The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-06-29
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
OLD WORLD.
cARNOT AssAssINATED

Observation-Disclosures hSShSSINHAED'
By An italian Anarchist--Stabbed In
Ills Carriage, Lingers Three Hours ana
Dies The Murderer Seized on the spot
and Nearly Torn 10 Pieces Dismny
and Fury All Over the Country-Cleve-
lands Words OF sympathy
Marie Francois sadl Carnot, president of the
French Republic, was fatally stabbed In the an
domen in his carriage at Lyons Monday evening
where he had gone TO visit the eNIlDltioh OF
Arts, Sciences and Industries. lie iau peen
through round of festivities ana honors,
through the day and the evening previous ana
Monday evening attended banquet OF the
Chambers of Commerce. He was In a peculiar
~ happy mood during the banquet ana was no
tccably elated by the cordially of his reception,
not only by the crowd outside the building put
also by the guests within. He had LEFT the pan
quet to go to the Grand theatre on the race ue
la Coincide where a gala performance had been
arranged in his honor, and walked through the
necessarily cheering crowd to his carriage when
n young man sprang forward, newspaper ~
hand, on to the carriage step when he whipped
out Il dagger out of the paper and plunged u IN
to the presidents abdomen The demonstrative
enthusiasm of the crowd caused the confusion
which gave Santo his opportunity, rs he was
able TO push his way forward quite unnoticed
until AZ the step of the carriage. The president
| sank back unconscious. He was taken at once
to the prefecto and the most skiful surgeons, IN
| the city were summoned. Meantime the assassin,
who had been feled to the ground with a Dlow
by M Rivaud, project Of the knone was arrest s
angry crowd, and 1t was only with the greatesc
difficulty that the police were able to protect
him from the fury Of the people IN dac a aa
protected the police on their way to the station,
the prisoner would have been taken from them
and beaten to death The news spread swii.iy
to every part of the city. lnfuriated CROWDS
filled the streets. Before 10 O'Clock an ltaian
restaurant had been sacked, and the police
Obliged to strain rye 20 bppG
peated hemOrrhages after he, was removed 70
the prefecture. He sank gradually but steadily
until - AS O'Clock in the morning, when ne died;
just before the end the physician asked nm II
he knew his state. The president, who was then
breathing feebly, replied, Eyes, ! am dying
The archbishop said, Your friends are ar9mna
you" Carnot replied in almost an inaudibe
whisper, ''Thank you, my friends; thank you'
and these We're his last words.
The assassin gave his name as Cezare 1ovam,
nj SantO He Is about 10 years OF age, mas q very
small mustache. On his way to the statlon nc
held his head down and glanced continually
right and left as If looking for some p1ss,,nie
means of escape. He claimed to be an Italian
and to know so little French as to be unable 10
answer further questions. But the police nave
learned some further particulars of MN, that al;
at Lyons and had recently been working as
baker at Celte, France, which he left saturday
after quarrel with his employer he then vis
tied his sweetheart and before leaving her SAID:
81 have quarreled with my employer and am
going to Lyons. Yon will see me no more:n lie
was known to the police of Cettee as a militant
taciturn in his manner. He was great reader
and outspoken upon anarchist theories, He ,
shows not the slightest sign of agitation. ne Is
perfectly tranquil, and at times appears careless
less and even callous. He has admitted that ne I
had for some time contemplated his crime. he
to the execution of Emil Henri, who
Terminus and said "He did die brayely. !
will show more courage than he did II ever =
mount the scaffold.'' The authorities are in =
lined to the belief that he is a member of the Q
society of anarchists which de- v
allied him to commit the murder and that the v
ecent attempt on the life of Premier Crispi of a
italy was part of the plot I,
Madame Carnot and sons left Paris by special y
rain at II :57 O'clock but did not reach Lyons
ntl an hour after the end When they reached Il
he prefecture the death chamber was cleared, II
nd the widow, who has beer, joined by her Il
lird son, was left alone with the dead. The
imily remained long time engaged in prayer. te
ails throughout France. The assassination is =
lost heartily deplored by all. There is great y
nNiety in regard to the future. Several Italian L
ogs displayed in sympathy in Paris were
Dotted at and one was pulled down and torn in. d,
shreds. In every quarter of Paris there are nj
cree demonstrations against the Italian resi-
ents, and nearly all Italian cafes and rcstau-
nts have been closed
The feeling of sympathy is profound and wide
read. Emperor William of Germany sent m
,spatch of coincidence Tuesday, and similar ar
les have poured in from every side. The Ital-
II Chamber of Deputies adjourned over the day
did our congress. President Cleveland sent a Ola
esSaRe 10 congress saying: Inc snOcklnR III
lligence has been received that the president
the French republic met his death yesterday
the hands of an assassin This terrible event pr
hich has overtaken a sister republic cannot fail liza
deeply arouse the sympathies of the Ameri n.
n nation, while the violent termination of a tn
reer promising so much in aid of liberty, and 20
advancing civilization, should he mourned as ~;
addiction of mankind. ~
A nd to our minister at Paris this instruction nc
spatched Express to Minister of Foreign or
fairs profound sorrow with which president in
d American people have heard of atrocious sh
me which has robbed sister republic of its Pi
Sc, humane, and patriotic chief magistrate. nv
SSigned) "GREsHAM." ~
President Carnot is the first ruler of France =
10 has fallen by the assassin's hand for nearly
zee centuries. The murder of King Henry " ~ ~
Francois Ravaillac in 1910 was the last in M M
nee of regcide in that country and the method lui
the crime was almost the same as this. Twice ~
eviously have attempts been made against ,l
rnot. The first in 1889, when he had just Ia,
t the place of the Elysee to attend the fete I i
the beginning of the Revolu- az ~
II. BY some strange chance the assassin fired VII
,la nj cartridpa nj him inetead ~ a ,,ood ono wa
e assassin was Frenchman named Jean ,ie!
cholas Perran, and was insane. Another at ia
npt, almost identical in character, was made M M
July, 1891, while the president was passing III
ing the avenue de la Republique in his car se'
ge, the miscreant being lunatic who had just wa