Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1913 — MME. BLOCH FREED BY COURT [ARTICLE]

MME. BLOCH FREED BY COURT

f iF&ijcH l ! Whi Killed Amerl■AiauritpaV ’! - \f. -<f tufaji :i7rr ili i I Xi .i;I)i J' • X Blpch. 1 a niVelist, who ’dh'imy 3f;lh6t. Shot atilf 'killed MW. M'ibhife With'ofyames E. BHdgeman, an empibye hf the Paris brar ch bf* kh AWStichn fife inSnrance 'Cbhiphhy/ th the assize 1 tethifi t herb of thdmhaTgb. df bhtni'cide; i!l Thb'tiA'gb , ciy : whs'the outcome of an' 'ktta :hihfent i:< bfetWeeh hfmd. 1 Elhcti's ’hdai ahd ’ilnd'Whs. BricJgeman; thp Tat‘■fibh a M H*enry Bprhard of Miiwahkefe! ' ttie' acquittal of thd de- ' fehdarit 1 had 1 hhfed' hhid by lawyers 1 'to' 'hie'' 4frtuafry 1 A 'forqghh,e 1 conclusion owing 'ii the 1 hircnhistanceß under ■Which the crimb Mviftj committed, jufy qhlblriy brought In its verdict of acquittal’, but the accused woman Was ordered to pay one franc dam-’ ages in connection with the civil action df which the shooting was the basis. “Mrs. Brldgefnan betrayed me ahd robbed both df my husband and' of my home. So I’killed her " This was the defense set up by Mme. Blpch. Several dramatic incidents marked the trial. At one moment the president of the court. Judge Bertnlus, denounced Mme. Bloch’s husband. Bay-i lng:‘ , “Your conduct in this affair Is unpardonable.” Mme. Bloch was accompanied by M. Dumoulln, who was a conspicuous figure in the Stelnheil case. Mme. Bloch, weeping, told, hqw she had beep driven to despair and had avenged her love And the honor of her home. The Judge cautioned the,,, accused that this hardly constituted m sufficient defense for homicide, and continued: “The real traitor and the‘real felon Was your husband. Yet you gave him AU.'lyour confidence while )tou killed the > woman who was but his Instrument.” i t iM- BToch admitted he was culpable, •ad ns hb Tiftt 1 the stand hisses came from! tile"croWd 1n the courtroom, In ! which were many American and French society, people.