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Sturdy peasants mounted guard all night over a simple coffin which had arrived by truck. Officially the Government of dictatorial King Alexander frowns on Sarajevo's bland assassinophilia, but His Majesty's police know better than to try 'to thwart such resolute citizens. After the all-night vigil, peasants put the coffin on a cart, decked it with flowers. On either side of the road brawny youths and robust girls of Sarajevo's so-called "athletic associations" mounted vigorous guard. Slowly the cart creaked to Sarajevo's cemetery and there proud gravediggers buried the bones of the archconspirator who instigated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUGOSLAVIA: Sarajevo's Archconspirator | 8/27/1934 | See Source »

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