PALACE MURDER.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 129, 30 May 1908, Page 15

PALACE MURDER.

STUDENT'S TREACHEROUS DEVICE TO Km, THE GOVERNOR OF GAUCiA. In liis own Palace at Lemberg, on Sunday, April 12, Count Potoekl, the Governor of Galicla, was murdered by a Rnthenian student named Siziuski. The crime is the outcome of the bitter animosity between the various nationalities which compose the Austta-Hnngarian Empire. Sizinski gained access to the count by pretending that he was an applicant for a teacher's post. Directly he had entered the room in which the count was sitting he drew a revolver and fired thrice. Each ballet struck the Governor—the first in the eye, the next In the breast, and the last in the foot. The sound of the firing brought servants roshing into the room, but they were too late to save the count, who died exclaiming. "The Bmperor must be immediately informed. I die as I have lived, faithful and loyal in his service." The a-ssassin, who is only twenty, is vice-president of a Rnthenian Socialist Union and a prominent agitator. His motives were political, the Buthenians of the district holding all the authorities in the greatest detestation. After his arrest he declared that he believed the death of the Governor mteht cause the end of the oppression of the Ruthenlans by the Government. Sizinstfs mother, three sisters, and a girl cousin were arrested. The old woman declared that It was she who had persuaded her son to commit the crime, and had furnished him with all the necessary funds for the purpose. As Sizinski was taken from Government House to the prison, he passed a crowd of 100 Ruthenian students, who loudly cheered him