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TTTT! MOttVTNO OREGONTAN. TUESDAY. JULY 21. 1914. HE. GAILLAUX ON STAND IS DRAMATIC j i WIFE OF EX-PREMIER OF FRANCE, ON TRIAL FOR KILLING EDITOR, HER HUSBAND AND VICTIM. French Courtroom, Thrilled, Is Won by Woman's Recital of Murder. "THY JOE" LETTERS FIGURE AVife or ex-Premier of France Tells of Cicat- Leading Up to Shoot ing or Figaro Ktlitor Advocate In DrejTus Trial Is Counsel. (Continued From Ftryj rge.) tion. with which the presiding Judge made no attempt to interfere. Mioollng In FlRaro Office Re viewed. Mine. Caillaux told of the shooting in the Figaro office. Trior to this she had been asked by the Judge regarding her interview with Fernand Monier, presi dent of the tribunal of the Seine, from whom she had sought information as to whether the attacks of M. Calmette against her husband could be stopped. M. Monier told her, she said, that this would be impossible; that one could only put up with it or defend one's self ly one's own' means. He added, the witness asserted, that It was astonish ing that with the French temperament there were not more heads broken. Maurice Ohenu. attorney for M. Cal melte's relatives, arose and said that M. Monier, before the examining mag istrate, had dt-nied giving utterance to anything of the sort. Mine, (.'alllaux then told of what took place on the day of the tragedy. "I Informed M. Caillaux at lunch." she testified, "what M. Monier had said. He was very indignant and exclaimed, If that is how things are. then 1 will smash hit ."' Hint. Caillaux hesitated a moment and added "face." Up Jumped Chenu. '"Oh. you can say the word snout. It has been said 20 times during the in vestigation." "Yea," replied Mme. Caillaux, "but there are words that are not uttered In public." The Judge repeated the expression, "smash his snout" and the audience laughed. Mme. Caullaux went on In a trem bling voice: Hnahand'a 'love Feared. "If my husband had said to me, 'there ts nothing to be done.' I should have looked upon him as a coward.. I asked him 'when today?" "He said. 'No, at my own time." " She released her clasped hands and eried: "My God! My God: If you "turn ing to the Jury "knew what I suffered that day. To think thajt my husband was going to kill a mW!" She lowered her voice and half whia pered : "I thought of committing suicide. If you knew with what happiness I would have given my life that day to pur chase peace for my husband! Then I thought of trying to do something my. self to stop that publication. I said to myself, '1 will make a scandal.'" She put her handkerchief to her eyes and cried: "Ah. my God! If I had foreseen the horrible issue!" The court was absolutely silent dur ing the recital, and at the end Mme. Caillaux wept. Purpose Not to Kill. Kxplaining the circumstances of buy ing the pistol, Mme. Caillaux said she had no fixed idoa of using it. and in any case had no purpose to kill. Site had a revolver which her father gave her. but had lost it. When she reached home after conferring with M. Monier he was still vacillating as to what to do. whether to go to the Figaro of fices and see Calmette or go to a tea party. Finally, she decided to leave a letter for her husband, when she wnt to the Figaro. Judge Albanet read the letter, which Whs as follows: "My Beloved Husband When I tojd you this morning of my Interview with I'rcsident Monier, who Informed me that we have in France no law to protect us. against the calumnies of the press, you said to me that one of tiiese days you would smash the face of the ignoble Calmette. I real ized that your decision was irrevocable. My resolve was then made I shall do Justice. France and the republic need you. I will do the deed. "If this letter reaches yon. you will know that I have done or have tried to do Justice. Forgive me, but my patience is exhausted. I love and em brace you from the depths of my heart. "YOUR HKNIUETTE." Letter Is Kxplalned. Judge Albanet Explain this letter which the prosecutor relies upon to es tablish premeditation- Mme. Caillaux I never meant to aay that in going to the Figaro office I had retolved to shoot Calmette. I had not made up my mind what I should do. I had made it perfectly clear to Miss Baxter the English governeas)- that he must not give the letter to my hus band unless I had not returned at 7. Coming to the scene of the tragedy. Mme. Caillaux said that while wait ing to see M. Calmette she had heard the office boys talking about the cam paign against her husband. "I also heard three persons In the waiting-room." she continued, "discuss ing an article which was to appear the next day." Those in the courtroom were all at tention as the presiding Judge said: ' Now. kindly tell the Jury what took place in M. Calmette'a private office." Mme. Caillaux flushed deeply and be gan to sob. For some time she was unable to utter a word. The Judge, referring to his notes, gently repeated to her the facts brought out In the magistrate's examination. She nodded her head. Finally, he said: "Come. come. Mme. Caillaux; what ex actly happened?" "I don't know." she said In a burst of tears. "I tired. 