New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1914, Page 2

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1914, The Tasco Play Shoe _SOLD ONLY AT THIS STORE Made on Nature Shape Lasts. For Children, Misses” and Women. EIk Skia Soles, Light and Flexible. ' The Best Investment You Can Make For the Children’s Summer Footwear. & 2 POPULAR PRICES o P-4 i BOOTH'S BLOCK NEW BRITAIN.. CAILLAUX FREED OF MURDER CHARGE woNum i Court Whea Jury| Renders Verdict. Paris, July 29.—Mme. Caillaux, who been on trial for the murder of laston Calmette, editor of the Figaro, s acquitted at 8:55 o’clock last Ight, when the foreman of the jury mounced a negative answer to the vo formal questions submitted by the purt at the opening of the trial. The questions were: Did Mme. Caillaux voluntarily kill . Gaston Calmette? Did she premeditate the crime? Presiding Judge Albanel added othing to these questions, although had been expected that he would ut in some question which would fford a loophole .for an acquittal, uch as whether or not Mme Caillaux hfticted the wounds which caused M. falmette’s death without intending to o so. Out Fifty-seven Minutes. (1t . took the jury only . fifty-seve: inutes 'to reach a verdict. After jhey had been out twenty minutes the Jurors sent for the judges and lawyers or a consultation. This lasted ten | ninutes. It is not known just what e conference was about, but the jJury doubtless asked for information} to the sentences which would be mposed under various verdicts, If] me. Caillaux were ‘adjudged guilty ! voluntary ‘but unpremeditated | homicide’ with extenuating circum- ances it would mean a minimum ntence of five years at hard labor. By half past 8 o'clock the court '0oom was so crowded that no one was ble to, sit down. Everybody was nding on tiptoe on the improvised esks which had previously been used the reporters. Many witnesses nd journalists were unable to get Into the court room on account of e pressure against the doors. All were fixed on the picturesque ow staircase leading to the jury gom, which was clearly visible fhrough an open door behind the jJudges’ desk. A dim light from a gas illuminated the red bordered, gray rpeted stairs, Verdict Is Reached. At 8:40 the twenty-four supple- nentary jurors of the thirty-six on Mme. Caillaux AAcéuitted Of Murder Charge 3 T Mme. CAILLAVUX = U TR SRR R point of fainting, flung herself fran- ticaliy into the arms of her lawyer, her body hanging limply over the ba She threw both arms around her de- fender’s neck and kissed him on both cheeks. engage himself from the woman's embrace, and the court attendants pulled Mme. Caillaux back to the rear of the dock. M. Labori then rushed to meet M. fhe panel, who had ascended to an- bther jury room during the delibera- flons of the actual jury, slowly de- ended the stairs. This caused in- fensé excitement, as it was taken to fnean that a verdict had been reached. fhe tense feeling of the audience kept on increasing until the first acting juryman appeared at 8:53. He was bllowed by his eleven colleagues. The four judges entered the court ioom amid feverish excitement. The owd was not disturbed by the col- apse of several desks under the eight of spectators. Presiding udge Albanel pounded for order in the rear part of the room, where those who were standing could not ee the clerk, The court asked the jury if a’ ver- fict had been reached. The fore- man replied in a ringing voice amid jbsolute- silenc “The answer to the first question mo.’ "Il'he answer to the second ques- jion is ‘no.” ’ Pandemonium broke loose. There were cheers for the accused, who, jeated, was hidden from view in the ack of the dock. There were hisses oo, and boos and hoots and cries of ‘Assassin!” and “A bas Caillaux!” the jawyers for the prosecution and those ifor the Calmette children shouting *Assassin!” in concert. The witnesses or the defense were practically the ly persons who cheered. The younger lawyers seated near lthe judges’ bench started to cheer M. l¥.abori, who was instantly surrounded y a surging group of men, who con- tulated and shook hands with He finally made his escape by Chenu, attorney for the partie civile, who extended a congratulatory em- brace, the crowd cheering M. Chenu as frantically as it had M. Labori. An instant’s hush preceded the exit of Mme. Caillaux from the dock. All present saw her clearly for the first time since the announcement of the verdict. There was a terrific outburst of cheers, hisses, screams, boos, in- sults and violent gesticulations as the lwoman half turned toward the pub- ic. Rush From Lawyers’ Exit. M. Labori and Chenu rushed from the lawyers’ exit and entered the dock, where M. Labori attempted to divert the attention of the crowd from his client by calling for cheers for his opponent, M. Chenu, and embracing the latter. The mob responded, but only for'an instant. Then there was a mighty uproar. On the floor be- fore the judges’ bench groups of young lawyers screamed ‘and hurled unintel- ligible phrases into each other’s faces. Several men tried to grasp the throats of others. The fight was stopped by an in- rush of the public from outside the court room. The judge, wearied by his constant pounding with the gavel for order, left the room with a fine show of indignation. The officer commanding the Republican Guards mounted the bench and delivered a fierce tirade, not a word of which reached the ears of the struggling mob at his very feet. He was evidently ordering all to leave the room, but not a soul budged until the warring attorneéys made their exit through the door reserved for them. sh toward the dock where Mme. was still out of sight. Labori leaned over the side’ au in a desperate effort to gain the lower halls in time to see Mme. Cail- laux depart. < T Set at Liberty, M.' Caillaux 'was not present when % - M. Labori hastened to dis-| Then the public struggled out | the verdict was delivered, but entered soon after and joined his wife be- hind the dock ana accompanied her to the Conciergerie. There the nec- essary legal formalities were attended to without delay. Mme. Caillaux was thereupon formally placed at liberty and the couple escaped to a waiting aulon;lobile unobserved and made their way