Chapter 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