Word: murders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Referring to the murder of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at Sarejevo, council said: "We do not know the cause of that murder...
...consequence of the murder of Mechislav Vorovsky at Lausanne (TIME, May 19) and the acquittal of one Conradi, his assassin, the Soviet Government issued instructions to the Russian police: "to revise carefully the lists of Swiss citizens now residing in Soviet territory and to make a separate list of those born in the Swiss Canton of Vaud [where the murder took place]." It was understood that the Government intends to deport all the Swiss from the Canton of Vaud who are living in Russia and all those who have recently entered the country, as a protest against the acquittal...
According to the Danish newspaper, Klokken Fern, King Christian X, aged 53, spent several hours in a highly nervous condition after having received a letter threatening destruction of his country residence, and the murder of the Queen, the Crown Prince and himself...
...Naval Lieutenant, sternly devoted to duty, came to the farm and fell in love with its mistress, in spite of himself-how he told Peyrol his plot to delude the English blockading fleet by allowing them to capture certain forged despatches-how Scevola, mad with jealousy, planned to murder Real, and Real, mad with duty, thought the only way out of the pitiful tangle was to let himself be captured with the forged despatches and so leave Arlette forever-and how Peyrol calmly outwitted the lot of them, saved Real for Arlette, removed Scevola from the scene and delivered...
...doubt that the motives that impelled these men to kill a person whose influence was in certain respects fatal were highly patriotic ; but the act itself, the means employed, and the fear of discovery are beneath all Christian ethics and morality. For that reason I disavow this murder with all the strength of my soul, and I pray that its authors may repent, and may find the peace of a purified conscience...