Iditarod pioneer., 1914-08-08
STORY OF CRIME WHICH
 FURNISHED WAR PRETEXT

The Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef, and heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne, and his wife the Duchess of Hohenberg, were assasslnated at l1:15 o'clock Sunday morning, June 2S. when driving from the city hall, where they had attended celebration.
 The royal carriage had just started away from the station when a journeyman printer Pierre Gabrlnovic, hurled bomb at the carriage injurlng six persons, all members of the royal party.
 A young Servian student named Prinzip, an accomplice of Gabrinovic, raised re- yolver an hour later and fired several shots at the archduke and duchess, each of the bullets striking vital spot.
 Those of the throng nearest to the two assassins stood paralyzed for a moment after the explosion and shots, and then, before the smoke cleared away flung themselves upon Gabrinovic and his accomplice, who were trying to make their escape under cover of the confusion.
 The two men were thrown down and men and women tried to lynch them.
 Wards Off Bomb With Arm
 The bomb was thrown at the royal auto mobile as 1t was proceeding to the town hall, where reception was to be held
 The archduke saw the deadly missile hurting through the air and warded it of with his arm.
 It fell outside the car and exploded slightly woundlng two aides-de-camp in a second car and half a dozen spectators
 It was on the return of the procession that the assassination took place.
 Bound on Mission of Mercy
 On leaving the hall the archduke and his wife announced their intention to visit the wounded members of their suite at the hos pital on their way back to the palace.
 They were actually bound on their mis- sion of mercy when, at the corner of Ru- dolf strasse and Franz Joseph strasse, Prinzip opened fire
 A bullet struck the archduke in the face, The duchess was wounded in the abdo- men and another bullet struck her in the throat, severing an artery.
 She fell unconscious across her husbands knee. At the same moment the archduke sank to the floor of the car
 The assassins were lnterrogated by the police and both seemed to glory in their exploit Prinzip said he had studied for a time at Belgrade.
 Prinzip Long Planned Murder
 He declared he had long intended to kill some eminent person from nationalist mo- tives. He was awaiting the archduke at a point where he knew the automobile would slacken speed, turning into Franz Josef strasse.
 The presence of the duchess in the car caused him to hesitate, but only for mo- ment. Then his nerve returned and he emptied his pistol at the imperial pair. He denied that he had any accomplices.
 Prinzip is IS years of age. Pierre Cab Tinovic is 21 The latter told the police he had obtained the bomb from anarchists at Belgrade. whose names he did not know After his unsuccessful attempt to blow up the imperial visitor Gabrinovic sprang into the River Miljachka in an effort to escape Witnesses of his crime plunged after him and seized him.
 A few yards from the scene of the shoot, ing an unexploded bomb was found, which 1t is suspected, was thrown away by ar accomplce after he had noted the success of Prnzps attack.
 Time and Place We'll Chosen
 The time and place for the deed were we'll chosen. The city was en fete in honor of the coming of the archduke and duchess A huge throng had gathered near the rail road station, where a small military de tachment was on hand to keep the way clear for the passage of the royal carriage In the throng were hundreds of peasants ,n the bright native costumes of Bosnia