The Delta independent., 1894-06-27
The FRENCH PRESIDENT KILLED
STABBED BY AN ITALIAN.
The Crime Committed while Driving
Through tho Streets OF Lyons.-In-
tense Indignation and sor.
row Throughout
France

ITesluent NuTuol Vi rance wis usr'tssiHattu
at Lyons on the evening Of the cath by an
italian named Santo. The president was
visiting Lyons in connection with the inter
national exhibition.
At 9:25 p. m. President Carnot started for
the theater, where gala performance was to
be given because OF his presence In the city
When half way down the street, which was
lined with enthusiastic crowds of people, who
were loudly cheering, n man sprang upon the
step of the presidents landau.
Just at this moment NJ. Carnot was waving
his right hand and saluting with hat in his
left hand in response to the ovation that was
being given him by the crowd The people
close to the carriage saw that the man stand
ing on the step had knife In his hand By
the glare of the electric lights they saw the
bright blade cleaning in the air, as the assas-
sins arm descended, and then President Car
not was seen to fall back In his seat. his face
deadly pale. One Of his hands was pressed
to his heart, where the steel had entered the
body.
NJ. Rvaud prefect OF Lyons. who was seat
ed by President Carnot, Immediately struck
the assassin n full blow In the face and
knocked him from the step, thus preventing
him from again stabbing the president, which
it was his evident intention to do.
Instantly cries OF ale president est assas-
sin !" were heard every side and the
crowd in the vicinity OF the carriage sweled
to enormous proportions, every member OF 1t
seemingly intent upon killing the assassin.
He was graspcd by a dozen hands, and his
life would have then and there paid the for
felt of his crime had 1t not been for several
,ts Ja iln ,,1n oil I'm md n.
tempted to draw him away from his captors,
After a hard fight, the police being rein
forced, succeeded In getting the murderer to
jail.
In the mean time the president had been
conveyed TO the prefecture where he was at
tended by physicians A careful examination
was made Of the wound, and the doctors DE-
clared the condition OF VI. Carnot was hope
less. AT half past twelve o'clock VI Carnot
died after having received the sacrament at
the hands Of the archbishop. He was con
scious until the last and realized that he was
dying.
After VI. Carnot had been taken TO the pre-
lecture it became generally known thsi his
assassin was an Italian, and the feeling OF
deep Indignation among the crowd found
vent In attacks upon cafes kept by inoiicnsive
natives OF Italy. All such places In the vicin-
fly OF the Palais de Commerce were totally
wrecked by the mob.
French flags. which were In abundance
were procured by the crowd, and with cries
OF Down with the foreigners" "Out with
them hundreds OF people marched to the
Rue de Ia Barre 10 which street the Italian
consulate is situated. There is no doubt the
consulate would have been sacked had II not
been for the prompt action OF the police who
stopped the crowd and compelled Its mem
bcrs to dIsperse.
The excitement continues at fev or heat
aud 1t would take very little to preclpltate
bloody riots.
After the presidents death an examination
was made which showed that the dagger had
entered the liver.
The murderer refused to make any state
ment and no motive Is known for the crime.
He is n young man OF 22. Mime. Carnot and
her daughters started at once from Paris TO
Lyons.
News OF the murder created q big sensation
In Paris where the president was very popu-
lar. The Chamber OF Deputies was called to
meet on the 27th to elect new president
Just what the ultimate effect OF the removal
of President Carnot will be is hard to pre-
dict.