The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-31
NINE. CA|LLAUX IS
ACQUITTED BYJUR
WIFE OF FORMER FRENCH PRE-
MiER HELD NOT GUILTY OF
MURDER.
VERDICT TAKES so MINUTES
Widest Tumult Follows as Some Spec
tators Cheer While Others Huri
Invectives in Turn-General
Melee in Courtroom.

Paris, July 30.-Madame Henrietta
Caillaux was acquitted by jury in the
court of Assize of the wilful murder
on March 16 last of CASTOR Calmette,
editor of the Figaro.
Tumult Follows Verdict.
The verdict was returned after fifty
minutes deliberation. The announce
ment was followed by the widest tum-
ult.
Nine. Caillaux staggered and then
threw her arms about the neck of her
counsel, Fernand Labor. Her hair
was undone, falling over her shoulders
and her hat dropped to the floor.
The spectators stood upon desks
and chairs
Cries Are Merged.
"Caillaux, Labori," and cries of
"Caillaux, assassin" merged into one.
The din was deafening. Several
groups of barristers came to blows and
the Republican guards, in an endeavor
to separate them, joined in the melee.
The spectacle Of Labori and Chenu,
the latter counsel for the Calmette
FAMILY, embracing each other, Gained
the tumult for moment, but it was
redoubled when they left with Nine.
Caillaux.
Judges Quit Room.
Failing to make himself heard. the
presiding judge, followed by the other
judges, marched out of the room. The
advocates took complete possession of
the court; some of them mounted the
judges desks and harrangued the
crowd. The guards then cleared por-
ton Of the room and comparative quiet
was restored.
Judge Albanel then returned and
read the judgment, ordering the re-
lease of Nine. Caillaux.
Shaken With Emotion.
Shaken with emotion, Nine. Caillaux
left by the witnesses door, the guards
making lane through the crowd. She
covered her face with her hands as If
TO shield herself from the furious cries
of "murderess."
By way of a number of narrow cor
ridors and back staircases, she reach
ed small door in the palace of JUS
tice, where an automobile was waiting
and drove off unobserved.
M. Caillaux left by the main entrance
on the arm of his devoted friend, Dep
uty Pasca Seccaldi, amid mingled
cheers and boots. Thus ended the
most sensational trial with which
Partisan courts have had to deal in
years.
Outcome Not Foretold.
Each day provided it's dramatic
thrill and though the verdict has been
pronounced the outcome cannot be
foretold.
Nine. Caillaux had come into the
prisoners dock pale and worn. She
collapsed during the course of the ad-
dress of Maitre Chenu, who scored her
bitterly.
The speech of the procurator gener-
al, Jules Herbeaux, was unusually mild
in tone. To the jurors he read:
Your duty as the defenders of the
interests of society requires you to
find verdict of guilty, but no one ex-
poets you to be pitiless"
Some Denounce Decision.
Denunciation against the Caillaux
verdict occurred in several places. In
the boulevards excited crowds discus
sing the merits of the case grew to
large proportions and when the jurys
verdict became known there were
shouts of derision and cries of Down
with Caillaux."
After dining at home with her hus-
band and a few friends, Nine. Call
laux, attired in handsome evening
gown, received large number of ac-
quaintances.