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Show REPRIEVE BALKS ! FIKSWD Pierre Lenoir Has Dramatic! i i j Escape From Execution in j Paris Prison Yard. 1 PARIS. Sept. 19. i By the Associated Press.) The dramatic escape early this morning of Pierre Lenoir from death at the hands of a firing squad in the Vincennes woods was the subject of lively conversations in political circles today. Lenoir had be? a tried with Senator Humbert and other defendants on a charge of having communicated military intelligence to the enemy and was sentenced to death. The firing squad had already taken its place and preparation were being made to escort Lenoir out to meet death when the condemned man begged to be confronted with form-er Premier Caillaux, who is under charges similar to those on which Lenoir was convicted. con-victed. The execution was suspended and the condemned man remained in his cell. . Nothing has been orficially given out concerning the personages who mav be affected by Lenoir's death-door death-door accusations, but members of the chamber of deputies, in discussing the matter todav, declared that the Cail-laux Cail-laux cas1 was mentioned and also that the name of Ernest Judet, former owner of the Paris newspaper L'Eclair, who is under indictment here on a eharee of having . had dealings with th enemv in the purchase or founding of French newspapers with Uerman capital, came up. Judet, for a long time, has been in Switzerland. 1 ho nrrct of nnnther member of the chamber cham-ber of deputies and also of a prominent prom-inent newspaper owner is said to be expecW shortlv in connection with iVnoir's statement, and it was even averred that his revelations might cause a re-opening ot the Humbert "rfenoir's escni' from the waiting ex-7continued ex-7continued on Page 2, Column 6.) n.r.v be rr-xctr.b '-- 1 M'a-ci-(n-d in ros:r-;:-r - 1 tea davs whiio rr.;.V::; a - REPRIEVE H i FUG SQUAD (Continued Frrx. Paga One) ocutionrrs was nothinc sliort ot niirac-nbu:s, niirac-nbu:s, Cnit.'in Julion doolmir. to post-pciie post-pciie tlie execution, P'bcniiic the register regis-ter of lite Sante prison, neeountinji for Lenoir ,md ordi rini: Lenoir to pr,irV o to ntcr the waiting automobile whirh w to eonvcv him to the Vuiocnncs wood and dVa' h. . Pemo lines. .r linir'fl lawver. tn-arlv an nltereation pvitli Captain Juiien while enuea voriiiki ; to Tc.'ure a lew minute respite ter 1 the prisoner in order that lo uiich I telephone to M . U'tiaoe, utulrr-scere ;i:iv (if s':ite fer tinlitarv jytwe. llav-j llav-j inc s.-eiircd tli. prrtnir-ion to telephone. I M. I humilities then entered :;n auto 'mobile mid rnecd , e the hopi" of M. ILjnare, t lie rereiveil him in his iuL-h! ! clothes at f o'clock in the iimnum; mul I nin.l" tk stav ol execution of the s. n j tence ind-'b'.nite. NI lule Lenoir 'will remain in hi j cell nnd nwjiU f n t u: 1 i Mes. J In con u ec t ion with the rcpr ie v e it |