New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
FOUR PARIS BANDITS
TO GO TO CU|LLOT|NE
Jury Finds Eighteen Of the
Twenty-Five Guilty in Vary.
ing Degrees.
THREE WOMEN ACQUITTED
Judges Consider Sentences
One Prisoner Yells His Anar-
chistic Beliefs and Falls
in Faint to Floor.
fBy cable to The Tribune. /


Paris. Feb. 1.-THE trial Of the TWEEN.
ty-two bandits has ended in all Of them
being found guilty save Rodriguez and
the three women prisoners. Maitrej jean
Schools and Leclorc
The jury grants cXtenuating circum-
stances in respect of many of the
crimes, but sends four of them. Dieu-
dome, Callcmin. Soudy and Monier. ia
the guillotinc
The verdict, which is a written one
is a long. confused document. The
Guilty in making 1t out. After some ex-
plantations from the president of the
jury. il was read eventually at >: 50
a. m.
The Judges then retired 10 deliberate
over the sentences. "A task which is eX-
pcctcd to take them q good two hours
The jury retired To- deliberate shortly
after three p. m. Just before two "A. m,
i. G., after more than eleven hours de-
libcrs ton. the jury signified its desire
10 put a series Of questions to the Judge
When these were answered the jury re-
sumed deliberations.
The trial was highly dramatic. Among
the spectators were prominent authors,
actors and actresses. including Henri
bernstein. Paul Hervieu, Maurice
Barres. Lucicn Guitry. Alfred Capus.
Henry Bataille. Mesdames Rejanc.
Sorel. Berthe Bady and Sergine Die
terle, a brilliant gathering, resembling
a smart first night audience at FASH
iona BILE boulevard theatre.
Prisoners Called Upon.
Judge Couinaud, at the close OF the
arguments OF the various counsel for
the defence. asked each prisoner If he
had anything 10 say. When called
upon, Dicudonne raised his head and
with harsh, snappy voice shouted:
Nothing
And you. Monier?'
Nothing"
And you. Gauzy?"
"Oh. have confidence in your JUS
tice. but don't want any OF your COM
passion. | am innocent
And you, Carrouy?"
Il lived a straight honest life until
the age OF twenty seven. After that
/ went off the track DO 20 me what
ever you like"
And you. Soudy?"
Il can add nothing to the convincing
logic OF my counsel that annihilates the
avalanche Of lies against me. / am
innocent but an anarchist I am and
an anarchist remain till the last
gasp"
Soudy yelled these words with a
wild paroxysm OF frenzy and fell in a
fainting ~ on the floor OF the prisoners
box
And you. Metge'
II am innocent. but | imp!ore the
jury to acquit my mistress, who -
suffering from two incurarle diseases,
and who Is also innocent
Power. Deboe and Dettweiler replied
in sullcn tones that they had nothing
TO say Rodriguez observed:
II have been convicted of various
crimes in Belgium and England. but In
England no court of justice would ever
have proceeded against me on such
fimsy evidence as has been produced
in this trial"
Protests HE Innocence.
Kibaltchiche said
THE prosecution has tried TO prove
that I am the accomplice OF assassins.
I had nothing whatever 70 do With all
these crimes"
Whereupon Callemin protested, say
ing:
81 am no assassin. You make me
tired with your stupid nonsense. Speak
for yourself and let the rest OF us
alone"
EIaury said