Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 52680-h.htm or 52680-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52680/52680-h/52680-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52680/52680-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See https://archive.org/details/caillauxdrama00raphiala Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs was underlined in the original text (=underlined=). A carat character is used to denote superscription. A single character following the carat is superscripted (example: M^e). Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. THE CAILLAUX DRAMA [Illustration: _Waiting._] 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” _Frontispiece_ OFFICES OF “LE FIGARO” ON THE EVENING OF THE MURDER 20 GASTON CALMETTE IN HIS OFFICE AT THE “FIGARO” 20 M. BOUCARD (THE EXAMINING MAGISTRATE) AND THE DOCTORS LEAVING THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL WHERE M. CALMETTE DIED 26 M. VICTOR FABRE, THE PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL 57 THE FUNERAL OF M. CALMETTE 63 THE BROTHERS, SONS AND RELATIVES OF M. CALMETTE AT THE FUNERAL 67 MME. CAILLAUX (AND DETECTIVE) ON HER WAY TO THE LAW COURTS TO BE EXAMINED 71 SŒUR LEONIDE 77 THE CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE PISTOLES 81 “JEANNE,” THE “SOUBRETTE” OF PISTOLE NO. 12 85 THE LORRY WHICH PARIS JOURNALISTS THOUGHT WAS FULL OF MME. CAILLAUX’S FURNITURE 90 LA COUR DES FILLES IN SAINT LAZARE 90 MADAME CAILLAUX’S CELL EXACTLY AS IT IS 102