Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-02
HEIR TO THRONE
And Wife KILLED
ATchduks Ferdinand and Duchess HOhsn-
berg Are Assassinatst At
SaTaisY0.
WAS THE SECOND ATTEMPT
Added TO the House of
Hapsburs.

Sarajevo-Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand, heir to the Austria Hungarian
throne, and his morganatic wife, the
Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassi-
mated while driving through the
streets of Sarajevo, the Bosnian CAPT
! tai A youthful Servian student fired
| the shots which added another to the
long list Of tragedies that has dark
| ened the reign of Emperor Francis
| Joseph. The archduke and his wife
were victims of the second attempt
in the same day against their lives.
! First bomb was thrown at the auto
mobile in which they were driving
10 the town hall. Forewarned, how
ever, of a possible attempt against
his life. the archduke was watchful
and struck the missile aside with his
arm. 1t fell under an automobile fol
lowing which carried members of the
archduke's suite, wounding Count Won
Boos- Waldeck and Colonel Merizzo.
Fatal Shots Were Fired.
On their return from the town hall
the archduke and the duchess were
driving to the hospital when Gavrio
Prinzip darted at the car and fired
a volley at the occupants. His aim
was true and the archduke and his
wife were MORALLY wounded. With
them at the time was the governor
of the city, who escaped injury. The
bodies of the murdered companions
collapsed across him and protected
him from stray bullets The COVER
nor shouted to the chauffeur to rush
to the palace. Physicians were in
prompt attendance, but their services
were useless, as the archduke
and his wife were dead before the
palace was reached.
New Heir Is Democratic.
Less than ten years before, the EN-.
peror's only son, the Crown Prince Ru-
dolph, man of ability and promise,
met death in mystery which to this
day has not been cleared. On January
80, 1889, his body was found in
hunting lodge at Meyerling, not far
from Vienna. Beside his body lay that
of the Baroness Marie Vetsera.
Archduke Charles Francis, known
popularity as Karl, who becomes heir
to. the Austrian throne, owing to the
morganatic birth of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand's children, debarring their
differs from all other
members of the imperial family mas
much as he is the first member of
The imperial house to have been edu-
Gated in the public schools of Vienna,
where he mixed with pupils repre-
,enting every class of society. He
associated with working men and
and joined them in their
,ames, getting into closer touch with
he aspirations and ideals of the peo
lie than any of the other Hapsburgs. ]
lie is a first lieutenant in the Aus
rian navy.
Emperor Is Told of Tragedy.
Ischl.-Emperor Francis Joseph
uttered a profound shock when in
ormed of the assassination of Arch
luke Francis Ferdinand and his wife,
nd retired Immediately to his private {
partment after giving orders that ev- I
4 ylulu6 Shoulu NC III l0dulASSS AOl Aio
eturn to the palace of Schoenbrunn. e
he Duke of Cumberland paid the c
mperor a visit of coincidence. The
hree young children Of the archduke Il
nd duchess, who remained here with
he aged emperor when their parents c
,ent to Losnia were playing in the
ardens Of the palace when the shock h
f the news arrived Nobody had the
cart to inform them of their bereave- S
lent e