1 did not think I had hit him. It is frightful that those revolvers go oil by themselves." ( rovtd I :iush. Madame Weeps. The people in the courtroom laughed, even the Judges. Mme. Caillaux looked Indignant and explained: "It was all so quick. I assure you I cannot tell precisely what happened." She was silent for a moment and th. in the Judge asked: Have you anything rurther to say?" She began sobbing again and cried nut: "I regret it infinitely." "Do you maintain your statement made to the examining Judge that you at no time intended to kill M. Cal mette?" "Certainly, sir. I meant only to make a scandal. I fired low In the direi tion of his feet. It Is such a dreadful burden for me to carry all my life that I have killed a man! Why should I have killed him? Never have 1 said that the punishment of Calmette should be death. Would I thus have renounced everything, the affection of my husband and my daughter, to kill?" She struggled for breath: her words ' " ' ' ' " J f t -nerMme. Henrietta Caillaux. Lower. Left M. (-alllaux. Ex-Pre-mler of France. Right Gaston Calmette, Editor of the h Igaro, Shot by Mme. Caillaux. ji.inntA4iT .1 a enbe broke her utterance. "In trying to avoid a catas trophe 1 have maao ii irtepi"" myself, my daughter, my poor papa. I had done better to have allowed any thing to have been published." She fell back upon a cnair lanim with sobs. The Judge again Inquired: "Have you anything more to say?" i I 1 frnm tht rienths of my heart, replied ainie. i.aiuau. Judge Albanel in his questions to the prisoner asked: "You are called Genevieve Josephine Henrlette Kaynouard. are you not. and were born October C, 1874?" The prisoner "Yes, Judge." At the same time she stood up. The Judge "During your examina tion by the magistrate, you gave some information about your past life. Do you wish to recall for the Jury what you said then?" First Marriage Related. "I was married at 19 to Leo Claretle. We had two daughters. One of them died when she was only 6 months old. The other, Germalne, is now 19. A divorce was granted in April. 1908. Id my favor and the guardianship r our daughter was given to me." Madame Caillaux spoke of her mar riage to Caillaux with pride. She said: "M. Caillaux was Premier and in marrying him. I found complete hap piness. I thought all would be happy, but alas my life began to be poisoned by calumnies. The campaign of the Figaro against my husband began. All the people in the Salons that I fre quented received me with smiles that were Intended to wound me. One per son said behind me that my husband had taken money from Germany to cede the Congo. These slanderous ru mors penetrated every part of society. I was no longer able to go to sittings of the Chamber of Deputies because 1 was the object of unpleasant attention In the galleries. One day there was a cry behind me, Tp Berlin Caillaux! Congo!' I was forced to leave." Mme. Caillaux added that painful in cidents were taking place all tho time among her acquaintances when she was shopping and even in her home. She continued: " "The attacks of the Figaro were Im placable. They had nothing to do with politics. They were personal. I suf fered. I lost my head." Witness Is Mnch Moved. Mme. Caillaux' voice sank and she seemed greatly moved. The Judge waited a moment and then inquired: "Why do you say that the polemic of the Figaro had nothing to do with politics?" The prisoner raised her clenched hands and said passionately: "I will tell you why." She then searched among her notes and began to read passages from tho Figaro ar ticles. "These," she shouted, "are some among the 138 articles published against my husband. These criticisms are not attacks on his policies, but on him. No one could be mistaken." Several times the prisoner paused, excused herself for time she was tak ing. She asked the presiding Judge if she could go on. "Take as much time as you like," replied the