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Show DECLINES TO TESTIFY EXCEPT BEFORE JURY. PARIS, April IS. M. Beson. editor of the Petit Dauphlnols of Grenoble, who charged Edgar Combes, the Premier's son. with having offered through an intermediary interme-diary to secure for the monks of the Grande Chartreuse authorization to remain re-main in France on the payment of J200,-000, J200,-000, of which I30.000 would be given to M, Besson as his commission for th transaction, was questioned on the sub-Wt sub-Wt today bv Magistrate Vaille. He declined de-clined to testify, claiming that the charge should go to the Jury, where he . would testify. M. . Besson also declined to be present at the confrontation of the parties par-ties concerned In the charge until a jury had heard tha case. |