The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-03
Fourth Tragedy Hits
Aged Emperor.
FAMILY SEEMS DOOMED
Morganatic wife Of Royal Vic.
1 tim Is Also Slain.
WAS SECOND ATTEMPT OF DAY

Assassination Occurs at Sarajevo, Cap
ital of Bosnia, Which Royal Couple
Were Visiting-First Attempt In
Street Fails-Successful Attempt
Made on Way to Hospital.
Vienna, June 29-Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, nephew Of Emperor Fran
els Joseph, and heir to the Austrian
throne, and the Duchess of Hoken.
berg, his morganatic wife, were as
sassinated at Sarajevo, the capital OF
Bosnia. Two attempts were made on
the lives of the royal party. A bomb
was thrown at their motor car which
was warded off by the archduke, and
Ills car passed before 1t exploded un-
der the next car, which contained two
of his aides who were slightly In
young Servian student, emptied
revolver at the royal car and the
archduke and the duchess were killed.
First Attack Failed.
The Archduke Francis Ferdinand
and the Duchess Of Hohenberg, start
ed out in the morning in their auto.
mobile to attend reception in their
honor at the town hall. Suddenly a
man named Cabrinvitch, from Tre-
binje, who was standing among the
crowd on the sidewalk, threw bomb
at the royal car with good aim. The
archduke saw it coming and warded
it off with his arm and the bomb fell
to the street and did not explode un.
til after the archduke's car had
passed. When the explosion occurred
It resulted in the wounding Of Colonel
Morizzi, aide de camp to the arch
duke, and Count Boss Waldeck, who
occupied the car Immediately behind
that of the duke. Six persons among
the spectators were more or less Sc
riously injured.
The archduke Immediately ordered
his chauffeur to stop the car. He
made inquiries as to what had hap
pened and gave orders to have the
injured attended to. After this the
procession to the town hall was con-
tinued. Here the town councillors,
with the mayor at their head, were
awaiting the royal party to bid them
welcome.
Rebukes Mayor.
The royal party entered the hall
and the mayor was about to begin his
address when Archduke Francis Fer.
tnfa M nd HIM, L.,
cry manner said:
"Herr Burgomaster, II Is perfectly
scandalous. We have come to Sara
jevo on a visit and bomb is thrown
at u.s." Here he paused a moment
and then said: "Now you can go on"
The mayor then delivered his ad-
dress and the archduke made a suit
able reply.
The people, who by this time had
heard about the throwing of the bomb
at the royal motor car, burst into loud
cries of "Zivib" (the Slav form Of
hurrah) as the archduke concluded his
remarks.
After making the rounds of the
town hall, which occupied half an
hour, the archduke and the duchess
started for the garrison hospital to
visit Colonel Morizzi, the archduke's
aide who was injured by the bomb.
AS the carriage was passing through
the street, second and successful
attempt was made on the lives of the
archduke and duchess. This time a
student, drawing near the motor car
shot the occupants dead.
Wife Accused In Politics.
The archduke's wife was accused Of
having inspired many of her husbands
political "indiscriminations." She was
Czech, as had been said, and the
Czechs are federalists. The archduke's
violent incursions into politics re-
vealed him as an opponent of the
Magyar ascendancy. Yet from her
marriage the duchess at least kept I'D
her appearance of selfeffacement. Out.
wardly, she was resigned to the anon
allies OF her position. She encouraged
her husband I'm his dislike of publicity
1t was generally believed in Vienna
that On the death of Francis Joseph
the first official act OF Grancis Ferdi-
nand WOULD be to make his wife EN-.
press of Austria, this In spite of his
solemn promise to his uncle, by rea.
son of his morganatic marriage. not to
do.
Fourth Tragedy In Emperorr's Family.
The assassination of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand and his wife is the
fourth great tragedy in the life Of
the aged Emperor Francis Joseph,