The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-23
COURT IS STIRRED BY
 TRIAL SENSATIONS Testimony in Swinding Case
 Is Very Lively DUEL IS THREATENED Business Agent of the Plaintiff Chal- lenges Lawyer for Defense But
 Matter Is Not Considered
 Worth n Fight

Tours, France, December PA tempes- the trial of Count" D'Aulby de Gatigny and his American wife Is being held on the charge of swindling, reached a eli max this afternoon in the Identification of love letters alleged to have been writ ten to D'Aulby by the Duchess of Chois- cul-Praslin the plaintiff in the case, while she was the wife of Charles Ham, ilton Paine. During the reading of the letters, which the Duchess refused to ac- knowledge as hers, the two women, the duchess and the Countess D'Aulby sat side by side, exchanging furious glances, while the courtroom, damned to suffoca- tion with fashionable women, was filled with sighs, murmurs and exclamations, and all strained to catch the words.
 q love you so hard" read M. Bernhard, counsel for D'Aulby, 'it makes me ill. You have given yourself to me. All I ask is thar you love me always. That is Gods best gift. The day passes, fire dies. but my love goes on forever. It is an incaIl- descent consuming flame that pulls me smiling to your knees, cradled in your heart LUCY.'
 The duchess underwent a pitiless cross examination as to her relations with D'Aulby, but she refused to answer many of the questions and begged the court to intervene to spare her.
 Wanted Money for Letters
 She charged that D'Aulby demanded S2O0 GOO for the return of letters which she had written him and his entire conduct was that of a blackmailer, after the dis coyerv that the paintings were worthless. She denied that she presented jewery to D'Auiby, including a golden paddock bear ing The inscription:
 You have the key"
 She denied also that she arranged for D'Aulby contract with her husband for the purchase of pictures, as proof of her love for him, or that she said;
 "This shows that I am your guardian angel.
 D'Aulby insisted, the witness said, that all the pictures were original, but they had not been authenticated with only one exception. D'Aulby recalled, admitted having received S3200 for wine which ne did not furnish. He said he kept the money because the Paines owed nm s4v'. 000 Parisian physician, a friend of the late MT Paine testified that Paine al ways considered the picture, "Antiope,' copy, not an original.
 M Iabaur. the business agent of the Duchess. whom M. Bernard attacked yes- terday, declaring that his presence at the bar with the counsel for the prosecu- ton was an insult to the legal profcs- sion of France, sent a challenge tonight to Bernard to a duel, but the seconds de- cided that M. Bernard had not exceeded his rights and that a duel was not Justi- fled.
 Sale of Furniture
 D'Aulby admitted having sold to the Paines furniture accredited to the 1m- perial collections of Napoleon and Louis rh;llipe, but he explained that he had purchased them as such from the deal CTS. lntimating that if there had been deceit he was himself victim. He de- pied that he had stolen $16O from Mrs Paine's purse in Vienna He had, he said. merely paid the chauffeur out or his companions purse.
 Interest and amusement in the proceed ings does not diminish, and today as many were on hand to see and listen as could be accommodated in the court room.
 Madame D'Aulby, being recalled, re- fused ennphatically to answer the ques- ton of M Sturel whether she had ar ranged with her husband for separa- tion in order that he might marry Mrs. Paine.
 Madame D'Aulby was Followed III tii| witness box by the Duchess of Choiseui- Praslin, the complainant, who testined that DAulby had claimed relationship Tn all the courts with all the families Of royalty in Europe.
 Courtroom in Uproar
 This statement was the signal Tor a nrotest from the count that set the courtroom in an uproar 5pringins rom his chair, D'Aulby cried:
 "It is false. She is romancing! Nothlng that she says Is true"
 Amid the turbulence the Boston woman remained calm and after a whitening glance at her one-time confidential agent, faced Judge Roberts with the demand to know whether q am here to be insuited hv a pair of adventurers."
 Here M. Bernard of counsel TOT the defense interposed with: "I will tell you that we are here to avenge morality outraged by Madame Choiseul-Prasiin;
 The sympathy of the spectators piainiy was with the Americans. and the retort of M. Bernard served only to excite fur- ther expressions of indignation towaru the defendants and their attorney. rYnn AET DnDTTT ATTnN