Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-22
Poincare's Testimony Indi-
 cates Woman Incited to Murder.
MOB ATTEMPTS TO
 ATTACK CAILLAUX
Detectives and Friends Save Husband Of Calmptte'S Slayer From Violence at Hands of Rowling
 RabbIe.

Paris, July 21.-For the first time
 in the history of France, a president of the republic gave his testimony at a murder trial today to save a wo- mans life.
 The trial was that of Madame Cal lauX, who slew Gastoa Calmette, edi- tor of Le Figaro in his office on March 16, 1914, and the president is Raymond Poineaire, who, though on visit to the czar of Russia sent in his deposition, to the court to as- sist the defense in it's contention that Mime. CaillauX's husband was really the promoter of the tragedy
 "I shall kill Gaston Calmette if he publishes those private letters in Le Figaro" so declared the president of the republic. Joseph Caillaux, his minister of finance. asserted just be- fore the murder. The presidents testimony went on to prove that Cail- lauxs wife simply anticipated his own hand as the author of the trag- edy.
 President Pointaire's testimony, flung in dramatically between the evidence of several witnesses for the prosecution, gave Mme. Caillaux her only hope of the day. For when her husband had testified to the same ef- feet as Poncaire, he was hooted and 1 nearly mobbed by an angry rabble without the doors of the court Other witnesses directly contribute ed Mime. Caillaux's testimony of yes terday when she said she was "be- nf ,ip,I ,hop
 Paul Beurget declared that Calu- mette, whom he was visiting at the time, had died the victim of a calm. deliberate woman, whom he had heard say, There is no other way to end it" when he rushed back after the fatal shots.
 Rabble HoOts Caillaux. Caillaux, the husband and ex-min- lster of finance, was meant to be the dominating figures of the second thrilling day in court. Three times as he issued from the palais de jus tice, after giving his testimony. .le had to seek refuge in his automo- bile from the violent demonstrations of the hostile crowd gathered out side. Two detectives saved him from
 violence only with the aid of friends.
 During the three hours he was on the stand, dramatic scenes occurred and the presence in court of a Cail- laux clique was depicted by the loud applause which greeted his tribute to his wife, and his denunciation of the Figaro witnesses.
 Mime. Caillaux, who had passed sleepless night, constantly interrupt ed the witnesses for the prosecution,
 declaring particularly that the pa- per's office boys were wrong when they swore that her name was never mentioned from the time she entered the office and asked for Calmette un- til she fired the shots that killed him. Testimony Against Defendant But this testimony was most iniur- lous to her. Most witnesses who had 1 rushed in from the other offices at the first shot testified that she was calm and determined and had delib- erately pulled the trigger again and again after her second shot, which
 stretched the editor dying across his chair.
 Berget declared that he had beenf talking to Calmette when Mme, Caill
 laux sent her request to see him.
 That is all very well in litera- ture," said Berget, when the lawyer l was done, .'but literature isn't life." M. Caillaux's testimony was re- view of his past life. He told of the jealousy of his first wife after his
 marriage with his present wife, and
 recounted the story of the love let
 ters which his divorced wife had jurloined from his private compart- ment to use against him.
 When Figaro published the first of these love letters, he said, his wife
 became highly unstrung. He admit ted that he himself threatened to smash Calmette in the face" be- cause he believed he would print them, and he said that he had fre- quently used threats born of de- sire to kill the editor who was ruin- ing his career. sa