The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-03
N. CARNOT'S assassin.
sAHTO CEAsARIO ON TRIAL FOR rs
AWFUL CRIME.
Denies that He is Acquainted with Ansrch-
ists-His Description OF Hls Crime.
The Fatal Dagger.

| piciOn OF down upon his upper lip. Al
though his appearance is effeminate, and
the remark of one of the spectators
that he looks as though he would not
hurt a fly" pretty accurately describes
him.
The prisoner had hardly taken his
seat when Judge Breullac told him 10
| stand up As he obeyed he bowed and
| smiled again. and II seemed difficult to
realize that such mud hammered boy
was the sassin Of the chiel magistrate
| Of the French Republic.
| After the opening formaities of the
| trial. including the appJin ,ment of an
| Interpreter. the prisoner was questioned
| by the judge
His Christian name. ne said. was Santo
Geronimo. lie was born In NOveuber
! 1913. and his father was a Terry man.
| Coming u the question of the prisoners 5
responsibility the judge said. 1t is an
| Important point wnetler you are resPOl-
sibie or not
Ceasario responded in firm voice
Yes. sir. | am absolutely Responsible"
raE rHrovrbs LEyrY.
Later the judge said: "Your mother
worshipped you and save YOU al the
advantages sne possibly could. Sne sent
you TO school. where you never won q
prize" -,..-.-
Never" answered CeasariO, laughing.
The intelligence OF the prisoner excited
surprise on all sides. Nothing 10 equal
il had ever been seen here. In reference
t. his having been sent to school, ne
added. If mad been better scholar l
should have been a better man.
4 few minutes later, being asked about
his choir boy days, when he represented
John the Baptist in church PROFESSIONS
you know, unwittiugly act stupidity. The
judge then discussed CedsariOs presence
at the revolutionary lectures OF SlSnOr
GOri. lawyer, in Milan. In spite OF tne
eXpOstulatiOns OF his family, WhereupOn
CeasdriO exclaimed.
Humanity Is greater than family
Asked whether ne dii not act az cou-
riei between Anarchists OF France ana
Italian journals he answered: The police
do th-ir work. / DO mine. | have moth
inc to say more than they cine police
taxed communicati9ns between Anarchists
systematically" The prisoner denied
knowing "a single Anarchist.
SANTOS Jfsi.
Judge Breuillac: Coming 70 Lyons. you
stopped at Vienna, and you went 70 an
Anarchist barber's.'
Ceasario. Il naturally went to a bar
bers. ! could not get my hair cut at
The Judge. "a deputation Of Lyonnaise
Anarchists visited you as a parsonage or
Importance while you were i'll IN the hos
Ceasario. "A friend from Lyons visit
ed me- and he had some Of his friends
with him. but they brought me nothing.
D
Did not they bring you those producing
photographs of Ravachol and the Chicago
Anarchists.
NO" replied CeasaIfo.
AT any rate. they were similar 20
these" retorted the Judge
Vow YOU are right" admitted the
prisoner.
self against accusations Of connection
with ~ drchis-s with rare slih, hsAtine
ground inch by inch.
rnE FA1AL DAGGER.
There was profound sensation in the
courtroom when Assistant Registrar
Nelthmr removed the covering from a.
dagger and handed It to the Judge. The
weapon was still stained win the blooI
OF the murdered President, and as the
magistrate held it up a thrill Of horror
ran through the assemblage.
is this the one you brought from
Cette2" asked the Judge.
Yes" replied CeasariO. unnlnchingiy.
as he nodded toward the sull bloody
dagger.
Through the Interpreter CeasariO min
utely detailed his journey from Cette 10
Lyons. the jury following him attentyely
as he narrated his peregrinatiOns Ia
Lyons until he arrived outsi1e the Credit
Lyonnaise. Here the prisoner. with bru-
tai coldness, described his later move
ments as follows:
THE AssAssINATIoN
NJ 1 VI
riving | unsheathed my dagger. 1 ran
for him and planted the dagger turned
and withdrew when / was struck down.
NJ CarnOt looked me straight In the
eyes"
Judge: did you not have some sensa-
tion of the enormty Of your act when
YOU saw the eyes Of your victim fixed
upon you? Has not the memory troubled
you sinceT
al az
caused a movement Of repulsion In the
Coming to the question OF premedita-
tion, Ceasario readily admitted that the
Anarchist was the enemy Of all chiefs OF
State and also that the purchase OF the
dagger was a further indication OF pre-
The Judge: How long had you medtat-
ed the crime
Ceasario dmpudently): You'll find that
I'm the prosecution papers
The Judge then read a number Of In
hammatory statements attributed TO
Ceasario. and said: You declared that
if YOU returned TO Italy YOU would Kill
both the King and the Pope
Ceasario. That Is impossible. The Pope
and the King are never together. There
fore | could not kill both
He also denied that the crime was
the result of plot in which the assassin
was designated by lot. The Judge asked
CeasariO II In case ne had not killed the
President In Lyons he would nave tried
70 do so elsewhere. in Paris. for instance.
The prisoner answered that II he had
not succeeded he would have tried 10
find work
Judge Breuillac: Should you have fol-
lowed and sought TO Kill him elsewhere?'
Ceasario: Perhaps; If an opportunity
sANTo CoRRECTs WITNESS.
4 number Of witnesses testified 10 the
details of the crime and the Identification |
Of the prisoner. Among these the boot !
maker, DOmergue. who caught Ceasario |
as be was fleeing after strikingthe fatal |
blow related the circumstances. Cea-
sario contradicted DOrnergue. saying.
You are not the first man who seized |
me: II was somebody else. You are claim |
Ing glory that you did not earn
Incidentally CelSario expressed regret |
that he had thrown his dagger away. |
as had ne retained II, he would have
std bbed DOmergue or any one else who
lttenmpted 70 stop him. At this Do
margue whose face had been almost |
turned white.
During a short recess Debruilee the
prisoners counsel, eXprestsed astOnish-
nent at his clients coolness, and as
serted his intention OF setting up a plea
IF insanity, basing IL upon the prisoners
actions and upon hereditary epileptic
endencies.
Dr. Poncet. the physician who attended
'arnOt after he was wounded, gave "A
ong and detailed description OF Carnot's
INJURIES While he was doing this the
prisoner sat with an expression OF mute
lation, drinking every word with the
stak l.