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Show A ULUDEBOlfi COfPLtT They Throw the Blame si Each Other, before the Court. Paris, Dec. 10. The trial of Michael Eyraud and Gahrlelle Bompard for the murder of Goufle began today. Great interest was manifested and the courtroom was densely crowded. During the reading read-ing of the indictment both defendants defend-ants showed emotion. The president presi-dent of the court gave In detail the history of Eyraud's career, snow lug him to have been a bad character charac-ter since early boybocd. When EyiauJ was brought to the itand be narrated how Gabrielle proposed ' entice Gaulle to her house, niurde and rob him. lie gave every detail of the crime, telling how Gouffe was sitting down with Gabrielle on his knee and futic' Ing her when the uooose with which be was strangled was thrown around his neck. UAbriellu declared that all the details de-tails if the murder were nlanueU by Ejratld and that be influenced her. In a coiloquy between Ihe de f-bdvjt..E$-rntid stoutly maintained that Gabrieite was (Urol"ili"iit cognizant cog-nizant of the intended murder. Tile woman stoutly denied the assertions. asser-tions. Later Eyraud ' id of his visit to America iu con -any with Gabrielle. The letter a erted that when they arrived atSan Fratnisco they were at the end of their resources re-sources and Eyraud contemplated rhtirdef and rolu-ry with a view ta getting a fresh supply tf fneds. Eyraud denied tills. |