Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1914, 1914-07-21
SYMPATHY IS
EXPRESSED FOR
ACCUSED woman
Mime. Caillaux, Murderer of
French Editor, Appears
in Court Today.

Paris. July 21.-Mme Caillaux was
up at O'Clock preparing for the sec
ond day Of her trial on the charge of
murder efy Calnette, The WIFE Of the
former premier and minister Of A.
nance took an early breakfast and be-
fore o'clock was waiting for her
husband.
sympathetic Treatment.
The prisoner looked through a mass
of morning papers and found that she
had generally been sympathetically
treated.
The stenographic report OF her tes-
timony filled sixteen columns in a
number of papers and besides this
there were many appreciatons Of her
deNterous arrangement of facts and
the feeling she put into the descrip-
tion of her agony.
Court was a little late In assemb-
ling and meanwhile Nine. CaillauX
talked over her case with Fernand
L'Baori, her advocate. She entered
the prisoners enclosure dressed pre-
cisely as yesterday. Dark circles were
under her eyes, however, and she ap-
peared weary.
Husband Among Witnesses.
Joseph Caillaux, the prisoners hus-
band, then entered the court and took
his place among the witnesses. He
was accompanied by two detectives.
Office boys from the Figaro were
the first witnesses. describing the full
est details of the shooting of CAL
mette,
Paris, July 21.-Mme Henriette
Caillaux, wife of Joseph Caillaux,
once premier of France and former
minister of finance, occupied the pris-
oners enclosure and to the assistant
court de Palais justice Monday recited
in a dramatic manner the circum-
stances leading to the shooting on
March 16 of CASTOR Calmette, editor
of the Figaro, with whose murder
she Is charged.
president of the court. The procuertor
general, Jules Herbauz. had charge Of
the prosecution and Fernand Labori.
the noted advocate who was closely
identified with the Dreyfus case, is
chief counsel for the defense.
Nine. Caillaux held the attention Of
the crowded court for three hours.
outward characteristics of the figure
of romance, she spoke with great
assurance, showing remarkable skill
in marshalling the facts SO as to rep
resent them in the best light for her
cause. She was a willing witness
throughout.
Concluding her narrative. she was
asked If there was anything she would
like to add. She cast all restraint
aside and with accents Of genuine
emotion, thrilled her listeners, de-
scribing vividly the protracted agony
she had endured because Of the cal
umnies against herself and her hus-
band.
For three months mounted Cal
vary" she said. Such suffering I
do not wish my worst enemy to en-
dure. No one can imagine what
suffered. I feared for myself my
husband and my child. I feared for
myself; II part Of the letters were
published, my deepest, innermost
secret would be displayed before the
world. My woman,s honor would
stand stripped and naked"
The woman outlined her course af-
ter becoming alarmed lest certain let
ters be published. and told Of the
shooting, declaring dramatically:
II did not. wish to blush before my
daughter; that Is one thing woman
must not be asked to do
History Of Case.
NJ. Calmette was shot by Nine. Call
laux on March Is. The woman went
to the ONCE Of the Figaro to carre
out an act Of vengeance against NJ,
Calmette. who had been waRinE q