Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-26
TALES or n,r-wiTNnssns.
They Tell the Manner In Witch sam
% stabbed the Prcstdent.

BY Associated Press.
London, June 25.--A dispatch from
Paris to the Daily News states that
Deputy chaudry, whose father was
shot during the commune. and who
has just arrived from Lyons. said THAI
he WAS driving IA the official process
sion NJ the time NJ, Garnet was stabbed.
His carriage was directly behind the
presidents. The officer who was riding
beside NJ. Carnots carriage was asked
by the president 10 stand aside In order
TO let the good people. as NJ. Carnot
termed them. who wanted 10 shake
hands with him, come near. The next
minute the assassin jumped upon The
step OF the carriage. The president
held out his right hand TO shake the
hand OF the stranger. santo gripped
Il with his left hand. and. raising NJ.
Carnots arm. thrust his knife per-
pendlcularly and with tremendous
force Into the presidents body. NJ,
Chaudry says the presidents carriage
turned around suddenly md by the
light OF the illuminatlonB he saw NJ.
Carnot lying unconscious. Here NJ.
Chaudry described the scene OF
dire confusion. the shrieks and the
anger raised by the act OF the as
sassln.
ut was AWFUL" he added. ITO see
poor Cainot suffering for thee hours,
| shall never forget that cruel night"
Following Is an account given by an
eyewitness.
II saw the crime committed. helped
TO carry the wounded man aud Wit
messed the efforts OF the surgeons.
saw them exchange that awful look,
which means no hope"
"Atter detailing the appearance OF
Santo upon the scene hu continues.
Another petition, thought /: this
sort Of thing having happened nve or
six times previously But ! saw Gen.
Borlus and the mayor u Lyons stand
up In the carrlngc. stop hlmr cried
the latter. Back TO the prefectureP
said the former ] rushed forward aH
President Carnot fell back. Il am
wounded the president exclaimed IN
a faint voice, putting his hand TO his
side, and tainted. His eyes were closed
and his face appeared to be contorted.
We Thought the president had been
Killed on the spot. Deponcet, surgeon
in-chicf az the Hotel Dieu. was fortu-
nntely close by. lie instructed the
driver TO turn around There was
copious flow OF blood ana Il was nee
aHNNAs AiAaA ANt MNunA Nv WffNNtA Nltile
out delay and DIR. Deponcet ordered
the driver to go at fun gallop to the
prefecture. This was done. squadron
OF cuirasslers surrounding the carriage.
The crowd at this time was IN igno-
rance Of what had occurred and cried
gayly 'Vive Carnnt' and persons ran
after the carriage aud reached the
prefecture abreast OF 81. pr neponcet
lifted the unconscious PRECEDENT by the
shoulders and another man took ha
waist Gen, BOrlus his head aud ! his
legs. As gently us possible we took
him upstairs ana through corridors
which seemed endless Finally we
reached his bedroom. He was sin un.
conscious When we laid him upon
the bed the doctor pulled open his
shirt. cut the grand Gordon OF the Lee
glon OF Honor and laid bare the wound.
which was clotted with blood The
wound was an inch wide: the liver
was uounded, and this made the case
almost hopeless, Somebody came from
the Hotel Dieu with antlseptlc wad-
ding, hnemoatetic pineers. Vanswietena
liquor and Ice. The presidents pulse
was scarcely perceptible In the room
where Or, olller, the leading physician
OF Lyons, NJ. Mason. NJ Burdeau,
Gen, Borius. DR. Gailleton. the mayor.
Col Chnmoln. Col, Dalstein and Capt.
MeTindnrebel The last three were mem
bers Of the preridents household The
wound was probed only after quar-
ter OF an hour There came n rush OF
black. cffused blood during the opera
ton. The patient murmured. You
hurt me; ! suffer: you had better
leave me-" When the bleeding was
stopped the wound was washed and
antiseptic cotton inserted During these
cruel moments heard the noise Of
fireworks on the lake. there not having
been time to stDu tlptf -