The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-17
FRANCE MAY RUN WITH BLOOD
III lola AND EDITOR PERRIEUX
SHOULD WIN THEIR CASE.
Lord Salisbury's Carriage Crushed,
but the Premier Escapes-Gen-
eraI Foreign News.


| duced in court.
The palace of justice on the ninth day Of
| the trial of M. Emile lola and Perrieux was
crowded as usual The presiding judge re-
| jected NJ. Clemenceau's request of yester-
| day that he appoint magistrate to ques-
| ton Madame De Boulancey if among the
letters she has from Major Esterhazy there
| is not one containing the following express
| sons:
First-"General Saussier 0hen the COM
mander-in-chief Of the French army and
military government of Paris is clown.
In our country the Germans would not show
him in a circus"
Second-"If the Prussans 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
NJ. Laborie, counsel for NJ. lola, re-
nounced the examination Of the members of
| the Esterhazy court-martal, but he ener-
getically demanded that General Billot, the
minister for war, be called to testify. The
| presiding Judge NJ Delegorgue, invited Nj.
| Laborie to present conclusion to that eff
! feet. General PellieuX, who conducted the
| investigation into the charges brought
! against Major EsterhaZy, created a sensa-
! ton by protesting against the acceptance
| of the evidence of amateur experts who
| have not seen the original bordereau," add
| ing that he also desired to raise his voice
| lin the most emphatic manner against SIAN
| ders which are calculated to destroy conf
| dence in the heads of the army at a time
| when danger is perhaps nearer than people
| believe"
This statement of the general had
marked effect in court. General Pellieux
! said the first facsimile which appeared in
| the Matin was the nearest correct of all.
| He added that there was writing on both
| sides of the paper. which was flimsy, and
| he believed that when the bordereau was
| photographed it was impossible to prevent
the writing on the reverse side from show
ing through, as the ink used was somewhat
faint Witness thought it necessary to touch
| up the writing in order to render it more
distinct Continuing General Pellieux said
he considered the proceedings showed that
the defense attached no weight to the evil
dence of the sworn experts, who had seen
the original bordereau and had compared 1t
with the acknowledged handwriting OF the
accused while the testimony of amateurs,
one a dentist and another foreigner, was
received with full confidence"
such teachers do not surprise me-" adj
ded the general ''since they were foreshad-
owed in my Office by Matthew Dreyfus
when bringing charges against Major Is
terhazy. / asked him if he desired a sec
| ond expert report on the bordereau, and as
he did not reply | concluded that If the ex-
pert examination had not been favorable
| TO him he would have demanded another.
For some time there has been much talk
! of handwriting people discussing who could
| have written the bordereau Wen, l Will
| prove to you here, with the papers IN my
| hand that the officer who wrote the border
| eau belonged to the ministry OF war; was
| an artilleryman, and was seconded Tor
fhn Cfa
| This statement of the general caused a
! sensation. NJ Laborie here interrupted the
| witness saying: II ask that Col Picquart
| wheat the present moment is at the house
| of Magistrate Bertulus, be summoned to
| hear this evidence"
ut Is not your turn to speak, replied the
presiding Judge.
! NJ Laborie, however, returned to the
charge, protesting and md insisting that "a !, Col
was allowed to continue his speech, he
said:
| that only an artillery officer attached to the
| War Ministry could have known the facts
! recited. or have used the technicalities en-
! ployed in the bordereau. An infantryman
| could never in his life have spoken of the
| things of which the bordereau speaks
And now" exclaimed the general, raising
| his voice. what remains of all this fabric?
| Not much. Yet they accuse officers of ac-
| quitting a guilty man in pursuance of or
| ders (FrolOnged seLsation0
! The general also said: Il have the soul
-
| infamous aspersionS showered on us, and l
| can keep silence no longer. ! cannot stand
still and see men trying to detach the army
! from its chiefs, for if the soldiers cease to
| have confidence in them, what will the
chiefs do in the day of danger, which Is,
| perhaps, nearer than people think? Then,
| gentlemen of the jury your sons would be
1 led to simple butchery, but at the same time
NJ. lola will have gained a fresh victory
and will have achieved new 'Debacle,'
and will be able to lay his history before
a Europe from which France has been
The effect of this outburst was intense
| In conclusion, General Pellieux said: I'VE
| should have been glad If the court martial
| had acquitted Dreyfus, as 1t would have
! shown there no traitor for the army,
! TOR all of us to mourn for
On leaving the witness stand the general
| was long and loudly cheered.
The presiding judge refused to allow NJ
| I4aborie TO make reply to General Pei
| lieux. NJ Laborie then lodged Il formal
protest against the ruling of the presiding
| Judge.
At the request of the defense Colonel Pic
| quart was then sent for. In the meanwhile
NJ. Scheurer- KeStner called attention to al
legged inaccuracies in the evidence of NJ
Teyssonniere, the handwriting expert. He
said it quite impossible that he On.
Scheuf r-Kestner) had ever spoken 10 NJ.
Teyssonniere of Major Esterhazy. because
at the time referred to he had never heard
Major EsterhaZy'S name.
At this stage of the proceedings the court
was temporarily adjourned. When the ses-
sion of the court was resumed M. Laborie
reproached General Pelleux with telling
the jury there might shortly be war, and
added: "We do not fear war with such
soldiers as we have, but if they are led by
certain officers"
Here the presiding judge stopped NJ.
I4abOrie and General Pellieux. resumipg his
evidence criticised the reports of the
amateur experts in handwriting" where
upon NJ. Meier, director of the French
Record Office who was III court. rose and
retoretd that professional experts were no
better than amateurs.
Continuing. NJ Meier said that if General
Pellieux would bring the negative of the
photograph of the bordereau. the witness
would deliver an opinion on the subject.
General PellieuX said he could not dis
cuss the expert reports and could only say
that the experts at the court-martial de-
clared that Major Esterhazy did not write
the bordereau. After some further testi-
mony Of an unimpOrtant nature court adj
journed.
Narrow Escape of Lord Salisbury.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Marquis of Sails
bury and his second son, the Rev. Lord
William Gascoyne-Cecil, who is rector OF
Bishops Hatfield, had narrow escape from
death or serious injury yesterday evening
as they were entering the gates of Hat
fieid. 4 gust OF wind swung the heavy gate
against the hrougham In which they We're