Judge. "You have the full est freedom to say anything you iike or to take as much time as you please." The Judge reminded Mme. Caillaux that at her examination, she had re ferred to the "Thy Joe" letter as one of three forming a sprt of trllogue. "I shall be obliged," the prisoner answered, "to bring Into the case my husband's first wife. I shall do so with the greatest possible discretion. I am forced to recall the fact that Mme. Gueydan herself told my husband that she had purloined those three letters and that she Intended to make use of them against him and against me, and even to communicate them to my daughter and to my family." Mme. Caillaux then alluded to the anguish she felt in consequence of this threat. She said she was some what reassured when she received at Florence, years ago, from Private Deschanel. Secretary-General of the Ministry of Finance, an assurance that these letters had been burned at M. Caillaux' residence, 12 Rue Pierre Charron, in the presence of Deschanel himself and Mme. Gueydan, who had declared on oath that she had kept no copies or photographs of the letters. Husband's Divorce Figures. The day before the divorce between her future husband and Mine. Gueydan was to be pleaded, according to Mme. Caillaux, an arrangement waa made for divorce by friendly agreement. She affirmed that she was in no way con nected with it. as a complete rupture already had taken place between Mme. Gueydan and M. Caillaux. Judge Albanel asked Mme. Caillaux to give the purport of the letters and to say why it was she feared to have them published. "He said in them," replied the pris oner, "how happy he was to have met me, what disappointments he had hith erto experienced and how strongly he desired to obtain his freedom. He also spoke of his scruples in breaking off SENTENCES FROM MME. CAILLAUX' LIFE STORY OF EVENTS LEADING- UP TO KILLING OF M. CALMETTE, ED ITOR OF FIGARO. For three months I mounted Calvary such I do not wish my worst enemy. I feared for myself, my husband and my child, if parts of those ( Thy Joe") letters were published. Publication of those letter, meant my Innermost secrets would be bared, my woman's honor stripped naked. . . My father never would have stepped foot in my house tf hs had known of my liaison with M. Caillaux. I ajn s bourgeois I do not blush for that. I did not want to blush before my daughter that Is one thing a woman must not be asked to do. They (members of diplomatic society) wished to cast ridicule upon my hus band by tho publication of two letters addressed to two different women slffned "Thy Joe" . . . and to strike through him the republic. M. Caillaux was Premier at the time of my marriage to him. and In him I found complete happiness. I thought ail would be happy, but soon my life be gan to b. poisoned by calumnies 1 became the object of unpleasant attentions. The article. In the Figaro were implacable. They had nothing to do with politics; they were" personal. The mass of the horrible things I am recounting is proof of the reality or my fears If my husband had said to me "there Is nothing to be done 1 should have looked upon him as a coward. I would have given my life that day to purchase peace for my husband. I meant only to make a scandal. Why should I have killed him (Cal mette) T I had done better to have allowed everything to have been published. connections which had been a source of a certain amount of happiness for him. He told me about his scruples and the political reasons which had prevented him obtaining a divorce six months before the elections. In these letters M. Caillaux spoke to me about myself. Private Portions Inseparable. "It is almost Impossible to separate the portions of the letters which were private from those whlcn were poli tical. The second letter waa shorter than the first M. Caillaux explained In it that he had just made an ad vantageous investment." "But before the publication of the letter signed 'Thy Joe.' on March 13, you did not know they were in the hands of M. Calmette," asked the judge. "Yes, I had every reason to suppose he had them in his possession. I repeat we were aware that the 'Thy Joe' letter with two others had been offered to certain newspapers, which had refused them. "The mass of horrible things I am recounting Is proof of the reality of my fears. All these insinuations, all these mockeries, these publications of letters and threats of publication all these things made me lose my bead. Letters written to a woman are not for publi cation. I did not