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Show FRENCH CAPTAIN COURT MARTIALED I Wife Drives Officer to Distraction Distrac-tion by Refusing to Leave and He shoots Her. Paris, April 5, 5:35 a. m Captain Derail, an officer in the French cavalry, cav-alry, will be tried by court martial Saturday for killing his wife at Com-peigne Com-peigne because she persisted In following fol-lowing the army to be near him in direct violation of orders issued b the military authorities For some time nfter the crime, Herall was ; mental and physical wreck. It was feared that he would not survive but recently he recovered and was turned over to the military police by the hos pita! authorities After Captain Herall was sent to the front his wife, to whom he was deeply attach d, learned that he was stationed at Coinpeigne and followed him there. This wan n.t the time when the icneral-ln-chlef issued a circular cir-cular prohibiting all officers and sol dlers from receiving their wives during dur-ing the campaign. His superior officer remonstrated with Captain Derail and tried to induce in-duce his wife to leave but she continued con-tinued to postpone her departure. A second warning was given the captain with no better result. When a third warning came he was told he would be cashiered unless Mme. Derail left at once This she refused to do and the cavalry officer, fearing dishonor und degradation shot the woman he loved. |