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CARNOT KILLED; The President of France Assassinated at Lyons. STABBED IN HIS CARRIAGE. Cesare Santo, an Italian Anarchist, the Murderer. INSTANTLY SEIZED BY THE POLICE. The People of Lyons, Infuriated, Make An attack on the Italian Consulate. AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT SACKED. President Carnot Went to Lyons to Visit the Exhibition of Arts, Sciences, and Industries -- Enthusiastically Received toy tine Citizens -- Had Attended a Grand Banquet Given in His Honor at the Chamber of Commerce and Was on His Way to the Theatre When He Met His Death -- The Assassin Approached the President's Carriage with a Dagger Hid Beneath a Newspaper -- Jumping on the Carriage Step, He Plunged His Weapon Into Carnot's Andomen, Inflicting a Fatal Wound -- The Cheers of the Multitude Instantly Changed Into Cries of Horror. (Published 1894)

By The New York Times   |   3 months ago
CARNOT KILLED; The President of France Assassinated at Lyons. STABBED IN HIS CARRIAGE. Cesare Santo, an Italian Anarchist, the Murderer. INSTANTLY SEIZED BY THE POLICE. The People of Lyons, Infuriated, Make An attack on the Italian Consulate. AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT SACKED. President Carnot Went to Lyons to Visit the Exhibition of Arts, Sciences, and Industries -- Enthusiastically Received toy tine Citizens -- Had Attended a Grand Banquet Given in His Honor at the Chamber of Commerce and Was on His Way to the Theatre When He Met His Death -- The Assassin Approached the President's Carriage with a Dagger Hid Beneath a Newspaper -- Jumping on the Carriage Step, He Plunged His Weapon Into Carnot's Andomen, Inflicting a Fatal Wound -- The Cheers of the Multitude Instantly Changed Into Cries of Horror. (Published 1894)

President of France, Carnot, was assassinated in Lyons by an Italian Anarchist named Cesare Santo. The incident occurred as Carnot was on his way to a theater, stabbed in his carriage by Santo. The people of Lyons reacted by attacking the Italian Consulate and a restaurant.

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