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but / have other proofs l have the
proof that you killed other children at
Paris. have the proof that you killed
your own child, Marcel
MY son! All no. Accuse ME of what
you will but not of the death of my dear
little one. That Is q calumny which was
disproved at the Paris assizes, and you
have no right NJ. lie Judge, to recall
It,"
II care nothing for the Paris as
sizes. In my eyes You are guilty, and
the court committed a grievous mis-
carriage Of justice which | shall do my
best to repair by sending you to the
galleys'
That was the judges invaiiable re-
tort: That does not matter to me. You
are guilty and you shall go to the gall
leys.'"
TOO MUCH FOR JUDGE.
When Maitre Henri Robert wrote to
inform the JUICE d'instruction that he
mad undertaken Jeanne Weber's de-
tense, NJ. Belleau few into passion
and sent for the prisoner.
What" he said, you have dared to
apply again 10 that man TO defend you!
HOW guilty you mist feel! Why, that
fact alone would suffice to convince me
OF your guilt. You ought not to have
addressed yourself to that man. told
you would choose you defender my
self from among the counsel OF the
Chateauroux bar. Well, let me tell YOU
this much. It's not NJ Henri Robert
VINO VIII prevent your being sent to the
Saieys. | promise you that"
Incredible as such a state of things
may seem In country where sentl-
montaiism is so strong as to save even
tho loathsome Apache of Paris from
inc guillotine, there appears no doubt
ehat Judge Belleau, by a gross abuse
OF his authority, trusted to this slow
process OF mental torture to wiring n.
confession of guilt from his Victim
Imagine the mute despair of t,t.s
wretched peasant woman. whom each
encouraging letter from her kindly
counsel In Paris only plunged into n
deper abyss of torture at the hands of
hor tormentor. Only few days before
ner release this mediaaval inquisltor
sent for her and said:
Il have just received the exnarts,
report, II Is very long, and I have no
time TO study II now ! have other more
important matters to attend To-"
Jeanne Weber had the courage To re-
marx that she had been ALREADY kont
IN prison for eight months pending tie
arrival OF the report which was 10 de-
eide her fate. NC
JUSTICE IN NO HURRY.
what does that matter to me?p he
Is reported TO have replied. "Jnptioe
holds you and will not be I'm n h,,rr,, ~
let you go. Whatever may be tho con- ~
illusions of the report. even II IL afIirns
your innocence a thousand times over.
! snall declare 1t TO be in error, and /
shail send you before the assizes where
You VIII be condemned, you NAV CONT
upon that" .0'n'
But Beleau's pitiless tyranny was
at last beginning 10 cause a puhJlc
scandal. Throughout the length and
breadth of the land the Judges in
human conduct raised Indignant pro-
tests, several newspapers took up
INA case. II had become known thai
the final report of the medical exnarts
was favorable to the prisoner. II had
occupied them two months, and tnwa,S
the middle of December Il was handaS
over to M. Belleau. tho pronouncement
OF the experts being that little Aua1Iste
Bayouzet died from natural oanses
Bolleau stil refused to relinqulsh his
prey. N''
Al length the court OF Bourpes oo,-
Vanized to action by tho force OF n,hlic
opinion, sent a peremptory orde. 10 ~
Juge d'lnstructlon at Chateauroux 70 80
lease the prisoner Immediately and nm
me afternoon OF Jan. 6 Jeanne Webers
long martyrdom ended.
WELCOME TO FRBEpoM
Before the prison gates a great crowd
had collected, q part being hostile ana
a part favorable but all enunIlv onN
ious 20 see the "ogress'' OF whom snch
terrible things had been related n was
therefore, decided by the authorities
n order TO spare her this supreme In,
nicuon. that she should be taken along
an underground passage Connecting ths
prison and the Palais dc Justice ana he
let out from the latter buildinr
crowd Is quick to scent a ruse ana
when poor Jeanne Weber came forth
hne found denEe mass OF human be-
inks In front OF her.
Wnen, however Jeanne Weber, sad
and timid and with her eyes red from
weeping. appeared. a wave OF compass.
slon seemed TO pass miraculously over
the crowd Not hand was lifted. not
a voice was raised in insult Many OF
anil"
HAD ONE FRIEND
But Maitre Henri Robert did not
intend that his generous aid should
cease with Jeannes release from
prison There Ia a Paris Judge, M
boujean by name. who IL famous for
nus charitable life. He Is tho presi- |
lent OF various benevolent instltu- |