![]() ![]() This was the first time the Archduke had paid an official visit to Bosnia. The Archduke, who was created head of the army, went to Bosnia to represent the Emperor at the grand manoeuvres there. The Emperor, who yesterday left here for Ischl, his favorite Summer resort, amid acclamations of the people, will return to Vienna at once, in spite of the hardships of the journey in the terrible heat. Vienna, June 28-When the news of the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the Duchess was broken to the aged Emperor Francis Joseph he said: "Horrible, horrible! No sorrow is spared me." Servian Minister Feared Trouble if Heir Went to Bosnia Both he and the actual murderer of the Archduke and the Duchess expressed themselves to the police in the most cynical fashion about their crimes. Of his sympathies with the King of Servia. He returned to Sarajevo, a Servian chauvinist, and made no concealment Gabrinovics is a compositor, and worked for a few weeks in the Government printing works at Belgrade. The authors of both attacks upon the Archduke are born Bosnians. Neither the Archduke nor the Duchess gave any sign of life and the head of the hospital could only certify they The motor car in which they were seated drove straight to the Konak, where an army Surgeon rendered first aid, but in vain. The Archduke also lost consciousness in a few seconds. ![]() The Duchess became unconscious immediately and fell across the knees of her husband. In the neck and pierced the jugular vein. The first shot struck the Duchess in the abdomen, while the second hit the Archduke Morizzi, who had been taken there after the outrage.Īs the Archduke reached the corner of Rudolf Street two pistol shots were fired in quick succession by an individual who called himself Gavrio Princip. The public by this time had heard of the bomb attempt, and burst into the hall with loud cries of "Zivio!" the Slav word for "hurrah."Īfter going around the Town Hall, which took half an hour, the Archduke started for the Garrison Hospital to visit Col. Thereupon the Mayor delivered his address and the Archduke made a suitable reply. The Archduke paused a moment, and then said: "Now you may go on." "Herr Burgermeister, it is perfectly outrageous! We have come to Sarajevo on a visit and have had a bomb thrown at us." His address of welcome, when the Archduke interrupted him angrily, saying: The author of the attempt at assassination was a compositor named Gabrinovics, who comes from Trebinje.Īfter the attempt upon his life the Archduke ordered his car to halt, and after he found out what had happened he drove to the Town Hall, where the Town Councillors, with the Mayor at their head, awaited him. Persons were more or less seriously hurt. Morizzi, the Archduke's aide de camp, were slightly injured. The bomb did not explode until after the Archduke's car had passed on, and the occupants of the next car, Count von Boos-Waldeck and Col. This morning, as Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the Duchess were driving to a reception at the Town Hall a bomb was thrown at their motor car. The fatal shooting was the second attempt upon the lives of the couple during the day, and is believed to have been the result of a political conspiracy. His wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot and killed by a Bosnian student here today. (By courtesy of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse.)-Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and ![]() Lad Dashes at Car as the Royal Couple Return from Town Hall and Kills Both of Them Heir to Austria's Throne Is Slain with His Wife by a Bosnian Youth to Avenge Seizure of His Countryįrancis Ferdinand Shot During State Visit to Sarajevo The arrest of Gavrilo Princip, assassin of Franz Ferdinand and his wife. ![]()
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