New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-07
the Council He is a mighty man In the dis
putes OF members Of the bar whether among
themselves or with outsiders
INCIDENT OF THE lola TRIAL.

themselves or with outsiders
INCIDENT OF THE lola TRIAL.
Matre Labori had experience of this in
one OF the most dramatic incidents Of the
lola trial. General Gonse ventured to pro-
test against one Of his questions as
/ trap" CtraquenardD into which he was
| being led. At once Labori turned TO the
! Public Prosecutor. his steel blue eyes scin-
/ tillatng flames. H. demanded protection for
! the bar in the exercise OF its duties. Prose
cutor Van Cassel. who had sympathy with
/ lola and his defenders seemed to sleep. La
| bori like lion reused TO concentrated fury.
! The court was hushed with expectation OF what
was to come The Presiding Judge. Delegorgue,
| tried Intellectually TO pass over the incident as
Of slight Importance. but a dangerous murmur
arose from the members OF the Paris bar, now
| thoroughly aroused TO the dsrespect shown 10
/ their professional body. In tumut the Judge
was obliged 10 raise the sitting of the court, and
the batonnier called 10 heal the breach.
When court reopened, the General. schooled by
the chief OF the bar. withdrew the unlucky ex
preston with apologies TO Maitre Labor. whom
he doubtless inwardly detested. but whom the
ancient and honorable corporation OF the Paris
bar d'i not allow him to offend outwardly. For
the first time in many years the public learned
that the Paris bar. with its few members. but
!
TO hold its own against Government and judges
and army together.
BARS DIGNITY UPHELD.
| II would be very great mistake to consider
this united action. where one OF its members
was concerned. a proof of Dreyfus sympa-
thies on the part of this powerful corporation.
! The contrary should nearer the truth, II
the results Of the late elections may be taken as
] Dar,o no rntc Including
preparatory stage" thirty-eight years OF active
service at the bar. received only 15l votes for
a place in the Council. while NJ Labor had only
! l1S NJ Barbour a former batonnier. and one
OF the most respected members Of the Paris bar.
was elected only on the second day in the last
| ballot; he is one Of the few older members who
has taken a decided stand in favor OF the Drey-
| fus side In fairness however II should be said
! that the other members would naturally desire
10 avoid compromising in any way their inde-
pendent corporation, while in the case OF NJ
Labor youth and new methods dssuade from
recognition for awhile.
GABRIEL EDGARD DEMANGE.
NJ Gabriel Edgard Demange the senior coun-
sci for Captain Dreyfus. is one OF the few prom
inent French advocates who have remained
faithful TO the silk" and never ventured
into politics or Parliament. where mis- gifts
! of eloquence would have had a far wider
| field than in the Criminal Courts, where
| he has earned his present reputation. NAL
/ tire Demange has been retained for the de-
fence in a large proportion OF the causes cele-
bres in the last thirty years, and. owing TO this
fact he is regarded by the masses as the ma
! tonal defender OF the widow and the orphan
Maitre Demange is descended from thrifty
and highly respectable family settled for several
centuries in the Vosges Mountains. He was
born al Versailles in 1871. His father was an
infantry captain who had served in the cam
! paigns of Napoleon l. He completed his studies
at Nancy and in 1858 he came to Paris TO follow
the regular course OF Jurisprudence Of the Law
! Faculty Of Paris In 1859 he was admitted 10
the bar He first become prominent account
Of the able manner in which he took part in the
debates at the trial at Tours in March, 1870.
when Prince Pierre Bonaparte was accused Of
numbering Victor Noir The young advocate
was Immediately afterward retained to defend
| Beaury in the sensational affair known as the
! "Blouses Blanches" which took place at Blois
! in the same year The most remarkable feature
| Of the success Of Maitre Demange at the bar S
the Intellectual and moral manliness that I'M
deries his speeches. He is sometimes naughty
and defiant He has the faculty Of returning
with marvellous quickness blow for blow with
crushing force whether the assault comes from
opposing counsel or from the bench itself.
IMPORTANT CASES UNDERTAKEN.
Among the celebrated trials with which Maftre
Demange has been connected may be selected
the following: 1876, the poison trial OF Dr.
Garrigues: 1871 the Lacombe arson case; 1913,
Lebez accompce Of Fare; 1880 Captain Noyer
trial; ISL trial Of Cahrol. an army surgeon for
malpractice; 1850, Fenayrou murder Of Pecq
1888 trial OF ChalmemtOn. accused or numbering
his wife: 1850 Ballerich assassnations. which
took place at the office OF the Anarchist news
paper "Cr. du Peuple"; 1885,. Nine Francey
acquittal on a charge Of murder; lSS", Kepoul'
acouittal on a charge OF poisoning; 1856, Mile.
de Sornbreuil expulsion case; 1884, Pranzini'
convicted COR the murder Of Marie Regnault
1887 trial OF Ribeaudeau and General Cafarel as
accompIces Of Daniel wilson in the Legion Of
Honor scandals: 1855 trial Of Mimault for muir
dor Of Renault the civil engineer; 1890 trial Of
The late MARQUIS de Mores for conspiracy
against the Republic; 1891. the Wladimiroh
murder case: 1892 trial Of Edward Deacon OF
BOSTON. for the murder Of Abeille at cannes
1899 the jacques France murder trial; 1915 de-
sense Of Ducret in the Norton forged document
trial: 1893 Castelneau forgery lS"" defence OF
Ar,on,n Proust in the Panama process. Mar
.,aa,, murder trial. 1894 Ftneon, for completely
IN the Process des Trente" affair
HIS METHOD OF ARGUMENT
No one can accuse Maitre Demange OF youth
or novelty in the exercise OF his profession ne
&c we'll on in the sixties. and has the somewhat
colorless square features. framed IN ny laueu
hair and whiskers. which make typical mem
ber OF the French bar. His manner OF speak
, is rather academical than rhetorcal-that
&c the form is carefully considered ana the
arguments are presented clearly and IN correct