The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1919-01-23
DR. L|EBKNECHT IS
KILLED BY GUARDS
END OF BOLSHEVIST LEADERS
COMES WITH DRAMATIC TURN
IN BERLIN.
ROSA LUXEMBOURG Is SHOT
Fraulein Luxembourg Dragged From
Automobile and Carried Away
Supposed That Mob Threw
Her Body Into Canal.
Berlin.-Dr. Karl Liebknecht and

Berlin.-Dr. Karl Liebknecht 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, crowd rapidly congregat-
ed and stormed the hotel lobby to lay
hands on them. Both were spirited to
side entrance to the hotel, but the
mob forestalled 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 take her to
prison.
A few blocks down the street the
machine was halted by 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 dragged from the auto
mobile and carried off. 1t is supposed
it was thrown into the canal, but 1t 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 and was shot dead by
soldiers, who had anticipated such an
effort on his part.
When DIR. 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, "K. L. was discovered in
his shirt.
DIR. 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. Liebknecht'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 a wound in the
head he had received through being
struck by cane in the hands of some
member of the mob, whether he felt
able to walk a few hundred yards to
the next street, where new automo-
bile could be found.
DR.. Liebknecht said he could, and
the party started to walk. When near
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. 13,
1871. After being graduated from the
University of Leipsic he entered poll
tics as a socialist He was radical
opponent of the militarist policies of
Germany from the first of his political
career. and his attitude brought about
his trial in 1907 after the appearance
of antimilitary pamphlets written by
him. The charge of high treason was
not proved, but he was convicted on
less serious charge and sent to prison
for IS months.
| DIR. Liebknecht visited America in
1910 and lectured in New York.
In 1912 he was elected to the Ger
man reichstag from Potsdam and the
next year caused a furore in Germany
by bringing charges against the
Krupps, saying that organization was
inspiring war spirit against the French.
He continued his attacks, and in the
course of his debates mentioned EN-
peror William and the crown prince
as being involved in the alleged con
spiracy centeripg around Krupps. AS
a result of his revelations several army
officers were tried for accepting bribe'
| from Krupps.