The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29
STILL URGING A REVISION.
Arguments IN DREYFUs' BEHALF
CONTINUE AT PARIS.

NJ. Bard Concludes His Report of the
Case and Asks That the Court
Bring out the Truth The Public
Prosecutor Urges Revision. and
II Drcyfus Is Innocent. Declares
the Real CuIprit Must Not Go Un-
punished.
Paris Oct. 2S.-At to-day's session of The
Court of Cessation, in the Palace OF JUS
tice Nj. Bard, the reporter concluded his
report Of the Dreyfus case, the first part
of which was presented yesterday as de
tailed in these dispatches. He said this
morning that the court should make every
investigation necessary to eullghten them
and place the whole truth in evidence.
1t was for the court TO decide what re-
mained to be done. The task was a del
icate one, but that was no motive 10 avoid
1t. He concluded: You have great duty
to fulfill Do what your conscience die
tates."
M. Mornard, counsel for Madame Drey-
fus, urged that an investigation be order
ed concerning the divergency of the testi-
mony of the experts who examined the
bordereau in 1894 and 1897, and also to as
certain whether secret documents We're
| communicated to the members of the court
martial
The court was less crowded than yester-
day, but the same stringent precautions
were taken. There was no excitement
outside the palace OF justice,
The public prosecutor, NJ. Manau, fol-
lowed NJ. Mornard. Addressing the judge,
no said: Nobody can now take the Drey-
fus affair out of your hands nor can you
.reinquish it without dereliction of duty.
Your decision must constitute for every
body the expression of truth and justice.
Revise the trial, then, gentlemen, or at
least, prepare the road for the revision ="
NJ. Manua declared the court could not
annul the sentence imposed on Dreyfus
without retria of the prisoner. He add
ed: "You first fix the responsibility. If
Dreyfus is innocent, the cuprt must not
so unpunished."
| The public prosecutor, continuing. pro-
ceeded to argue on the same lines as NJ
Bard the reporter Of the case, urging a
revision of the trial and dwelling upon the
fallbility of the writing experts lie also
/ suggested that Maj. EsteThazy should tes-
/ tify on the subject of the bordereaux
NJ Manau concluded with denouncing
"the viilainous attacks on the partisan
of revision" and made a strong plea that
/ the court be not influenced by outside
! pressure. but that Il decide in favor OF
revision of the case and the immediate
| provisional liberation of Dreyfus.
At this stage of the proceedings NJ. Bard
read a letter from Gen. Come, to the
president of the Court OF Cessation. In
which the general said: II have Just
heard of a memorandum Introduced in
court yesterday in which Picquart accus-
ed me OF dishonest action. | have never
/ previously heard of this memorandum and
] wish TO deny most formally Picquart's
allegations. | think my word is of greater
value than that of a man imprisoned on
the suspicion of forgery"
I The reading of the last statement called
forth loud protests In court. The report
er added that as Col. Picquarts memor-
andum was publicly read, 1t was only
/ justice to read Gen Gonzes letter.
The reporter of the court ordered that
the generals letter be added to the docu-
/ ments in The case and the court adjourned.