Arizona republican., 1914-07-21
Mime. Henrietta Caillaux, Wife of Former French Premier, Tells of Killing of Gaston Calmettc in March
REFERENCE TO
 STOLEN LETTERS
Says if Parts of Those Let ters Were Published h. nermost Secrets of. Her Life Would Be Stripped Naked
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPATcH1

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHI 1 PARIS, France, July 20.-Mme. Hen rietta CaillauX, wife of Joseph CaillauX.
 once premier of France, and former
 minister of finance, from the prisoners 1 dock in the palace of justice, told dramatic story of the shooting of l Gaston Calmette. editor of Le Figaro, 1 On March 16 when she was arraigned for trial before Judge Louis Albanal. It was to keep the secret of stolen letters, revealing the story of her lai- son with CaillauX before her marriage, she said. that she sought out Calmette in his office.
 The sight of the man she believed bent on bounding her husband into public disgrace and herself into shame ful nOtoriety. aroused in her the tiger ish fury that led her to shoot him to death
 Jules HehDauX, procurate- general, is in charge Of the prosecution. Fernand Labor. noted advocate of the Dreyfus case, is chief counsel for the defense
 For three hours Mme. Caillaux stood before the court. telling her woman's secrets and her fear of social stigma tism through the publication of the letters.
 For three months I mounted Cal vary. she said. "I always have been taught that q woman's honor consisted in having her life as open as possible.
 My poor father, who last year told me that the wife who had a lover was a woman without honor. never would set
 foot in my house had he known of my liasison with M. Caillaux. l did not wish to blush before my daughter: that is one thing a woman must not be asked to do. When the letters were stolen my husband and l felt alike: we preferred to renounce our great hap pness rather than see our inner life blazoned to the world If parts of those letters were published my deep est and innermost secret would be dis played before the world and my wo-
 mans honor would stand stripped naked"
 Her impassiOned peroration was accompanied by eloquent gestures of
 her slender hands from which she had slipped her gloves. The specta- tors hung on every word and move ment, frequently expressing discreet appreciation. with which the presid- l ing judge made no attempt to inter- | fere
 Mime. Caillaux told of the shooting | in the Figaro office. Prior to this she had been asked by the judge regarding her interview with Fer
 hand Monier, president of the Tri-
 bunal Seine. from whom she had sought information as to whether the
 attacks of NJ. Calmette against her
 husband could be stopped
 Monier told her, she said, that this would be impossible; that one could only put up with or defend ones self
 witness asserted. it was astonishing | that with the French temperament
 there were not more heads broken. Maurice Chenu, attorney for NJ. Calmette's relatives, arose and said | that NJ. Monier, before the examining
 magistrate, had denied giving utter
 ance to anything of the sort | Mme CaillauX then told of what | took place on the day of the tragedy. T informed NJ. Caillaux at lunch," she testified of what NJ Monier said and he was very indignant and
 then I will smash his" Mme Gail laux hesitated a moment and then
 added face"