Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-10

The Two Precei!ng Days.
PAtaIS. Feb. 3-.In suite of tn pre-
cautions her vas repetition of the
scenes Witnessed yesteid day when tn.
trial of k..n:.e Zola ana Perrie,.x who
are being prosecuted by .n= soveT linen t
for denoulcing tba E.sterhaz, court
| martial, was continued today in Ii. As
sizes court of the Seine.
General BCisdeffa was called, but rs
refused 10 tes.fy, unGe. The plea of pro
fesSlonal and state secrecy
NJ. De-: Sorgue, the presiding judge.
consented that MADAME Dreyfus saou.tl
be allowed to testify, on TIE condition
that her evidG nee Wis restricted TO tn
EsterhaZy case.
Over 200 barristers in their robes
gathered at the public entrance and In
du.ged in horss play. When the pre-
sld!ng judge ordered them not to OBJ
struct the passage, the 0arristers made
a demonstration against the judge.
Thervupon the cpmmnndant of tee Re
publican Guards sent a &:-tachGnent of
troops TO quell the Utstu' Ia nce. The in
teVention Of the military was Hire
celVvd ana, I'd to violent afI:ay. The
tarrist%rs rushed upon the sua rls and
struck tbs m. One OF the young law yers
was arrested, but after quiet had be n
restored he was released
NJ. Labore, counsel for NJ Zola, pro
tsstG d against the limitation Of the evil
dence of Madame Drayfus and scathing-
~ denounced the scenes in court, the
blasei reports in the Newspapers, the
attacks on his Client as being unworthy
Of France.
General Boisdeffre, replying to NJ
l-aborle. admitted that as minister for
war b, fore he had, testified at the E-s-
terhaZy court martial. he had received
from Major EStsrhaZy a certain doCrl-
nSnt which concerned the Dreyfus case,
put ne REUSED TO give any further par
tleulars on the ground of profes ional s.
crecy.
M Labore reported that in court
CT justice professional secrecy" could
not exist, wherS upon General Boise effre
retorted:
Professional secrecy cannot be sepa-
rated from state secrecy"
I'ne General admitted that Colonel
Plcquart he'd been transferred to Tunis
owing to his being favorable to Dr5yfus
and the witness addsd that he. personal,
~ was convinced of the guilt of Drey-
lus. While other facts, before and after
the court martial, which had come to
eAs knowledge, made this conviction un-
Shakeable
General Come followed and at the
outset 81 the ton. had violent
alteration with NJ. Laborie in which the
general public Joined. The turnrlt reach
"a :'lch pitch that the judge o1ders d
the courtto Ee cleared which the munjci
Fel guards promptly did. The court re-
summed its session five minutes later, and
G|neral Come explained that he had
not meant all he had said. There upon
the incident was allowed to drop.
General Come then spoke of the in
vestlgations of Colonsd Picquart, whom
ne had encouraged, but the General
added that he told the Colonel to avoid
a:resting Major Esterhazy. which the
colonii wished to do.
General MERCER. the former minister
or war. who was next examined. de-
clared that he believed the bordereau
and other documents ehstrac ted from
the war office had been communicated
to the newspapers by thse Dreytus fami-
ly.
NJ. Labore Immediately asked tina,
MlT". Dreysus be allowed to confront
General Merci5r and deny his SAT- IN ant
'pdt the presiding Judge refused to allow
| her TO do so.
Counse! for NJ ZoIa then press q Gen
raj Mecier to say If it was true that a
| secret docum ant had baan commune
Gated to the Dr5yfus court martial be-
| hind the backs of Dreyfus and his cs.un.
sci. The General refused to reply.
| AT the conclusion % his examira tor
| General MERCER was vocifarousl,
cheered with cries OF ''Viv4 rarc1e-'
and "Vive "a France"
| M. Trareux, who was minister OF Justice
at the time cf the Dreyfus court mar
tiai, was the next witness. After his
| evidence. which did not convey any
startling facts. the court adjourned.
| The crowd outside the court cheere;
] General Mecier, Boisdeffre and Come
while nj. Yola was left alfnosf lY1oDntjcs,5