The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
CA|LLAUx FLAYS
LAFIGARO EDITOR
Dubs Statement He Attempted to
Bride Newspaper Man to
Testify as a Lie.
CAUSES AN UPRGAR IN COURT
Declares Paper Itself Is Corrupt and
Put Thought Before Jurors That
CaImette Had Acquired Wealth
by BIackmaling Persons.

Paris, July 2S.-Taking of testimony
in the trial of Nine. Henriette Gail
laux has been concluded. The speeches
of counsel will begin today.
Paris, July 28.-Joseph Caillaux, ex-
premier of France, projected himself
into the spotlight again at the trial Of
his wife, Nine. Henrietta Caiuaux, for
the murder Of Editor CASTOR Calmette.
While his accused wife sat In pa
thetic, huddled heap, still suffering
from a collapse that caused her to-
swoon in her cell earlier in the day,
the former premier created turmoil
that drowned the admonitions of the
judges.
The trial was running smoothly with
the defense presenting testimony to
show that Calmettes life might have
been saved had the physicians attend
ing him acted promptly when Call
lauX leaped to his feet and rushed to
the witness.
Caillaux Flags Editor.
Il demand an opportunity TO refute
the allegations made by NJ. Etienne
Flagey,' cried the statesman. With
out waiting for the court to give or
withhold permission, CaillauX launched
into an attack on Flagey, a journalist,
employed by LaFfgaro, of which Cal
mette was the editor.
Earlier in the trial F'lagey had tes-
titled that Caillaux had attempted with
an offer Of 5000, to bribe him to tes-
tify in behalf of Nine. Caillaux. Its
damnable lie," shouted Caillaux. Il
never tried to bride him The truth
was that Flagey approached me and
asked me for bride. l spurned him
like the dog he is"
BY that time the court was in an
uproar. Friends and foes of Caillaux
were cheering or jeering. When quiet
was finally secured, Attorney Andre
Hesse was called. He testified that he
went to Doctor Delbert, one OF the
physicians called when Calmette was
shot, to get him to testify for Nine.
Caillcux, but desisted when he found
Delbert wanted payment for his evil
dence."
This again aroused Caillaux to &C.
ton. Resuming the stand amid ming
led boots and groans, he presented
documents to prove that money had
been sought from the defense.
Produces CaImette's Will.
Then he proceeded to attack LaFi-
caro- as corrupt newspaper and pro-
duced Calmettes will, in which the
slain man bequeathed a fortune of
$2,S00,000
BY this he put the thought before
the jurors that Calmette had acquired
his wealth by Matchmaking persons
whose secrets he had learned by mem
bers of his newspaper staff.
At this point NJ. Chenu, counsel for
the Calmette children, interrupted by
demanding:
where did you obtain the will?"
Tell me where Calmette got the
papers he used against me and I'll
tell where / obtained the WILL" re-
turned Caillaux, hotly, while his SYM
pathizers cheered Chenu made no
response as Caillaux waited after this
challenge, and the expremier then
gave detailed list of stock shares
owned by Calmette commenting bitter
ly on the editors friendship for NJ.
Chauchard, late proprietor Of the
Louvre stores and later his compan-
ionship with Nine. Coursin, both Of
whom bequeathed Calmette several
million dollars.