The trial of Caserio Santo, for the murder of President.
Carnet, began, at the Court House at Lyons, on Thursday,. and ended on Friday in a sentence of death on the prisoner. This is Caserio's description of the murder :—" On seeing' the President's carriage, I drew out my dagger and threw away the sheath. Then, when the carriage was passing close by me, I sprang forward to the step, supported myself by resting my left hand on the carriage, and with my right hand buried the dagger in the President's breast."—" Yes, up to the hilt," interrupted the Judge, "and you shouted Vive la Revolution!' You told the investigating Magistrate that at that moment the President looked fixedly at you, and that this gave you a peculiar sensation."—" I had no sensation." "How could you stand his look ? " (No answer.) While giving this evidence, Caserio raised his hand to show how he struck the blow. Equally sensational was a passage in the evidence of General Bonus. Asked,—" Do you recog- nise Caserio P" he replied, "Not his face, but his dress. He had a white cap, I think." Thereupon Caserio, without utter- ing a word, drew out from under his seat a white cap, put it on his head, and, looking the witness in the face, smiled grimly, amid a shudder throughout the Court. It is very foolish of the authorities to allow all this mummery. Hun- dreds of vicious and moony lads will be asking themselves whether it is not worth while to kill a President and get cast for so splendid a part in the Assize Court theatre. Caserio, who defended himself, denied that he had any accomplices.
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