Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
N. CaiIIaux Engages Two
[)etectives to Guard
Him During Trial
WIFE BARES HER STORY
Tells Fear of Publication OF
Letters That Drives Her
to Kill Editor.

PARIS Francs. July 21--Madame
c,5laux was up at this morning pre-
,,-i,g for her second days hearing on
charge of wilful murder of Editor
c,,mette. Her husband called at the
jail at 9.
q feel better than I did yesterday"
me madame said. The prisoner had
,reviously looked through a mass of
morning papers and found that gen
sralIv she was treated sympathetically-
The stenographio report of her testt-
mouy filed 16 columns in some of the
Newspapers. The court was late In
assembling.
Madame Caillaux entered the prison
sr's enclosure with an air of making
herself at home. Her husband took a
Mace among the witnesses. He was
accompanied BY two detectives owing
10 the fact that a group of bystanders
had hooted and shouted insults at him
as he left the prison after visiting his
wife.
Paul Bourget. the immortal, who
was in Calmete's Office when Madame
caillaux's card was brought in, told the
Jury OF the incident
You will not see her / said
Il cannot refuse to receive a woman,
he replied"
Reads Novel Dialogue
.Maitre Labori then thrilled the over
crowded courtroom by reading dia-
Iogue from Bourgeois novel, The
Demon Of the Midi, in which the char
scters discuss and condemn publica-
ton Of heroine's love letters. Coming
Immediately after Bourgeois eulogy OF
Calmette. with which he had closed
bis testimony, reading Of the dialogue
vas regarded by observing lawyers as
master stroke.
When he had concluded Bourget re-
marked. literature is not life" He
agreed, however. that private letters
ought not to be published and said he
did not believe Calmette intended to
publish the Caillaux letters.
Calm After Shooting.
Louis Latzatus of the Figaro staff
testified he heard the shots and ran
to Calmette's room, where Calmette
had sunk in collapse in a chair, and
that Madame Caillaux semed un-
troubled by the Is editors that gather
ed around her Latzatus admitted he
had talked many times with Calmette
about the Caillaux campaign and
added, MY chief said he had diplo-
matte documents important enough to
absolutely crush Caillaux." After Cal
nette had printed the Thy Joe" let
Ter, according to Latzatus, he remark
ed. My pockets are empty. I have
nothing more"
Deposition From Poincare.
The most important testimony today
vas the deposition of President Poin-
care. This narrated how Caillaux,
nen minister of state, called on Poin-
care the day Calmette was killed and
had discussed the probable publica-
uon In the Figaro of letters between
hmseh and wife. In the course of
az excited talk Caillaux exclaimed,
according to the deposition, 'If Cal
nette publishes the letters 1 will kill
nm Caillaux also took the stand.
For three months ! mounted Cal
vary, said Madame Caillaux on the
sN'NNAN6F DuEAL 90 not " AHAl
70 ny worst enemy. No one can ina
sihe what / went through. l feared
lot myself for my husband. for my
eniic- i feared for myself because II
b&H OF those letters were published
ny deepest innermost secret would be
displayed before the world, my honor
stand stripped and naked.
Feared Lies EYnosure
had always been taught tEat a
-. onans honor consisted in having her
ne as open as possible / was reared
y aged parents Ny father was the
.oo Of rich bourgeoise of the period
y hSO. devoted to the ideas OF that
epoch.
poor father. who last year told
-e mat wife who had a lover was
-onan without honor, never would
I've set foot in my house had he
-.oNn OF my liason with VI. Caillaux.
We were reproached OF being OF
oourgeoise- II is true. I do not
s.osn for # ] am a bourgeoise When
4etters were purloined VI. Caillaux
- myself felt alike; we would have
ss-erred 70 renounce our great hap
less rather than see our inner life
'2zoned TO the world.
Dreaded Seeing Letters.
! feared the publication Of the let
- on account OF the society we fire.
snted We hed many friends. espe-
10y among the embassies, and IN
se circles people wished 10 humili-
ana cast ridicuIe upon my husband
'oe publication OF two letters, ad-