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Show WHS PIPER PITS STORY DFJOCHETTE Fugitive Promoter Sought Refuge in Mexico, but Was to Have Been Given Up. PA HIS. April 0. Tho Journal prints 'I lonp account of tho adventures of Henri Ttoehctto in Mexico, which it ob-taiticd ob-taiticd from an intimate friend of the promoter. Tho scandal occasioned by the postponement of tho trial of Uo-'liettc Uo-'liettc on tho charge of swindling has been one of tho features of tho dramatic situation brought about by the killing of Gaston Calinctte by Mine. Caillaux. Kochettc went lo Mexico, after obtaining ob-taining a delay in his case. He hnd rendered important services to Francisco Madcro. The Mexican president received re-ceived him openly and officially. The Mexican president, however, who was in need of money, arranged a loan with a Paris bank, and one of the conditions imposed by tho French government wis tin extradition of Kochettc. To this Madcro agreed. t The French financier received a warning warn-ing from a friend that ho was to bo arrested tho next day. Even then his house was surrounded by police, but Roehctti', after a lively chase over the roofs of houses, escaped and made his way 'out of 1 be city, concealed in a donkov cart. For a time he wandered in northern Mexico, and organized convoys of arms and provisions between tho coast and the interior, from which he made considerable con-siderable money. Ilo attempted to arrange ar-range with one of tho insurgent leaders to have his papers found on I lie body of a dead soldier and t.lii. alleged fact published to the world, intending to reappear re-appear in J 9 1 7, when his offense would have been purged by prescription. One of tho insurgents decided to bctrav him, and again Jtochetlo learned of tfiis in time. JTo escaped in female attire and went to Peru and Bolivia. JTc lost most of his money by unlucky speculations and was forced to return to Knrope. He resided for a time at Antwerp and Loudon, Lou-don, and was living at. Elghion-lcs-Batnos, near Paris, when the investigation investiga-tion into the postponement of his trial was begun by the committee of the chamber of deputies. Ho was induced to write a letter to M. .Tan res, president of the committee, at the urgent request; of powerful persons. Later Jtochettc left for tho orient, whore ho is said to havo important mining interests. Madame Vitz, a pioneer in Saint La-zarc La-zarc jjail was sent today to an insane in-sane asylum, having becomo demontod in, consequeneo of her campaign against the granting of favors by tho prison authorities to Madame Caillaux, who killed Gaston Calmotlc. Louis Barthou, former premier, testified tes-tified in tho presence of M. Caillaux at the resumption today of tho inquiry by TTcnri Boucard, the 'investigating magistrate, magi-strate, iuto tho circumstances of the crime. Ho said: "M. Caillaux is mistaken in his belief be-lief that I had personal knowledge of the two letter? in the possession of Madamo Guoydau. his former wife. M. Caillaux was" probably hypnotized by tho fear that they might 'bo published. If Madamo Guoydan had rend mo a letter of eighteen pages as lias been stated while we wore supposed to bo standing beneath a street lamp on tho Avenuo d'Antin. I should certainly havo remembered it." M. Barthou was careful during his testimonv not to deny formally anything any-thing MT. Caillaux had suid. The dc-moanor dc-moanor of tho two fonnor premiers toward to-ward each other during the examination examina-tion appoarcd to bo pleasantly courteous. courte-ous. After M. Barthou had concluded M. Caillaux declared that, ho hnd met Barthou Bar-thou in January, last, and that Barthou Bar-thou had said to him, "Your former wife. Madamo Guoydan, is angr' at you." M. Caillaux also expressed hclief that Barthou would recall having talked for thrcc-quartors of an hour with Madamo Gucydan. |