Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-29

Sarayevo, Bosnia, June 2S-The heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his morganatic wife, the Duchess of Ho- henberg, were shot to death today while driving through the streets of Sarayevo, the Bosnian capital. A youthful Servian student fired the shots that ended their lives and added another to the long list of terrible tragedies that have darkened the reign of Emperor Francis Joseph
 Bomb Thrown at Them.
 First a bomb was thrown at the au- tomobile they were driving. at the town hall. but being forewarned of a possible attempt against his life, the archduke was watchful. and hurled the missile aside. It fell under an auto mobile which carried some of the members of his suite, wounding Count Won Boos- WaIdeck and Colonel Mer- izzo.
 voley of Shots.
 On their return from the town hall the archduSe and the duchess were driving to the hospital when the Ser vian. Gavric Prinzip, darted at the car and poured a voiley at the occupants. His aim was true, for the archduke and his wife fell over mortally. wound ed With them at the time was the governor of the city. who escaped un- injured. The bodies of the murdered couple collapsed across him and pro- tected him from stray bullets.
 The governor shouted to the chauf- feur to rush to the palace at top speed. Physicians were in prompt at tendance, but their services were use less as both were dead before the pal ace was reached. Until the emperor s wishes are known the bodies will lie fin state at the palace here. They will doubtless be inferred in the Hapsburg vaults in the Capuchin church at Vienna.
 Town in State of Constesnatien. --s
 The town of Sarayeyo is in a state of consternation. There is mourning every where. with black draped flags and streamers on all public buildings The president has sent a message to the emperor expressing the grief and horror of the whole population at their ruthless crime and assuring His Ma 5esty of the peoples unalterable deYo- ton to the ruling house.
 Weeping Women in Groups.
 Throughout the day weeping women were to be seen in groups and great crowds surrounded the spots where the bomb exploded and the fatal shots W u nails and lead filings and the explo- sion was very violent. The iron shut ters- on many shops were pierced by flying fragments and iron railings were shattered. In all, about a score O. persons were injured. several of then being women and children.
 Final Tragedy but One of Many.
 This final tragedy which has come to the house of Hapsburg is the cul. 1it1l tfF,N s1f Ia al %l,<,- have oyershadowed the life of the em. peror. His reign began with siniste, omens, for he faced internal dissen. sions and external aggressions iron the moment he came to the throne In 1853 the list of tragic incidents be gan with an attempt upon his own life when a Hungarian named Lebenyt wounded him with a knife. Fourteer years later his brother. Archduke Max. fmilian, emperor of Mexico, was cap. tured by those who rose against him condemned to death by court martia and executed. Then followed th' burning to death of q niece in Vienna a sister in Paris. and the death by suicide in Strahrenberg lake of a cou. sin. In 1898 the emperors wife. Wh, was a daughter of Maximilian Joseph duke of Bavaria. was stabbed to deati at Geneva by d mad Italian anarchist They had been estranged for man, years, but the emperor had neve Sss. ~ Mysterious Death of Crown Prime
 Rudolph.
 Less than ten years before. the em peror's only son, the Crown Prince Ru dolph, a man of ability and promise upon whom the Austrians had pinne their hopes, met death in myster which to this day has not been clear ed. On January 30, 1889, his dea bocv was found in hunting lodge 8 MeyerIing. not far from Vienna. Be side his body lay that of Barones Marc Valzera-
 Archduke Charles Francis, know popularly as Karl, who becomes hei to the Austrian throne, owing to tn morganatic birth of Archduke Fran cis Ferdinand's children. debarrin their succession. has been careful educated with view to fitting hi1 for the position of emperor. He dif fers from all other members of tn imperial family in as much as he the first member of the imperial hous to have been educated in the publi schools of Vienna. He mixed wit school children of every class of SC ciety. He associated with workingme and tradesmen and joined them their games thus getting into close touch with the aspirations and idea or the puDllc than any other Hops burg.
 Duke Shot in the Face, Duchess l
 Throat and Abdomen.
 The archduke was hit full iR tn face and the duchess was shot throug the abdomen and throat, Their wound proved mortal within a few minutes
 Those responsible for the assassina ton took care that it should prov effective. as two attempts were mad by two different assailants, the frs armed with a bomb and thS latte with a revolver, The bomb wa thrown at the royal automobile as was proceeding to the town hal where reception was ts be held, bt the archduke saw the deadly missil coming and warded it off with hi arm It fell outside the ear and ex DDoded. Slightiy weunding i've aid