Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-07-04
POLICE LEARN ALL THE FACTS
President CarnOt was Slain by the
Friends of GuiIiOtined An
arChiStS.

Paris, June 2S.-The police have I'M
earthed the entire plot that eliminated
in the assassination of President Garnet.
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 not yet 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
III 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 po-
lice soon formed a different opinion and
believed that he followed out carefully
laid plan, receiving instructions and ad-
vice at the different towns he visited.
The detectives who have been at work
in Montpelier decided to surround and
search the house of q man named Ora
nler, supposed to be an Anarchist and a
possible accomplice of Santo. Granier,
it appears during last Sunday afternoon
previous to the attack upon President
Carnot, was heard to remark, by this
time Carnot must have received his
ntIISs fl,n
stabbed until late the same evening it
was naturally concluded when the news
of the outrage became public and when
it was shown that Santo had visited Mont
pellier that Granier must have known
that an attempt was to be made on the
life of the President.
When Graniers house was surrounded,
the detectives burst in the door and sum
moned the Anarchist to surrender. Gran
Ter, who was seated at table eating his
supper, sprang to his feet and for a mo-
ment stood motionless with surprise.
Then, with surprising swiftness and be-
fore the detectives could secure him, he
picked up long and sharp knife and
plunged 1t 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 q thorough
search of Graniers lodgings and Il guam
tity of anarchistic literature was discoy-
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 parricide, in
stead of murder. Article MIL 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 erormity of the
crime committed Santo will then be
guilOtined
President Casimir-P erier presided at a
council of the ministers today. 1t was
decided to ask the Chambers tomorrow
for a credit of 10000 francs to be APP
piled to the expenses of the funeral Of
the late president. Premier Dupuy will
deliver the funeral grafton. NJ Dupuy.
it is announced, has decided to resign the
premiership and proposes to go to Con-
treeville where he will take the mineral