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Show ' SENSATIONAL PROCEDURE IN THE HUMBERT LIBEL CASE PARIS. .June HO. A sensation lias been created by the libel suit that, Senator Humbert has brought agaiust Ihc Matin for involving him in the affair, af-fair, of Henri Rochette, the promoter,, who was arrested last March charged with conducting swindles ou an enormous: enorm-ous: scale. Attorneys for Senator Humbert began be-gan the proceedings by calling many witnesses in an attempt, lo provotlmt the campaign conducted by 'the Matin was not disinterested. Today the star witness was M. Mouthon. a former editor, ed-itor, of the Matin, who has just published pub-lished a book in which he exposed the alleged methods of the Matin and Maurice Mau-rice Uunau-Varilla, in the Panama, Congo Con-go and other affairs. During the recess of the trial this afternoon Lawyer Baudelot slapped the face of M. .Faiivenel. a brother of the present, editor of the Matin. The latter lat-ter replied by smashing his cane over Baudelot 's head. Rochette claims that the enmity of the Matin was duo lo the fact that he intended to back a rival newspaper. Senator Humbert was at one time secretary sec-retary of the Matin company. |