The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-06
SANTOS TRIAL is ON.
PRESIDENT C1RNoTS
TgTLsHIs STORY or TIE CRIME
yhe Hurdeler Seems to HAVE n''"
senser Who Carried news =" "
fro rs,ween the Anarchists.

r..,- Au.r,st 1.-The trial OF San'o
c,reri, for the murder or President .ai nV'
han this morning. He Is M ~ =.
ec-.,raou-pIace youth. HIS cohipieS'v - =
fair and there is faint suspicloh u 49," 49, -
unoa his upper lip Aitil"u'" - -, - o,o
-, - effemiuate and the remark 81 ONE
- .I,o .s,,.etators that he looks as thOuSh
,,,,{ rot hurt a n.y. pretty accurately
describes him. 80 ,,,-an his scat
- Irny-. Ersuillac told nm 10 ,-''",
mn A. H.. oheyed the order ne poW -.
.u,led ..ain. and II seemed 4, =, -
-, tl.4r -lr,l a gliid-mannered ooy vas
tie as>cssin OF the 'N'0'
tho French republic ,,i.l
- t,,.. .,,,anIa.- formalitiss 81 uhe 'iiai
,--1,,.5r,,.- t,,s APPOINTMENT If an hIlerEe e
e. ire priscuer was guesI'heh
s,,1g. His CHRISTIAN name ne 49, -
S.nto Geronimo. RE was fot" - -
- -. .-l his father was ierryn'"'-
CouaInr u the question oi 'ne Pi's'''S'
res,0usfl Ility. the judge SAN -,
= aT important point whether you are
responsible or noi- ,.. ..y.s cir
am absolutely responsible
later tn. Judge said. y our hio'he' WI
shipped you ari gave you All ~ -, =,
- she possibly could Sne Sent YOU ~
s.s,e.t where you never won prize
..,csg-.r ous-,.'' answered Caserio, laugh
frr with genuine gayety-
sTE,. arICsub Of the prisoner eNcitei eA-
r,r.zsznus uf surprise on all sides hothihs
L. eauaI il having ever been wltneSse' mere
In reference L. his having been sent 10
school. le added; .,,
III 4 had been "A better schoidr' "ouiu
have been a better man
\ rsv- minutes later being asked about
his cnoir-boy DAYS. when he represented
- .f-s.sie Baptist in church PROFESSIONS ne
nut the -A--@ .
skilled lab1rer. o"'a'f"n"rs
-i'sIsAs "a thiid then. and children. you
know. unwittinsly act stupidity.
The judge then discussed Cdserios pres
ence AT tine revolutionary lectures of Sig
nor Corr. a lawyer. in MILAN. in spite OF
the congratulations o. his family. whereup-
on. Caserio exclaimed:
.-Humauity Is greater than family"
lie vas asked whether he did or not act
as courier between the anarchists OF
France and Italy. after the Italian an
archist journal. Amici De PopOlo, had been
suppressed. and Caserio answered:
THE police 10 their work; I do mine
have nothing TO say more than they Cthe
police taxed communications between vari-
oUs anarchists systematically
The prisoner denied knowing 4 single ar
archist-
Judge notwithstanding To Lyons. YOU
stopped IT Vienna and went to an anarch-
st bs-her'sT
Caesario-I naturally went TO a BARRIERS;
i could not get my hair cut at bakers
y'he iG8se-A deputation OF Lyon anarch-
lists vfsit.s you as "A parsonage OF import
ance when you were i'll in the hospital At
Cette-
Caserio-A friend from Lyons visited me.
a.d he had SOME OF mis- friends with him.
"a W... 80 a#h 7rna~
Judge-Vhat brought you nothing?'
d. not they bring you these: GRO lucing
photographs ~ I;avachoI Pallas and the
Chico an.rchist=D
NO" replied Caserio.
AT any rate. they were similar TO these
rcturtei the judge.
Now. you are right" admitted the pris-
oner-
Throushout the trial the prisoner defend
Ell himself against accusations OF con-
nection with anarchists with rare skill,
fighting the ground nch by inch.
The BIoody Dagger.
There was a profound sensation in the
courtroom when Assistant Registrar Me-
THUR removed the covering from ,la:-.ar
and handed il % the judge. The weapon
was still stained with the blood Of The
murdered President. and the magistrate
held IL up thrill Of borrow ran through
the asss mhlare.
Is this the one you brought from Cette?'
aked the Judge
HeS. replied Caserio. unninchingly. as
NJ noadet toward the stu bloody dagger.
Describes the issa~sinatioa
Through the Interpreter, Caserio minute
Is detailed his journey from Cette ~ w
ons. the jury following him attentivelv as
NJ narrated his Per lrinatIous i'm LYONS nm
III ne arrived outside the credi; I.yonnais.
Here the prisoner with brutal coolness de-
scrIbed his later movements as follows:
When 1 saw ". Carnos's carriage arriv-
ms unsheathei my dagger. l ran for
ward and placed the dagger. turned and
withdrew when was struck down. NJ. Car
not look i me straight in the eye"
The 1udge-Did YOU not have some sensa-
tion OF the enormiJy Ct your act when Won
saw thu eyes Of your victim fixed vIoon Won, ,
Has not remOrseful memory troubled YOU
sinoaz
CareriO-No. I have had none whatever.
The brutal cynicisn OF the prisoner caus-
ed movement Of repulsiOn in the court
room
Coming to the question OF prsmeditation.
Gastric readily admitted that the march
Ist was the enemy OF all chiefs OF state and
also that the purchase Of the dagger was a
fuT,h T Indication OF generalization.
The judse-How long had you meditated
the crime2
Caserio CimpudertIyl-You'u find that in
the prosecution papers
The judge then read a number of infiam-
matOry statements attributed to Caserio.
and said:
..Xou declare that ii you returned to Italy
you wOGlt Kill both the king and the pope?'
CsseriO-That is impossible. The pope
and the king are never together. therefore
could not Kill both
He also denied that the crime was the re-
suit OF a plot in which the assassin was
DESIGNATED - lot.
NtHht Have Gone to Work.
The Judge asked Caserio if, in case he