Evening journal., 1894-08-16

his mother tho condemned man eyes |
filed with tears, and he nearly chokod |
with emotion. lie soon rogainod his ha- !
Ditual Indifference, although still palid !
and trembling
From this moment no said nothing more
When no was assisted into tho wagon,
he wins i'm a most pitlful condition. His
knees shook together, and his teeth chat
tered violently lie no longor appeared
like man. but a being half dead with
terror
The command To 'nx bnyoncts" was
now sounded from squadron TO squadron
of troops while mugmurs arose from the
ever growing crowd.
Dlebler and his assistants and the oii-
cials issued from the prison 40 1850. AZ
the command Co present arms and
draw swords" the wagon issued from
the building and took up place ON the
lett side of the guillotine
santo Sees tho Guillotine.
The assistants fixed the pangway. Tho
priest approached Santo, who pretended
not to see him.
When Santo appeared walking with
extreme difficulty, his much open shirt
displaying h IS breast, frail and bony, his
eyes were first fixed on the guillotine and
then wandered 10 the troops AID the crowd.
lie uttered the cries Courage, mos
camaradcs" "Nive 'anarchiol" but the
sound issued feobly from his closed teeth
and was hardly audible beyond the troops
Tho word were hardly uttered when sun
20 was seized and pushed toward the has
cule. lio made a feeble struggle and foil
His weight was much too light. and his
eXecuuuncrs woro compelled TO raise him
and thrust him forward lie made an
Other frantic movement, obliging Dioblor
TO como 10 he assistance Of his men and
place santos head under tho lunetto
Much time was tal.on up with these
I movements
At last Diehler pressed tho handle and
/ roiou-od tho inife. A sharp, short sound
announced the severance Of the yertcbrac,
a purt of blood prinklod the wagon, the
head fell into thc basket OF sawdust, and
| tho body was rolled into another nra,o4
sounded from tho crowd, which seemed
| less mevcd than at ordinary executions.
Tho Crime and ti,c Conviction.
Tho crime for which santo this morn
/ ing paid tho penalty with his life threw
/ Frnos into thc deepest mourning excited
! the most intense Indignation ana caused
/ the adoption hy the French parlismonU OF
stringent measures against anarchy and
/ anarchists.
Tho details of the murder of tho presi
| dent of France, aie arrest OK his assassin
! Cascrio Santo and tho subsequent trial
| and conviction of the murderer are yet
too fresh i'm tho public mind 20 require
! extended mention.
On the evening Of sunday, june o.
| President Garnet, who had gone TO Lyons
TO attend the exhibition, was driving from
| the Palace dc Commerce to the Grand
theator whore "a gala performance was 90
be givon In his honor and was stabbed
in the side by Santo, who was emo Of the
crowd of thousands Of persons who linod
the route along which &c was known the
president would pass.
Tho carriage in which President Car
not was riding had gone short distance
along the Rue de le Ropublique when, "a.
it was passing the building occupied 10y
the Credit Lyonnais, SantO sprang out OF
the crowd and jumped upon the step. In
his left hand he had % bouquet OF flowers
and it was supposed by those who saw
him that 70 was his intention To present
the bouquet TO the president. As soon az
Santo was within reach sl the president
he drew a dagger no had concealed undel
his coat, and Naning ever plunged the
I
ing fatal wound,
Santo was placed on trial before tn
assilo cOurt on Avg. :. lie confessed hi
crime in opea court and appeared % gloI!
in the evil he had done The defense, a.
a forlorn hope, sought to prove that th'
prisoner was insane basing the claim on
tho alleged fact that lunacy had at somi
time existed in the Santo family. 1t wa
also sought TO ho proved that the anaroh
ist surroundings Of Santo wore in a mca
sure responsible for the crime and tha
this fact should plead In his extenuation
Tho jury, however, on Aug. ., founC
him guilty without extenuating circum
stances, and he was at once sent enced {,
death. When the sentence was pronouno
ed, Santo cried, Long live the social rev
olution, " and when tho gendarmes tool
him from the courtroom no turned at thl
door and shouted
Courage, comrades Long live an
archy."
No appeal from the sentence was taken
and as above stated, the law took IL
courso this morning