The Princeton union., 1894-06-28

following the facade of the palais. When
halfway down the street, which was.
lined with enthusiastic crowds of people
who were loudly cheering, man rushed
out of the crowd and sprang upon the
step of the presidents landau.
Just ut tfis moment Nj. Carnot was
waving his right hand and saluting with
his hat in his left hand in response to
the ovation that had been given him by
the crowd. The people close to the car
riage saw the man standing on the step
had 4 knife N his hand. By the glare
Of the electric lights they saw the bright
plade CLEAN in the air as the assassin's 5
arm descended, ana then President Car.
net was seen to fall back in his seat, his
face deathly pale. One Of his h; nds was
pressed over his heart where the steel
had entered the body.
M. Rivaud, prefect of Lyons, who was
seated beside M. C,rnot, Immediately
stuck the assassin a blow full in the face
and knocked him fre m the step, thus pre-
venting the man from agai1 stabbing the
president, which it was his evident III
tention to do. s 49, ..- 1t
Instantly cries of s'The president is as
sassinated! Death to the assasSin!' were
heard on every side, and the crowd in the
vicinity Of the carriage swelled to enorm-
GUS proportions, every member of it seem
ingly intent upon killing the assassin.
He was grasped by dozen hands, and
his life would have then and there paid
the forfeit of his crime had it not been
for several sergeants de vile, who seized
him and attempted to draw him away
impossible, as the infuriated populace
6atorr,ino1 TO rob II
the efforts of the sergeants availed moth
ing beyond saving the man from instant
DEATH Blows were aimed at his face
and head over the shoulders of the police,
who had by this time received reinforce.
ments, and many of the blows landed
fairly. At last the police succeeded in
driving the bowling mob back a foot or
so from their prisoner, but to get the
captive through the crowd was a physical
impossibility.
In the meantime the news of the at.
tempted murder had spread with light
ning-like rapidity, and mounted guards
We're sent to the aid of the police, who
were still struggling to preserve the life
OF the assassin. With drawn sabres in
their hands the guards rode down into
the croW0, h.e.!less Of who1., their horses
trs IMPLIED upon. The crowd gave way be-
fore the horses, and at last the center of
the mob was reached. Then Gordon
was formed around the ten almost ex-
ha'lsted policemen and their captive, and
the march to the police station hegan
Even thus surrounded the prisoner was
not safe, for men in the crowd made
frantlc efforts to reach him. The guards
!epelled these attacks with the fat side.
OF their swords, while at the same time
keeping watchful eyes upon the crowd
to prevent the prisoner from being shot.
MaledictioDs Were hurled upon the pris-
orer, and never before was such wild
Indignation against human being seen
III this city.
In the meantime physicians were sum
moned to attend the president, who had
almost Immediately been conveyed to the
prefecture. A careful examination was
made of the wound, and the doctors de-
clared that the condition tf NJ. Carnot
was hopeless. He fingered until l2:45
this morning, when he died. He was
conscious until the last
The assassin is an Italian named
Cesare Giovanni Santo. When questioned
by Prefect Lepin at the police station in
Rue Moliere, he said he had lived al
Cette, department of Herault, for the
past six months, and had only come to
Lyons yesterday. He gave his age as
twenty-five years. His replies were given
coolly, but without any sign of brayado.
He refused, however, to answer any of
the many questions put to him regarding
his motive for stabbing the president,
declaring that on this subject he would
speak only before tribunal. When he
vas searched by the police book was
found in one of his pockets in which it
was written that he was horn il village