Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-07-05
POLICE LEARN ALL THE FACTS
President Carnot was Slain by the
Friends of GuiIlOtined An
archistS.

Paris. June 2S.-The police have un-
earthed the entire plot that eliminated
in the assassination of President Carnot.
The police authorities have established
beyond doubt that three Anarchists,
Santo, Granier and the man named La
bore. who was arrested on Monday, and
others notsyet in custody, plotted the
death of President Carnot in order to
avenge the executions of Rayachol, Vail
LIANT and Henri, all Of whom, before dy-
ing, announced that their deaths would
be avenged This, of course, was looked
upon as mere Anarchist clustering at the
time the threats were made.
The first direct evidence of the plot was
discovered at Montpelier, capital of the
department of Herault, and was followed
by the suicide of one of the principals in
the affair. Cette and Montpelier, both
i'll the same department, have been men
toned as places where the murderer San
to stopped previous to making his way to
Lyons with the intention of taking the
life of the chief magistrate of France.
Consequently both these towns have been
secured by detectives since Monday morn
ing. Santo has from the first claimed that
he acted entirely on his own initiative
and that he had no accomplices. The POI
lice soon formed a different opinion and
believed that he followed out carefully
laid plan, receiving instructions and adj
vice at the different towns he visited.
The detectives who have been at work
in Montpelier decided to surround and
search the house of a man named Ora
nier, supposed to be an Anarchist and a
possible accomplish of Santo. Granier,
it appears, during last Sunday afternoon
Carnot, was heard to remark, by this
time Carnot must have received his
quietus." AS the President was not
stabbed until late the same evening it
was naturally concluded when the news
of the outrage became public and when
pellier that Granier must have known
that an attempt was to be made on the
life of the President.
When Granier's house was surrounded,
the detectives burst in the door and sum-
moned the Anarchist to surrender. Gran
Ter, who was seated at a table eating his
supper, sprang to his feet and for mo-
ment stood motionless with surprise.
Then, with surprising swiftness and be-
fore the detectives could secure him, he
picked up u long and sharp knife and
plunged it into his abdomen and with
few swift turns of the wrist disem-
boweled himself and fell to the floor,
where he expired almost immediately
The police then commenced thorough
search of Granier's lodgings and a guam
uty OF anarcnlStc literature was dlScOv-
cred, together with documents which con-
meet Santo with Granier and others in
the conspiracy which resulted in the muir
der of President Carnot The police ex-
pect to make additional important arrests
soon.
Santo will be tried as has been an
nounced, on July % at Lyons, but the
charge against him will be parricde, in
stead of murder. Article Xiii. of the
penal code DEGREES that an attempt
against the head of the state is to be so
described and punished. When Santo
shall have been condemned to death and
the hour of his execution has arrived, he
will be conducted to the place of execu-
ton in his shirt, barefooted and with his
head covered by black veil. The con-
demned man will stand on the scaffold
while an officer of the law addresses the
people and refers to the enormity of the
crime committed. Santo will then be
guilIotined
President Casimir-Perier presided at
council of the ministers today It was
decided to ask the Chambers tomorrow
for a credit of $4,000 francs to be ap-
piled to the expenses of the funeral of
the late president. Premier Dupuy will
deliver the funeral grafton. M Dupuy,
it is announced, has decided to resign the
premiership and proposes to 60 to Con-
treevile where he will take the mineral