The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-07-23
Curious Thousands Flock to
Court in Effort to See
Noted Murderess.
HEARING is BEGUN TODAY
salacious Incidents Leading Up
to Crime Tickle Pa1ates
of the French.

Paris, July 21.-The thoughts of all
Parlslans today We're occupied solely
by the opening of the trial OF Madame
Calilaux for the murder, on March 16,
o. CASTOR ca!mette. editor of the
flgaro. Proceedings started at noon i IN
the palace of justice, with Judge Louis
BAL acting as president of the
court.
The dramatic setting of the affair
involving political intrigues in which
the prisoners husband, a former
French premier and minister of finance.
was a prominent figure, was just to
the taste of the French public. Added
to this was the rumored threat of
royalist hotheads to create a disturb-
ance during the trial and the extensive
precautions taken by the government
to prevent an outbreak.
Long before the opening of the palace
of justice, crowds. defying the drilling
rain. had assembled in the vicinity and
special forces of police were called out
to keep them in order.
Thousands Seek Admittance.
From an early hour long lines formed
on the Place Dauphine and the Boule-
ward Du Palais, hoping to be lucky
enough to secure the few places left for
the general public in the court room,
which had been for the most part al
lotted to press representatives n bar
%risters. A few homeless@ :aifs had even
taken up their positions outside the
building last night, with the object of
selling their places to others willing
to pay highly for the chance of admis-
sion. The police, however, eventuaIlv
chased them away, telling them there
was no hope of securing entrance to the
court.
Madame Caillaux herself had been
conducted from the prison Of the Con
ciergerie to the court by a secret pas
sage so that those outside had no OPP
portunity of cheering or kissing her.
The other leading figures in the csse.
however, were the objects of demon
strations. Among them were the pro-
curator general. Jules Herbaux. in
charge of the prosecution, and Fernand
Labor, the famous advocate whose
a c is known to every one. owing to
his connection with the Dreyfus trial.
FIGARO Wakes Bitter.
The newspapers today We're filled
with references to the case. The Figaro
came out with a violently worded ar
the pen of Alfred Capus, the recently
chosen academician or Immortal"
who now occupies the editorial chair
formerly held by Calrnette. In it he
declares:
The party which assassinated CAL
mette is going to do it's best to defle his
memory, for which purpose it has
stopped at nothing and has not
scrupled to violate condolences. thus
giving a foretaste of what is in store"
The article continues with a pane
gyric on the dead editor and concludes:
Those who have slain him from be-
hind would like to transform him into
a man involved in shady finance
pirate. Caillaux. go on! Do not put
yourself out. You have well sharpened
teeth, a heavy jaw, an appetite excited
by the smell of blood; but the honor of
Calmette is wrought in marble. You
will not bite into It'll"
At 500 as the jurors who had been
drawn by lot in a private room and the
four judges composing the court had
taken their places, President Albanel.
called out loudly, Bring in the ac-
cused.'
Republican guards Their opened a
small door in the wall of the court
room behind the bust of the Goddess of
Liberty n Nine. Caillaux stepped into
the tribunal. The strong light from the
windows opposite eemed to startle the
accused woman, or perhaps it was the