Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-18
AGAINST CONGRESSMAN G.,
Get GEORGE ". Fav4oT AT
1aTos ROUGE TO-DAY.
SENSATIONAL trial


Nee Orleans. Feb, - ~ What the
Thaw trial is TO New York and the
east. the trial Of CongTessmanelect
George X. Fasrot. which begins today
Al Ration Rouge. Is expected TO BE- 20
New Orleans and the soa,h-a trlAl
n pIFte with Sensations Involving rom
neht people. and With the defense bAs
ing Its plea Of Immunity for the murder
~r on the ~unwritten law" which Der
ni's a husband To shoot do&n the e..
fameF OF his wife's honor. !
When Judge Fayrot killed DR.. r. |. /
Aldrieh al Baton Rouge. On the even. !
ing Of November 7 last. he had Just
been elected to the Unitei States con-. |
sress from the Sixth Louisiana district,
and stood upon the threshold Of as
promising a political career a any
Young s%oatherner had ever faced
Since that time he has been In iail. in.
dicted for murder by a grand Jury
which. "a district Judge OF the Baton
Rouge judicial district. be had drawn
himself and OF which his victims uncle
was foreman.
, Judge Favrot met Mr.. Aldrich. his
lifelong friend. college nate and fam
liy physician. in the p~assageway Of the
Raymond building 1T Baton Rouge,
and without a word shot him down. ap
, parently as coony and with as little
~coInpasion al he would have slain a
cur of he streets. A few minutes be-
fore entering the building he had been
receiving the congratulations Of a
party Of friends on his election TO con.
A gress, He passed through the swing
!, ing doors. whistiing as he went. ap-
a parently carefree and happy. Three
shots were fired, and then Judge Fav.
= rot came forth TO give himself up TO
n the officers. calmly admitting a crime
10 for which the penalty Is ignominious
death on the gallows.
III tbAN DA. Et&ua tNu lOT SutAlCI6lk
n. cause" he told the ~horror-strickeu
r friends who gathered about him at the
Jail. For good and sufficient cause,
he repeated. and refused TO discuss
+. the ease further.
Within a few minutes after the
Tragedy tie news had been flashed Ia
New Orleans. and created amos as
10 great excitement here as In Baton
10. Rouge. where murderer AMI victim
had spent their lives, Both men were
O. well known here and the element Of
m. mystery surrounding the case added
,is TO the popular interest. arousing thu
n, people TO a far higher pitch than die
ar the news OF the tragic event at Mad
:, iSon Square roof garden.
Colonel Thomas J. Herman, the well
known authority on 'uuwrttten law,
Is Judge Favrot's attorney. and short
ly after the crime issued a statemeu
which partially reveals the skeleton
behind the closed doors:
The killing of DR.. r, II. Aldrlch re
Isulted from his persistent circulation
Ith of s~dlanierous reports about Judg
to Favrot's wife, which were of such
,w Icharacer TO force Judge Favrot to act
and complete justification for such az
We ton will be shown at the trial OF tn
a lease"
d.. As to the true facts of the TRACED
pr. nothing Is known. except for will
9 rumors which connect a third ma,
,.t with the case and which cannot be sui
Stimulated.
Nh Mrs. Josephine Holt Fayrot. the We
On man in the case. Is one Of the mos
I'M beautiful aud popular young societ
III marons of the capital city and ha
=, been a leader In Baton Rouge socis
%. circles for many years. Her reputs
-. ton has always been beyond reproacf
-. and despite the dark mystery in whic,
she has become involved. none VIII
know her doubt her faithfulness. Sh
is excessively devoted to her husban
and as far as possible has shared hi
imprisonment in the Baton Rouge jai
The Favrots have one child. a brigh
I" boy of fourteen. Judge Favrot is 5
III years of age and his wife is severa
IT. years younger.
" DR.. r. H. Aldrich was 40 years Q
age at the time Of his death. He wa
- one Of the popular physicians OF tn
ne city. a friend of the rich and poo
On alike. and there were many muttering
ef of revenge when the news Of his muI
OF der was announced. His funeral wa
en- attended by hundreds of people, il
ma GLIDING Catholic sisters and orphan
ir. who had been the beneficiaries of hi
q charity.
'ss Some Of the most distinguished a