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Show Last Rites For t "I ill Gaston Catmette I " SBrJ Police Of Paris Took ,Every Precaution Precau-tion To Prevent Any' Die turbar.cea Paris, March .20. The funeral ot Gaston Calmctte, victim of Mmo. Call laux, took place today la the church ot Saint Francois de Sales, In tho northwestern district-of, Paris and within a block ot tho residence of hlB nssnssln. Hours boforo tho procession moved vast crowds flllod the 'streets. Tho poltco and military authorities lmd taken great precautions to prevent any disturbances. The pollco wero out In force all along tho route. Tho underground railway stations nearby wero occupied by large dotachmcntB-who dotachmcntB-who had Instructions to cIobo them If tho crowds became too great to handle han-dle Notables Are Present Among tho notablo personnges presont pres-ont nt tho funeral wero Enillo Lou-bot, Lou-bot, former president of tho republic; Arlstldo Brland and Louis llarthou, former premiers; Prince Murat, Barton Robert do Rothschild, Ferdinand Labor!, the attorney, who is to dofend Mmo. Calllaux, Sarah Ucrnhnrdt and hundreds of others. Some of tho many wreaths boro tho Inscriptions: "A victim of his devotion to his country, and Killed on tho Held of honor." High prices wore paid for advantageous advan-tageous places along tho route from which to see the procession. Thoro was no funeral oration In tho church. A simple mass was performed by tho parish priest. Tho funeral procession reached tho cemetery without incident. The crowds along"1 the routo wero silent and uncovered -respectfully ns tho hcarso passed. -' Figaro Is Very Bitter Tho Figaro comments with extreme bitterness on' tho treatment of Mas& M Colllaux In Saint Lazare prise mm . H compa'es tho exceptional prlrBega) H comforts accorded her with the treat- H mrait of tho other prisoner. - M Tho paper says Mmo. Calllaax esarn- M plained ot tho cold and a store wm H installed In her cell. An appeUtkaK H meal was brought In from rntevr- M nnt. Mmo. Calllaux receive ksasV M rods of lotters, many ot which ate M answers. Tho adjoining coB, tte M paper says, has been fitted tip h a M reception room, and she. Is allow Jt prlvato conferences with her huabmS H (Jurlng which every opportunity ist H afforded tobulld up a plan of do- M fense which will be, according to Qurn ja"dfl IbbvJ paper that she acted in a mosaeat jH of temporary insanity, wlthoat pre- M meditation. H JBBBJ But,, adds tho Figaro, we H he jBJ able to demolish this. Wo kaow that H a colleaguo ot M. Calllaux made tmm HLH HsbvJ fltatcmont In a restaurant om Tsee- BBBJ day boforo several persons that Msse. JH Calllaux had announced on M It jlffl morning her Intentions to kin M. Cat- wA motto. Further, witnesses wB Be IS called to prove that Mme. CaBtan 1H practiced in the shooting ranse of s. IH woll known gunmaker In the rhawpe . 9H Elyseos. M |
