Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-07-03
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ARcHDuKE FERDINAND AND THE
PRINCESS OF HoHENRERe,
HIS WIFE, MURDERED.
TERRIBLE WORK OF AN ANARCHIST
First Tried to Kill Heir to Austro-Hun-
qarian Throne With Bomb and
Failed, Then Used Rapid Firing
PistoI-Arrested.

Serajevo, Bosnia.-Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungar-
ian throne, and the Princess of Ho-
henberg, his morganatic wife, were
shot dead Sunday by a student in the
main street of the Bosnian capital, a
short time after they had escaped
death from a bomb hurled at the royal
automobile. They were slain while
passing through the city on their an
nual visit to the annexed provinces of
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The archduke was struck full in the
face and the princess was shot in the
abdomen and throat. They died a few
minutes after reaching the palace, to
which they were hurried with all pos
sible speed.
Bomb First; Then Pistol.
Those responsible for the assassina-
ton took care hat it should prove
effective, as there were two assaults;
the first with a bomb and the second
with a revolver. The bomb was
thrown at the royal automobile as it
was proceeding to the town hall,
where a reception was to be held. The
archduke saw the missile hurting
through the air and warded it off
with his arm. 1t fell outside the car
and exploded, slightly wounding two
aides de camps in a second car and
half a dozen spectators.
Tragedy on Return Trip.
1t was on the return of the process
sion that the tragedy was added to
the long list of those that have dark
ened the pages of the recent history
Of the Hapsburgs. AS the royal auto
mobile reached a prominent point in
the route to the palace, an eighth
grade student, Gaverio Prinzip, ran
out of the crowd and poured a deadly
fusillade from an automatic pistol at
the archduke and princess.
Crowd Would Lynch.
Prinzip and a fellow conspirator, a
compositor from Trebinje, named Ga
brinovich, barely escaped lynching by
the Infatuated spectators. They were
finally seized by the police, who at
forded them protection. Both are ma.
tives of the annexed province of Hell.
zegovina.
They were actually bound on their
mission of mercy when, at the corner
of Rudolf strasse and Franz Josef
strasse Prinzip opened fire.
A bullet struck the archduke in the
face. The princess was wounded in
the abdomen, and another bullet
struck her in the throat, severing an
artery. She fell unconscious across
her husbands knee. At the same mo
ment the archduke sank to the floor
of the Ear
Glory in Deed.
The assassins were interrogated by
the police and both seemed to glory
in their exploit. Prinzip said he had
studied for a time at Belgrade. He
declared he had long intended to kill
some eminent person from nationalist
motives. He was awaiting the arch.
duke at a point where he knew the
automobile would slacken speed turn
ing into Franz Josef strasse. The
presence of the princess in the car
caused him to hesitate, but only for a
moment. Then his nerve returned and
he emptied his pistol at the imperial
pair. He denied that he had any &C.
completes.
Prinzip is Is years old, Nedeljo Ga.
brinovich is 81. He told the police
he had obtained the bomb from anar.
chists at Belgrade, whose names he
did not know. He denied also that he
had accomplices and treated the
tragedy with cynical indifference.