The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22

the prosecuting officer had asked the
court to pronounce a sentence of death
IN the case of the Princess de Croy,
the Countess de Belleville and of Miss
Cavell. and OF several others. The
court had not as yet pronounced judg-
ment, however, and there was some
hope, or in the courts to which Maitre
de Leval and / were used to practice,
there would have been some hope, that
the court would not pronounce the
Judgment proposed. / remember to
have said to Maitre de Leval, when he
came to report this astounding news:
That's only the usual eXaggeration
Of h prosecutor; they all ask for the
extreme penalty, everywhere, when
they sum up their cases"
Yes" said Maitre de Leval, and
in German courts they always get it"
Maitre de Leval sent a note to Maitre
Kirschen asking him to come on Mon
day at $50 O'Clock to the legation OF
to send a word regarding Miss Cavell,
Maitre Kilschen did not send Maitre
de Leval the word he had requested,
and on that Sunday de Leval saw an
other lawyer who had been in the~case
and could tell him what had taken
place at the trial. This lawyer thought
that the court-martial would not con-
denim Miss Cavell to death. AT any
rate no judgment had been pronounced
and the judges themselves did moi ap-
pear 10 De III agreement.
On Monday, Oct. IL, at $3.50 in the
morning, Maitre de Leval went to the
political department in the rue Lam
hermont, and found Conrad. He spoke
to him Of the case Of Miss Cavell and
asked that now that the trial had
taken place, he and the Rev. Mr.. Ora
han, rector of the English church, be
allowed to see Miss Cavell. Conrad said
he would make inquiries and inform de
Leval by telephone, and by one OF the
messengers of the legation, who that
morning happened to deliver some pa
pers to the political department, Con-
rad sent word that neither the Rev,
Mr.. Gahan nor Maitre de Leval could
see Miss Cavell at that time, but
that Maitre de Leval could see her as
soon as the judgment had been pro-
nounced. ...
At 11:3O o'clock on that Monday
morning, Maitre de Leval himself tele-
phoned to Conrad, who repeated this
statement. The judgment had not vet
been rendered, he said, and Maitre de
Leval asked him to let him know as
soon as the judgment had been pro-
noUnced so that he might go to see
Miss Cavell. Conrad promised this but
added that even then the Rev. Mr..
Gahan could not see her because there
were German protestant pastors at the
prison, and hat if Miss Cavell needed
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could call on them. Conrad concluded
this conversation by saying. that the
judgment would be rendered probably
on the morrow, that is, on Tuesday, or
the day after, and that even when 1t
had been pronounced 1t would have, TO
be signed by the military governor be-
fore it was effective and that the lega-
ton would be kept informed.
Maitre de Leval is n of the most
metriculously exact men that I ever
saw. The instant he had an important
conversation Of any sort he used to dlc-
tate the purpose of 1t to. a stenogra-
pher, and thus he always had a record
of everything, the date, the hour, pre-
cisely what was said and done. I have
had the benefit of a glance at Maitre
de Leval's own notes in preparing this
account. At 1915 on that Monday, not
having received any news from Maitre
Kirschen, Maitre de Leval went to his
house but did not find him there and
left his card. At 1890 o'clock Maitre
de Leval went to the house of the law
yer to whom reference has already been
made, and left word for him to go to
Maitre de Leval's house. At 4 o'clock
that afternoon the lawyer arrived at
the legation and said that he had been
to see the Germans at II O'Clock and
that there he had been told that nc
judgment would be pronounced before
legation to go home Maitre de Leval
told all that had happened to Gibson
and asked hinf to telephone to Con-
rad. -
Then at intervals all day long the In
| curry had been repeated. and the same
response was made, Monday evening
at $40 o'clock, Belgian time. Topping
one Of the clerks Of the legation, with
Gibson standing by, again called Con-
rad on the telephone, again was told