Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-18
CAILLAUx IS CONDEMNED
MANY PEOPLE SHOUT THAT He
INDUCED WIFE TO KILL
cALMETTE
W0MAN'S NERVE BREAKS
IA CONSTANT OBSERVATION BY
GUARDS CAUSES MuRDEREss
TO LOSE CONTROL

Paris, March is. The appearance,
Of armed detaehments Of republican
guards posted at strategic points OF
Paris today added to the tense excite
ment aroused among the various poll
tical factions by the assassination Of
Castor Calmette, editor Of the Figaro.
At every point where there was
likelihood Of trouble the police we're
supported by soldiers.
The offices of the Figaro, the cham
ber of deputies, the residence Of M.
CaiIlaux and the Saint Lazare prison,
where Nine. Caillaux has occupied a
cell since she killed the editor, were
magnets which attracted the populace
today. In the soutkern part of Paris,
in the Latin quarter and in the work.
quarters. where it is only necessary
for turbulent individual to shriek
Death to Caillaux' or Assassin" for
him to be joined BY dozens Of others,
the police kept Jealous watch Sew
eral times they cleared away noisy
groups, which re-assumed as soon
as the police had passed.
Nine. CaillauS seemed today to be
.the heroine amid the turmoil Among
the crowd Of excited. gesticulaHng
people her nama is heard constantly,
she talkea s hef
love for N. Caiiiaux ana ii stiu
ment 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 de la Haye, In the chamber
last night, that cabinet ministers
nowadays send their wives to kill
those obstructing their path
The excitement among the populace
lis worked by the many yellow news
papers among the 1Ss daily publica-
tions of Paris. These exaggerate, In
vent and hint at things, and the paper
venders yell the insinuations among the
crowds, exciting the people still furth- |
er
Mime. Caillaux meanwhile sleeps on
a narrow iron bedstead inf the prison
Of st. Lazare. ugIsr hitherto remark;
ably calm attitude was today said to
be breaking down under the totrure Of
being always under observation. She
is never for moment left alone. Re-
lays Of Nuns, two at a time, sit in
the small cell with her. whether she
Is sleeping or walking Besides these
constant companions, prison wardens
frequently looked into the cell through
the finely meshed wire partition in
order to see that noibreach Of the
prison regulations is committed.
Twenty University Of Paris stu
dents. belonging to revolutionary
group. began to chant in one Of the
lecture rooms today give Caillaux.
whereupon the other students attacked
them. The caillaux adherents were
armed with stout canes and fought
desperately, but they finally were
overpowered and thrown into the
street
Numerous incidents IN which the
police were forced to interfere occur
red in the university quarter OF the
city There was much disorder in the
class rooms
Political friends OF Joseph Caillaux.
the finance minister who resigned
from office yesterday as a sequel to
the assassination Of CASTOR calmette
by Nine caillaux, are coming strong
AZ 70 his support TIE radlealsocial-
lst and radicalrepubliean groups "a
the chamber af deputies, comprising
about iso members held 4 meeting Is.
aag as which they adopted unanimous.
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