The record-union., 1894-06-25


came generally known that his assassin
was an Italian, and the feeling of deep in
dignation among the crowd found vent
IN the form of attacks upon cafes kept by
inoffensive natives of Italy. All such
/ places in the vicinity of the Palais de
Commerce were totally wrecked by the
mob. French flags, which were in
abundance, were procured by the crowd,
and with cries OF Down with the for
| eigners ~ "Out with them % hundreds of
people marched to the Rue de La Barron,
IN which street the Italian Consulate is
situated. There is no doubt that the
Consulate would have been attacked had
it not been for the prompt action of the
police, who stopped the crowd and COM
pelled its members to disperse.
1t was thought that the entire popula-
ton of the city was on the street when
the attack was made, but this later
proved wrong, for as the night advanced
the crowds were constantly augmentiug.
After the attack upon the Italian cafes the
disorderly element among the crowd de-
voted their attention to the Italians found
upon the streets. Some of them were
pursued and barely escaped alive. The
police had great difficulty in rescuing the
hunted men. The Rue de la Barre is now
| barricaded at both ends, and guarded by
! troops.
EXCITEMENT AT FEVER HEAT.
| The excitement continues at fever heat,
and it would take very little to precipi-
tate bloody riots. Threats are made to
take summary vengeance upon the coun-
trymen of Santo, and the authorities,
fearing that attempts will be made to put
| these threats into effect, sent cuirassiers
to patrol the city to prevent any out
| break.
THE ASSASSIN A YOUNG MAN.
Santo, the assassin, is a beardless young
man, 20 or rs years old. When arrested
he was attired in brown suit and wore
a peaked cap that matched the suit in
color. AS he marched to the station un-
der police guard from the Rue de la Re-
publique he held his head down, but his
eyes glanced furtively around as though
| he was seeking an opportunity TO escape.
| To have made such an attempt, however.
would have been the hight of folly. un-
less he desired to commit suicide, for
there is not the slightest doubt that had
he got away from the protection of the
police he would have been torn limb
from limb by the crowd, whose every
action showed that they were thirsty for
his blood.
Santo, who speaks French badly,
when questioned by Prefect Lepin at the
police station in Rue Moliere, said he
| lived at Gette, Department of Perault,
| for the past six months, and had only
come to Lyons to-day. He gave his age
as % years. His replies were given
coolly, but without any sign of bravado.
He refused, however, to answer many of
the questions put to him regarding his
motive for stabbing the President, de-
claring that on this subject he would
speak only before a tribunal. When he
was searched by the police book was
found in one of his pockets in which it
was written that he had been born in a
village in the Province of Milan, Italy.
| CARNoT'S LAST SPEECH.
NJ. Carnots last speech was delivered
at the banquet given in his honor. He
dwelt upon the success of the exhibition,
and said the same heart beats in all
French breasts when it is nown that the
honor and security of rights of the coun
try are at stake. This same union of all
Frenchmen formed a guarantee of the
march toward progress and justice, to
which it belonged to France to give an
example TO the world.
| THE WOUND RECEIVED BY CARNOT.
| NEW YORK, June IA Her0td'S Paris
dispatch says: The wound received by
NJ. Carnot was in the upper liver, which
was pierced through. Because of the
Presidents weakness chloroform was not
administered. and he cried out several
times: my God. will this never finish
My God, how l am suffering"
DISPATCHES STOPPED.
| LONDON, June 24.-The French Gov
ernment has stopped all telegraphic dis
patches from Paris concerning the assassi-
nation. Most of the matter therefore
must be telephoned to London and cabled
! hence.