NURSE GAVELL

Evening Star, Issue 17926, 23 March 1922, Page 6

NURSE GAVELL

TRIAL OF AIIMAHD JEANNES. DEMONSTRATION BY MOD. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright/ LONDON, March 21. The ‘ Daily Telegraph’s ’ Brussels correspondent states that the trial of Armand Jeannes, charged with tho betrayal of Nurse Cavell and other allied nationals, is producing most sensational incidents. The evidence shows that Jeannes is a, most curious typo and a product of modem unhealthy detective literature. Ho took "a mad, passionate interest in police work, which was the only tiling he did well during his whole idle life. He has a mania known as “ police ana. ” —a new form of insanity. His self-assurance is colossal. Ho has*a trick of gnashing his teeth which, combined with " a malignant circular glance, conveys a sinister impression. Jeannes is defended by -an officially-ap-pointed counsel, others refusing to _ act voluntarily. ‘When the prisoner arrived at the court a multitude of men and women howled with rage and bitterness, the police intervening to save Joannes from tho fury of the mob, who otherwise would assuredly have lynched him.,—A. and N.Z. Cable.