Show M M E BEGINS TO SHOW EFFECTS T OF STRAIN Her Appearance in Court Today Marked by Drawn Draw Features and Hollowed Eyes a Dramatic Win Witness ss PARIS July 23 Judge Judge Louts Louis Luis Albanel's court In the p palace of ot Justice where Mme Mine wife Ite of ot the former premier premier pre pro mier is I undergoing trial for tor the tho murder on March ch 16 o of Gaston Calmette editor of ot the Figaro was wa as crowded as ever when ahen hen tho the fourth hearing started today toay Many of or the people had come to see Bce Joseph Caillaux confronted according to the practice of the French courts court with wih former Premier Louis Luis who had h been subpoenaed as a 11 witness wines Tho The testimony was to be concluded to today today today to- to day with wih tho evidence of ot M. M L Brt ou and of ot Mme me Bertho Gueydan the first wife of oC M. M I. I but before they were duo to come comae to the stand halt half a dozen other witnesses of or lesser Importance were to testify The Tho arguments of ot Procurator General Genera Jules Jule for the tho prosecution and ond of oC Fernand Fernana counsel for fr the defense e. e would it was wa announced probably begin la late to in the day a Strain Tells on Prisoner lm Mme Caillaux took her place pl In the prisoners prisoners' prisoner punctual punctually at noon She Site carried in her right hand a little Ile vial Ial of smelling salts sal and a 0 notebook Ten minutes afterward the red robed robe Judges fet filed in and an expectant nt hush husn fell fel O over r the tho crowded masses in the courtroom Here and there a n Japanese fan tan gave ave a striking note nole of ot color to the I scene Joseph Caillaux and his friend Pascal Pasca had haa visited tho the prisoner before the tho hearing began They found that thelong tho the Ion long strain was beginning to tell on her herand herand herand and that she sho felt fel exhausted and ill m but she showed strong strone determination to face tle her hor ordeal with mth calmness ss The testimony of ot tho the first three witnesses witnesses wit wit- It nesses today concerned the two private letters letter which tho the defense deCenso seeks to show Ga Gaston ton Calmette Intended to publish Testimony Letters Gaston Gaton Dreyfus a banker bonker and a friend of the tho murdered mur ered editor came to tho the stand stanc and explained that the scientist Paul Pau t who had yesterday testified that M r Ir Cus' Cus had Imd told the Figaro was going to- to tl a n number bf tf private TS letters leters must have ha misunderstood him He had referred o tho the Victor Fabre r port on the tho swindle affair am amnot and not to private letters lettera about which fan he knew nothing An official of or the treasury department Andre testified t to being present preson during a cn conversation of ot a group of Journalists in the lobby of ot the tho chamber of ot deputies when tia It was stated that letters letters letters let let- deputes shortly would be published I Francois chief private secretary secretary secre secre- l tary tar of M M. when minister o ot of I finance o declared that Andre editor of the Paris Journal came to him and told him Mme ars Gueydan had ha proposed to him to publish two letters which she Rho produced He Ilo had he said Informed M M. Caillaux of ot this and ho h exclaimed But lut th those c are letters letter which were Wen stolen from me I hope hop no newspaper newspaperman man can cOon be found to t publish them Witnesses Are Ao Confronted The ho rapid succession of witnesses was wag WI Interrupted by the confrontation of G Gaston Gas Gas- ton Dreyfus and Paul both of tho the of their whom hom maintained accuracy depositions with considerable heat heat Amid much murmuring among the pub pub- le lie lic J Judge dge Albanel ended tho Incident b by saying the tho Jurors juror must be bo left lef to decide for tor themselves as s a to t the accuracy of f the evidence c Dramatic Scene Seno in Court Mine Gueydan Guedan a n. blender slender woman of ot medium medium medium me me- height then came Into court She he was dres dressed ed simply In black black and wore a a asmal small blue hat with blue feathers feather She smal looked to be he 3 35 or 36 years year old Her face was vas drawn in tragic linerS lined her black eyes showing from great sockets lokets In her hermsted wasted cheeks checks She seemed ill 1 but she walked with wih calm dignity past her former waked husband standing In front of the Judges and amid tho the Jury Jur The witness winess asked if she might refer reter to her notes but the request was refused by the judge jude There ha have hare e been so g many mony lies Ul's told tola said Eld Ime Gueydan that my notes are aro absolutely necessary If It only to n fIx dates Was sas not M 1 allowed to read from paper I am ani confronted with a mountain of lies which I 1 must climb and break brek to pieces I one b by one ono I am alone aone I have no husband to defend me In gating this she cast a long glance at Mine llo who ho however did nM lint look at her Not Here to t Accuse You are lre not here hero to accuse Interposed interposed Inter Inter- pos posed d Maitre Maire Labor Labori You will vili wi find nothing but courtesy courtes and ond det ren-es ren for tor yourself If I your our role Is I simply that of or a 1 witness winess But Dut If Ir you rou come here to accuse th then n you ou will wi find me In front of or you ou as asa asa a a l defender of ot m my cli client nt Mme me If It I you OU havo have spoken of me to M. M 1 Caillaux aux Ca he will wi have havo toM told you ou that at least I have ha coura courage e. e This was wal spoken in a challenging tone and called caled forth os br bravos from front the spectators whose hose sympathy she seemed to have c from the moment she thc he entered the tho courtroom The Judge julge then himself addressed the tho witness saying questioningly questioningly-in In order to toge give ge her a start Disagreements In your our home homo Domestic Life Tender disagreements There were sere no She continued Our domestic life lito was tender No ono one knows Not even en you OU Mr Ir President ent an and absolutely no one knows about abut this affair Judge Albanel Nevertheless Ne s you and your OUr husband had hOod a reconciliation over something and ad the letters were burned I Will you ou explain I VI first letter which Mme Gueydan The he Jeter appeared appeared do o do you know who ia gave ve that to tome tomo I Imo mo me M. M r. r He lie did it at tho the minIstry ministry min nun of finances in 1908 Mme Gu Gueydan I 1 had never eu suspected suspect suspect- ed that m my husband hud had a n mistress I er first knew It when he threw himself at atm m my frt knees and asked 0 my pardon He humbled himself and nn I pardoned him but the da day after he returned to this person peron I did not ca cease e to believe his lying hying talk I et believed that th the tho evil ovll evi surrounding my home had hart gone one for Or I thought I saw sw the bottom of o his hla heart hert in his hiM ter tears |