The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-08

LYONS, Aug. 2.-Cessario Santo. the
assassin of President Carnot, was put on
trial in the assize court today. His re-
moval from the st. Paul prison to the
court was without incident. NJ. Breuil-
lac who presides over the court, is the
Judge who drew much criticism upon
himself by condemning the bill for the
suppression OF anarchistic crime, which
was recently passed by the chambers.
Addressing the jury at the opening of the
assize, July %, NJ. Breuill2c said:
while the chamber of deputies. act
ing upon the proposals of the govern
ment. is endeavOring to relegate to the
common law courts certain crimes which
you were occasionally privileged to be
called upon to try, we. in this court by
the aid Of twelve honest and free citizens,
summoned from the bosom Of the nation,
viii punish the murderer of yesterday,
and endeavor. according to the measure
of our power 10 prevent the peril of to
morrow
The palace of justice was today guarded
in the most thorough manner against
possible ebullitions Of anarchism. The
regular police guards were reinforced by
an entire battalion of infantry. and the
vicinity OF the court had, in consequence
much the appearance OF a. military can
Torment. Soldiers We're stationed upon all
approaches, and a double Gordon of troops
surrounded the building itself. In addi-
ton, a company of infantry is posted in
the entrance hall. and platoon Of eaval-
~ surrounded the prison van as it was
driven, at a gallop. from the prison of
ST. Paul to the court
Soldiers on Duty.
The soldiers on duty about the palace
of justice were supplemented by every
variety Of police official. from the local
gendarme to the shrewdest detective Of
heer from the Paris prefecture. A large
squad of policemen in citizens dress had
been specially told off TO furnish the
audience. every seat usually available
10 the public being reserved for the de-
tectives, but at the last moment the
program was changed and when the
doors were opened a waiting crowd rushed
in, and in few minutes ali the available
space within the court room was densely
packed
Without there was brilliant sunshine
and within there was suffocatng heat
The only air moving was that from a
hundred fans. In the gallery were many
ladies. almost all young and gayly
dressed, furnishing striking touches of
color.
Besides Cessario Santo no one, not an
official Of the assize police offices or
soldier. will be permitted in or near the
court excepting eighty specially selected
newspaper men, and these, owing TO the
postponement of the trial. made pur-
posely by the government to permit of
the enactment OF the anti-anarchist law.
find themselves under strict control.
For the first time in the experience Of
many Of them. their copy will be edit
ed by the judge presiding and they will
be directed as to what they are to put in
their reports. The trial is expected to
occupy the whole Of today and part Of
tomorrow. There will be no long speeches.
the public prosecutor combining himself
TO forty-minute addresses.
The Witnesses.
Some people who should have come
forward viii not appear. doubtless fear
ing reprisals. but twenty-eight indis-
pensable witnesses have been called by
the government. and they include all
those who remembered having spoken to
Cessario as he was journeying from Cette
TO Lyons. the owner Of the Iimekiln Santo
worked I'm in 1893. the baker who en-
ployed him at Cette. Gen. Borius, the
chief Of the late presidents military
household; VI. Rivaud. project Of the de-
partment of the Rhone; the two men
servants who sat in the rumble OF the
late presidents carriage, and DR.. GailIe-
ton. the mayor of Lyons. who rode in the
carriage with NJ CarnOt when Cessario
struck the deadly blow.
The evidence Of NJ. Artigaud. the gun
smith. IF whom Cessario bought the dag
ger. is expected to be very dramatic.
Several times before he paid for the
weapon CessariO tried TO see whether he
could handle it properly and several times
before the gunsmfth the assassin re-
hearsed his idea Of how he would stab
his VICTIM. SantO proposes, practically.
TO defend himself. but will have the as
sistance OF VI. Durbreuill. a Lyons advo-
cate Of considerable note IN criminal
trials
The touches OF the gruesome. always
noteworthy in French trials. will be sup
piled by the instruments used in operat-
ing on the president, drawing Of the
carriage in which the president was
seated Santos dagger and the liver Of
the murdered president preserved i'm al
cohol- The prisoner. during his life in
the ST. Paul prison. has found time for
one regret only-that he ran away after
the deed. To himself his crime is justi-
fed. creditable. even glorious and he
Nobody has sent the assassin any
money since ne was arrested. and he has
subsisted on prison fare The leather
harness. which was imposed upon him
in lieu OF a stTait-jacket has not pre-
vented him using the pen. ink and paper
supplied to him. and with these he has
whiled away much Of his time His pen
manshlp is fair. but Indicative Of vul-
garity. He has read many books Of
travel from the prsiOn library.
Opening of the Court.
The court opened at Oils a. m. and
the judge-presldent was no sooner seated
than he called upon the gendarmes to
bring IN the accused man. All the per-
sons present held their breath as the
assassin Of President Carnot was
brought into court The prisoner was
short and looked somewhat scared as nc
came In, securely handcuffed TO a gend-
arme on either side Of him and two
other gend-armes bringing up the rear.
Santo, as he marched to the dock. wore
a somewhat strange costume. His coat
was or yellowish color and his vest and
trousers were greasy.
He wore white shirt. with a turned
down collar and gray necktfe So soon
as he was in the dock, his counsel M
Dubreuill and VI. Degeneal, professor OF
Italian at the Lyons business college. the
latter having been appointed Interpreter
exchanged a few words with the pris-
oner. Santo took his seat, and the read
ing Of the long Indictment began. The
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