It was not difficult to stir up these people who had lost all hope in life. Everything seemed to be proceeding according to his plan.
Yet there were several crates that his men had worked at for a long time without managing to open. He cursed inwardly, Useless trash.
"Give me the crowbar!"
The leader took the crowbar from one of his men. With a hard pull, he pried open a gap in the crate, then sent the lid flying with a kick.
But in the next instant, everyone around him wore twisted expressions. The crates did not contain the promised weapons, but bombs—and their fuses had been attached to the lids they had just opened.
After a burst of dense explosions, the gendarmes and fire brigade, who had been waiting for some time, entered the scene together.
"These people conspired to destroy the city and launch a terrorist attack on the Crown Prince's birthday. There is nothing more to say. Sentence them all to death. Carry it out immediately."
Fleglova gave the order without expression.
Miller Most, an Italian, deserter from Vienna's Third Regiment, later joined the Liberal Front, a rebel organization.
Gretchen Schultz, a Viennese, once ran a factory with her husband. She habitually evaded taxes and employed private punishments against her workers. After being reported, she violently injured the prosecutor and his family, and all her property was confiscated.
Hans von Hofiers, formerly a hereditary baron, refused military service in 1848 and secretly supported the Hungarians, providing Hungary with weapons and intelligence. He was stripped of his title and exiled to Namibia.
Clearly, this former baron still had connections. Otherwise, he could never have appeared in Vienna.
Klaus Schreiber, former salesman and current leader of the Red Blade Organization, repeatedly organized illegal gatherings in the dark alley