Show CONVICTION IMPROBABLE Witnesses in the Trial of Mme Accused of Mur Murdering Murdering Murdering dering Her Husband Hus and and Stepmother Favoring Pavo ng Her CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE LACKING IN MANY WAYS Rumor That the Present Pro Proceeding Proceeding Proceeding May Be Abandoned by the Prosecution and New Investigation Entered Upon MORE TALK Paris Nov M Testimony today In th the trial of Mme charged with the murder of ot her husband and her step stepmother stepmother stepmother mother was distinctly dl favorable to tile defendant Marietta Marlette Wolf cook in the household and her heE son Alexander whose appearance rance was waa awaited with profound Interest threw ia mo t neW Hew light on the my tery tory but by a 3 further mass manse of contradictions contradictions contradictions strengthened the Impression in the accused ed womans favor tavor Mme 5 i also retracted hr liar MI previous tiep dep Uon In ir which she expressed eP the th ot oi that the defendants Illness after the crime was simulated and Maurice Bor derel a merchant whom the tha state assumes Mm Mme desired to marry testified to his absolute belief in n her Innocence Case Breaking Down The Thc states s circumstantial case again st Mine Mme seems to be breaking down do a and aDd it is already rumored that the trial may be abandoned and aDd a new investigation tion lion ordered papers like the Libre Parole and the Patrie have again Main began to revamp their previous in insinuations that the crime involved a po pa political plot for tor the destruction of at evi evl evidence dence regarding the death of Felix Faure Faura which the never have hae ceased to claim was due to foul play because as they alleged M 11 3 I Faure opposed ed the revision of ot the Dreyfus case Louis Loui Gregori who shot Ma Major MaJor Major jor Dreyfus at the canonization of Zola Zoa in the Pantheon in 15 has written an open letter to M 11 de Valise Vallee presiding judge demanding that he be heard on the subject of the death of ot the former pres president presIdent president ident and the ards seek to toive give ive color to their Insinuations by em emphasizing emphasizing pha the veiled threats which Mme tm repeatedly re made in open court ourt to reveal her relations with prominent men in every walk of life should she be ba driven to bay Judge de Vanes Valise however evidently as assumes BUmes that former tanner Intrigues have no bear bearing bearIng bearIng ing on the case ClUe and twice has hu practically defied her to draw in whatever scandal and amid names na she pleased You may name whom wheat yoi will he Iw said saki to her Proposed Cour Reform ReformAt At the conclusion of ot the case Minister of Justice Earthen will propose certain changes of procedure in the courts of France This decision of ot the minister made known today was influenced largely bv by b bythe the criticism experienced in the Unitt UnitI l States and England EnglaRd of the methods now in vogue through h the operation of ot which the presiding judge appears in the role of or prosecutor M I has been beeD much impressed impre aed by this foreign comment and plans to take from the president of ot the court the function function tion of and confide to the public prosecutor and the counsel for forthe the defense e the task of examining 1216 sed and the witnesses es eslIe He lIe would restrict the prerogatives of the judge to a practice more in keeping k ping with that of the courts of countries It is unlikely however that I any effort will be made to abolish the general Jeneral method of ot court procedure In all latin laUn countries through which the examination examination examination nation magistrate in an exhaustive pre pro preliminary preliminary investigation secures secure testimony upon which the state establishes its I case caso against the accused It is 18 the belief bellet of many American law lawyers lawyers yere here that In civil cases which art arf ar arnot not tried before a jury the French system system tem tern permitting the introduction of ot indi indirect Indirect iset evidence and even the opinion of witnesses frequently enables the Judge to arrive at a conclusion more certainly just than does the practice of ot similar I courts in the United States and a England |