The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-03

him outside the courtroom and keep him
there during the remainder of the trial II he
did not remain quiet.
8 Caselio subsided, and VI. Debreuil, con-
tlnuing his argument, read series OF ten
derly couched letters which Caserio had ex-
changed with his mother. Drawing his
argument to close, NJ. Debreuil began his
peroration by referring to the fact that NJ.
Carnot had expressed no feeling OF resent
meat against his assassin. 1t was
noticed throughout his address that the
attitude of the jury was far different from
that maintained by them during the
speech of Acknowledgement Folchier. While
the latter was speaking they We're all atten-
tion, but throughout NJ. Debfenil's justiica-
tion of his undertaking the defence OF
the prisoner, his plea that the assassin was
an irresponsible toolln the hands of others,
and his eloquent and skillful peroration the
jury remains inattentive, apathetic and ap-
parently impatient for the end
The interpreter translated a document
written in italian by Caserio defending his
act
Attorney General Folchier demanded that
the Court forbid the publication of the docu-
ment.
THE ASSASSIN BbANcHED
The Court then gave these questions to the
Did the prisoner, Santo Caserio, assassi-
nate President Carnot and was the crime
oiemeditated2
The jury retired at five minutes past
twelve O'clock, and were absent just thirteen
minutes. They returned to court and pre-
sented an affirmative answer to both ques-
tions
Caserio, who had been in the meantime re
moved from the court room, was brought
back and the jury's declaration was read TO
him by NJ Vidor, the registrar.
At the announcement of the verdict the
supercilious grin which Caserio has worn
most of the tune during the trial dis
appeared like magic and his face blanched.
Attorney General Folchier demanded inn
mediate imposition of the death penalty
with view of bringing the case before the
Court of Cessation on Appeal. u. Debreuil
demanded that the records of the court men
ton Judge Brouillac's charge.ro the jury at
the opening of the session and to this de-
mand the Court assented with reservation.
Caserio was sentenced to death at 1881.
As sentence was pronounced he uottered and
with weak voice said d:-"Vive social revo-
lutionn Then, in louder voice. he shouted
Courage, comrades; vive Ansrchie.n
THE WRITTEN DEFENCE.
The written statement or defence prepared
by Caserio and read to the Court by the in
terpreter, is meandering and DIS
jointed reduction containing the CHS
tomary Anarchistic affirmations that
hundreds died of hunger and
exposure; that children and women work
fifteen hours day for mere pittance, Gv-
ing upon black bread while the fortunes of
the favored few are squandered in luxury
and other familiar platitudes
when child, . the prisoner says in his
statement, 81 believed in God. When 1 be-
came older saw that it was not God that
created man, but that it was man who
created God Though l have been but a
short time here, | have seen much injustice
The strikers in the North, after three
months privation, were forced to resume
work at the same old starvation wages.
After this act, the authorities, not salts
fed with Furnishing these poor wretches, per-
secuted them, and domiciliary visits were
made to all persons of our sect. just as long
as those measures are employed so long will
we reply with the dagger and with dyna-
mite.
"The last words of the Chicago martyrs
were:-Long live Anarchy Death TO
society," These words crossed the ocean and
the mountains will resound with them every
where until the sects ideal prevails.
When no longer starving workmen
are driven to suicide, and when no longer
the sect is prosecuted, but the rulers and
legislators are extirpated, then will come the
era. of exploitation of tie worklngmen, and
happiness will reign supreme all over the
world"