The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-24
HUMBERTS WILL
 TAKE AN APPEAL Paris Presses Gould Not Furnish Enough Papers for Demand THERESE IS NOW PROSTRATED Foreman of the Jury Declares the Verdict Was Unanimous, But That
 Considerable Argument Was
 Used In Case of Brothers.
THERESE IS NOW PR0STRATED

Paris. August 23.-The result of the Humbert trial has caused general feel ing of relief, many. especially among the lower classes. having feared till the last the influences would succeed in procur- ing a verdict of acquittal. The interest taken in the trial is shown by the fact that the presses of the newspapers could not print special editions fast enough. The papers were snapped up and none reached the outlying quarters of Paris until late in the evening, when they were bought at three and four times their regular price.
 In spite of her defiant attitude when broke down last night on her arrival in the conciergerie prison and had long crying spell. The men of the party bore up better
 Madame Humbert Prostrated.
 Maitre Labori her counsel. visited Ma dame Humbert this morning and found her still prostrated, but she maintained her innocence and denounced the sen- tence as iniquitous.
 She and her husband will undoubtedly appeal to the court of cessation on the ground of technical irregularities. If sue cessful in their appeal they will be re tried by another assze court, possibly at Versailles.
 Emil and Romain D'Aurignac will not appeal, as owing to the time they have spent in prison awaiting trial the period of release on a ticket of leave will arrive before hearing could possibly take place.
 The defending counsel are greatly dis appointed at the result of the trial. Maitre Labori refused to be interviewed. but his colleague, Maitre Clunet, expressed his opinion that but for the ill-timed and futile revelations of Madame Humbert. a general acquttal would have been pos sible. Several members of the jury who have given interviews are unanimous in saying that the person who did most 10 secure conviction of the Humberts was Madame Therese herself, because her rarri- bling statements irritated the jury.
 Jury Was Unanimous.
 The foreman of the jury declares that there was no difference of opinion con- corning the guilt of Madame Humbert and her husband. But the cause of her two brothers was the subject of much dis cussion Their condemnation was based solely on their complicity in the swind- ling operations in connection with the Rente Viagere Insurance company.
 The aged mother of Frederick Humbert and widow of Senator Humbert, whose name has been attacked In connection with the Crawford swindle and with whom Madame Humbert's daughter, Eve. and her sister, Marie D'Aurignac, are staying. received the news of the condemning from a reporter. She bore up bravely, and in- dignantly denounced the injustice of the verdict, declaring that an appeal would be made to the court of cessation. She and Eve Humbert were permitted to see the prisoners this afternoon. Madame Lu- cien Humbert, a sister of Mime Therese. likewise maintains firm belief In the lat ter's innocence, and declares that her father used to talk of Regniers to her mother.
 The daughter of Regnier (whom Ma dame Humbert yesterday in court claim ed to be the man who left the fortune and took the name of Crawford because of his notoriety as intermediary between the Grand Marshal Pasene In the surrender of Metz), who is the widow of an English diamond merchant named Philips, lives at Possisele- Bertrand, near Molunk, not far from the chateau des Faux Wives, which belonged to the Humbert family. She de- clares she never had any intercourse with the Humbert family and never heard her father mention their names. She added that she had two sisters settled in Eng land and also half brother whom she does not know.