The San Francisco call., 1899-01-28
ANTI-SEMITE RIOTS CAUSED
BY THE SUIT BROUGHT
BY HENRY'S WIDOW.
Prominent Among Those Who Parti-
cipate in the Demonstration Is
Deputy Marcel-Habart,
Who Was Boulan-
gers Friend.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PARIS, Jan. 27.-The trial of the ac-
ton brought by Nine. Henry, widow of
Lieutenant Colonel Henry, who COM
mltted suicide in prison here after con-
Tossing to having forged one of the
documents in the Dreyfus case, against
M. Joseph Reinach, a member of the
Chamber of Deputies and editor of the
Republique Francaise, for libeling the
deceased in declaring him a traitor,
opened in the Assize Court to-day
Nine. Henry, who was dressed in deep
mourning, was present
There was great animation in the lob
bies of the Palace of Justice, but the
neighborhood of the palace was quiet
until 2 o'clock, when mob, headed by
a cripple known as "Libertad," who
was on crutches and had naked feet in
spite of the cold, and a band of anti
Semites, led by M. Gherin, president of
the Anti-Semite League, entered the
Place Dauphine at the back of the Pal
ace of Justice and began shouting. The
police cleared the square and placed a
Gordon around it: The crowd cheered
for the army and shouted: Death to
the Jews"
After the -Semite mob had been
driven from the neighborhood of the
court they reformed on the Place du
Chatlett, bowling Spit on the Jews!"
and cheering for the army. a fight
followed, during which several persons
We're injured, and the rioters were
again scattered.
NJ. Marcel -Habart member of the
Chamber of Deputies, a friend of the
late General Boulanger, was prominent
among the manifeStants.
NJ la bOrip COnnSpl for M RpiDaCh
asked the court to postpone the trial
until the DreyfuS inquiry was ter
minated. He declared the suit was
merely the work of a political party
reduced to the last extremities and
that it was merely a desperate attempt
to influence the verdict of the Court of
Cessation in it's revision of the Drey-
fus trial.
M. st. Aubin, counsel for Nine
Henry, replied, violently attacking
M Reinach. He insisted that all the
witnesses were present and that M
Reinach should give the proofs of his
assertions, as he had promised to do.
NJ. Laborie wished to reply, and
there was a sharp passage at arms be-
tween him and the Judge, who refused
to allow him to reply, and called upon
the advocate general, NJ. Lombard, to
speak.
The latter opposed M. Laborie's appli-
cation, and M. Laborie again urged an
adjournment of the case in order to
spare the country useless agitation"
adding, amid murmurs in court, that
even if an adjournment was refused a
hearing could not take place after the
court had given its decision. and he
(M Laborie) had given notice of an
appeal to the Court of Cessation.
NJ Laborie declared that M. Reinach
desired to have the action thoroughly
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the fact that the diplomatic and mill
tary witnesses We're not relieved from
the restrictions of professional secrecy
a hearing of the case now could only
be abortive. as in the case of the trial
of NJ. Emile Zola.
The court rejected M. Laborie's mo-
ton, whereupon he lodged an appeal
to the Court of Cessation.
Subsequently the court decided to ad-
journ proceedings until the Court of
Cessation had passed upon M. La
borie's appeal.