The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-02
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SANTOS TRIAL.
The Assassin Of Carnot in
Court This Morning.
The Palace Of Justice Strongly
Guarded by Troops and Police.

LYONS, France, Aug. 2.-Caserio Santo,
the anarchist who murdered President
Carnot, was placed OF trial In the Assize
Court here this morning.
The prisoner was quietly removed from
his cell in st. Pau prison at an early hour
and reached the court without any in
rident worth noting. Up to the hour the
trial commenced the day had been one OF
t~auietest recently passed by the citizens OF
Lyons.
M. Breuillac, president judge of the
LYONS Assize, who is to try the case,
evidently feels deeply the part he Is To
play In this chapter OF history. Address
ing the jury on the opening OF the Assize,
July %, M. Breuillac in a clear, firm i'm
pressive voice, said:
NGentlemen OF the Jury:
s'This assize should not have been to you
q longer or more difficult one than any OF
those preceding IL, but since l began my
investigations into the cases to be tried,
an abominable crime, followed by numer-
Gus attempts to justify 1t, has taken
place, so that our duties are rendered
much more arduous.
"Your presence in this jury box will,
unfortunately, constitute an epoch in the
councils OF judicial procedure in this
country. Since Henry Nv. no chief OF the
State has persisted under the poignard OF
an assassin. In 1894, as In 1910. one OF
the most noble sons OF our country has
been struck down.. During the W weeks
we shall pass together in the administra-
tion of justice To all classes OF criminals,
YOU may count upon my assistance in di-
recting the cases. Ishall bring to bear upon
them all the intelligence and all the power
slat Ynaaaaa no not haaitafa for nna
to ask for Information and light
upon any points which are not clear to
you. hope that upon your side you will
do all in your power to second me In my
duty.
"They tell us that In our generation we
are wanting in firmness of character. Do
your utmost to disprove this judgment
and then at the end Of the Assize We shall
be able to leave this court with our heads
erect as men who have done their duty.
"While the Chamber of Deputies, act
thg upon the proposals of the govern
tmcnt, Is ~endeavoring to relegate to the
common law courts certainscrimes which
you were occasionally privileged to
be called upon to try we, in this court, by
the aid of II honest aud free citizens sum-
moned from the bosom of the nation, will
punish the murderer OF yesterday and en-
t~ieavor, according to the measure of our
power, to prevent the peril of tomorrow"
The Court Guarded.
The Palace of Justice is guarded in the
most thorough manner and the prepare
tions for the trial have been diligently
pushed ever since the crime, the whole
Energies of the law officers OF the govern
ment being directed to so arrange the
case and procedure as to exclude any pos
Bible trouble.
At a meeting held IN the office Of the
public prosecutor on July n, it was
decided that a detail OF soldiers OF a size
phenomenal in the history of murder
trials should assist the police in guard
ing the Palace OF Justice today,
Consequently an entire battalion of in
fantry is guarding the court house, the