Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-16
ACCUSED.
chirographic Experts Say He
Wrote the Letter That
Disgraced Dreyfus.
PROGRESS OF TIE TRIAL OF zOLA.

Crowd in Cour. Objects to-the Charge and
Witness Objects to the 'Crowd-British
Operations in Northern India Defended
: by Curzon-Why John Bull Must Fight
the eAfridis-Allesed Capture of a Wound
cd Amazon i'm Cuba by spaniards.
Paris. Feb. ia sensation was PRO-
duced in the Zola trial yesterday when
writing expert declared the Bordereau
letter to have been written by Ester
hazy. But before that Clemenceau,
counsel for the defense, urged the
court to appoint a magistrate to ask
Nine. De Boulancey If among the let
ters there was not one containing the
following expressions: General SeCs-
sier Then the commander-in-chief Of
the French army and military governor
of Parisl is & clown. In our country the
Germans would not stcw him in a cir
GUS" tUproar in court.l IF the Prus-
slams got as far as Lyons they might
throw away their guns and keep only
their riding whips to drive the French
in front of them" prolonged sensa-
ticn.l Three amateur experts in hand
writing testified that the fac-simile of
the Bordereau letter was AN exact re-
production of Ms Scr Esterhazy's hand
writing. statements whi.h caused fur
ther sensations in court.
Court Sends for z Blacl. board.
NJ. Felix Frank. lawyer Of Brussels.
testified that la order to demonstrate
his evidence II would be necessary TO
have a blackboard and that it would re-
quire an hour 20 demonstrate his
theory. Amid an urrCar in court the
session was suspended while a black
board was procured ;ssiG placed on an
easel. after which NJ. Frank traced en-
the blackboard fac-simile of the Bor-
dereau and OF Major Esterhazy's hand
writing, and commenced his demOnstra-
tion. NJ. Frank made some lCrg, tech
nioal demonstrations, and said: The
majority OF the experts started on the
false idea that the writer of the Bcr-
dereau had disguised his handwriting.
The Bordereau. however, was written
naturally and in running-hard. which
Is identical with that Of Major Ester
hazy."
Wakes Wroih at the Crowd,
The latter (Major Esterhazy). cor
tinued the witness, had recognized the
BordereaH as being his own handwTit-
ing, but had declared il had been traced
by a forger. NJ. Frank proceeded to
technically demonstrate the improba-
bility of this explanation, showing how
recurring words presented certain di-
vergencies. The lengthy demofstra-
ton of the witness caused impatience
among the public in court. eliminating
in open murmurs when NJ. Frank af-
firmed that the BorGereau was written
by one person alone and added that this
person was Major Esterhazy. Annoyed
at the murmurs Frank turned and cried:
Il intended to end here; but since
am interrupted l will continue" The
presiding judge here remarked: Il will
ask you to use different language than
that, which is discourteous.'
The witness concluded with predict
ing that some day it would be recog-
nized that the Bordereau was not writ
ten by Dreyfus. which remark was
greeted with murmurs.
Estcrahxy Predicts Terrible Things.
In an interview Esterhazy is quoted
as saying with great vehemence: 1T is
impossible that this drama should close
without scenes of violence. Likely
enough the streets of Paris will be strewn
with l00,0C0 dead before this statement
business is brought to a conclusion. For
ny own part / should, ask nothing bet
ter than to lead my regiment against
the Jews of Paris. I would shoot them
without hatred or anger as a work of
public safety. and as willingly as if they
were so many rabbits