FRENCH CAUSE CELEBRE

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15448, 10 September 1914, Page 4

FRENCH CAUSE CELEBRE

+ MME. CAILLAUX I'KEE. PANDEMONIUM IX COURT KOOU, Mine. Hearieitc Caih'aux was acquitted by the jury in the Paris Court of Ass./.o of llie wiiful murder of Gaston Ca.uivtte.. wiiU'i of the Paris "Figaro. 1 1 h-j jury brought in tiieir verdct alter ■JJ nannies' dei.bi-rat-.ou. and the anihjliumciiiciii was lu.iowed t>y the wiktisl 11111111:1. Aline. Cadaux tottered and fell upon in-.- neck oi iur coiii.se., l-ernand i.oii, and Liuo.acod li.m vsays a Paris message l> tne .>pnnghekl Tvepuolicaii ). lier hair was undone- ami fell ov.r lie;- shoulders, tier hat dropped to the floor. The spectators, stooa upon tleaks and chairs. "Callaux! Labori-" and cries of "l aliaux, assassin!" merged into one. The d n was tie;:felling. Several groups of barrister.? came to l>h)\vs. a:i>l-t!ie Pi publican Guards, in an endeavour to separate thorn, joined in them lee The jpectaele of Labori and ("lis nn. the latter counsellor the CVinelle family, embracing eroh other calmed tlie tumult for a moment, but it was redoubled when they left ivith. Mine. Callaux. Kalinii to make 'himself heard, tho presfdng judge, followed by tho other Judges, inarched out of the" room. The auvo-aies took complete possess on of the Court. Some of thorn mounted the .Indies' desks and -harangued the crowd. The guards then cleared a portion of tho court, and. comparative quiet be'ng re-established. Judge Albane! returned and read flic iuligment t rdering the release of Mine. Caillaux. —Cries of ••.Murderess."—

3luoh shaken with emotion, 31me Ca .l.uix lolt by the- witnesses' door, the guards making a lano through the crowd. .She covered her face w.th her bands, a.< il to s.i.ont herself from the furious cric-s of •'3liudorcss!" Jsy way of a number of narrow corridors ;ind back stu reuses she reached a small side door in ihe Palace of Justice, where an automobile was waiting, and drove oil unobserved. 31. Caiilaux loft by tlie main cni ranee, on the arm of his devoted friend. Deputy Pascal Oeccakli, among mingled cheers and hoots. Thus ended the most sciisat'onal trial that Parisian courts have had to deal w.th iu years. Each day provided its dramat.c thrill, and although the verdict has been pronounced the outcome cannot be ioretod. The session of the court on the concluding day was devoted to speeches by counsel. 3lme Cailiaux had come into the pr soner's dock paie and worn, and j-!ie collapsed during the course of the address of Ala.tre Chcmi. who scored her b tterly. The speech of the Procur-ator-Genera! (.Jules ilerhaux) was imusualiy mld in tone. To the jurors, he sad: '•Your duty as the defenders; of the interests'of society requires 'you to find a verdict of guilty, but no one expects yon io be pitiless."' —Labori's Closing Eloquence.— 3laitre Labori. who came last. do. livend a masterpiece of pase.onate eloquence. He concluded, amidst a tempest of applause: "My wish is that Mine Cai.laux will leave here acquitted ami t'.iat the press shall be purified. Let it.-, our anger for our eiK-;n:os abroad. Lot us leave th s court resolute and tin ted to face the penis wii eh threaten us."

—3l mo Cailiaux Faints.— 31 me Cai'.htux looked worn and ill when she was conducted into the prisoners" enclosure of the Criminal Court of th«.- Pnlac? of Justice for the eighth day's hearing of tlie tr.al. She shook ht-r head wear.ly and crouched »n the pr'siiiicr's bench with her head buried ii> hit- hands as 31aitre Liiboii. her defender, grided lier. The da.M s proceedings started wil'li a speech by F louard Se'.igman. one of tlie lawyer's representing tlie Jam ly of tlie murdered . ditor. Mine. Cailiaux .-gain ta'ntiii : ti cnurt on the Tuesday, atul Judge Albim-l suspended the sitting. 3leann hit- Alaitro Soii'iiiiian continued h : s aildros. He s.iltl: "U'he ,s::ns of Gasicii (.'almette asked us to br : rg tht-iii ii> this court to seek justice. Wo nfli-ed :<i do so. but do not forget. •.oniL-iiicti of the jury, with what align >h tue t.rohans awa't your verdict. A <>u have heard witness alter winces •t.euk in pra.se of the late 31. ("almette There has be-n only cm- dis-. iirdaut note, and that came freni M. Cailiaux What eoii".cv: : «>n with tli? case has the fortune of the murdered man:- How man;.- millions must a man have 'n order to permit his being assassinated v.:th compi. ae. impunity?*' —Chum Flays 3lme Cailiaux.— Following 3!aitre Seligmau came 31a tre Cheiiu. and he's cutting analysis of the actions of Mine Cailiaux on the ouy of the tiai-edy was too much for the pri.oner. Sii.-> collapsed and fell in :t heap t.-u the ih.or of the prisoners' enclosure. A.- -he swooned -Maine was saying : "T will --peak if nofhin.: rxe'opt the assassination of M. Calinette. I will :.dt ll'e :ioi:|is.-d wh"ther. when - she sp.ike of her love for her daughter. ■-lo' thought of thi> tvv.i children of 3i. Ciihm tie. who-> pictures never It ft li ml- I shall n->t attempt to g;j nit-) til- biography of Mine Cud'aiix. She s a ceo!, sen- lie woman, without emotion or pity. .She lias tears only for hei- ->•'. SL.» worked with tenacity to break up her lover's home. You see the r—net—th- mistress tnumphe'l • ner the biwtul spoils-.-. Thev are bound up in each i.th:••• in their' happiness, iii f.i.-r hones, even in tin. "r miirdei- n'aiis.

