Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-02
Scenes at the Opening of the Tri;
Today.
THE PRISONER ACTS His PART
His Cool Narrative Sets the Court
Room in an Uproar.
CONFESS SES ANARCHIS NJ


the anarchist who murdered President Car
not, was placed on trial in the assize court
this morning.
The prisoner was quietly removed to the
court from his cell in the St. Paul prison at
an early hour and reached the court without
any incident worth noting
Up to the hour the trial commenced the
day had been one of the quietest recently
passed by the citizens of Lyons. The an
archists made no movement whatever, and
recently they have even avoided all men,
ton of Cesario's name.
NJ. Breuillac, president Judge Of the Lyons
assize, who is to try the case evidently
feels deeply the part he is to play in this
chapter Of history.
The palace Of justice is guarded In the
most thorough manner and the preparat tions
for the trial have been diligently pushed
ever since the crime. the whole energies of
the law officers of the government being d.
rected to so arrange the case and procedure
as to exclude any possible trouble or hitch.
AT meeting held In the office of the pub
lie prosecutor on July q among those pres
ent were the colonel Of gendarmerie, the
chief of the division of infantry of the dis
trlct and an ordnance officer of the govern
ment.
SOLDIERS Guarding the Court House.
A detail of soldiers Of a size phenomenal
In the history of murder trials 1t was then
decided should assist the police in guarding
the palace of justice today. Consequently
an entire battalion Of infantry is guarding
the court house. the soldiers being depIoyed
in pickets upon all approaches, while a
double GORDON of troops surrounds the build
ing Itself. In addition a company of infan-
Try Is posted in the entrance hall and a
platoon OF cavalry surrounded the prison
van as II was driven at a gallon from tte
prison OF st Paul to the court house. The
same escort Will this evening take tba
prisoner back to his cell.
The Crowd Admitted.
Finally large squad of policemen in ci,i-
zens' dress were specially told off to furnish
the audience, every seat usually available
TO the public being reserved in advance, nc
cording TO the program, for the det tectiyes:
put at the last moment the program was
changed, and when the doors were opened a
waiting crowd was allowed in, and in a few
minutes all the available space within the
.pt cpurt room Was densely packed. Without
.here was brilliant sunshine, and within
there was suifocating heat, the only air
moving was that from a hundred fans
notably, the gallery, where many ladies' al
seated.
Press CensOrship.
paper men were squeezed into a space only
large enough Tor about twenty, and these,
owing to the p ostponement of the
trial, made purposely by the govern
ment to permit of the enactment of the
new anti-anarchist law, find themselves
under strict control. For the first time in
the experience of many of them their
copy VIII be edited by the Judge presid-
Ing. and they will be directed as to what
they are not to put In their reports under
penalty of the law.
Appearance OF the Prisoner,
The court opened at 9:l5 am. and the
judge president was no sooner seated than
he called on the gerdarmes to bring In the
accused. All the persons present held their
breath as the assassin of President Carnot
was brought into court. The prisoner was
short and looked somewhat scared as he
came in, securely handcuffed to a gendarme
on either side OF him and two other Send-
armies bringing up the rear
The crowd was distinctly disappointed n,
the mild appearance OF the prisoner but
some people noted with pleasure and regret
the curly dark chestnut hair, oval face and
boyHke appearance Of the bioodstained an
archist.
Cesario. as he marched to the dock. wore
a somewhat strange costume. His coat
was of a yellowish COLOR his vest and trous-
ers were gray; he wore white shirt with
a turn-down collar and a gray necktie So
soon as he was in the dock his counsel AT
Dubreuil and NJ. DegeneraL professor of
Italian at the Lyons Business College. the
latter having been appointed Interpreter,
eAcnahsed few words with the prisoner
and Cesario took his seat, and the reading
OF the long indictment began.
He Hears the Indictment,
The prisoner listened impassivelv dpriny
the reading Of this document, which con-
tained what was supposed to be a fun ac-
count of the events before and on the even
ing Of the murder and which was believed
to be a complete record OF Cesario's Journey
from Italy. giving the name of nearly every
one the prisoner spoke to while on his way
to Lyons. Cesario only became interested
In the indictment when 1t narrated the
actual deed, as follows:
THE murderer approached the carriage
takes from his pocket the poignard, still
wrapped In pece Of paper, and plunged the
blade-sixteen centimeters long-up to the
hilt into the breast Of President Garnet
crying 'Vive la revolution This cry was
only heard by the footmen, in the general
confusion.
Then Cesario dropped the weapon and
cried 'Vive ranarchie.'
The trial is expected to occupy the whole
OF today and part OF tomorrow. There will
be no long speeches, the public prosecutor
coniining himself to a forty-minute speech
Some people who should have come for
reprisals, but twenty-eight Indispensable
witnesses have been called by the govern
ment, and they include all those who re-
membered having spoken to Cesario as he
was journeying from Cetto to Lyons: the
owner Of the lime kiln where Cesario
worked in 1893; the baker who employed
him at Cette; Gen. Borus of the late presi-
dents military household; Nj. Rivaud, pre-
feet of the department of the Rbone. the
two men servants who sat on the rumble
Of the late presidents carriage, and Dr.
Gailleton, the mayor Of Lyons.
santO VIII Defend Himself.
To DR.. Gailleton the unfortunate prest-
dent, following on his criticism of the H.
luminations, How lovely, how charming.
how graceful'-stammered, with suddenly
banched face, "I-I-Im struck" and
pointed to the wound from which the life
blood was flowing. after the assassin's dag
ger had been plunged into his abdomen.
The evidence OF NJ. Artigaud, the gum
smith of whom Cesario bought the dagger
is expected 10 be very dramatic. Several
times before he paid for the weapon Cesario
tried to see whether he could handle n
properly, and several times before the pun
smith the assassin rehearsed his idea of
how he would stab his victim
Santo proposes, practically, to defend
himself, and this will probably prompt a