The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05
NINE. CAILLAUx.
May TELL ABOUT
Jos" INTRIGUE
She Knows Much Of His A.
legged Pro- German Work,

HHAH
Here, briefly is the story OF Joseph
CaillauKt
Former premier OF France.
Author OF Ton 10" letters.
Known as a noceur-man taken up
with many women.
Married three times, all wives living
Accused Of playing into German
hands 10 further his political ambitions.
Attempted TO annul marriage with
third vile.
Arrested, charged with pro-Gcrman
propaganda.
And this is the career Of Nine Gail.
laux
Formerly Henrietta Renourard, "a
yofite in Partisan gay lie circles.
Intimate Of Leo Claretie married 10
him and divorced by him.
Intimate Of Caillaux, who was named
by Claretie when he divorced her, ON
finding the Ton 10" letters.
shot and killed CASTOR Calmctte. her
husbands political enemy, when he pub
lished some Of the Ton 10" love epis
ties.
Acquitted for murder in famous sean
dial trial.
Wife Again Prominent.
The arrest Of CaillauN again brings
into public note his wife, central lir
ure ~ a famous scandal murder case
Reports from Paris make no mention
OF any charges against Nine. Caillaux.
and II is thought possible that an effort
may be made to turn her against her
husband, even as he tried 10 cast her off
after her acquittal No one better than
she knows the full extent OF C~aillaux's
dealing with the German government
II she will tell, there is little 'doubt Of
his conviction, French officials believe
Her ambition. il nothing else, may lead
her to give this information
There is only one person in France
more ambitious than Caillaux. That is
his wife, the lady OF many loves" who
shot down in cold blood CASTOR Cal.
mette, editor Of Figaro, after he had
published love letters written 10 her by
Calliaux while she was the wife of an.
other man.
The Letters Printed.
Calmette had charged her husband
with taking pay from the German gov
eminent. And to drive the powerful
CaillauN out Of public life he printed
the famous Ton Jo' Chime " Jo)
letters and threatened to print more.
When these letters were written Nine
Caillaux was the wife of Leo Claretie.
a brilliant but poor writer for the Fl.
CARO-. One Of them read in part:
Il have only c~onsolation-to think
ABOUT my little swcetheart-to hold her /,
IN my arms at Ouchy! Heavens! what I
Delicious momentsl
A thousand million kisses upon Your
adorable little body! ron 10.
Claretie then divorced her, and she
became before all Paris the intimate
friend Of Caillaux. then cabinet mem.
Der. Tn 1911, when he became prime
minister, their friendship was legalized
by a civil wedding.
Calliaux was known to Parisians a,
Barbe Blue" (Blue Beard. a man Of
many wives; as noceur "a man taken
Up with women.
IL was four years ago, after the pub
ieation OF the ton Jo' letters, that
Nine. Caillaux killed Calmette in his
Sffice. She was acquitted by a sym
pathetic Partisan jury.
Tried to Divorce Her.
After her acquittal it is known that
Eaillaux tried to divorce her, and wen,
10 far as to ask the annulment of the
Wedding He was then spending most
II his time in the company Of the fasci-
Eating Nine. Ballot.
With the beginning Of the war and
he further rise Of suspicious as to Gail
aux'S German activities, he dismissed
is idea OF divorcing his wife, left Nine.
Ballot and went to South America with
lime. Caillaux, While in South Amer
ca Nine. Caillaux became friendly with
son-in.law of Louis Swift, Chicago
heat packer, who got into trouble of a
ro-German nature with the United
states government.