The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-20
ADDRESSES IN HUMBERT TRIAL.
Madame's Untold secret-Aiteged Ex- istence of Crawford Millions.

siadame,s Untold secret-Aiieged Ex-
 istenoe of Crawford srisiions.
 Paris. Aug. 19.- Maitre nabori to-day opened his address in defense of the Humberts, pointing out that Madame Humbert had not said she had q secret and intended to keep it, but. she had
 frankly said she had secret which she
 intended to divulge fully She had given counsel her confidence, telling
 him her reason for believing that the Crawford millions existed; but, she had
 not asked him to verify the facts, so
 he was not able to state them as mat
 ters of his own knowledge. or to offer his guaranty for her statements, feeling
 that she was fully able to present her own disclosures. Y Concerning the testimony, Maitre
 Labori maintained that 1t was not sui feient to convict the Humberts of any specific act of forgery or swindling, but. 1t consisted of rather vague, general ala | legations that the Crawfords did not
 exist and that the millions did not ex- l ist. He insisted that it was insufficient 1 for the prosecution to demand where are the Crawfords?" and Where are 1 the miIlions? But that 1t was irl- cumbent on the prosecution to estab- fish affirlnatively thta both the Craw- lords and the millions did not exist | Counsel further insisted that the whole | prosecution proceeded from the idea l that a huge swindle existed and that il
 was necessary for the Humberts te prove themselves innocent. whereas the requirement. of the prosecution was te Iprove them specifically guilty.
 Maitre Labori pointed out that crim- final proceedings were not taken until lthe Humbert family had fallen from it's |higln estate, and declared that he could, but would not, create 9 scandal by re- tvealing the names of certain person. ages contained in the sealed documents who had sought favors during the pros- porous days of the family. He further accused the government of giving out
 certain names in this connection.
 l Then, referring to the empty safe ] Maitre Labori said: Suppose the ex- fistence of a terrible secret of which
 Mime. Therese learned a part three o1 loar years ago; suppose the CraWfords bore a name so hateful to mention tha' it would scandalize your patriotism lsuppose Mime. Therese's father uniting | with the Cfawfords to conceal th' I source of the fortune, destroyed the vii which betrayed it and preserved onl. the agreement to seduestrate the secur' 'lities; suppose Mime. Therese, having in 1 fringed a single condition of the agree ] ment, found herself between the impor Itunate creditors of the Crawford broth l CTS and the possessors of the secret land was obliged to hand over the mil
 Ilions to the latter before the condition
 was infringed; suppose the Crawfor
 brothers, fearing that the fortune woult
 be seized, refused to produce it on Ma. z. casting in Mime. Therese's teeth tn , whole truth of the hateful name; sup
 1 pose she hurried to Bordeaux, wher
 she expected to find the younger Craw
 ford, and then to Madrid, seeking tn lrnan whose telegram would place tn . millions in the safe,~ and, failing to fin him. lost her head completely--then a , becomes plain. Es
 Maitre Labori, discussing the strictl legal aspects of the case, affirmed tha
 there were ample grounds to obtain tl quashing of the indictment, but Mmt , Therese insisted on seeking her acquit tai by jury, because politics had bee brought into the affair. He will COT . tinue his address tomorrow.