The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1919-01-23
,R. KARL LiEBKNEcHT SHOT BX
GUARD-WAS TRYING TO
ESCAPE.
WERE TAKEN FROM HOTEL
End Of Bolshevst Leaders Comes With
Dramatic Turn-Mob Seized Rosa
Luxembure-shot BY Mem
ber Of Mob. :.

Berlin.-Dr. Karl Liebknecht and
Rosa Luxemburg have been killed.
When it became known that Dr.
Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were
at the Hotel Eden, in the western part
of the city, crowd rapidly congregat-
ed and stormed the hotel lobby to lay
hands on them. Both were spirited toi
side entrance to the hotel, but the
mob forestalled the attempt of the
troops to save Fraulein Luxemburg.
She was beaten into insensibility and
then thrown into an automobile by the;
crowd, which intended to take her to-
prison.
A few blocks down the street the
machine was halted by second mob.
and when the presence of Frauleinl
Luxembourg became known a man
| jumped on the running board of the
| car and shot her through the head.
The body was dragged from the auto
mobile and carried Off 1t is supposedi
1t was thrown into the canal, but it has
not been found. In the meantime, DR..
Liebknecht was hurried into another
automobile by officers and troops and
the car was headed for the Moabits
prison. While going through the Tier
garten the machine was halted by g.
punctured tire. DR.. Liebknecht was
asked to get out by the officers, who
intended to hail another automobiles
and continue toward the prison WhilaNA
waiting Dr. Liebknecht made an at
tempt to escape and was shot dead by
soldiers, who had anticipated such an
effort on his part.
When DR.. Liebknecht was arrested
at the home of relative on Mann
heimerstrasse he stoutly denied his
identity. After being escorted to the
Eden Hotel he was searched and his
monograph, "K.. L." was discovered in
his shirt.
DR. Liebknecht's capture was due to-
a telephone conversation overheard by
detectives, in which he and Rosa Lux
emburg agreed to meet at the home OF
man named Marcusson in the suburb
of Wilmersdorf Marcusson's home,
which, the police say, has long been
one of the gathering places of the Spar
tacans
DR.. x.iebknecht's attempt to escape
was the last desperate dash for free
dom on the part of a man who had
left prison only last October. When
the automobile which was carrying
him broke down he was warned
against any attempt at flight. The
officer in charge asked DR.. Liebknecht,
who was bleeding from wound in the
head he had received through being
struck by a cane in the hands of some
member of the mob, whether ne felt
able to walk few hundred yards to
the next street, where a new automo-
bile could be found.
DIR. LiebknecEt said he could, and
the party started to walk. When near
a group of trees DR.. Liebknecht pushed
aside the soldier nearest him and DASH
| ed for the unberbrush in the Tiergar-
| ten. The soldier ordered him to halt
He paid no attention to their demands.
| and several shots were fired at him.
| One bullet struck him in the base OF
the neck, squarely between the shoul-
ders. and his death was instantaneous.
Karl Paul August Friedrich Lieb
knecht was born at Leipsic on Aug. Is,
| 1871. After being graduated from the
| University of Leipsic he entered poll
| tics as a socialist. He was a radical
opponent of the militarist policies Of
Germany from the first of his politicafl
career, and his attitude brought about
his trial in 1907, after the appearances
of antimilitary pamphlets written by
him. The charge of high treason was
not proved, but he was convicted on q
less serious charge and sent to prison
for IS months.
DR.. Liebknecht visited America In
1910 and iectured in New York.