Feminine Reflection WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 30, 5 February 1937, Page 7

Feminine Reflection WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING

WOMAN’S STORY IN CHAPELLUT CASE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright VERSAILLES, Feb. 3. Mile. Irene Schmeder Ohapellut, who was arrested in England on instructions from the French authorities, on a charge of the attempted murder of Pierre Lallemant, in the course of examination, told a Magistrate that she informed Lallo mant in November that she was an expectant mother. Owing to the brutal manner in which he received the news she decided to commit suicide, but ,changed her mind iu mid-air and shot him. She did not intend to kill him. She and Lnllemant had been intimate for some time, although she was aware that he was married. He not only broke his promise to divorce his wife and marry her but paid attention to another woman whoso letters Mile. Chupellut found in his pocket. The hearing was adjourned.

A cable published on December 21 stated that an aeroplane landed in a field near Trappes, in France, but took off again as passing motorists found the pilot with a bullet wound in tho neck. It was stated that a woman passenger, as a result of a love quarrel, shot him in the back. Both had quitted the machine on landing, but the woman roentered and flew off. A later message stated that their names were Pierre Lallemant and Mile. Schmeder Chapellut, joint owners of the aeroplane. Mile. Chapellut later crashed in Surrey, and was arrested, on instructions from the French authorities, on a charge of attempted murder.