MURDER OF M. CALMETTE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2208, 22 July 1914, Page 7

MURDER OF M. CALMETTE

' ~—: — 6 —~—■ MADAME CAILLATJX MAKES. K LONG SPEECH. By MceraDt—Pxcm Association—Cop'yrigil " y Paris,, July ,20. ' Intense interest is being, manifested in'the' trial of Madame Caillaux. . M. Labori (the eminent lawyer) n defending' tile accused, who, in her evidence, ;.which', took aU tho' day. and which was. practically a long discursive ipeoch, thn President-being almost unable to ask a question,' described, how she and her husband expected to' eee • other letters after the publication of "Thy Jo" letter. She was then the object of the inuuendoes of society, ■ and suffered ?o much that she lost her head. - ,Slio liad not wanted to kill Calmette, but to give 'him a'lesson; "If I had not gone," she' added, v "iny .husband would have caused hiisfortune, as the day before he liad threatened to break Calmette's head. <As. T wont, a voice, seemed to' tell mo to' take a revolver. Monsieur President, you cannot -realise how terrible revolvers are ; they, go blf without being pressed." a MASTERPIECE'OE RHETORIC. •' • • ' (Uec. July 21,11.15 p.m.) V i: ' ..Paris, July 21. , -Madam's harangue was. a masterpiece of rhetoric and emotion, and occupied' sixty-five, minut.es, and its' whole tenor' was in palliation of'her/crime. Her manner was assured, her pleading skilful, and occasionally: theatrical. Slio told how the campaign against M. Caillaux caused her to hear - denunciations ,' against her wherever sho went.' .She feared the publication of the letters because they set forth intimato relations; and if used would ruin the chief of the Radical Party, and strike, all Republicans through him; licr daughter also was aimed at. . v '•;% Madame sank back sobbing .at th(: .- tonclusion of tho recital.