New Britain herald., 1914-07-20
MME. CAILLAUX
 ON TRIAL FOR
 KILLING EDITO|
Wife Of Former French PTsni( Charged With Murder Of Caston
 CaImttts of lle Figaro.
PARIS AFFAIR HAS
 DRAMATIC SETTIN.

Government Officials Take Measure|
 to Prevent Outbreak During Pro
 ceedines as Royalist Hothead
 Threaten to Cause Disturbance--Ac
 cused Brought to Court by secr<
 Ways to Evade Jeers and Kisses.
 Paris, July 2o.-Foremost in th thoughts of Parisians today was tn opening of the trial of Mime. CaiIiau for the murder on March IS of cse ton Calmette, editor of the FIgard Proceedings began at noon in tn ralace of justice, with Judge Lou Albanel acting as president of tn court.
 The dramatic setting of the affair involving political intrigues in whic the prisoners husband, a forne French premier and minister of f nances, was a prominent figure. wa just to the public taste. Added t| this were the Tumored threat of royal ist hotheads to create a disturbance, during the trial and the precautionl taken by the government to preven an outbreak.
 Police Keep Order.
 Long before the opening of th( palace of justice, crowds defying thl dr,zzling rain, had assembled in thu Vicinity, and special forces of polic( were called out to keep order
 From an early hour long linel formed on the Place Dauphine and the Boulevard Du Palais, hoping i'd secure the few places left for th& general public in the court room which had been for the most part al lotted to press representatives and barristers. Efforts to make profit bS the sale of positions in the lines wer, frustrated by the police.
 Secretly Brought to Court.
 Mime. Caillaux had been conducted from the Prison of the Conciergerid to the court by secret ways, so tha those outside had no opportunity oI cheering or hissing her according i'd their sympathies. The other leadine figures occupied with the case, how ever, were the objects of delnonstra- tions. Among them were the pro-I curator-general, Jules Herbaux, inX charge of the prosecution, and Fer- rand Labori, the famous advocate who appears for the defense
 The newspapers today were filled. with references to the case and tlieI Figaro came out with yfolenflvX wcrded article on the opening Of thoX trial from the pen of Alfred capus. the recently chosen academlcian, of-I immortal" who now occupies fheX editorial chair of the Figaro formerlyU held by Calmette. In it he declares The party which assassinated Cal mette is going to do its best to defileX his memory, for which purpose it ha stopped at nothing and has. not scru pied to violate condolences, thus gfv- ing foretaste of what is in store"
 Panegyric on Editor.
 Tie article continues with a pane gyric on the dead editor and con- cludes: Those who have slain hif., from behind would like to transforn him into man involved in shady 'rance-a pirate. Caillaux. go on, Do not put yourself out. You have rell sharpened teeth, heavy jaw. an lppetite excited by the smell of blood put the honor of Calmette is wrought n marble. You will not bite into it. As soon as the jurors, who had been lrawn by lot in a private room, and ne four judges composing the court lad taken their places Presi- lent Albanal called out: Bring in ne accused" and the moment for which the people crowdinR the court com had been waiting had come.
 Accused Enters Tribunal.
 Republican guards then opened mall door, in the wall of the court oom beneath the bust of the God less of Liberty and Mime. CaiIlaux topped into the center of the tribunal.
 Light StartIes Woman.
 The strong light from the windows opposite seemed to startle the accused or perhaps it was the abso- ute silence in the court room and he masses of faces turned toward Ter that made her hesitate on the 0 catch the arm of the republican, ,uard standing at her right. He poke a word to her and she entered he prisoners enclosure.
 Mime. CaiIIaux there stood with her yes downcast and her shoulders bent timid looking figure in black. She tore cloth jacket suit. small lack hat with a black bird wing ocked on one side, a white linen co.'s IT edged with lace and an embroid- ry collar held together hy an un- btt usive pearl pin.
 The prisoner sat down, but as all
 
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