IV MONSIEUR CAILLAUX'S EXAMINATION V THE CAMPAIGN OF THE "FIGARO" X "THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH ..." XII BEFORE THE LAST ACT OF THE DRAMA Title: The Caillaux Drama Author: John N. (John Nathan) Raphael Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 E-text prepared by Clarity, Paul Marshall, |
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THE
CAILLAUX
DRAMA
THE
CAILLAUX
DRAMA
BY
JOHN N. RAPHAEL
LONDON: MAX GOSCHEN LTD.
20 GREAT RUSSELL STREET W.C.
MCMXIV
TO MY MOTHER
CONTENTS
Chap. | Page | |
I | The Story of the Drama | 1 |
II | Cell No. 12 | 44 |
III | The Crime and the Public | 64 |
IV | Monsieur Caillaux’s Examination | 87 |
V | The Campaign of the “Figaro” | 102 |
VI | Calmette v. Caillaux | 114 |
VII | The “Ton Jo” Letter | 143 |
VIII | Agadir | 150 |
IX | L’Affaire Rochette | 179 |
X | “The Truth, The Whole Truth ...” | 230 |
XI | About French Politics | 251 |
XII | Before the Last Act of the Drama | 267 |
Index | 307 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
“Waiting” | |
Offices of “Le Figaro” on the Evening of the Murder | 4 |
Gaston Calmette in his Office at the “Figaro” | 4 |
M. Boucard (the Examining Magistrate) and the Doctors leaving the Private Hospital where M. Calmette died | 8 |
M. Victor Fabre, the Procureur GÉnÉral | 36 |
The Funeral of M. Calmette | 40 |
The Brothers, Sons and Relatives of M. Calmette at the Funeral | 42 |
Mme. Caillaux (and Detective) on her way to the Law Courts to be examined | 44 |
SŒur Leonide | 47 |
The Corridor Outside the Pistoles | 49 |
“Jeanne,” the “Soubrette” of Pistole No. 12 | 51 |
The Lorry which Paris Journalists thought was full of Mme. Caillaux’s Furniture | 54 |
La Cour Des Filles in Saint Lazare | 54 |
Madame Caillaux’s Cell exactly as it is | 62 |
Monsieur Caillaux in his office at the MinistÈre des Finances | 68 |
President PoincarÉ gives Evidence on Oath in the Caillaux Drama before the President of the Appeal Court, who waited on Him for this purpose at the ElysÉe | 80 |
Monsieur Caillaux leaving the Law Courts | 86 |
M. Privat-Deschanel who witnessed the Destruction of the Letters by Mme. Gueydan-Caillaux | 92 |
M. Barthou mounting the stairs of the Law Courts on his way to give Evidence in the Caillaux Case | 99 |
Monsieur Caillaux’s Friend, M. Ceccaldi | 127 |
The “Ton Jo” Letter from the “Figaro” | 144 |
Rochette in Court | 186 |
Monsieur Barthou | 242 |
Mme. Caillaux in the dress she was to wear at the Italian Embassy on the Evening of the Murder | 279 |
M. Joseph Caillaux | 288 |