Thursday, March 5, 2009

German empress annoyed in church

March 5, 1911

German Empress Augusta Victoria was "subjected to an embarrassing incident" in church today. She was visiting the Garrison church, when a clerk in the statistical bureau, Frank Lukat, "suddenly sprang to his feet," and, in a very loud voice, started reading the first sentence of the letter before tossing it in the royal pew. The Empress was not hurt. Lukat was immediately arrested and detained. He is, according to news accounts, "apparently deranged."

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