Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1894-08-24
SANTO EXECUTED.
Assassin Of President CarnOt
Expiates His Crime.
HIS COURAGE FoRsooK HIM.

lHIs COURAGE FoRsooK HIM.
1t Was Necessary for the Attendants to
Almost Garry Him to the Van Wait
Ing for Him--The Dsatia Of President
Carnot Avenged.
LYoas, August 17.-The Republic OF
France avenged the death OF her beloved
President at o'clock this Thursday
morning, at which hour Santo was gull
lotined in the public square. With the
cry Of "Vive lanarchie" on his lips, the
head Of the trembling assassin was sew
cred from his body by the keen blade,
and another anarchist had died for a
mistaken cause. There were no unusual
demonstrations attending the execution.
The news of the decision to execute
Santo in the early morning spread
rapidly, Notwithstanding the efforts to
keep it secret. The wineshops and res
taurants in the vicinity were crowded
all the evening with people who wanted
to witness the execution. However,
these were compelled to leave their
places Of shelter, as tavernkeepers had
orders TO close their doors at that hour,
and the streets leading to the prison
were occupied by troops.
| Santo had to walk fifty yards from his
square facing the prison. When the
preparations Of Deibler had been COM
pleted, he tested the guillotine and pro-
nounced it satisfactory. 1t was then A rs
o'clock, and the troops had closed in
around the guillotine. When daylight
arrived the square and the street near
by were thronged. Escorted by squad
Of gen d'armes, the executioner and his
men entered the prison at 4:30. M.
Raux. the Governor of the prison, awak-
ened Santo, saying to him, Courage (;
the hour has arrived" The condemned
man with great effort raised himself ;
his face turned livid, and his arms and
legs trembled convulsively despite his
efforts to appear careless to his fate. The
trembling of the assassin continued until
the last moment. He could hardly stand,
and his limbs were SO stiff from cold and
| fright that his clothes were put on with
the utmost difficulty. In reply to the
question whether he would have break
fast Santo declined either food or drink.
He also refused religious consolation.
Asked whether he desired to speak to
the Judge, he replied in the negative.
He also declined to see his counsel.
Have you any last wishes to COM
municate?" he was asked.
HNo - ha enauorad sFnnlv uoud M Z,
letters to my mother"
When Governor Raux spoke to Santo
OF his mother the condemned mans
eyes filled with tears, and he nearly
choked with emotion. He soon regained
his habitual indifference, although still
pallid and trembling. From this mo-
ment he said nothing more. When he
was assisted into the wagon he was in a
most pitiable condition. His knees shook
together, and his teeth chartered. He
no longer appeared like man, but be-
ing half dead with terror. The COM
mand to fix bayonets was now sound
ed from squadron to squadron of troops,
while murmurs arose from the ever
growing crowd. Deibler and his assist
ants and the officials issued from the
prison at 4 so O'Clock. At the command
to present arms and draw swords the
wagon issued from the building, and took
up place on the left side of the guillo-
tine. The assistants fixed the gangway.
The priest approached Santo, who ap-
peared not to see him. When Santo ap-
peared, walking with extreme difficulty,
his open shirt displaying his breast, frail
and bony, his eyes were first fixed ON the
guillotine, and then wandered to the
troops and the crowd. He uttered the
cries: Courage, my comradesp and
"Vive l'anarchiel" but the sound issued
feebly from closed teeth and was nearly
linaudible.
The words were hardly uttered when
Santo was seized and pushed toward the
bascule. He made feeble struggle and
fell. His weight was much too light,
and his excutioners were compelled to
raise him and thrust him forward. He
made another frantic movement, oblig-
ing Deibler to come to the assistance OF
his men and place Santos head under
the lunette. Much time was taken up
with these movements. At last Deibler
pressed the handle which released the
knife. A sharp, short sound announced
the severance OF the vertebr@, squirt oil
block sprinkled the wagon, the head fell
into basket of sawdust, and the body
was rolled into another. Bravos sounded
from the crowd, which seemed less moved
than at ordinary executions.
[Caesario Santo assassinated Sadi Car
not, President OF France, at Lyons June
"a. 1896. The President was attending
the international exhibition in Lyons,
and at the time was in carriage at the
head of procession on his way to the
theater. As the Presidents carriage
passed down the street, which was lined
with enthusiastic crowds of people,
Santo rushed out OF the crowd, sprang
upon the steps of the Presidents landau
and stabbed him to the heart, killing
him almost instantly. The assassin was
with difficulty saved from instant death
at the hands OF the multitude, who beat
him numerically. Santo was an Italian,
having been born in Molta Visconti,
northwest of Pavia, in December, 1873
He was baker by trade
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