The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-02
SANTOS TRIAL.
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Judge president was NO sooner seated than
he called upon the gendarmes to bring
in tho accused. All tho persons present
held their breath as the assassin OF
President Carnot was brought into the
court. The prisoner was short and
looked somewhat scared as he came In
securely handcufed to a gendarme on
either side of him with two other gend-
armes bringing up the rear.
Cesario,a as be marched to the dock, wore
a somewhat strange costume. His coat
was OF a yellowish color, his vest and
trousers were grey. He wore a
white shirt with a turned down
collar and a gray necktie. AS soon
as he was in the dock his
counsel, M. Dubreuil aud M. de General,
professor OF Italian at the Lyons business
college, the latter having been appointed
interpreter, exchanged a few words with
the prisoner and Caserio took his seat and
the reading of the long indictment began.
Prisoner Indifferent.
The prisoner listened impassively during
the reading of this document, which con-
tanned what was supposed to be a full ac-
count of The events before and on the eve
ming of The murder and which was believed
to be a complete record OF Cesario's
journey from Italy, giving the name OF
nearly everyone the prisoner spoke to,
etc. While on his way to Lyons, Caserio
only became interested in the indictment
when it narrated, the actual deed as fol-
lows:
''The murderer approached the carriage,
taking from his pocket a poignard, still
wrapped in a piece of paper, and plunged
the blade, IS centimetres long, up to the
hiIt in the breast of President Carnot,
crying: 'Vive In revolution This
cry was only heard by the footmen in the
general confusion.
"Then Cessrio dropped the weapon and
cried : Vive l. Anarchie.'
When the reading was finished, names
of 80 witnesses instead Of Is, as previously
announced, were called and answered and
the presiding judge, NJ. Brouillsc, began
to question the accused.
The Judge Questions Santo.
The Judge first recited the known facts
about the family of the prisoner, the lat
ter answering, "Just so sir, l never hao
a dispute with any one."
The President continued
Chow about your moralit 80
az suppose it is the same . tKas 81
other young men," replied Cssario, smil-
ing slightly.
understand that you desire to pass al
an acetic, but what is important Is to
know whether you were responsible fol
your actions"
81 am Responsible"
The prisoner here cried with great ami
nation: ayes, sir, i am responsible foi
my actions. / have never been ILL"
Replying to further questions, tn
prisoner said that not one OF III
family was or had been weak minded
The presiding judge then turned to tn
prisoner: "Sinc your arrest did yo'
write to your mother saying that yo'
killed the president from anarchist mo
tives'; are those your words?"
"Yes," replied Cesario with great in
difference.
The Judge then recalled the fact tina
Cesario had as a child figured as a poseu
in the religious professions Of Motta
visconti, his native town, for the beaut.
of the prisoner as a child wa
remarkable. After the anarchists infiam
matory literature began to excite Caserio
the attention of the authorities was draw
to his dangerous u%tterances and
warning hint was sent to hi
family. Butthe poison of the doctrines wa
incurably i'm his veins, and after some up
and downs, notably five months in prisol
for distributing anarchist leaflets outsid
the barracks at Milan, Cesario planne,
and executed the despicable deed TO
which he is now on trial. In reply to tn
judge's questions in regard to his child
hood aid his taking part in religious pro
c~essions, he answered mockingly:
"Children do not know what they ar
doing"
Judge Breuillac Predetermined Cesari
as to his connection with anarchy, asking
"Your family tried to wean you fror
these horrible doctrinesr"
"I Love My Mother"
al love my mother, but ! cannot submit
to her prejudices or to my family's preju
dices. There is the larger family of hu
manity," was the reply.
In spite of the repeated efforts OF th
) Judge to draw from the prisoner ION
statement in regaed to his connectio
with other anarchists, Cesario at
solutely refused to answer any question
upon this subject, being especially dun
when the judge sought so extract from hi
! information as to the means adopted b
anarchists to communicate with eac
I other and as to his immediate associate
in anarchism.
The prisoner was then questioned abor
: his movements at Cette IN other place
' previous To the assassination, and durin
this portion of the trial, Judge Breuills
remarked: Your relations were alwa,
with Anarchists p"
. Naturally" interrupted the prisonc