THE TRIAL OF SANTO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9582, 6 August 1894, Page 5

THE TRIAL OF SANTO.

SENTENCE OF DEATH. Press Association.— TeleEraph.-C.'opyrighfc." Paris, August 3.' •' Santo has been sentenced to death. ' The evidence of the police at the trial showed that the President, before he fell insensible, withdrew the poniard from the wound and threw it into the street. Santo, at the moment when he inflicted the wound, looked Carnofc straight ii the face, earnestly, but did not speak. ' :. Santo feels no remorse, but ■ looks upon his.position as analogous to that of a soldier ready for any fate. f The Judge said the assassin was 80 I resolute, it would have been impossible for the police to prevent the crime. -. Lyons is covered with Anarchist placards threatening to murder : the President of the Court who tried Santo \"'.'.: - : -.; y ' ''.'■ ■:'*'- PAEtS, August 4.S '. The Court suppressed Santo's speech to the jury, otherwise > the case was .re' ported fully. ;' .■ ■ ; ' ' , In his address to the jury, which was" in Italian, Santo boasted that it would* be as easy to kill the King of Italy in 4 similar manner to that in which Pres* dent Carnot had met his death. Th« jury were not unanimous in the sen* tence passed on the assassin. While being removed, Santoi cried, "Courage comrades, long live Anarchy." ■ Paris, August 5. •; Santo has refused to appeal against bis sentence. .'.''■-" "■'■•'■