This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...visit was on everybody's lips in those days. He tried to investigate, but all of a sudden the whole gang of young men cleared their quarters. Thereupon he decided to call at the Austro-Hungarian Consulate General, but was arrested on his way to the consular office by a Servian gendarme who escorted him ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...visit was on everybody's lips in those days. He tried to investigate, but all of a sudden the whole gang of young men cleared their quarters. Thereupon he decided to call at the Austro-Hungarian Consulate General, but was arrested on his way to the consular office by a Servian gendarme who escorted him to the police. Here he was questioned about the purpose of his visit to the consulate. Then he was put into various jails on a trumped up charge that he was a spy. In the jail he was beaten repeatedly with sandbags, and once he nearly fell victim to an assault of another inmate of the jail. According to the witnesses' statement this murderous assault must have been arranged by the police, as a police officer was quietly standing by when the assault took place. Eventually one day he was taken out of jail and brought before the chief of police. Both this latter and ihe assistant chief were present. They handed him triumphantly a clipping from a paper referring to the murder of the Crown Prince. "You tried to prevent this" so he testified they said to Mm, "but we are cleverer than you are. Nou? Austria-Hungary's turn comes next. We will destroy it." Witness was told that he would have to leave Belgrade at once. Before leaving, however, he icas asked to sign a paper that all his effects had been handed over to him in best order. Milanic refused to sign because both his money and sundry valuables had been taken from him during his confinement. In spite of his protestations he was escorted over the frontier to Belgrade, and was told by the police that Count Berchtold would undoubtedly come and call for his lost effects. Witness was shown the photos of the murderers, and he was asked whether he could identify them as some of...
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