The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
Stabbed in Ills Carriare.

cheering, a man rushed out Of the
crowd and sprang upon the step OF
the presidents landau. Just ut that
moment NJ. Carnot was waving his
right hand and saluting, with his hat
IN his loft hand, In response to an ova-
ton. People close to the carriage saw
that the man standing on the step had
q knife in his hand. BY tho glare of
the electric lights they saw the bright
blade CLEAN in the air, us the assassin's
arm descended and then President
Carnot was seen to fall back In his
seat, his fncc deadly pale.
One of his hands WINS pressed over his
heart, where the steel had entered his
body.
NJ. Rivaud, project of Lyons, who
was seated beside nj. Garnet, immcdi-
ately struck the assassin Il blow full In
the fac and knocked him from the
step, thus preventing the man from
stabbing the president again, which 1t
was his evident intention to do.
Instantly cries of lie president est
assassinl A mortal lassussin!' were
heard one every side, and the crowd in
the vicinity OF the carriage swelied to
enormous proportions, every member
Of it seemingly intent upon killing the
assassin. He was grasped by n dozen
there have paid for his crime, had it
dc Vile, who seized him and ut
tempted to draw him away
from his captors. This wa found to
be impossible. as the infatuated popu-
lace was determined to lynch the man
np1 thu otfcrgo Nf t1,a carranptc ~ ,,,tlaJ
nothing beyond saving the man from
Instant death. Blows were aimed at
his face and head over the shoulders of
the police, who by this time had re-
ceived achievements, and many of the
blows landed fairly. After u hard
struggle the police succeeded in driving
the bowling mob back from tho pris-
pner.
Shortly after midnight the archbishop
of Lyons was summoned to the bedside
Of the dying president to administer to
him the last rights of the church. Car
not remained conscious to the last. He
realized that his life was fnst ebbing
away and twice he said, "Je m'en wis"
("i am going away.")
DR.. Poncet leaned over the bed on
which the president vas lying and said
to him:
Your friends are here, Monsieur lie
President"
Carnot replied: II mn grateful for
their presence" and in less than a min
ute he gasped for breath, there was u
convulsive ~shuddering of his body and
the president Of Franco vas dead.
Immediately after the death OF Car
not Prime Minister Dupuy started back
10 Paris to officially the news
TO tho senate and chamber of deputies.
The Assassin Refuses to Talk.
Santo, tho assassin, is q beardless
young man, 20 or 25 years old. When
arrested he was nttired in n brown suit
and wore u peaked cap that matched
the suit in color. AS he marched under
police guard from the Rue de In Repub-
liqne to the station he held his head
down, but his eyes glanced furtiveiy
around, as though seeking IN oppor-
tunity to escape from his captors. To
have made such nn attempt, however,
would have been foolhardiness, for
there was not the slightest doubt that
had he got away from the protection Of
the police he would hnve been torn
limb from limb by the angry crowd.
Santo. who speaks French bndly,
when questioned at the police station.
said he had lived at Cettc, in the dc.
partment of Hernult, for the past six
months ard had only come to Lyons
today. He gave his 6 ut % years.
His replies were given cody, but with
out my sign of bravado. He refused,
however to answer any questions put
10 him regarding his motive for stab
bling the president, declaring that on
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