The Washington herald., 1913-03-19

The assiZe trial of the "traSical ban
ditti'' at Paris has not taken the character
of a theatrical entertainment. The fash
ionable and the fast worlds Of the theater
and gallantry were excluded. The legal
public" that got in without tickets were
limited to three persons. Those who PAID
heavily for places in the queue lost
their money. The scandals of the stein
he'll trial had brought about this exclu-
sMeness. The number of the Witnesses
241-lcft but few places for spectators.
Then the dock had TO he SO enlarged
as to take up one entire side of the court
room. Each of the twenty-threc tm"n
and women prisoners had two guards
and there was 4 back row of standing
"gardes de Paris.
An assize trial in France is vulgar
sight. The ages of the men vary from
twenty-onc to twenty-six. One of them
Gauzy. a dealer in the rubbish wares that
remain from clearance sales-is past
thirty. His offense was having sheltered
an outlaw-Garnier.
Astonshment is too weak word 20
express the feeling caused by the en-
trance Of the twenty men. handcuffed and
strongly guarded With the exception of
three, they were but stunted weeds. La
vache enrage'' is an excellent discipline
rian for young fellows who had their fill
Oh Socu lOtu PulG ~ "a NoNAAN
through infancy and boyhood.
Kibaltchiche, one of the prisoners, who
does not strike one as having been stunted
from short rations, Is the ami in a
| union libre" of Nine. Maitrejean, also
on trial on very serious charges. The
couple play a leading part in the tragedy.
He tries to be an elegant in hand-me-
down. The woman comes from bleak
Correze tableland that produces only
-
sheep and goats half starve. Louise of
Savoy, as Regent of Spain during the cap
| ttivity OF Francis. gave Mauricauds. Jews,
and Gypsies driven from Spain by the
| Holy ONCE leave to settle on this pla-
teau. The Jews left as soon s they
could. the Mauricauds and Gypsies re-
naming Wonder whether the Mauri-
cauds and Gypsy races are fused in Nine.
Maitreiean? Her father Impoverished
himself to educate her to become a school
mistress. Being ambitious, she went to
Paris to seek her fortune, and married
Maitrejean, an anarchist. She retains
his name while living dams runion libre'
with Kibaltchiche. and in what seems a
business partnership with Carouy. The
name she gave is Anna. The "mutes
know her as Claudine
| She amazed the court by her presence
| Oh rn1flU UuIlTS ny P'hS
ltration into the drifts of questions, judg-
ment, and shrewd repartee. To judge
from her flaming eyes, they must have
tried the temper that she kept so well
The Correze accent gave color and relief
after the ludicrous Belsian-French o
Carouy that had preceded it. The ami
appeared lost in admiration. In passing
her to his place, he thcatrically STOPPED
down to press his lips to her hand. Hel
- t~1a tNf
Imuch in the nature of material for n
anarchist newspaper. The vanity Of 4:
successful "oratrice" at anarchist meet
lings kept her from leaving of when sht
jhad said enough. She Is all effect; but
as she has become the cause OF wide
spread evil her career should be stopped
However, If prison or transportation arr
lresorted to as more than a temporary pal
IIative. the evil will remain under I
changed form.
She is charged with completely in crime'
as an accessory before and after the fact
with concealing outlaws, receiving stolei
goods. and with having. jointly with Kt
baltchiche, founded under the name o
a garden of sports, a training place TO
motor highwaymen, housebreakers. ant
shoplifters. They practiced gymnastics
good for scaling walls. cutting window
Ipanes silently, the use of the Jimmy
knuckles, pepper to blind policemen ant
dogs, and of codes for telegrams ant
manual signals.
Anna. or Claudine. seems to be a diabol
|ical electro-magnet. She is SO little tina
lher guaid d had to place before her cush
lions, so that when she stood up for exam
4 ination her head should be visible t
Judge and jury. Her evil countenance i
Florentine Of the Medicean age-that Is
with a long, hooked nose The smile
, cruel, and prominently displays fine teeth
A thick under lip slightly advances from
q thin upper lip of avarics-
Artists in the court soon admired he
style OF dress. and yet the entire toilet
was cheap. A blue skirt with whit
shower of-haiI' dots in calico. blacl
tunic resembling priests cassock, ais
iof calico: a white French sailors collar
a neckerchief cravat of soft blue sill
also with white 'shower-of-hail' dot.
The slight little figure had no need Of
corset, and a leather belt girded a wasp
like waist. Hair. thick and curly, wa
Al. Ia wt~A~ t.