The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-03
SANTOS DOOM.
The Assassin of President
Carnor Grows Pale When
the Jury Conyicts Him.
ANARCHIST THEORIES STATED
Arguments of the Prosecution and
Defense Interrupted By
. the Defendant.
ANARCHIST THEORIES STATED
BIZ Cable to the United Press.


LYONS, August 8, 1S94-The second day
of the trial of the anarchist assassin, Santo
Caserio. opened with the testimony of the
soldier Leblanc, who, while under arrest for
desertion, was confined in the hospital at
Cette at the same time that Caserio was
patient in that Institution. Lablanc related
the purport of his chats with Caserio while
in the hospital, and persisted in his previous
statement that Caserio had declared that
the anarchists would next kill a President or
King, and also in his statement that
Caserio had said that the lots had been
drawn, and that he had in this way been
assigned to go to Lyons and kilFM. Carnot.
Caserio denied that he had said these
things to Leblanc, though he admitted that
he mad preached Anarchist doctrines to him.
Concerning the drawing of lots Caserio said
that Anarchists retained absolute individual
liberty of action and would not execute
deeds merely because they happened to have
been selected by hazard or for any other
particular reason than that of their own
will.
PROSECUTORS ADDRESS.
At half past nine o'clock Attorney Gen
eral Folchier began his address to the jury
He began by giving fiowery description of
the fetes incident to the Lyons exhibition.
which were the occasion of nj. Carnot's
presence in the city at the tune he was
assassnated. He next pronounced euiogy
upon the late President both as a private
citizen and as the Chief Executive of the
State. He was extremely thankful. he said,
that the criminal was not resident OF Lyons
OF even a French citizen. He was citizen
of no nation but merely a cowardly Anar-
chist NJ Folchier then reviewed the de-
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during the recital of which Caserio
grinned and otherwise showed the pleasure
he felt at this appeal TO his intense egotism.
All the forces of society, Nj. Folchier de-
cared, ought to unite to extirpate the vile
Anarchist sect He then quoted from An
archist documents counselling the murder of
President Carnot, and reminded the jury of
the threatening letters received by M. Car
not's wife and children He next deduced
the theory of generalization from Caserio's
indirect route to Lyons and his avoidance of
the police.
The remarks of the Attorney General as
to the energy and presence of mind display
ed by Caserio evidently fattered the prison
er's vanity.
M Folchier said the fact that epilepsy
had been present in the prisoners antecedent
family was recognized by the prosecution,
but there was every evidence that Cesario
himself was absolutely untainted with the
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jury and declared that the infictlon upon
the prisoner of the extreme penalty of the
law was imperative. Anarchists, he said,
were not political party, but merely a sect
of common criminals.
AS NJ Folchier stigmatized the savagery
of the Anarchist Sect Caserio murmured
protest.
NJ Folchier concluded his address by
profession of belief in the progress of
d mocracy. which, he said, anarchy was
| jwerless to arrest.
FoRLoRN HOPE.
NJ Folchier concluded his argument at
fifteen minutes after ten o'clock. when M.
Debreuil counsel for the prisoner arose to
address the jury. Like NJ. Folchier, M
Debreuil prefaced his argument with re
marks eulogistic of NJ. Carnot He then
gave graphic description of the funeral of
the President, and followed it with lengthy
explanation of his reasons for defending the
assassin, his remarks being of an apologetic
tone throughout. He appeared as the de-
fender of Caserio he said, because he was
the Dean of the Lyons bar, and in the event
of the failure of the prisoner to secure any
other counsel he was bound by his profess
sional oath to defend him If appealed tie. He
was bound by an oath, he said, which re-
quired him to defend even the worst of
criminals Al { this remark Caserio laughed.
M Debreui described the sentiment of
repulsion which the crime of the assassin
had sent throughout the land and said that
that sentiment gave place to one OF pity
when one became acquainted with the depth
of grief into which his aged mother had been
plunged Her letters to him and his replies
thereto proved conclusively that the good
sentiments of the prisoner were not entirely
extinct When Caserio's weeping and vail
ing mother was mentioned by NJ. Debreuil
Caserio bowed his head and sobbed,
NJ. Debreuil took advantage of this, the
first point in favor of his argument, and,
turning to the jury, he asked:---
Is HE RESPONSIBLE
.sIs this poor wretch completely responsi-
BILE? His mind is unhinged by a hereditary
germ of cerebral disease, together with the
influence of his peculiar social condition.
His father became an epileptic from seeing
the Austrians shoot his own brother.
Epilepsy is species of insanity from which
violent anger upon the slightest provocation
and often with no provocatlon is developed.
At Cette the prisoner manifested this trait
He had never been bad tempered before.
This marked in modified way the typical
commencement of a manifestation of the
latest epileptic germ. CaSerio's gleeful
paroxysrns at times and his supreme tran
GUILTY. at others further indicated madness
OF hypnotic hallucination."
M Debreui proceeded to examine the con-
ditions of the prisoners life, which, he claim
ed, tended to foment his hereditary pfedis-
position to commit an insane act In the
course of this part of his address he ,describ-
ed the native village and the family OF the
assassin, which caused Caserio to weep
copiously.
NJ Debreuil at this point complained of
sore throat and short recess was taken i'll
order that he might rest.
Z The recess over, M.-sDa3rall resIhleI his
address He said that Caserio had attended
an elementary school, but he had done so
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