New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-16
r.SERIO PUT TO DEATH.
crILLOTINED AT LYONS.
-.,,nENT CARNOTS ASSASSIN PAYS
~gE PENALTY OF HIS CRIME.
.,,rGLING FIERCELY ON THE SCAFFOLD

,vrcr'TIOV TOOK PLACE AT 5 O'CLOCK THIS
voeylNG IN \ SQUARE STRONGLY GUARDED
~ TRooPS-'LONG LIVE ANARCHYr'
THE CONDEMNED MANS LAST
WORDS - SKETCH OF HIS
LIFE AND CRIME
,..,s Aug l5-Sante Caserio, the murderer
prss,dent Carno,. was gulotined at o'clock
IBIS morning
.v minutes before o'clock the condemned
-, vas led from his cell to the guillotne. His
-m. - were firmly bound behind him. When the
.,s,dants seized him to lay him under the knife
:. struggled iiercey to free himself At 4:55
',.,,l all was ready. Caserio shouted, Courage
.,rradss. bong live anarchy"
Tho knife fell AT o'clock precisely, and Case
~. head dropped into the basket.
Tho scene Of the execution is about fifty me-
80. from the prison. Three hours before the
,rs set for the execution detachment Of troops,
.,mprising the 9Sth Battalion Of Infantry and two
.ouaarons Of the 7th Curassiers. took possession
=. the ground They were reinforced later by
sa,sarn,es and policemen.
nsber. the executioner. arrived at o'clock,
,-nring with him the well-knOwn guiotine The
%, conyeying the guillotine was escorted by
.,,aarmes on horseback. The operation OF erect
40 the machine lasted about an hour.
Tbsre was q neavy shower In the night which
ns the effect Of driving away nearly all the
,rosity-seekerS who gathered to witness the eX-
.grion A. o'clock there were hardly nun
;-ss nersons waiting Some time before daylight
~ raather improved and the curious began 10
gather again.
hory nhDrS
,r1 q, Motta Viscont. village on the Ticino
pvsr twelve miles from Milan. The Caserio family
vas fair example Of the thrifty and patriotic
italian peasants The father of the young murderer
Was boatman on the TicnO at the time OF the
Austrian occupation Of Lombardy. When he was
tventy-one years old Austrian gendarmes threat'
.ued 10 shoe, his brother. and Caserios father was
10 unnerved by the threat that he became epiep''c
fact which was used by the assassin's counsel
!, ,snresenting him as being Of unsound mind. But
This defence could not he accepted by the jury as
Caserio himself protested against IT, saying that his
two unces his father and his brothers and sisters
had never been suspected Of insanity
In early life CaseriO was remarkable for MS
beauty and was much in request for religious pro-
eessions When he fourteen years old he was
spprenticed to a baker at Milan. At this period of
his life ne is said TO have been exceedingly docile,
with distinctly religious tendency. TWO years ago.
however he fell under the influence Of the Anarchists
read their infammatory literature largely and at
tended their meetings regularly. Everywhere he
vas in relations with French and foreign Anarchists
The suspicious OF the authorities were aroused by
his excited talk, and his family warned that unless
ne gave up his dangerous course Of life he would
be arrested. 1t was, however found impossible 10
urn Anu fsom hfs evil ways. and some months ago
sentenced 10 prison for distributing Anarchist
sadbills outside the barracks Of Milan. He was.
kwver permitted TO remain at liberty. and took
s.se in Switzerland whence he refused to return
b for military service. like all other young OF
aSns age d G@'eo reaned nd bs, IOr Few weeks t
.here he worked for a short time. He went from
Lyons Cette In Southern France. where he i'm
neiiae!y got place as baker in the house Of a
nan named Niala. He continued 10 work there up
June q OF this year, except for month passed
the hospitals in January and February.
On June . Caserlo quarrelled with his master and
vas dismissed. Forthwith, provided with the twenty
Gallaume Naux. a cutler. and bought for five francs
z dagger, the hilt Of which OF copper gilt and
nSsabbard OF velvet. in black and red stripes For
several months. he afterward said his mind had
M Dsen made up TO commit some sensational deed ilis
pan at last became definite. lie decided to Kill
ns PRESIDENT Of the Republic, Of whose Visit 10
Lyons ne had learned.
caserio reached Lyons the same night. He bought
paper containing a programme of the fetes In
honor Of the Presidents visit and went with the
not had gone to Lyons TO attend the opening
q the Industrial Exhibition. on the evening OF
SSancay. June q. ne attended a banquet at the
fsais du Commerce. and left the hall shortly
uter o'clock. accompanied by various officials, to
ehve TO the Grand Theatre. where gala perform
snce had been arranged in his honor. The car
mage proceeded along the Rue de la Republique
shd The accamations of the crowd. which Pres-
sent Carnot graciously acknowledged. In the neigh
W w'n9od OF the BouTse q young man ran toward
se President vehicle, apparently with the in
Sauon OF presenting a petition. The young man
.s CaserlO. What he did is described in the tes-
NhMony gwen BY him at his trial:
~ heard the Marseillaise' and the cries OF 'Nive
s.alnot i saw the cavalry come up. ] under
~ ready On seeing the Presidents carriage /
sSsw my dagger and threw away the sheath.
zen, when the carriage was passing close by me,
.Vidhg forward 10 the step, supported myself by
sung my left hand the carriage. and with my
ssht hand buried the dagger in the President 5
an. wounded President was conveyed imme-
sseeiy 10 the Prefecture A surgical operation was
yNIii'rned upon MIN. but it was Of no avail lie
s, oa family. who had been summoned from Paris
"an reach his bedside
.Aiter stabbing the President Caserio tried 10
,ssseN Cries were mmedia tely raised that an at
s.a'pt mad been made on ". CarnOts life. and the
s.nnc,ment became intense Meanwhile the as,
s.ih .ssih was surrounded by an angry crowd, ana
Ns oi Lynch him" heard on all sides. III
mounted guards were able to save the as
IA IN nom the fury Of the people and convey MN
l,sass trial begun in Lyons on August ana
su only two days. The assassin would not say
No .iu 70 incrminate others, declaring that ne mao
ft.asecomphces. The jury. after an absence OF
AVA ~ mnutese returned with "A verdict OF BulIty,
~. .assrio was sentenced TO death. The sentence
rh,. .ohnrmed TWO days ago by the Pardons CoHi>