The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-06-30
A Knife Driven to the Hit in the
French Presidents Breast.
CITIZENS WILD WITH RAGE
Efforts Made to wreak Instant Vengeance
on the Guilty wretch-An Italian
he Assassin.

everywhere in France by the assassina-
tion of President Carnot.
The president was visiting Lyons in
connection with the international ex-
hibition. Upon his arrival he was ten
dered reception at the prefecture,
after which he visited the exhibition.
After spending some time at the exhi-
bition he proceeded to the Palais de
Commerce, where banquet was given
in his honor.
At 8 o'clock last night President Car
not started for the theatre, where a
gala performance was to be given be-
cause of his presence. Several car
riages were in the procession, the first
being occupied by the president. Car
not's carriage was driven slowly along
in front of the Palais de Commerce and
then turned into the Rue de la Repub-
lique, still following the facade of the
palace. When half way down the street,
which was lined with enthusiastic
crowds of people, who were loudly
cheering, man rushed out of the crowd
and sprang upon the step of the presi-
dents landau .
Just at this moment M. Carnot vas
waving his right hand ard saluting
with his hat in his left hand in response
to the ovation that was being given him
by the crowd. The people close to the
carriage saw the man standing on the
step, knife in his hand. BY the glare
of the electric lights they saw bright
blade cleaning III the air as the assas-
SIMS arm descended, and then President
Carnot was seen to fall back in his seat,
his face deathly pale. One of his hands
was pressed to his heart, where the
steel had entered the body.
M. Rivaud, project Of Lyons, who was
seated by President Carnot immediate.
ly struck the assassin a blow full in the
face and knocked him from the step,
thus preventing him from stabbing the
president again, which it was his evil
dent intention to do. Instantly cries Of
La Assassin" were heard on every side |
and the crowd in the vicinity of the
carriage swelled to immense proper
tions, every member only seeking to
kill the assassin. He was grasped by
dozen hands and his life would then and
there have paid the penalty of his |
crime had it not been for several ser
geants de Vile who seized him and at
tempted to draw him away from his
captors. This was found to be impossi-
BILE, as the Infatuated people were de-
termined to lynch the man. All efforts
of the sergeants awaited nothing beyond
saving the man from instant death.
Blows were aimed at his face and were
rained over the shoulders of the police,
who had by this time received rein
forcements, AMI many of the blows
landed fairly on their prisoner.
At length the police succeeded in
driving the bowling mob back foot or
so from their prisoner, but to get the
captor through the crowd was physic-
ally impossible. Meantime news of
the attempted murder had spread with
lightning rapidity and mounted guards
were sent to aid the police, who were
to preserve the life Of the
assassin. With drawn sabers in their
hands the guards rode down the center
of the road, needless of whom the
horses trampled upon. The crowd gave
way before the horses and at last the
center of the mob was reached. Then
a Gordon was formed around the almost
exhausted police and their captive and
the march to the police station began. !
A Gordon surrounded the prisoner, for ,
the men in the crowd made frantic eff ,
forts to reach him. Guards repealed
these attacks with the fat sides of !
their swords, at the same time keeping
eyes upon the crowd to pre-. }
vent the prisoner from being shot. .
were hurled upon the :
captive and never before has such wild
Indignation against a human being :
been seen in this city.
Meantime physicians were i'm :
nediately summoned to the president, :
Who had been conveyed to the pre-.
lecture. A careful examination was
made of the wound and the doctors de.
;lared the condition of Carnot as hope :
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