The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-21
FRENCH PRESIDENT GIVES
EVIDENCE IN MURDER TRIAL
Continued from Eirst PAGE.

bourgeois novel . J.. The Demon oi
the Midi" in which the characters dis
cuss and condemn the publication OF
the heroine's love letters. Coming inn
mediately after B0urset's euIo-y of
Calmotte. with which he had closed his
testimony. the reading ~ the dialogue
Was resardcd by observing lawyers as
a master stroke.
Labori's voice was musical and fun
OF dramatic feeling When he conclud-
cd. Bourget remarked:
| Literature is not life" Tie agreed.
however that private letters ought not
10 Doe published. and said he did not be-
! lleye Calmettc intended 10 publish
the CaillauX letters.
Figaro STAFF Members Testify.
The scene Of the shooting was re-
constructed by a succession OF en-
ployes OF Figaro.
Louis LCtzarus Of the Figaro stan
testified that DE heard shots and ran
10 Calmeuc's room. where Calmctte
had sunk collapsed IN a chair. and /
thJ, Madame Caulaux seemed untrou-
llcd hy the fifteen editors that rutn-
cred around her. LaJzarus admitted /
Doe talked many times with Culms te 1
about tie CaillauN campaign. ana \
added.
My chief said he had diplomatic l
documents important enough To- u1s,- |
iutely crush Caillaux After Calrict;, 4
printed the Thy 10" letter. according n
TO Latzarus. he remarked. My pockets H
arc empty. / Lave nothing more"
Tells Story of Life.
on her arraignment yesterday. Nine.
CaillauN recited the circumstances
leading up TO the shooting on March
IS Of Castor Calmettc, editor Of the
Figaro, with whose murder she Is
Judge Louis Albancl acted
rs president Of the court
Nine. Caillaux spoke with great as
surance, addressing herself in turn To
each part of the room like "a lecturer.
She told her story in short disconnect-
ed sentences, but showed remarkable
skill in marshaling her facts So as To
represent them in the best light Cor
her cause.
II was ONLY after she had concluded
her narrative and was asked if there
was anything she would like TO add. :
hat she east restraint aside, and, with
accents Of genuine emotion. thrilled
Ter listeners and elected murmurs of
'plausc. She described the protracted
lgony she had endured because of the
alumnies against herself and her hus- =
and.
Feared Exposure Of Secrets.
For three months ! mounted Cal
AIRY" she said. such ! do not wish
q my worst enemy. No one can imag-
ne what | went through. ! feared for {
myself, for my husband and for my q
hid. | feared for myself because, if '
art Of those letters were published. q
ny deepest, my innermost secrets a
'ould bc displayed before the world,
ny woman's honor stand stripped and
aled. Q
Il had always been taught that a II
'Oman's honor consisted i'm having her
fc as open as possible. | was reared o
Y aged parents. Ny father was the "
IN Of a rich bourgeoise of the period 4
1920, devoted TO the ideas of that n
pooh. My poor father, who last year L
bid me that wife who had a lover o
'as a woman without honor, ncVc- 7
'Ould have set foot in my house had L
G known Of my lason with VI. Call
lux Il
Feared Publication of Letters. u
we were reproached with being OF II
10 bourgeoisc. When the letters were c
NJ. Caillaux and myself felt Il
ike. We would have preferred to a
nounce our great happiness than 10
20 our inner life blaZoncd To the world. o
feared the publication of the letters O
! account of the society we frequent N
/. We had many friends, especially II
nong the embassies. and in those cir Il
cs people wished to humiliate and
Ist ridicule upon my husband by the
ALLEGATION of two letters addressed W
two different women signed Thy M
re- They wished TO throw contempt 81
BON the head of minister of the re- n
Ibiic. the chief of the radical party, u
I'd strike through him the republic. a,
FINALLY, | did not wish to blush II
fore my daughter: that is one thing 81
woman must not he asked TO do"
Tells Of Firing at Editor. in
Nine. Caillaux then told Of the -
ooting in the Figaro Office She low In
ed her voice and half whispered: 81 A
ought of committing suicide. II you n,
new with what happiness | would n,
I'VE given my life that day to pur-
lasc peace for my husband! That a,
thought of trying To do something -.
yself To stop the publication. I said q,
myself, 4 will make n scandal" p,
Those in the courtroom were all at .,
ntion when the presiding judge said H.
low. kindly tell the jury what took
ace in NJ Calmette's private Office" L.
II don't know" she said in burst 81
tears 81 fired / did not think
ID hit him. 1t is frightful that those r,
volvers go off by themselves"
The people in the courtroom laugh :,
, even the judges. Nine. Caillaux
oked indignant and exclaimed TT
rs all so quick, ] assure you ! can .
i tell you precisely what happened" -,
"Do you maintain your statement
ldc TO the examining judge that you go