The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-02-11
NOVEL SORT OF COURT
Is the One at Paris Now Trying the
French Novelist lola.
SCENES OF PASSION AND uPRoAR.
Populace Present. i'm Court Takes Part In
the settlement of the Questions That
Come Up In Way to Aston
ish the Outsider.

Paris, Feb. 9.-Courts in Paris and
courts in the United States differ. as
will be seen by the following record of
the proceedings on the second day of
the lola trial. The court at the outset
almost admitted the claims of the de-
Tense and decided that General MERCER,
the former minister of war, and Major
Patty du Clam should be resummoned.
The court also decided that the other
witnesses, alleged to be i'll, should be
visited by a doctor and that If found
able to appear they should be resum-
moned. Nine. Dreyfus was the first wit
ness. She was dressed in black and was
much distressed. Nj. Laborie asked her
whether she could say under what cir
cumstances she was informed by Major
Patty du Clam, in 1894, of her husbands
arrest. The judge declined to put the
question. M. lola here arose and cried:
II desire the same treatment as the as
sassin or the thief. They have always
the right to defend themselves, but
am deprived of this. l am Knocked and
insulted in the streets and the obsence
press drags me in the mud. You see,
gentlemen of the jury, the position i
am in. I wish to have my witnesses
heard, but l am prevented"
Doesn't Want to Know the Law.
But do you not know the law" the
judge asked lola. mo, 1 don't know,
and do not want to KNOW" was Zola's
reply.
The scene caused great excitement
among the spectators. M. Laborie de-
manded that the questions be put to the
witness. The judge answered: ct will
enter your protest, If you desire, but
cannot put questions which are foreign
to the indictment in order to arrive at
a revision of the Dreyfus case, which
has already been determined"
Thereupon NJ. Laborie exclaimed: I'm
the presence of the obstruction placed
in our way-[cries of NO" YES" and
"Quite right I have the honor to ask
what means we should employ?"
THAT does not concern me, answered
the judge, whereat there was laughter.
Court Gets a List of Questions.
M. Laborie then proposed to submit
list Of question, leaving the court to in
dictate which Of them might be put, and
the session was suspended in order to
allow the questions to be drawn up.
During the interval the noise in the
court was deafening. Every one dis
cussed the case at the top of his or her
voice, with such intensity of excite
ment that the faces of. the disputants
were distorted. In the meanwhile Nine.
Dreyfus retired to the witnesses room,
where she was seized with a violent fit
of Mysteries. On the resumption of the
session of the court M. Laborie pre-
scented a statement claiming the right
to ask Nine. Dreyfus certain questions
In the interest of justice.
Judge Advocate Jumps on lola.
The advocate general, M. Van Cassel,
argued that the court could not readju-
dictate facts already legally decided and
turning to M. lola he exclaimed: You
say you do not know the law and do
not want to know it, Well we do know
the law and will have it respected, with
the aid of jury in which we have the
most complete confidence" This apos-
trophe evoked marks of approval. M.
Laborie responded with great warmth,
protesting against the obstruction of
which his client was the victim Final
ly M. lola said he would submit to the
law and to justice, adding: II do not re-
volt against the law, as my words may
have implied. What want, gentlemen,
is that you should end your hypocritcial
schemes"
Decision Against the Defense.
This remark was greeted with shouts
of Bravo, brave" and murmurs of dis
sent The court then decided against the
defense, saying that no question not
contained in the indictment would be
allowed. After hearing Nine. lie Blois,
Scheurer-K estner and Casimir-Perier,
the trial was adjourned until today.
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