Autopsy On King George.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 21, 1913:
    SALONIKA, March 20.— The autopsy on the body of King George to-day showed that the bullet fired by Aleko Schinas pierced the lungs and heart. The death of the King must have been practically instantaneous. The smile which still illumines the face shows that the end was peaceful.
    It was found impossible to remove the clothing of the King, and he will therefore be buried in the field uniform which he was wearing at the time of his death.
    The New York Greek newspaper Atlantis to-day publishes a letter from a Greek in this city which, the editors of the paper believe, contains reliable information concerning Aleko Schinas, the assassin of King George.
    The letter is written by Basil Batznoulis, who says he was personally acquainted with Schinas and that the man is an anarchist, but never entered politics and was not a candidate for election to the Boule, or Greek Chamber of Deputies, as was reported.
    "Aleko Schinas comes from the village of Kanalia," the statement reads. "He has a brother in Volo named Hercules Schinas, who has a chemist's shop there. There the assassin worked as an assistant. As often happens with brothers, they had a quarrel, and Aleko came to America. Here he could not stand the heavy work, and returned to Greece. The statement that he was the founder of a school of anarchism or was a candidate for the Boule is entirely untrue, because he was entirely reticent, and all he did was to go from the chemist's shop to a coffee house and back. He had no friends in Volo.
    "It was George Schinas who was a candidate for the Boule. The latter is a native of Argalastis. I know him quite well. Aleko Schinas had nothing to do with any school and, had no idea of entering politics. He was known as a man who loved isolation and his backgammon. He wore a beard and was an anarchist. He is not more than 33 years old, short in stature, and slightly humpbacked."
    Solon S. J. Vlasto, editor of Atlantis, said yesterday that the many conflicting stories concerning the assassin's identity arose from the fact that Schinas was a common surname in Greece, and it was quite probable that there was more than one Aleko Schinas.
    "Information that I have received from other Greeks who have lived in Volo and from our cable dispatches leads me to believe that the information given by Batznoulis is correct," said Mr. Vlasto.