Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-16

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hours Of fruitless search for lodgings, was
obliged to invoke the aid of the authorities
to procure quarters.
Owing to various bitches the guillotiae did
not arrive from Paris until O O'Clock last
evening.
At o'clock this morning the police began
to clear the people away from the vicinity
OF the prison. When the troops marched
to the square called Cours Suchet in which
the execution took place hardly a score
OF onlookers were in IL.
The municipal guards, during the past two
days and last night, have been engaged
specially in the vicinity of the prison In
searching for suspected persons.
The aspect at dawn was most dismal No
body was permitted to walk the pavement
around the prison. Black figures passed
through the deserted streets and after an
exchange OF words with the soldiers crossed
the square to the prison. These were de-
tectives and journalists, who showed their
credentials to the prison officials. Only the
procureur, the Judge, a notary and priest
were allowed TO enter.
At O'Clock in the morning. from a prison
window. not Santos, a prolonged Sigh, fol-
lowed by the cry, twice repeated, Of ''Nive
Ianarchy," broke the stiffness. This was
followed by a dead silence
Just at this moment a wagon arrived
from the prison with the guillotine
After the guillotine had been brought cut
OF the prison shortly after O'Clock IL took
but a short time to put IL In realinass for
the execution.
Newspaper reporters were allowed 70 take
up position inside the Gordon Of troops.
The crowd outside the lines at 3 O'Clock
was small, but from that time Il quickly
swelled, until toward 4 O'Clock. the time az
whlch the execution was expe,ted TO take
place. 1t had grown 10 large proportions
When the preparations OF DieDler had
been completed he tested the guIllotine and
pronounced it satisfactory. IL was then 20
o o'clock The troops then closed in around
the guiliotine.
When daylight arrived the streets nearby
were thronged with people.
The windows I'm the vicinity were crowd
ed with ladies, who were dressed in fashion,
able toilets. The roof tops and every place
OF vantage was thronged with people. Fab
ulous prices were paid for places at the
windows overlooking the spot selected for
the execution. This was the open space at
the junction Of Rue Smith and Rue Cour-
sucet, with the prison on one side. the
gendarmes barracks on another, a large
wall on the third, while the Rue Smith was
tarTicaded about seventy meters from
where the guillotine was erected. This
ba-rfcade was guarded by q squadron of
cuirassiers, and another detachment was
stationed I'm Rue Coursucet -Four hundred
men of the ninty-eighth regiment of the
line IN ADDITION TO 500 police and gend-
armes. formed a Gordon around the place
of execution.
Diebler and his assistants DOTTED their
working clothes and put on coats OF black,
a
executioner and his men entered the prison
at 4 30 o'clock.
NJ. Raux, the governor Of the prison,
awakened Santo. saying TO him: Courage,
Santo, the hour has arrived"
The condemned man with c great effort
raised himself his face turned li,id and his
hands and limbs trembled cony1Ilsively Ce-
spite his efforts to appear careless at his
This trembling continued until the last
moment He could hardly stand. and his
limbs were so stif with cold and fright that
MS clothes were put on HIN with the utmost
difficulty.
In reply to the question Of the governor
whether he would have breakfast Santo de-
chned either food or drlnx. lie also re-
fused religious consolation from the p: .est.
How santo Met Death.
When Gov. Raux spoke TO Santo Of his
mother the condemned mans eyes filled
with tears and he nearly choked with emo
ton. He soon regained his habitual indif-
ference, although still pallid and trembling.
From this moment he said nothing more.
When he was assisted into the wagon he
was In a most pitiful condition. His knees
shook and his teeth chartered violently,
He no longer appeared like man, but a
being half dead with terror
The command to fix bayonets'' was now
sounded from squadron 20 squadron of the
troops while murmurs arose from the ever
growing crowd.
Diebler and his assistants and the off,
Gals issued from the prison at 4:JO.
AT the command Of present arms" and
draw swords" the wagon issued from the
building and took up a place on the left
side Of the guillotine.
The assistants fixed the gangway. The
priest approached Santo, who pretended not
to see him.
When Santo appeared, walking with ex-
IRENE difficulty, his much-open shirt dis
playing his breast, frail and bony. his eyes
were first fixed on the guillotine and then
wandered to the troops and the crowd
He uttered the cries Courage. mes came
rades; vive L anarchie," but the sound is
sued feebly from his closed teeth and was
scarcely audible beyond the troops. The
words Were hardly uttered when Santo was
seized and pushed toward the bascule. He
made a feeble struggle and fell His weight
was much too light and his executioners
were compelled 70 raise him and thrust him
forward.
He made another frantic movement, oblig-
ing Diebler to come TO the assistance of his
men and place Santos head under the lu-
nette Much time was taken up with these
movements. At last Diebler pressed the
handle and released the knife. A sharp,
short sound ANNOUNCED the severance Of the
vertebrae, a squirt of blood sprinkled the
wagon, the head fell into a basket of saw
dust and the body was rolled into another.
Braves sounded from the crowd, which
seemed less moved than at ordinary eNecu-
tons.