Editing Sante Geronimo Caserio (section)

=== Execution ===
[[File:Caserio Death Certificate Lyon 16 08 1894.png|thumb|300x300px|Sante Caserio's death certificate, Archives municipales de Lyon, 16 August 1894]]
Caserio refused to sign a request for a pardon or an appeal to the Court of Cassation.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=18-24}} He still was awaiting his execution with anxiety. On 9 August, he signed a document declaring he did not wish to donate his body to science—a way to avoid the fate of Émile Henry, whose corpse was mocked by doctors during his autopsy.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=18-24}} The anarchist also rejected visits from the priest of Motta-Visconti, who came to see him in prison.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=18-24}} On 15 August, Caserio wrote his final text, addressed to his sister:{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=18-24}} 

{{Citation bloc|text=Here are my last written words, dear sister, that I can send you. When you read these final lines, my head will have fallen under the guillotine! Do not believe those who call me an assassin, but know that I die for a great ideal.<br>Today you are young, but the day will come when you will be forced to fight against misery, and then you will know why your brother died!}}

The next morning, around 4:30 A.M., he was awakened by guards, once again refused religious assistance, and was led to the guillotine without uttering a word.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=18-24}} Upon reaching the scaffold, he spoke a few words in Italian—either 'Long live anarchy' or 'I do not want'—before being executed.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=18-24}} His head fell into the basket at the base of the guillotine as the gathered crowd applauded, a rare occurrence at such events.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=18-24}} Upon learning of his death, Caserio’s older brother, Giovanni, committed suicide.{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=139-150}}