The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-23
HUMBERTS FOJ!fD GUILTY
 
 Sensat s5nal Trial Ends in Conviction. Hu, sERT's REVELATIONS Declares Regnier and Craw-
 ford Were the Same. Rsgnier Was Intermediary Between Bismack and Bssoeni in 1870.
 Her Statement Was Re
 ceived with Incredulity.
HUr 5ERT'S REVELATIONS

Paris, Aug. 22.-One of the greatest criminal trials in the history of France culminated tonight when the jury in the Court of Assizes rendered a verdict of guilty against Therese and Frederick Humbert and Romain and Emile d'Aurig- mac.
 After brief deliberation the court sentenced Therese and Frederick Hum bert each to five years Imprisonment, and to pay fine of 100 francs. Emile dAu- rignac to three years. and Romain dAu- rignac to two years.
 The verdict was reached after the jury had been out for four and a half hours. When the verdict was pronounced The rese and Frederick Humbert, weeping, embraced each other. Romain d'Aurignac tried to console his sister, whispering to her to remember, we are not separated even in the hour of our diversity"
 Therese Humbert seemed to be hopeful until the last, maintaining that the jury was certain to bring in verdict of ac- quittal.
 Frederick Humbert acted as though dazed by the shock of conviction. His face assumed a ghastly pailor.
 Romain and Emile d'Aurignac preserv- ed an air of stolid indifference.
 The sentences came as the culmination of e. day of sensational interest. The chief event preceding the verdict was the dramatic revelations which Therese Hum berr had so long promised in the making of which she disclosed the same genius which has marked her entire career as indicated by her selection of the mys- terious name of Regnier as the real Crawford Regnier figures in the dark page of the Franco-German war as the intermediary between Prince Bismarck and Marshal Bazaine for the surrender of Metz The court and spectators lis- 70 faN al aor4k amounting to stupehcation. Il was evi- dent that Therese Humbert sought to bring into the case one of the supreme events of the war of 1870 for the purpose of introducing another mygtary to con fuse the court and delay the result. but court, jury and spectators alike were un- convinced, as her references to Regnier were most vague. and did not explain his relationship 10 the younger Crawford.
 Although Therse did not indicate whence Regniers millions came, it was apparently part of her plan to create the impression that Regnier had received a vast sum for inducing Marshal Bazaine to surrender Metz.
 The detailed verdict is as follows:
 On the questions of forgery and the usage of forgery, the jury answered.: Therse Humbert and Frederick Humbert guilty; the others not guilty.
 On the question of the issuance of forged legal papers, the jury answered.: Therse Humbert and Frederic Humbert guilty; the others not guilty
 On the question of swindllng five specific bankers. the jury answered: Frederic Humbert and Therse Humbert and Therse Humbert guilty; the others not guilty.
 On the question of swindling the Rente Viagiere, the jury answered: all guilty.
 rfra. lk- there were extenuating circumstances in favor of all of the accused.
 Following the announcement of the ver- dict Maitre Labori raised three technical objections to the proceedings a probable basis for appeal.