THE AIX TRIAL
SCENES OF DISORDER
HEARING SUSPENDED
(Received October 25,. 11 a.m.) PAEIS, October .24.' Tho trial of the Schmidt sisters and tho lawyer Sarret, at Aix en Provence, on charges connected with the disappearance of insured persons, was suspended amid scenes of wild disorder. Sarret and Katherino Schmidt accused each other of lying, shaking their fists at one anothiy. Sarret shouted: "If I had a million in my pockets I _ could have disappeared. Instead 1 remained." Sarret's daughter gave evidence confirming the " accusations against her father, who buried his face in his hands. The Schmidt -sisters maintained that they acted as instruments of Sarret. Catherine cried continuously. Eventually a violent duel between counsel' caused an uproar and a suspension of" tho proceedings.
It is alleged that the accused, Cathe•rino and Philomene Schmidt, sisters, of German parentage, and Georges Sarret, an Italian born lawyer of Greek parentage, with accomplices, defrauded insurance companies by taking policies on tho lives, of people who disappeared. Tho three' principals are said to have disposed of the bodies of two of their victims by dissolving them in a bath of sulphuric acid. •
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 100, 25 October 1933, Page 9
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188THE AIX TRIAL Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 100, 25 October 1933, Page 9
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