The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-07-07
POLICE LEARN ALL THE FACTS
President Carnot was Slain 10y the
Friends Of Guiliotincd \ IL
arChIStS.
Paris. June 2S.-The police ha

Paris, June 2S-The police have I'M
! earthed the entire plot that culmnated
in the assassination of President Carnot
! The police authorities have established
| beyond a doubt that three Anarchists,
! Santo. Granier and the man named La
| bore. who was arrested on Monday, and
/ others not vet in custody, plotted the
/ death OF President Carnot III order TO
:lvcnge the executions of Rayachol, Vail
| liant and Henri all of whom. before dy-
| ing. announced that their deaths would
! be avenged. This. of course, was looked
| upon as mere Anarchist clustering at the
/ tim" the threats were made.
The first direct evidence of the plot was
1 discovered at Montpelier. capital of the
| department of Herault, and was followed
! by the suicide of one of the principals IN
/ the affair. Cette and Montpelier, both
/ i'll the same department. have been men
I toned as places where the murderer San
! to stopped previous to making his way to
! Lyons with the inteEtion OF taking the
life of the chief magistrate of France.
! Consequently both these towns have been
/ secured by detectives since Monday morn
I ing. Santu has from the first claimed that
! hC acted entirely on his own initiative
! and that h. had no accompHces. The po-
I lice soon formed a different opinion and
believed that lie followed out q carefully
: laid plan. receiving instructions and adj
/ vice at the different towns he visited.
! The detectives who have been at work
] IN Montpelier decided 10 surround and
/ search the house of Il man named Ora
f, nlcr. supposed to be an Anarchist and a
! possible acCumpiCe Of Santu. GraniGT,
| 1t appears, during last Sunday afternoon
previous to the attack upon President
! Garnet was heard to remark, BY this
tim" Carnot must have received his
quietuS." As the President was not
/ stabbed until late the same evening it
/ was naturally concluded when the news
! Of the outrage became public and when
4 II was shown that Santo had visited Mont
/ poilicr that Granier must have known
J that an attempt was TO he made on the
I life of the President
/ W hen tTTaHl"TS house was surrounded,
/ the detectives burst in the door and sum
! m"ned the Anarchist to surrender. Gran
! Ter. who was seated at Il table eating his
! supper. Sprang To his feet and for a mo-
4 ment stood m0tIonlCSS with surprise.
/ Then. with surprising SwiftucSS and he
4 fore the detectives could secure him. he
/ picked up long and sharp knife and
! plunged 1t into his abdomen and with
| Il few swift turns of tn" wrist diScm-
/ hoWei"d himself and fell to the floor,
! where he expired almost Immediately.
he police then commenced q thorough
search Of GTaniCrS lodgings and n guam
! THY of anarchistic literature WAS discov-
! erred. together with documents which con
meet Santo with Granicr and others in
! the conspiracy which resulted in the muir
/ der of President Carnot The police OK
/ poet to make additional important arrests
/ soon.
Santo will be tried, as has been an
/ n"un"cd. on July % at Lyons hut the
! charge againSt him will bo parricilC in
/ steal of murder Article Nil. of the
/ penal cod" DEGREES that an attcmpt
! against tn" head Of III" stat" is to he 50