The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-24
There Had Been General Fears of an
AcquittaI, Especially Among
the Lower Classes.
COLLAPSE OF NINE. HUMBERT
SHE HAS A LONG CRYING SPELL ON
RE-ENTERING PRISON.
Maitre LabOri Much Disappointed
D'Aurignacs Accept Sentences.

PARIS, Aug. 23.-The result of the Hum
bert trial has caused a general feeling OF
relief many, especially among the lower
classes, having feared till the last that oc-
cult influences would succeed in procuring
a verdict of acquittal The intense interest
taken in the trial is shown by the fact that
the presses of the newspapers could not
reel off special editions fast enough. The
papers were Immediately snapped up and
none reached the outlying quarters of Paris
until quite late in the evening, when they
were eagerly bought at three and four
times their regular price.
In spite of her defiant attitude when re-
ceiving sentence, Nine. Therese Humbert
broke down last night on her arrival in the
Conciergerie prison and had a long crying
spell. The men of the party. though de-
pressed, bore up better.
Maitre Labor, her counsel. visited Nine
Humbert this morning and found her still
Frustrated, but she obstinately maintained
her innocence and denounced the sentence
as Ubiquitous. She and her husband I'M
doubtedy will appeal to the Court of Cas-
sation on the ground of technical irregulari-
ties. If successful in their appeal they will
be retired before another assize court, pos
sibly at Versailles
Emile and Romano D'Aurignac will not
appeal as owing to the time they have
spent in prison awaiting trial the period of
release on ticket-of-leave will arrive be-
fore rehearing could possibly take place.
The defending counsel are greatly disap-
pointed 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 Nine. Humbert a general ac-
qu1ttal would have been possible. Several
members OF the jury who have given inter-
views are unanimous in saying that the
person who did most to secure the convic-
ton of the prisoners was Nine. Therese
herself, because her rambling statements
irritated the jurymen. The foreman of the
jury declares there was difference of
opinion concerning the guilt of Nine. Their
csc and her husband, but the jurys decision
in the case OF the two brothers DAurignac
was the result of much discussion. Their
condemnation was based solely on their
completely in the swindling operations in
connection with the Rente Viagere insur-
anse concern
The aged mother of Frederic Humbert
and widow of Senator Humbert, whose
name has been attacked i'm connection with
the Crawford swindle, and with whom
Nine Humbert's daughter Eve and her sis
ter. Marie D'Aurignac. are staying. received
the news of the condemnation from a re-
porter. She bore up bravely and indignant
~ denounced the injustice of the verdict
declaring that an appeal would be made to
the Court of Cessation. She and Eve Hum
bert were permitted to see the prisoners
this afternoon.
The daughter Of Regnier (whom Madame
Humbert yesterday in court testified to be
the man who left the fortune and who
took the name of Crawford because of his
notoriety as intermediary between the Ger
mans and Marshal BaZaine in the surren-
der of Metz, who is the widow of an Eng
lish diamond merchant named Philippe,
lives at Boissise-le- Bertrant near Molunk,
not far from the Chateau des Faux Wives,
which belonged to the Humbert family
She declares 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 i'm England
and also half-brother, whose whereabouts
she does not know.