The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-29
ARCHDUKE AND DUCHESS
KILLED BY AN ASSASSIN
HEIR TO THE AUSTRIAN
THRONE TIM OF
SERvIAN CRANK
After Attempt to Kill Him With
Bomb Fails-Another Uses
Deadly Pistol.

SARAYEVo. June 2s. - Archduke
Francis Ferdinand. heir 20 the Aus.
uo-hqngerian throne and his NOR.
ganatic wife. the Duchess OF Hohen.
Ders we're assassinated today while
GIVING through the streets OF sara
yeFo. the Bosnian capital A youth.
ful Servian Student fred the shots
which added another 10 the long list
OF tragedies that has darkened the
reign OF Emperor Francis Joseph
The archduke and his wife were VIC
tms OF the second attempt In the
same day against their lives First
bomb was thrown al the automobile
In which they were driving TO the
Town hall. Forewarned. however. OF
possible attempt against his life.
me archduke was watchful and struck
tho missile aside with his arm II
ten under an automobile which car.
ried members OF his suite. wounding
oount Won boos-Naldeck and Colonel
Merizzo.
On their return from the town hall
the archduke and the duchess were
DRIVING TO the hospital when the Ser.
Wan Gavrio Prinzip. darted at the car
and fired yolley at the OCCUPANTS.
lils aim was true tor the archduks
and his wife were mortally wounded
With them at the time was the gov
ernor OF the city. who escaped IN
jury. The bodies OF his murdered
companions collapsed across him and
Dead When Palace Was Reached.
The governor shouted TO the chat
Ieur TO rush 10 the palace at top
speed. Physicians were in prompt
attendance but their services were
useless as the archduke and his wife
were dead before the palace was
Until the emperor's wishes are
known the bodies will lie in state al
he palace here. They will doubtless
be Inferred In the Hapsburg vaults
IN the Capuchin church at Vienna.
IN SarayeNo there Is mourning ~v-
erywhere. with black draped flags
md streamers on ali public buildings.
The president has sent a message to
ne emperor. expressing the grief and
horror OF the whole population at the
ruthless crime and assuring his mai
esty OF the peoples unalterable devo-
lion 10 the ruling house.
throughout the day weeping wo-
men were TO be seen In groups while
great crowds surrounded the spots
Where the bomb exploded and where
The fatal shots were fired. The bomb
was nlled with nails and lead iling
ana the explosion was violent The
IRON shutters on many shops were
pierced by flying fragments and iron
railings were shattered. About
score OF persons we're Injured. seye-
ral OF them being women and child
ren.
elimination Of Sorrows.
This final tragedy which has come
20 the house of Hapsburg is the cul-
minauon OF the personal sorrows that
nave oVershadowed the life OF the
emperor. His reign Logan with sin
ister omens, for he faced internal dis
sensions and external aggressions
from the moment he came to the
throne. In 1853 the list OF tragic in
cidents began with an attempt upon
nh Hun ru.rfr..
81 Lebenye wounded him with a knife.
Fourteen years later. his brother.
Archduke Macmillan. emperor Of
Mexico, was captured by those who
rose against him, condemned TO death
by court martial. and executed Then
followed the burning TO death Of a
niece in Vienna. a sister In Paris. and
The death by suicide in Stahrenberg
Lake, OF a cousin.
Is 1898. the emperor's wife. Who
was the daughter of Macmillan
Joseph. duke OF Bavaria. was stabbed
10 death at Caneva by a mad Italian
anarchist They had been estranged
for many years. but the emperor had
never ceased 10 show a deep affection
for her
Less than ten years before the En-
peror's only son. the Crown Prince
Rudolph. a man Of ability and promise.
upon whom the Austrians had pinned
their hopes. met death in a mystery
which 10 this day has not been
cleared on January 30. 1859. his
body was found In a hunting lodge at
Meyerling. not far from Vienna Re
side his body lay that Of the Baroness
Marie Netscr
Is More Democratic.
Archduke Charles Francis. known
popularity as Karl. who becomes heir
tO the Austrian throne owing TO the
morganatic birth Of Archduke Francis
Ferdinands children. debarring their
ruccession. has been carefully edu.
cated with a view to fitting him FOR
tho position Of emperor he differs
rom al.other members Of the impe-
fial family tnasmuch a. he is the first
member of the imperial house 20 have
been educated in the public schools OF
Vienna, where no MIXED with pupiIs
rrpresenting every class Of society
Tie associated with wOrkingmon and
trades people. and Joined them I'm their
Games. thus getting into closer touch
with the aspirations and ideals Of the
people than any % tho other Hans.
turgs. He is a first lieutenant boz the
AUSTRIAN navy
AntiServian demonstrations BEGAN
tonight The crowds knrlt in the
streets and SANG the national anthem
The mayor of Saraycvo issued proc.
'amauon 90 The residents Of tho city
denounCing the crime and dprlrrIns
hat by the confessions of tho aaaas'
'ns u was shown beyond all doubt
mat the bomb thrown at tho arch.
dukes car came from BELGRADE
sARAYEVO. Bosnia. June gs
Arohduko Francis Ferdinand hoi- to
.nn Au-tro Hungarian throne. and ths
I'lchoss of HOhenborg. his morg7na.
Pic wife. we're shot dead today bv "a
f1den' in tho main street ~ Tho
f.n7nian Capital. a short time after
.hrv had escaped death from a bomb
.IfIed af The royal automobile They
were slain while passing through tho
.NF ON their annual visit f0 tho Hn.
.'k"d provinces ~ Bosnia and Herzc
-UFr'a
Tho arrIIuko was struck fuu ir
f1c" and tho Duchess was shot
rough The abdomen and throat
Infy died H frN minutes after reach
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