The San Francisco call., 1898-02-15

could not explain without documents, which were no longer in his possession.
 This statement caused a sensation III court, and M Laborie demanded tha1 the Advocate-Geheral compel the Wlt, ness to reply. The Acknowledgement made no answer. .,-.o5
 Finally M. Bertillon, who persisted in not answering questions, ieLt tne witness-stand amid consideraple up roar M T,aborie remarking: And that is the man upon Whose eNiu
 fus was convicted.
 Nj. Tevssonnieres, another ndnu" IT = inc exnert testified to identifying the handwriting of the bordereau ae Siio s of Dreyfus. He added that the iSco simile had been blurred so as 'o iii''e it resemble Esterhazy S. sansa-
 To+ar the witness created d sShod +;o-o by testifying that friends of Drey, Sns had approached him ana hao ana bin+ed that it might be worth loo,Voo +o 9OO OO0 francs if he mooerateo HIS views favorably to Dreyfus,
 M Tevssoniere implicated CrepleuA Janin. the handwriting expert, when ne insinuated that the friends ol DleSL were ready to bribe the experts o9 ,,r6e, severe cross examination ne au- ,11ittad that the only foundation for the jnsinuation was his personal lmpres- sion and that no bribe had actua1ly
 
 been offered to him.
 M. TrarieuX former Minister ol JUS tice threw such suspicion upon diI lho evidence given by M. Teyssonlere tllat the latter left the bar much olscreui,eu'
 Al the opening of the hearing to-day M Iahorie made an impassioned per sona1 statement, refuting allegations of "a I,ibre Parole that he was or Ger man origin and his wife a Jewess. M Iaborie admitted that his wife was English. but denied that she was .Iewess. As for himself, he said ne was born at Rheims, and that hls Iatner was a Frenchman, employed on tle eastern railway, who had Deeh ueoo rated with the Legion of Honor anu congratulated by General de Bols- deffres fer services rendered in 1o'o.
 NJ. Bertillon gave his absurd evl- dence. while displaying fantastic dla- gram. amid continuous shrieks or laughter.
 After fruitless efforts to obtain in- telligible testimony from thls witness Nj. Laborie turned to the jury ana said: "The whole case against Drey- fus stands before you They hao hlIli and the bordereau."
 The remaining evidence was rather uninteresting. The testimony of M: Trarieux and the cross or M. Teyssoniere elicited that the latter was dismissed from the office Of an ex- pert, in the war office because he was suspected of enabling the Matln to publish the bordereau. M- Teyssonlere went to the War Office for an eXplana- tion. but was threatened with arrest if he came again. Moreover, he was dis missed from the post of expert to civil tribunal for the offense of over charging a client.
 Altogether the day was rather fla vorable for M. Zola. It is rumored that a report from Judge Bertulus, who has been inquiring into recent developments in the Dreyfus case, will be produced and read in court tomorrow, deal1nS with unpublished letters of Count Els terhaZy. It is likely to cause a sensa- tion.
 NssN. Willard, Minister of Justice, sum- moree M. Bertulus this. afternoon and they had a long conference. It ap- pears that the juryman in the present trial who retired on account of illness was a contract3r. M. Leblond. employed by the Rothscfilds, and his illness was caused by the threatening letters he re ceived, a significant indication of the outside influence brought to bear on the jury.
 M. Laborie's wife was formerly the wife of the famous pianist, Bachman. Before the marriage she was Miss Mag gie Okey. She was born in Australia, is herself fine pianist and has played at concerts in England.
 M Peleir, one of the experts, read summary of his report, which held that the bordereau might have been written by either Dreyfus or Esterhazy.
 The crowd outside the court was much calmer to-day.
 M. Papillaud, editor of La Libre Parole, has challenged M. Jauroz, the socialist leader, to a duel, owing to quarrel that has grown out of the Zola trial.