Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-07-02

Vienna, A~ustria.-The Archduke
Francis Ferdinand and wife, heir ap-
parent to the throne of Austria-Hun-
gary, were assdssinated while driving
in the streets of Sarajeyo, capital of
Bosnia
A bomb was hurled by a workman
at their carriage, injuring six persons,
and then a young Servian student
emptied a revolver at the archduke
and the duchess, each bullet hitting a
vital spot. Among those wounded
were Count Boos Waldeck and Colonel
Merizzi.
The aged Emperor Francis Joseph
is practically Frustrated by the shock
of the assassination of his nephew
and grave fears are entertained for
him. The cabinet was Immediately
summoned to Vienna and went into
session at once.
Police Save Assasslns.
The police had to intervene to save
the assassins. After they had been
put in Jail a police guard was estab-
lished. The carriage in which the
royal couple was driving had just left
the railroad station when a journey
man printer named Cabrinovic hurled
a bomb.
The echo of the explosion had not
died away when a Servian student,
who had been banished from Bosnia,
ran toward the carriage. Each of his
bullets took effect. The archduke was
shot in the head and the duchess in
the abdomen.
They were carried into the palace
where they died with in a few minutes.
The assassination occurred while the
entire city was en- fete to receive the
archduke, who was generally consid'
cred, through the emperor's known
disabilities, to be practically the ruler
of the empire.
Hurts Bomb at Carriage.
On the edge OF the crowd at a point
at which the royal carriage would
pass close to them were the Serviar
student and the printer standing il
the first rank of spectators.
Neither of the assassins moved I'm
til the carriage horses were abreast o
them. C~abrinovic, the printer, was thu
first. He leaped out into the opeI
road, hurting his bomb straight at the
royal couple. He missed his mark
but the bomb, exploding, sent a bal
of broken steel and lead among thu
prahl,,1yps aftnnHnntc Civ of thar
fell. AS the throng shrieked in ho1
ror, and fought to flee, the liftinI
smoke from the bomb showed tn
archduke and duchess sitting uprigh
in their carriage, apparently unharn
ed. At that moment the Servian yout
sprang forward.
The archduke apparently saw tn
CLINT of the heavy revolver and face
the youth, partly shielding the duel
ess. Before he could do more tn
student fred, the first bullet hittin
the archduke in the face. Franci
Ferdinand managed to remain uprigf
a moment longer and then as the Sc
ond shot hit him, he fell back again'
the cushions of the carriage. So clos
now that he could almost touch tn
duchess, the youth continued shoe
ing, the bullets taking effect in tt
abdomen. Each bullet he fired ha
hit a vital shopt.
Taken to Palace, Die.
The archduke and the duche'
were taken to the palace, but it W;
seen that they we're mortally wounde
They had scarcely been laid on be-
when they died.
The peasants threw themselves upt
the. assassins, whom, but for the int
vention of the police and militia, thu
would undoubtedly have killed on Il
spot.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand w
born in 1863. He married morganat
ally in 1900 the Countess Sophie CT
TEX, who had the title Of Duchess
Hohenberg conferred upon her Oct
Der, 1909, and renounced the claim
his issue by her to the throne.
Many details of the assassinati
are related by witnesses. Accord
to some accounts, Prinzip firedfsevel
shots, but only two were effective.