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Valdez Daily Prospector
Valdez, Alaska
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A man claiming to be S. Jczynski, who assassinated Count Potochi, Austrian governor of Galicia in summer 1908, surrendered to New York police on September 27, 1915, stating he was part of a secret society targeting the Austrian royal family.
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Governor of Galicia Seven Years Ago.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.--A man claiming to be S. Jczynski, who murdered Count Potochi, the Austrian governor of the province of Galicia seven years ago, surrendered himself to the New York police last night and is being held for investigation.
The assassination of Count Potochi was one of the many atrocities which led to the present European war. The murder occurred during the summer of 1908 while the governor was attending a public celebration.
Jczynski, who is a Russian Pole, states that since escaping from Galicia, he has traveled over the world in his efforts to evade detection and that he has been in America for several years.
He told the police that he was a member of a secret society which existed in Galicia to exterminate the Austrian royal family.
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Galicia
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Summer Of 1908 (Assassination); Last Night Before Sept. 28 (Surrender)
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assassination of count potochi; jczynski held for investigation
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A man claiming to be S. Jczynski, a Russian Pole and member of a secret society in Galicia aimed at exterminating the Austrian royal family, surrendered to New York police, admitting to murdering Count Potochi, the Austrian governor of Galicia, seven years ago during a public celebration in summer 1908. He has evaded detection by traveling the world and living in America for several years. The assassination was one of the atrocities leading to the present European war.