The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-01-23
DR. LIEBkNECHT IS
KILLED BY GUARDS
END OF 5oLsHEVlsT LEADERS
COMES WITH DRAMATIC TURN
IN BERLIN.
ROSA LUXEMBOURG is SHOT

Automobile and Carried Away
Supposed That Mob Threw
Her Body Into Canal.
Berlin-Dr. Karl Liebkneeht and
Rosa Luxembourg have been killed
When it became known that DR.
Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg were
at the Hotel Eden in the western part
of the city, a crowd rapidly congregat-
ed and stormed the hotel lobby to lay
hands on them. Both were spirited to
a side entrance to the hotel, but the
mob forestalIed the attempt of the
troops to save Fraulein Luxembourg.
She was beaten into insensibility and
then thrown into an automobile by the
crowd, which intended to tale her TO
prison
A few blocks down the street the
machine was halted By a second mob,
and when the presence of Fraulein
Luxembourg became known man
jumped on the running board OF the
car and shot her through the head.
The body was drageed from the auto,
mobile and carried off. 1t is supposed
| it 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 Moabit
prison While going through the Tier
garten the machine was halted by
punctured tire DR. Liebknecht was
asked to get out by the officers, who
intended TO hail another automobile
and continue toward the prison While
waiting Dr. Liebknecht made an at
tempt to escape a11 was shot dead by
soldiers, who had anticipated such an
effort on his part
When DR.. Liebknecht was arrested
at The home of a relative on Mann
heimerstrasse he stoutly denied his
identity After being escorted to the
Eden Hotel he was searched and his
monograph, *. L." was discovered in
his shirt
DR. Liebknecht's capture was due to
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 Marcussons home,
which, the police say, has long been
one of the gathering places of the Spar
tacans.
DR.. Liebl1necht'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 awonobile 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 a wound in the
head he had received through being |
struck by cane in the hands of some
of the mob, whether he felt
able to walk few hundred yards to
the next street, where a new automo
bile could be found
Dr. Liebknecht said he could, and
the party started to walk, When near
1 group of trees DR.. Liebknecht pushed
aside the soldier nearest him and dash
I'd for the unberbrush in the Tiergar-
en- The soldier ordered him to halt.
He paid no attention to their demands,
Ind several shots were fired at him
One bullet struck him in the base Of
he neck, squarely between the Shout
lers, and his death was instantaneous.
Karl Paul August Friedrich Lieb-
Inecht was born at Leipsic on Aug. IS,
ST. After being graduated from the
of Leipsic he entered poll
les as a socialist. He was radical
opponent of the militarist policies Of
Germany from the first of his political
areer, and his attitude brought about
lis trial in 1907, after the appearance
I antimilitary pamphlets written by
i'm. The charge of high treason was
ot proved, but he was convicted on a
sss serious charge and sent to prison
or is months.
Dr. Liebkneeht visited America in
$40 and lectured in New York
In 1912 he was elected to the Ger
ian reichstag from Potsdam and the
ext year caused a furore in Germany
y bringing charges against the
.rupps, saying that organization was
aspiring war spirit against the French.
Le continued his attacks, and in the
purse of his debates mentioned EN-
error William and the crown prince
5 being involved in the alleged con-
piracy centering around Krupps. AS
result of his revelations several army
Ulcers were tried for accepting brides
ON Krupps.
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