Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-22
PARIS IN TURMOIL
TROOPS GUARD
Mobs Shrek death 10 Gail
!. |aux," Declare Him Real
Assassin -,
Woman Slayer Of N. CaImetle
Is the Real aerolngElt /.
The Hour

Paris, March 2l.-The appearance
of armed attachments Of republican
guards, posted at strategic points o!
Paris added to the tense excitement
aroused among the various ~politi
cal factions by Mondays assassiaa
ton of CASTOR Calmette, editor Of
the Figaro. >" +
At every point where there was
likelihood Of trouble the police were
supported by soldiers. The officers
Of the Figaro, the. chamber of depu'
ties. the residence of N. Calliaux and
the st. Lazare proiisnson, where
Nine. Caillaux has occupied a cell
since she killed the editor because
Of attacks on her husband, all were
magnets which attracted the popu.
lace today. At each of these points
strong bodies Of police and soldiers
were on duty, prepared to act sharp
l. in quelling disturbances. =
In the southern part of Paris, in
the Latin quarter and in the working
class districts. where 1t Is only neces-
sary for a turbulent individual 10
shrek Death to Caillanx!" or "As.
sassin" for him to he joined by doz.
ems of others, the police kept Jealous
watch. Several times they cleared
tho noisy groups, which however,
reasscmbled as soon as the police
had passed. "'
Has Become u Heroine.
Nine. Caillaux seems to have be.
come a popular heroine amid allt5the
turmoil. Among the crowds Of ex.
cited, ge%sticnlating people her name
is heard. constantly. She is talked
OF as a victim of her love for NJ.
Caillaux, and as his instrument In
committing the crime which has
robbed the press of a prominent
writer, and the French cabinet Of its
leading spirit.
The crowds have adopted as their
own the assertion OF Deputy Della.
haye in the chamber last night-that
cabinet ministers nowadays send
their wives to kill those obstructing
their path" |
The excitement among the populace
is worked by the many sensational
newspapers among the 139 daily pub
locations of Paris. These e%xaggerate,
invent and hint at things, and the
paper vendors yell the %insinnations
among the crowd, exciting the people
still further.
Nine Caillaux meanwhile sleeps or
a narrow iron bedstead in the prison
of St.. Lazare. Her hitherto remark
ably calm attitude was said to be
breaking down under the torture OF
being always under watchful obser.
! walton. She is. never for a moment
left alone. Relays of nuns. two at a
time, sit in the cell with her wheth.
er she is sleeping or waking. Besides
these constant companions prison
warders frequently look into the cell
through the finely meshed wire par
tition in order to see that no breach
Of the prison regulations is conf
mitted.
Marvel at her Firmness. ~'''->r
The wardens in the prison. talk
among themselves OF the firmness
with which this woman, accustomed
to luxury, endures the restraint.
Not since the Dreyfus affair has
any incident in French history so
stirred the French people as the
shooting of NJ. Calmette by Nine.
Caillaux. The Immediate effect ia
a tense political situation, all the
greater in view of the nearness OF
the elections. -
Among parliamentarians the whole
affair is considered as a great and
unexpected boom to the anti.repub.
lican party, which will not fail to ex.
plot it to the utmost with the object
of %discrediting the government at the
elections. ''@"ir
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