New Britain herald., 1917-07-26
AUSTRIAN ARCHDUKE
FELT END TO Be near
German Correspondent Gives De-
tails Of Murder

Copenhagen, June IA, Correspond
ence)-What purport to be hitherto
unpublished facts relating to the as
sassination of Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand of AUSTRIA showing that he had
a strong premonition of approaching
DEATH are contributed to the Berlin
Tageblatt by its correspondent at the
Austro- Italian front.
The correspondents informants &C
cording to this dispatch are persons of
high standing. some of whom were eye
witnesses to the Serajevo tragedy
which has been described as having
supplied the match that set the world
af1-me
Indications of the Archduke's I'M
easiness, it is asserted, were apparent
while he was driving along the quay
at Trieste to board the steamship for
Serajevo. He repeatedly glanced up
at houses fronting on the water. as II
suspecting a bomb plot. At CumaJa
! Bridge, in Serajevo, however, when
Gabrinovitch hurled bomb which
landed on the collapsed top OF the
Austro- Hungarian heirs carriage, the
Archduke showed remarkable pres
ence OF mind by sweeping the death
, dealing missile away with his hand.
Falling to the ground, the bomb ex-
ploded, damaging the third automo-
bile in the line of the parade and
wounding the adjutant, Lieutenant
Colonel Count Merizzi.
Feared Being Shot Dead.
After the injured officer had been
! removed to a hospital, the archducal
pair proceeded to the City Hall. At
the conclusion of the ceremonies there
consultation was held as to the ad-
visibility OF carrying out the program
which had been announced for the
royal visitors. Contrary to the &C.
copied version Of the episode, which
described Ferdinand as insisting that
the program be carried out despite the
urgent advise Of members of his party
in opposition to the plan, the heir to
the throne is now quoted as having
| asked
What shall we do now? Shall
, we continue to permit ourselves to
| be shot dead?"
I General Potiorek is said to hav,
proposed either that the city should
be punished by the cancellation OF
the program or that the streets be
! cleared and the ceremonies carried
out as arranged. To the latter pro-
| posal, the Archduke. after brief re-
| Election, is said to have replied:
ITO carry out the program after
clearing the streets doesn't suit me.
We had better drop the program en-
| tirely I only wish to visit Morizzi."
In Difference to the archduke's
| wishes, the party was divided, the
royal pair proceeding on their way
| to the hospital to visit the wounded
adjutant. In the prevailing confu-
| sion, according to the latest version
of the tragedy. the chauffeur assigned
to the archduke's car disregarded his
instructions Count Harrach, tho
| officer who had been detailed to the
:, archduke's machine appeared on tho
/ running board Of another car ON the
opposite side of the street. When the
archduke's chauffeur started off In
1 the wrong direction. Count Harrach,
it is said, called to him to halt, thus
affording the assassin, Princip. an ur
expected opportunity to fire the fatal
shots at Ferdinand and his wife frora
distance of only few feet
The Tageblatt's correspondent as
serts that, after the bomb outrage Ia
which the adjutant was injured, Cen
| eral Potiorek assured the archduke
| there would be no further attempt tn
ASA ssinate him, as plotters ali had
/ been arrested. Ferdinand however
| is described as having looked at him
somewhat specifically and saying:
II don't believe it. We will get
several bullets yet"
C1TV 0T DuTIIIQ 10