Arizona republican., 1914-07-22
Husband of Woman on Trial for Staying French Editor Says She Did What He Should Have Done Himself
TRIAL ENTERS
 POLITICAL PHASE
Witness Shows Himself the Strong Man of the Rad ical Group Now Con trolling the French Gov ernment
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArCH1

PARIS, July 21.-Joseph CaillauX at the trial of his wife for the mur- der of Gaston Calmette, editor of Le Figaro on March 16.
 T accuse myself" he said. T should myself have acted. I was absorbed in public affairs and failed to see the ravages of public calum- nies against my wife,
 The trial entered the political phase, Caillaux showing himself the strong man of the radical groups now controlling France. He said he would tell the story of his life and that he thought two fatal letters were destroyed before his divorce from his first wife He first knew Raynouard, his present wife Mme. Caillaux in the prisoners dock, hlushed, bowed her head and silently wept as her husband, for whom she killed Calmette, told of his love for her.
 she was a most tender and affec- tiOnate wife said M. Cailaux. We lived life in the closest communion of heart and mind. My wife, how ever. took alarm at the danger my political campaign exposed me to. She tried to dissuade me from entering Doumergues cabinet. The income tax, she said, had formidable adver- saries and I should be the object of the fiercest press campaigns"
 Never have 1 touched a single stock of my personal fortune while minister of finance" he declared. Never did a Bourse order come out of my office. I affirm it in the strongest terms"
 Referring to thy Joe letter, he described the effect it's publication had on his wife. Finally he became so impregnated with her fears that other letters would be published that he consulted President Poincare, who had been one of the witnesses of their marriage The president did his best to reassure him and advis cd him to consult a lawyer.
 My lawyer told me-" continued M. Caillaux, that nothing could be done. l then said to my wife: Be reassur ed I will go and smash Calmette's mouth myself After that I felt re- lieved in mind. but my wife on the other hand was depressed.
 At the police station on my way home from the senate, l learned of prayer was: I hope he is not seri- ously hurt; I meant only to give him a lesson
 Caillaux was shaken with emotion and showed weariness. He asked for ten minutes rest and during the recess went over to the dock and took one of his wife's hands and kissed it fervently.
 NJ. Caillaux now entered upon the purely political phase of his deposi- ton. The excitement of the listeners reached fever heat; hardly an inch of the court room was unoccupied. Some of his statements were greeted with hoots and, cheers despite the stern orders of the presiding judge to arrest any disturber.
 The campaign carried on by Le Figaro he asserted was meant to strike him down at any cost because he stood for the income tax, and the interests behind Le Figaro hated that measure of financial reform.
 Two office boys from Le Figaro were the first witnesses today. They de- scribed the arrival of the defendant at the offices of the paper on the day of the crime, told how she waited and detailed her entrance into the room occupied by Calmette, and of hearing the shots. Adriene Nicca crouched down on the stand and uttered ser ies of low cries to show how he haC
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