FRENCHWOMAN ATHLETE IN SHOOTING DRAMA
UMed Press Association.—-By F.lectru Telegiaph. — Copyright.'] (Received 10 a.m.)
PARIS, December 27,
Mme. Morris, who is concerned in a shooting drama, figured in a test case in Paris in 1930, when she claimed damages from the French Women’s Sporting Federation for expulsion because she played tennis and other sports clad in trousers. The court dismissed the suit, on the ground that the wearing of trousers by women in the society of young girls w&s out of place and should not be encouraged. She had dressed as a man for many years, on the ground that it is essential to heir athletic activities.
The victim of the shooting was Joseph Le Camps, who celebrated Christmas Day in a fashionable Neuilly restaurant in the company of Mme. Morris and - Baron and Baroness de Trobri'and. They all separated on the friendliest terms, but Le Camps next evening visited Mme. Morris’ houseboat and accused her of creating a misunderstanding between him and the Baron and Baroness. Le Camps left, but 'again returned, and met his death. Mme. Morris says she shot him because he threatened to throw her overboard.
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Northern Advocate, 29 December 1937, Page 5
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