think any one could so abase himself. Secret Passage Used. Madame CaiUaux herself had been conducted from the prison to the court by a secret passage, so that those out side had no opportunity of cheering or hissing her. Other leading figures in the case, however, were the objects of demonstrations. Figaro came out with a violently worded article on the opening of the trial from the pen of Alfred Lapus the recently chosen academician ar "immortal." who now occupies the editorial chair formerly held by Calmette. In It he declares: "The party which assassinated Calmette Is going to do its best to defile his memory, for which purpose it has stopped at nothing and has not scrupled to violate confidences, thus giving a foretaste ol wnat is in store." The article continues with a panegyric on the dead editor and con cludes: "Those who have slain from behind would like to transform him into a man involved in shady rinance a pirate. Caillaux. gro on! Do not put yourself out. You have well-sharpened teeth, a heavy jaw, an appetite excited by the smell of blood, but the honor of Calmette is wrought in marble. You will not bite into it." As soon as the jurors, who had been drawn by lot in a private room, and the four Judges composing the court had taken their places, President Al banel called out loudly: "Bring in the accused." Republican guards then opened a small door in the wall of the court room beneath the bust of the Goddess of Liberty and Mme. Caillaux stepped into the tribunal. The jury is composed of men of many trades and professions, including an en graver, a building contractor, a distill er, an architect, a teacher, a furrier aod a commission agent as well as several small capitalists. The only women present In court were two barristers and several wit nesses. The rest of the space was occu pied by 147 reporters, 20 artists, 75 wit nesses, about 50 barrister's and possibly as many more Republican Guards, de tectives and petty court officers. On the table in front of the Judge, was a brown paper package containing the pistol with which Calmette was shot and various other articles. Madame Caillaux wept when the court clerk, while reading the indict ment, reached the words "wilful mur der." She shook with sobs and looked around as though searching for a friendly face. BLUNDERS POINTED OUT HUMPHREY AND SIOSDELt HOT ON TRAIL OF DEMOCRATS. Speeches Will Be Used as Campaign Material This Fall Tariff Is Not Party's Only Vulnerable Point. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, July 20. Notwithstanding the numerous blunders that have been made by the Democratic Administra tion nnri ihn De.mocratic majority In Congress, there have been few Repub licans in the House who have taken occasion to point out the weak spots in the Democratic armor. The bulk of this task has fallen on Representative Unmniipm. nf Washington, and Repre sentative Mondell. of Wyoming, backed bv Representative Mann, of Illinois, tne Republican floor leader. Since the Underwood bill lias been in operation Mr. Humphrey has lost no opportunity to point out how it has adversely affected business, and he has ahnvi been to the pains to have the facts before making charges. The Wyoming member has been quite as active along the same line. The tariff speeches by Humphrey and Mon dell will be used extensively by the Republican Congressional campaign committee this Fall. Mr. Humphrey and Mr. Mondell have not confined themselves to the tariff. They have condemned the foreign pol icy of the Administration, have criti cised the public acts of the Secretary of State, denounced the President for dictating to Congress, and made light of the Democratic majorities in Senate and House for submitting humbly to the dictates of the Executive. Their speeches, too, have been effective, as the Democrats themselves can attest. CALHOUN'S DEFICIT SET AT $4,880,471 Million From United Railroads Put to Personal Account, Declare Witnesses. $85,000 "CARTED" TO' BANK NEWLYWEDS TO STUDY SPOKANE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SPRING SURPRISE ON FRIENDS. Bridegroom Holds Pastorate and Bride Is Preparing for Foreign Missionary Field. SPOKANE. Wash.. July 20. (Spe cial.) Preparing to pass the first live years of their married life at the Spo kane University, taking the same course and graduating at the same time, Gilbert E. Counts and Miss Daisy Schultz will be married tomorrow at the home of the bride's aunt in Pom eroy with whom she has made her home. The Rev. B. E. Utz. of the uni versity