Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-06-29
CARNOT ASSASSINATED.
Frances President Stabbed by
an Anarchist.
Death Followed Quickly an UnprO'
vOted Assault - the Civilized WorIt
MOurns with France.


Giovanni Santo, an Italian anarchist,
aged 21. President Carnot went to Lyons
to visit the exhibition of arts, sciences and
industries. He left the chamber of COM
merce banquet given in his honor shortly
after o. clock and walked to his carriage.
He had hardly taken his seat when Santo,
a newspaper in his hand, pressed through
the crowd and sprang upon the carriage
step.
President Carnot started slightly. Santo
| snatched a dagger from The newspaper and
| plunged it into the presidents abdomen,
| near the liver. The president sank back
unconscious. He was taken at once to the
prefecture and the most skillfu surgeons in
| the city were summoned. Meantime Santo
was arrested. The news spread swiftly to
every part of the city. Infuriated crowds
filed the streets. Before 10 o'clock an
Italian restaurant had been sacked, and
the police were obliged to strain every
nerve to protect the Italian consulate.
The president had repeated hemorrhages
after he was removed to the prefecture.
He sank gradually but steadily until Il: :4j
o'clock, when he died. The archbishop of
Lyons was summoned and administered
the sacrament of extreme JUNCTION during
| his last moments.
The result of the autopsy was given by
| the physicians in this statement: "The liver
was horribly wounded. The dagger pierced
it through a depth of five inches. The
aortic vein was severed and one rib was
broken. The weapon penetrated fully seven
inches beneath the surface. The abdo-
minal cavity contained two quarts of blood.
| Externally the wound appeared only as
cut about an inch long under the breast.
The dagger must have been under strong
pressure, otherwise it could not have pene-
trated so far
Madam Carnot and her two sons, who
came from Paris by special train, arrived
in Lyons at 6 o. clock in the morning. The
body of the dead president was taken to
Paris on a special train which left Lyons
at o clock Monday evening. The coffin
was borne to the station on gun carriage
| through the dense, bareheaded throng that
filled the streets. The clergy in their vest
ments, the local officials and delegates from
many societies formed the procession.
Only after the special train had started
for Paris did the indignation of the street
crowds lead to violence. A dozen shops
owned by foreigners were looted and the
rioters proclaimed their intention of smash
ing every concern conducted by an alien.
Two cafes which had not been closed in
obedience to the order for mourning were
plundered and wrecked A company of
cuirassiers charged twice on the crowd be-
fore the street could be cleared.
The special train bearing President
Carnot's body arrived in Paris soon after
, o'clock Tuesday morning. The coffin
was at once placed in a hearse and driven
to the palace of the Elysee, followed by
carriages containing the widow and her
sons, and the members of the president S
military household. Thousands of persons
thronged the streets awaiting the arrival of
the body of the president and stood with
uncovered heads as the cort6ge passed.
When the body arrived at the palace, the
principal servants of the house were in at
tendance. When the coffin was carried
into the palace NJ. Carnot's coachman,
who was greatly attached to his master,
was so overcome with grief that he tainted
He did not regain consciousness and died
from the shock soon afterward.
President Carnot's body will lie in state
until Sunday, when the funeral takes place
The Dead Presidents Career.
Marie Francois Sadi Carnot was born al
Limoges, in 1887, and comes of a family
which is one of the most honored in France
He was educated at the Polytechnic schoo
-, of Paris and the school of roads anC
! bridges, and was successful engineer who
built some well-known bridges. He wa
prefect of the lower Seine during the wa
with Germany; in 1871 was cho sen to thu
: national Assembly, and continued in publ,
,, life until his election to the presidency il
p 1887. He came to the presidency after tn
! forced retirement of Gr6vy under tn
. shadow of the Wilson scandal, and was aC
cepted as an alternative to Jules Ferry o
. De Freycinet, who were the principal can
. | didates before he entered the field. Hi
q first two years as president tested his qualit
a in the handling of the Bouanger episode
: at least two ministerial crises, the begin
a ming of the royalist activity which lead t
o the Imprisonment of the duke of Orleans
q and troubles in Abyssinia and Tonquin-
n this last a serious rebellion. His handlin
"a of these emergencies-all of them of tn
a most serious character-was, like his hanC
. ling of the Boulanger trial, marked by vii
dom as well as strength.
a In personal appearance Carnot was tai
~ slender, with dark hair and complexion
e deeply lined and nervous countenance, an
IL dark and kindling eyes.
i The Assassin.
The assassin of President Carnot is
young Italian anarchist, aged about
years. His full name is given as Cesar
Giovanni Santo Information gathere
IS by the police shows that after leaving TIA
st he lived at different times in Lausanne an
n Geneva, Switzerland, and afterwards
g Lyons. From Lyons he went to Cett
W France, where he spent the last year worl
II ing as a baker. He reached Lyons fro
ia Cette at 6 o'clock Sunday evening. I
k, Cette it was learned that he left his plat
IT, in the bakers shop on account of quarre
n He received the money that was due hi
w and disappeared. 1t was found that
lg bought the pionard with which he comml
N ted the murder Friday. This discover
% gives rise to the belief that his quarrel
oO the bakers shop was merely pretext fl
leaving Cette and coming to Lyons to fult
- the murderous mission to which he WI
assigned by his associate anarchists.
Upon his examination the magistra
asked him whether he had personal grie
ance against President Carnot. To this
answered "NO, but he was tyrant, and
killed him for that reason"
"Is the president dead?" asked Santo
AS the magistrate made no reply Il
prisoner took it for granted that his victi
was dead. He smiled and raised his hal
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