Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918) |
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The nationalist Bosnian-Serb
who Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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1912- Admitted to Black Hand
partisan academy |
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1914- Recruited for plot to
assassinate Archduke |
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Assassinated Archduke and
his wife with a pistol |
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Found guilty |
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Escaped the death penalty
because he was 19 |
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Sentenced to 20 years in
prison |
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Died in prison in April of
1918 from tuberculosis |
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Trifko Grabez
(1896-1918) |
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Nationalist
Bosnian-Serb |
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The only one
of the assassins who had a police record |
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Sentenced
two weeks in prison for striking a teacher |
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Traveled to
Belgrade (capital of Serbia), where he met Princip and Cabrinovic |
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Third man
recruited for assassination plan |
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Failed to
use his pistol or bomb as the Archduke drove past |
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Admitted his
guilt; sentenced to 20 years in prison |
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Died in
prison in February, 1918 of tuberculosis |
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Nedjelko Cabrinovic
(1895-1916) |
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Sometimes was a socialist,
sometimes anarchist, and sometimes a nationalist |
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Recruited by Major Tankosic |
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Smuggled across the border
with Princip and Grabez from Belgrade to Bosnia for the assassination
plot |
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Threw bomb, but failed to
kill Archduke |
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Then swallowed poison and
jumped into the River Miljacka |
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Poison was old, so he only
vomited, and the river was only inches deep |
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Sentenced to 20 years in
prison |
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Died in January of 1916 of
tuberculosis |
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"We have profound
regrets...we did not know that the late Franz Ferdinand was a father." |
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Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijevic, a.k.a. Apis
(1877-1917)
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Chief of
Intelligence Department in Serbian General Staff |
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Founding
member and leader of the Black Hand |
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Nicknamed
Apis, meaning "the Bee" |
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First scheme
in 1901 was to kill King Alexander and his wife failed |
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Involved in
second successful attempt |
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1911- sent a
man to kill Franz Joseph; attempt failed |
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1914- sent
Mehemedbasic to kill Bosnia's governor; Mehemedbasic didn't follow
through |
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Spring of
1914- decided to assassinate Franz Ferdinand; reasons unknown |
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Had his
chief aid, Tankosic recruit Princip, Grabez, and Cabrinovic |
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March 1917-
he was arrested in a government crack down on the Black Hand |
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Sentenced to
death for treason |
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Shot
and killed (executed) on June 24, 1917 at sunrise
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Danilo Ilic
(1891-1915)
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Was a former school teacher
in Sarajevo |
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Was an active member of
pro-Serb nationalist group, Mlada Bosna |
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Was a member of The Black
Hand |
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Eager to join the plot of
assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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Acquired three additional
local men (Mehemedbasic, Cubrilovic, and Popovic) to help the assassin
group with the plot |
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On assassination day, he
checked that all men were in position and encouraged them |
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Days later, he confessed
everything to the police |
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Him and the others were
tried in October, 1914 |
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Found guilty and sentenced
to death |
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Executed by hanging on
February 3, 1915 |
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