New-York tribune., 1901-12-22

| l.h ,,5 obsarved that his client had a
! right to express his indignation, anu '
wept each time that his dead chlioleh
snoken Of the audience in the courthouse pe50H
TO veil with fury at the prisoner, shou''.5
.K;1I bin,f kill him. and venerable, miid
hammered gentleman with white hiuS'
called out: Enough enough! Let MIN
| ,,,o.,,ed right away!'' Judge Belat smiled
rang his hell and finally restored order anu 'e
+rfa1 was continued in the stufy htue coui :
house within stones throw OF ChaIlIeS "a
thedral. hon,
Several fashionable Partisan women meIiipeis .
| of the Academy, dramatic authors anu -,
cal managers have gone to Chartres 10 ea'nei
! impressions. collect data and 1ot GOWN ~
| of the human documents IN thlo
| cs1abra where not only the unfortunate, brow
beaten prisoner is trial, but also the
system of criminal procedure the essential oa7-s
op u,biob 10 the medfseval principle that every
prisoner is guilty until he succeeds /" p
his innocence. .-az
! During brief visit yesterday to ohai .
which IS only two hours by rail from ',,a AilS.
was enabled to see one of the most BIC
and tragic features of French crliilihdi 49,
ure Brierre, the prisoner accused Vi , i
his five children, led from the coui 80
and stripped: in anteroom they recl'
WITH all the garments which he wore "he"
/
after the crime The wretched man We"
bro,sbt with tears in his eyes, before the Deiich
In hIouse shirt and trousers all besmeareu "i
/ dried and crystallized blood, While LII.
and other chemical experts ralseu h''
barred his sleeves and disclosed ms plooo
urdershirt ct last the Judge hlliseii -
down from the bench got on MS knee' -
the prisoner and began lingering MN an :.
ond nontine ont to the jury what stains were u
Of his dead children and those when were sup
,,oead n have heen made by his own ptoou III
defending himself from his alleged ASSASSIN
The scene was so appalling that an eii',0
Partisan dramatic critic with "hcm
the courthouse remarked: Good heavens ''-l-
Is too frightfuI. IF such a scene "eie -
tho stage of the theatre no Parlslah auN
would stand it
To make matters still more lugupriouS' d
large table stood in the courtroom upon :.
were displayed as in a chamoer OF i'
some dime museum the blade OF ploush'
,,b,cb +be tudge declares the prisoner cut MS
chdren's throats. and the huge i'o'ie'
which he is charged with having beaten out
.,. ,oi,s Roth were splattered with piood
,a be;r Also on the table were bloodstalheu
nieces or wrapping paper and other stage prop
critics Of this extraordinary crime
The exnert evidence as usual, was negative
but still created doubt in favor OF the accuseu'
which in an American court the prisoner couh
sci would have been able to turn to his client
advantage Not SO, however, at the ChartreS
assizes
f1aar brarng Christmas weather has set H.
and numbers of we'll known Americans may De
seen selecting Christmas presents, the faVorl'e
forms of which this year are Louis Nv lahS'
hand painted on bleached chicken or swan skih'
quaint jewelIed buckles for belts and hand
embroidered brocade book covers Seloo'i'
has there been such elaborate preparation
for Christmas trees. Christmas dinners ana
musical receptions especially those OF Mime
Paul Poirson, where Massenet gave some
piano recitas of entirely new compositions
those Of Sebastian Schlesinger and his daugh-
ter Mime. Bragiotti, and those OF Com
tesse de Coetlogan. CharIemagne Tower, United
States Ambassador to Russia. who is In Paris.
gave dinner at which among those present
were General Porter Mrs and Miss Porter, Miss
Smith Gift. Mr.. and Mrs. George Wurts. MT.
and Mrs. John Munroe, Miss Hunt. Mrs Lorii-
lard Spencer and Mrs. Cameron Cosey. Dinners
Of six OF eight guests, luncheons and theatre
parties are favorite forms OF social amusement
NJ and Nine. Desprez (n6e Mcclellan have
left for Hayti, where NJ. Desprez has been ap-
pointed French Minister. Mrs. Mcclellan has left
for Nice. William T. Dannat has gone to
! Madrid.
Among theatrical novelties are lie Nuage," a
rather Wishy -washy study of feminine psychol-
| ogy by Gustave Clutches. at the Theatre Fran
! Gals. and fairly amusing three act farce by
Gavault and Berr at the Palais Royal. entitled
/ ''L'Inconnue' This presents the novelty Of &
philanthropist who receives in his apartment q
! lady who owing to a street accident, has fallen
into a ethargy incapable of reCollectng her owr
name-a fact which leads to all sorts of imbro
glios, including a divorce suit brought by the
! philanthropists wife
| MarcOni's wireless telegraphy across the At
| lantic excites enthusiastic admiration here. II
scientific circles the opinion is that in sl1
months this system be put on a practica
commercial footing. The leading Partisan news
papers point out with pride that this grand dis
covery has been accomplished by a man belong
ing to the Latin race
Jules Cambon, French Ambassador at Wash
ington, sailed from Havre to-day on La Cham
pagne in order to attend the New Years recep
tion at the White House Nine Cambon ac
companied the ambassador to Havre, and viii
return TO Paris this evening. c. l. B.
ANOTHER IRISH II. p. SENTENCED.