PANIC IN COURT.
. FRENCH MURDER TRIAL. 'BY CABLE—r-HESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received October 20th, 8.10 p.m.) PARIS, October 19. Excitement reached a great height at the Petlura murder trial. When evidence was given that General Petlura was killed by a bullet in the chin fired when he was already lying on the ground, M. Torres', counsel for the defence, jumped up and, whipping a revolver from under his gown, brandished it right and left, declaring, "I'll show you how Petlura received the fatal wound when tottering to the ground." When they saw the counsel's revolver brandished, the occupants of the Court became panic stricken and Btampeded from the Courtroom. The trial was stopped for a quarter of an hour, and it was then found that M. Torres's revolver was not loaded. [Samuel Schwarzbar is on trial for the murder of the Russian General Petlura, who was shot on the boulevard St. Michael by a Russian-Jew, who fired six shots at him, five of which, were effective.]
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19137, 21 October 1927, Page 11
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