Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-12

SnOp Looted.
Paris, February 11.-There were the
usual crowds about the court to-day
when the fifth day of the lola trial
commenced. NJ. Zola and Col. Pic
quart were greeted with hostile cries
on their arrival The court was
thronged. The proceedings opened
with the recall of Gen. PellieuX.
Gen. Pellieux testified that Gen.
Saussier, the former military governor
Of Paris, desired public trial for Ma
jor Esterhazy, but Gen. Billot, the
minister for war, ordered that the
trial be secret. Nevertheless, the wit
ness added, the court martial refused
to keep the entire proceedings secret;
therefore, it was impossible to contend
that Major Esterhazy was acquitted
by order of the authorities.
On Gen. Pellieux leaving the stand,
NJ lola rose and exclaimed:
There are several ways of serving
France. You, general made your CAM
paigns; but l will bequeath to pos
terity the name of Emile lola, and
posterity will be my judge
Gen Picquart was then recalled and
narrated how he had acquired frag-
ments of Geographic card in 1896,
and concluded therefrom thct Major
Esterhazy was corresponding with
suspicious characters. He procured
some of Major Esterhazy's handwrit-
ing which, compared with certain doc
uments, led to the conclusion that
Major Esterhazy was improperly using
official papers.
Col. Picquart was the best witness
for lola thus far heard. His evidence
was very damaging to his superior Of
ficers and favorable to Dreyfus, and it
also showed him to have been the vic
tim of persecution since he began his
endeavor TO probe the truth.
At the conclusion of his. evidence,
Col. Picquart met with an enthusiastic
reception from the public
Col. Picquart's evidence is Of the
highest Importance and thus far is the
great event of the trial. He gave it
with passionless, pittiless complete
ness, covering the whole ground from
the moment he was authorized to in
vestigate the rising suspicion against
Comte Easterhazy until he found him
self a prisoner at Mont Valerien. The
impression it left is that everything
had been done by General Pellieux and
Major Ravery to shelter CCmte Ester
hazy from the consequences Of glar-
ing breaches Of discipline and honor,
while Col. Picquart was disOwned,
packed off to Tunis and eventually ar
rested.
The higher military officers were Wis
IDLY annoyed at the effect Of Col. Pic
quarts testimony.
The mob outside the court gave a
conflicting reception to Col. Picquart.
There was tremendous tumult and a
Jew .'boos' for M. Zola, but there was
no serious incident.
NJ. Zoia's carriage on leaving the
Palais de Ia Justice was followed by a
knot Of people shouting Death to
lola" who could be heard through the
carriage windows exclaiming, 'The
towards"
The police dispersed a thousand per-
sons who were burning lola journals
on the Quai de la Megisserie Many
arrests were made, but the persons ar
rested were quickly liberated.
There was a riotous demonstration
on the Boulevard Sabastapol at six
o'clock this evening. The rioters
smashed the windows Of Jewish
store, over which were the names of
Levy & Dreyfus. During the dis
turbance a shot from a revolver was
fired.
AS this dispatch is sent the project
Of police with a large force Of police
men is coping with the mob.