•'M. C.iilhiux is ;, limn of inord : naie and ini:i''-s amhii'i.n. win so power iisison hi, hah autlai-iiy i.iul on th: tear he ;n>p're;. M. Cadiarx omitted to t 1' li■> wife of tiie assrranees given I'r. -:.leiu. IV.-liiearo that (.'almette' was mi nimble of printing private liters. Tiny did n.near that. What thev ieared nas the publication of the report of Yau.r Fiibro on the M ,ott, •".nd.'e. The hii>hand's vivl-.ni words at tie- lunch tab'e decided tlie w'fe io side;'lute her.s-i;' for him. a l '<l sli: 1 prepare,! tii,- as-;iss M i :u '„ u „-i[|, ; ,.s m-eh lab i as a -o;ietv v.oman litt'ng in calls Ik t-.-.ei. -, two if a p'ares.'' -Hove the Yerdict was Received.— hemon-tralion.s aua nst the Ca'.liaux v.-nlKt i.-eeurr.-.! in si-\er.U p:;n-es m P.i'-. In ill.- Imu.ovards th- excite.) '!"«'!- dii-u.-siii"; tin- merits of i|„> cl.e ;;rew 1,.- laf-e pn.pi.rt .oils. j„,d wb. n the -;ir\ s venl..-i L.-emiu- known ih •!.- uei, shorn s of <|er sie.n and cries ••t "I" -n m .ih Cailiaux."

I : o-e sc.t.on tie- mob Ixvanie so • ! -■ .-.;■.•.-.v that, mount.,! IJepuboeau ,;i..r!- iwre hast |y si.iiiinoned to ; ssu t th-.- Pol ee in qi!>l!i,ig the dislurhnm-f-s. A lar-e number of police and rioters v-cie injur,.! ar.d .iiany arresis mad-. Mauri.-, :ij.,l .lean H. stand, sons of the ilraina*. -.. uore anion:; those taken into i-u-iodv li:. -Fiu.-u-o' oi'iice also •...1- tie- 5,,.,,e ~, :1 de.iiolisirauon. Ai.er .fn.im in home with li.-i-'l-us-biin-l a::d a tew ir.emls. .Mm. l C.-.ilNuix attired in ;i hands..in.- even'rig gown. !•' '■''! a iiMinbtr ot int mate aT(|Ua:nt;'l" -■ "It Maitre Labori." si,e --' d "I.- -All m I ■ n • (he ...,,i ,•„,.,,'„„'. ": "• ;;»;'!>■ I'.-. lie p!.,ide-l t „.,|. lv v.itb ;.!! Irs lire :;i: -in. and I am i -,'. !---i|l:.!ly ;.la:, fill to li'm." ' ' - An of l-'reitch Jurv Oi.v of i!r- Ain.r can .V"tato:s u i.o ii i- ' n to.lounc; ih- trial tilings tiiat 1 1:.- l-'i-.-u.-n n-ry svst.-ni in -111 v.iiji • •■■! • If- ' I- lid .|>le,| by th,. (-„ , ~ >ia:--. on . in- p..nit a: I. :,st : ;],.,, ; v ■< ■'■■ ■ >' I 1'" 'naior.ty. or. u ,!„. '. -!'•.• -'l'll'- -ix i • -ix.

Franco tiio decision of the jury is communicated to the presiding Jturgc. without any reference being made as to how the' ballot* stand. The jurors have complete liberty except while the court is in sess-on. All of them compla n of having received letters threatening them with death if lluy free Mmo. Caillaux. They have also received letters arguing that Hu.-y ought to acquit the defendant. Vndeitheir instruct ions they do not read the reasons. arguments, or pretended t'iicts: their duty as jurors requires them to destroy the letters.