faculty, will officiate. After the wedding they will leave for Eugene, Or., for a few days' visit at the home of the bridegroom's parents, and about August 1 will return to University Place to make their home until they finish their school work. The young people are among the stu dents who enrolled at the new univer sity when it was opened last Septem ber. They plan to continue their studies for an A. B. degree and another year in post-graduate work. During the last year Mr. Counts has preached at the North Hill Christian Church, doing the pastorate work in connection with his studies. Miss Schultz took ministerial work at the university , last year. Intending to prepare herself for mission work in the foreign Held. She may take up for eign mission work eventually. The wedding will be a surprise to their colleagues of the university and to the bridegroom's congregation. The engagement was announced dur ing the Spring, but no announcement of the wedding date had been made until today. Thornwall Mnllally, Assistant to Former President of San Fran cisco Tjlnes, Says Calhoun Dominated All Heads. SAN FRANCISCO. July 20. Testify ing before the California State Rail road Commission at the investigation today Into the'withdraufU by Patrick Calhoun, ex-president of the United Railroads, of $1,096,000. ostensibly for investment in the Solano Irrigated farms project. U. R Reynolds, auditor of the Commission, asserted that, tak ing everything into consideration, there actually existed a deficit of 14.880,171 at the time of the last """". - ' , TTlfa Railroads. Of this amount, said Reynolds, $3,906,909 can not be accounted tor in books of the corporation which the Commission has been able to examine. Reynolds' testimony followed that of executive officers, directors and em ployes of the United Railroad, whose testimony developed that the entire $1,096,000 was withdrawn in cash from the treasury of the United Railroads .it n.. r.nm PaDinun bv or- upuu ULicviiuim - ders authorized by Thornwell Mullally, assistant to the presicem. $85,000 "Carted" Away. - . r.. 1. 1 , c ,1 t-.i i- llf th COm- pany, testified that on March 1, 1913, pursuant to Calhsun's orders, $85,000 In gold was cartea irom m, -offices to the Bank of California. This was the largest of similar withdrawals, he said. Charles N. Black, general manager of the company, testified that he did not know the money was gone until t - iaii i. iw.ii raHmuri was deposed as president and was succeeded b Jesse L.ilienthal. Tne montiuy iinnuii ... .v.- ...i,,, .i.iiiv ald nlack. SI HI Till I PI I ! ui me , did not show these withdrawals, and he had heard mat tne treasmci been ordered to report the sums taken as cash on hand. He added that the monthly financial reports of the com pany as late as February, 1913. indi- -.. h mnnev taken by Cal houn was still cash on hand. Mullally, Black and iirey ro.u. ex-director and counsel for the com- hat tiiov ,HH not know pail, iiaaci ten t.i&fc - what Calhoun withdrew the money for. and that wey naa noi asm 1. .k... .... I'nlVinnn r..nrPSPIlted the saia inttt, n-.i i .. i- stockholders, the directors were guided by his advice in an maLiem. The manKei resolution ..u. the withdrawal of the funds by Cal houn had met witn no cyuuni.i"" Cae of l,O6,0OO Mystery. t- uio-nifvino- Vila willlnitness to obey .i. .1 nf tha commission to pro- L i . ,1 oiuol v. ..... . duce the books of the Solano Irrigated Farms company, siock. ui vn,i.i. as collateral for Calhoun's note, Presi dent Dllienthal said mat to tne "cw of his knowledge $300,000 of the United Railroads' money had been Invested In the Solano protect. What had become if the remainder or tne ti,u. irawn li did not know. .11 V. I t rttoa thou linOWH that Calhoun "was hundreds of thousands f dollars in the company s oeui, tes tified George B. Willicut, secretary. a .i . -n,-t . . nf th United conirunei ttuvi uiiuv.v. Railroads, no books were kept on the x-president s account wiin mo anv for four months subsequent to March. 1913. i In turning the searchlight on ine available books and records of the United Railroads, Auditor neynoios, for the Railroad Commission, testified .. . ., 1 . nf -j discovered mat an ouc f",o le company's sinking fund was trans ited, as soon as deposited, to thesur us account, from which dividends ere paid. President John M. Eshleman, of the ommission, before announcing ad lurnment of the hearing to July 28, lid: "What was done with this money la 11 cloaded. 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