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Show OUIEN DENIES i BETRAYAL OF EDITH CAVELL I PARIS. Monday. Aim 85. After a plea for a po ip.n in. nt of trial had been overruied, Cteorges Gaston Qulen. Charged with hetrayinc: Kldith Cave'.1, today amswered negatively all questions ques-tions tending to involve him in difficulties diffi-culties He admitted that he presented himself him-self as an officer of reserves to Prince Croy, whom he is charged with having denounced to the Germans as having aided French prisoners of war to escape es-cape 11" said he did not care to admit ad-mit to Prince Croy that he was just out of prison. (Quien served a sentence sen-tence in the jail ai St. Quentin in 1914 and was liberated when the Germans first took the town) I The accused testified that he reached Brussels with mouey and introductions in-troductions from Prince Croy on Juie 7. 191". Although he was supposed to Stay Ions enough to preparo his escape es-cape to Holland, he declared that be remained for a fortnight owing to ;.n Infected nail which was removed under the care of Miss Cavell's nurses, i iiss Cavell, herself, be said, advised postponement post-ponement of his departure. He denied having posed as an avla- 1 ,0r |