strasse. Prinzip opened
fire. The duchess fell unconscious
across her husbands knee at the
same moment the archduke sank to the
1oor Of the car. (.
ASSASSiNS GLORY
IN THEIR ExPLOrr
The assass'ns were interrogated by
the rolicc. ANA both seemed TO elorv
In their exploit PrinZip said he had
declared he had intended to Kill so,na /.
eminent person from nationalist mo-
tiNei He Was awaiting the archdule
at point where he know the auto-
mooiie would slacken speed. turning
into Franz Josef Strasse The nras
ence OF the duchess in the car ca,,sa,,f
him TO hesitate, but only for moment s
Then his nerve returned, and he
emp'ied his pistol at tho imperiaL
pair. lie denied he had accomplices
Nedeljo Gabrinovics is twenty-one G.
told the police he had obtained the;
homb from anarchists at Belgrade
whose names he aid not know He de-.
MED also that he had accomplices. am,
treated the tragedy with cynical ~
difference.
After his unsuccessful attempt 10
blow up the imperial visitors, Gabri-
novics spranG into the AIiljachka Rivar
IN an EFFORT to escape. but spectators
plunged after him and seized him.
lew yards from the scene of the
shooting an uneNplodcd bomb xya
found. which II was suspected was
thrown away by an accomplice. nftas.
he had noted the success of Prinain'as
.lttack. 'p = Z.
VICTIMS Of SECOND
ATTEMPT TO KrLr;
The archdnke and his wife were vicss
inns OF inc second attempt In the same I.
was thrown at the automobile In uhsetsess.:
they were driving 20 the Town IT.ssE3