heme, v i b where they arrived at 10 M. Labori, summing up for the de- fence, spoke for two hours and ten minutes. He cited accounts of sim- ilar cases in which women who had shot journalists because of articles wrllt.en against their husbands acquitted. He quoted articles the Figaro, M. Calmette’s paper, proving such verdicts. The said the blame for the death Calmette rested primarily on Mme. Gueydan, M. Caillaux’s former wite, declaring that the shooting was in. spired by Mme. Gueydan’s breaking g(t)r:xer pl;dged word to destroy the espon i £ i S h:nds,e“ce which had fallen into M. Labori laid stress on the de- bressed mental state of his client ana referred to the cruel fatality which made the fire from a revolver such as the one she used deadly. He blamed lt‘l.s surgeon who was called to the Figaro office for not operating imme- diately. The lawyer concluded by making a powerful plea to journal- ists to abandon party hatred and face the greater perils now threatening France from the outside. 3 Hears Bitter A Mme Caillaux greatly depressed were from , ap- lawyer of M. looked worn and When she entered court yesterday morning. She crouched on the prisoners bench with her head in her hands and did not respond when her lawyer, M. Labori, greeted her. A hot water bottle was placed bheneath her feet and a cushion at her back, She grew visibly weaker under the bitter attacks of the opposing lawyers. M. Sellgman, after reviewing the cold blooded murder of the Figaro editor, said: “The sons of Gaston Calmette | asked us to bring them to this court to seek justice. We refused to do so, but do not forget, gentlemen of the jury, with what anguish the orphans await your verdict. You have heard‘ Our Great Annual 40c Off the $1.00 Wall Paper| ale NOW IN PROGRESS JOHNBOYLECO. 3 and 5 Franklin Square witness after witness speak in praise of the late M. Calmette. There has been only one discordant note and that came from M. Caillaux. What connection with the case has the for- tune of the murdered man (referring to yesterday's testimony that M. Cal- mette left a large fortune, which his enemies charge he received illlcitly)? How many millions must a man have in order to permit his b inated with complete impunity Renders Cutting Speech. M. Chenu, whose sarcastic com ments on the testimony of .the d ferice have more than once discon certed M. Caillaux and his support ers, followed M. Seligman with a cut- ting speech.. This was too much for the prisoner and court had to be ad- journed to allow her to regain her composure. She fell in a heap on the floor just as M. Chenu was say- ing: “I will speak of nothing except the assassination of M. Calmette. I will ask the accused woman whether, when she spoke of her love for her daughter, she thought of the two children of M. Calmette, whose pictures never left him. 1 shall not attempt to go into the biography of | Mme. Caillaux. She is a cool, sensi- ble woman without emotion or pity. She has tears only for herself. Mistress Triumphed Over Spouse. “She worked with tenacity break up her lover’s home. the result—the mistress triumphed over the lawful spouse. They are bound up in each other in their hap- piness, in their hopes, even in their murder plans. “M. Caillaux- is a man of inordinate ambition and limitless ambition, to whose power rests on his audacity and [ on the fear he inspires. M. Caillaux omitted to tell his wife of the assur- ances given by President Poincare that Calmette was incapable of printing private letters, They did not fear that. What they feared was the pub- lication of tor Fabre's report on the Rochette swindle. “The husband’s violent words at the lunch table decided the wife to sub- stitute herself for him and she pre- | pared the assassination with as much calm as a society woman fitting in calls between two tea parties.” Mme. Caillaux fainted, and was carried from the court room. When she had partially revived court was reconvened. Synopsis of Traged Gaston Calmette, for twelve years editor of the Figaro, was shot down in his office in the Rue Drouot on March 16. Mme, Caillaux, wife of the then minister of finance, drove to the Figaro office after having purchased a revolver and practised with it in a shooting range. She waited about an hour in the outside office of the news- paper for her victim. When her card was sent in M. Calmette was busy talk- ing with M. Paul Bourget, the aca- demician. not to see her because of the.bitter campaign which the Figaro had been making against her husband. “But it's a woman, I must see her,” replied M. Calmette. The woman was then admitted to the editor's office and almost withdut a word. drew the revolver from her muff and emptied it at the man stand- ing before her. He died that night. Mme. Cailiaux was immediately ar- rested and her husband resigned from the cabinet, She gave as her excuse for killing M. Calmette that he had published a letter from Caillaux to his wife signed ‘“Ton Jo,” in which Caillaux told her of his double faced position on the income tax question It was brought out at the trial that M. Calmette suppressed the personal You see He counselled the editor | | | parts of the letter in question, using the signature ‘“Ton Jo™ enly to show the authenticity of the document. Brought About Investigation. The shooting of M, Calmette brought about the investigation of the Rochette affair, in which a notorious swindler was allowed to go free after - swindling many hundreds of small in- vestors. Victor Fabre, then public prosecutor, it was shown, had en- deavored to bring Rochette to trial, but M. Caillaux and M. Monis, a for- { mer premier, had interfered to post- pone the jitrial. The ‘report of M. Fabre was read in the chamber of i deputies and caused an enormous sensation. An investigating commis- sion was appointed, but as is usual in such cases every one connected with the affair was whitewashed and M. Fabre alone was held responsible. He was removed as public prosecutor | and sent to Aix-les-Bains. A man of Caillaux’s following was put in his place. Fabre, his enemy, would have been the attorney directing the case for the state in the trial of his wife, | ! | i { 1 | LABOR UNION ELECTS. 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