The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-08-13

ly wrought up, the chief interest center
ing in la Grande Therese," who has
promised to produce at this trial the
mysterious American millionaires, the
brothers Crawford, on whom she based
her story of an inheritance of Sc, 900 900
which she put forward as the security for
the loans she obtained, amounting to
about $1O,00O,000.
The Palais de Justice was early Sat
urday morning surrounded by large
crowds eager to gain admittance to the
&C urtroom. A heavy force of municipal
gu ards preserved order. Many excur-
stems came from distant points, the rail-
roMds treating the trial as they would a
national holiday. One of the excur-
sions came from Melun, which was the
constituency that Frederic Humbert
represented in the chamber of deputies
and where was located the famous Hum
bert chateau, with its parks, lakes,
yachts and fleet of gondolas. Of the
thousands who sought admission only a
few hundred of the highly-favored
gained an entrance to the court.
Coquelin, the celebrated actor, was
among the throng of artists, actors and
authors seeking admission and when he
was turned back he remarked that the
trial would be zone of the greatest
dramas ever enacted" The scene with
In the courtroom recalled the tense days
of the Dreyfus and lola trials.
The Prisoners.
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prisoners dock, raised four feet above
the level of the room and bringing out
the faces. of the prisoners against the
dark background. They were brought
in from the prison of the Conciergerie,
through subterranean passage leading
to the courtroom. AS they entered every
eye was strained towards them. Therese
Humbert came first, then her husband,
Frederic, followed by her brothers
Emile and Roman d'Aurignac. Nine.
Humbert's face was pale from her long
confinement. Her whole bearing as she
coldly surveyed the spectators indicated
scorn and defiance. She wore becom-
ing steel gown and dainty round hat,
bearing a cut steel ornament and a
bert was the picture of crushed and
miserable man. He bore haggard ex-
preston, showing more despair than
defiance. His scanty beard has become
very gray. Emile d'Aurignac has grown
thin and cadaverous looking, but his
brother Roman still looks the type of
the sleek promoter.
Nine. Humbert IL Scornful.
Nine. Humbert had whispered con-
ference with her counsel, Maitre Labori,
who defended Dreyfus, at the Rennes
court-martial, while the indictment was
being read. Nine. Humbert frequently
Interrupted the reading with scornful
ordinations which could be heard
throughout the courtroom. When asked
where she lived, she answered: I'm
prison"
The interrogation of Nine. Humbert
furnished the chief incident of the day,
but failed to develop any surprises or
bring out the whereabouts of the mys-
terious Crawford brothers, her state
ment consisting mainly Of vague dec
larations of her honesty. AS the judge
read extracts from the Dossier, review
ing her family antecedents, she waved
Maitre Labori aside, and, rising with
notes in her hand, insisted on directing
her own case.
Creates Laughter.
Her calmness in putting off her dis
closures excited outbursts of laughter,
In which judges and spectators Joined.
Questioned as to the Crawford brothers,
she exclaimed: II repeat that the
Crawfords exist"
'Then where are they?" inquired the
Judge.
"Their presence will be made known
in due time, "she replied, amid another
outburst of laughter.
Judge Bonnet remarked that she had
given the same answer before, and
now was the time to produce the Craw-
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