Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-06-15 | Page 13 | Thrills Court Room, Bit Goes to Cell

THRILLS COURT ROOM, BUT GOES TO CELL Acrobat Who Kicks His Sweetheart In Vain Doe3 "Stunts" for tho Court. Special Cable to The Tribune. PARIS, June 14. Some time ago Marcel Mar-cel Thouvenot, aged 10, having broken with his "sweetheart" Louise, demanded from her the photograph of himself which he had given her in the early days of their now-shattered Idyl. Louise refused, whereupon the unchlvalrous Marcel promised prom-ised to "stick" her one of these days, and in the meantime served out several kicks on account. ' Louise took rofugo In a cafe, which sho did not leave till on hour later, and then under tho safo conduct of a policeman. Marcel was still in waiting around thc corner and received Louise and her protector pro-tector with revolver shots, which wnt wide. Arrested, ho appeared In the criminal crim-inal courts, humble and lachrymose by this time. "I am not a bandit." ho snuffled. "I am an acrobat by profession, profes-sion, and work very hard for my living Give mo a chance to become an honest man." Quito unimpressed by the outburst, the court condemned the remorseful Marcel to eighteen months' imprisonment. On hearing the sentence the accused made a bound to the railing of the dock and thence plunged head foremost to the floor of tho court below. There was a gasp of horror and a, craning of neqks. Then stupefaotlon ylolded to laughtor when It was seen that Marcel's mortal leap had been suicidal neither in intention inten-tion nor effect. The prlsonor had, In fact, landed lightly on the palma of hla hands and was now giving gratuitously the acrobatic performance which among thc Initiated gocB by the name of "cheno rourche" tho Bpllts. Legs outspread and swaying rhythmically, h pirouetted on the palms of hlo hands, repeating the while his protest that he wan not a bandit Still spluttoring. he was turned upside up and dragged off to the cells.