The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-16
ESTERHBZY is In DANGER.
y. CIemencsau Charges That Improper
Expressions We're Used
IN LETTERS WEIlTES BY TIE MAJOR.
NJ. frank Alarms Tha the Bcnderesu was
Written ny Him and Predicts That
the Truth wiII Come Out
Some Day.

PARIS. February l5.-The arrival OF NJ
Emil Zola. NJ. Perrieux at the Assize court
OF the Seine to-day. tho ignth day OF the
trial OF the novelist and the publisher OF
the Aurore. was not marked by any inc
dnt.
AT the opening Of the proceedings the
presiding judge. NJ. De LeGorgue, disai-
lowed the request Of counsel for VI. Iola
that the experts heard at the Esterhazy
court martial should be called TO TESTIFY.
DENIES BRIBERY.
AZ Crepieux Janin. a handwriting eX-
pert. strenuously denied that he had al
TEMPTED to bribe NJ. 1eyssonnieres TO
modify ms reports OF the Dreyfus borde-
reau.
NJ. Teyssonnieres. Mr.. Crepieux Janin
added. had declared that a. was on MS
CTeyssonnicres) report alone, and not on
Il Beriillon = on which Dreyfus was con-
vcted
NJ. Janin added that II was because NJ.
Teyssonnierers was angry with the VII
ness for not sharing his opinion IN regard
20 the Dreyfus case that ne tried TO COM
promise ;hc matter.
Director Mccier of the French Record
SMILES Of the bOrdercau We're as exact
as possible and he thought that General
Peliuex's contention that the fac SMILES
looked like forseries was an eXaggcra-
ton.
NJ. Meyer concluded with saying that
the handwriting of Major Esterhazy re-
sembied that OF the bordereau.
prof Ernest Moulenier, Of the College
Of France testified that Major Ester
Hays handwriting absolutely resembled
that Of the bordereau.
VI. Clemenceau, counsel for the Aurore
read letters from Maoanie De Boulency
admitting tho possession of letters which
Major Estsrhazy wrote here between
1851 and 1894 and containing serious ami
msdvcrsions Of France and the French
army.
SERIOUS CHARGES.
" Clcmsnceau urged the court 10 ap-
point a magistrate TO ask Nine. De
Boulancey is among the letters there was
not one containing tho following express
sons: Firstly General Saussier dhen
the commauder-in-chie of the French
army and military governor OF Paris is
a Gown In our country the Germans
would not show him in a circus CUP
roar IN court9
Secondly. If the Prussians got as far
as Lyons they III ght throw away Their
drive he French In front of them pro
longed sensation)
Three amateur experts In handwriting
testified that the fac-simile was an exact
reproduction OF Major Esterhazys hand
writing. statements which caused further
sensations IN court.
NJ. Felix Frank. a lawyer Of Brussels
said:
''Tha majority Of the experts started
ON the false idea that the writer of the
bordereau had disguised his 0 andwri ing.
TIE bordereau. however. was written nat
urally and in running hand, which rs
Identical with that of Major ESterhazy.'
''The latter" major Esterhayy), con
t'nued the witness had recogn zed the
bordereau AS being his own handwriting.
but had d clared it had been traced by
". Frank proceeded TO technically dem
onstrate the improbabiliiy of this eNpia-
nation. .
SAYS 1T WAS ESTERHAZY.
NJ. Frank affirmed that the hordereau
was written by one person alone. and
added that this person was Major Ester
Sazv. The witness concluded with pre-
dict'nF that some day r. would be recog-
r'zcd that the hordereau was not written
bv Drevfus. which remark was greeted
with nurmure.
Professor Havert Of the College %
France. said he examined as an cNncrt
the hordaraau ard tho letters Of MOTOR
Esterha2v ard preyfus as well as q letter
writte- by DreVfus since his cOndemna-
tion The latter the witness continued
was devoid 80 resemblance 70 tho hor-
gareau Of which he vas convinced Major
lce.orha2v wae the author
Court was then adjourned. The crowd
made no donoonSt~o tion. and H." oricers
i1cl,a nc Motor Fe'erhaZy and General
pcllieuN. VT rid silence.