The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-15
PARODY ON JUSTICE"
THE ESTERHAZY COURT MARTIAL IS
TERMED BY NJ. GUY0T.
Esterhazy a Man of Mob Queting Down
ZoIa Allowed to Leave in
Silence.

Paris, Feb. 14.-When the trial of
MN Zoa and PerreuX was resumed at
the Assize court of the Seine today, NJ.
Jaures, the Socialist member Of the
Chamber of Deputies, was recalled. He
reiterated his belief in the culpability
OF Major ESterhaZy.
The examination of NJ. BertillOn, the
handwriting expert, was then resumed.
He said he thought it impossible to
ask the Minister for War for the
discriminating documents seized at the
residence of Dreyfus in 1894, which,
according to the testimony of the wit
ness on Saturday last, would enable
him to prove that Dreyfus wrote the
bordereau.
NJ LabOr;e, counsel for NJ. ZOla, there
upon protested and twitted NJ. Bertillon
with being unwilling to testify i'll
court, while giving interviews to the
newspapers.
NJ. BertillOn said the interviews wcrP
false. Being pressed by NJ. Lahore
to explain how, unless he had seen the
secret documents, he was able to prove
at the court martial that Dreyfus wrote
the bordereau, NJ. Bertillon answered
that he could not explain without dOcu-
ments which were no longer in his pos
session. This statement caused a SEN
satiOn in court and NJ. LabOrie demand
cd that the advocate general compel the
witness to reply. To this request the
advocate general made no answer.
Finally NJ Bcrtillon, who persisted i'll
not answering questions. left the wit
ness stand amidst considerable uproar,
NJ. Laborie remarking:
'And that is the man upon whose evil
dencc Dreyfus was convicted
Dupuy Hubbard deposed that his cOu-
sin. NJ. BcrtillOn, had always affirmed
TO him that DreyfuS was the culprit;
that he had not seen the handwriting
of COmte Esterhazy, who WAS Il man of
straw put forward by the jews, AMI
that a revision Of the Drcyfus trial
would lead to social revolution.
NJ. Yves Guy0t. the former Minister
of Public Works. testified that the Ester
hazy court martial was Il parody on
justica" (Bxcitement in court) The
further statement of NJ Guyot that the
were fully cogn;zant of all that occurred
1t+tfEc L1SICIiSlSN NOhA iAAttkI NAtttSEh a
renewed sensation.
Later, NJ. Guyot expressed the opin.
ion that the government commissioner
who prosecuted Major Estelllazy was
far more like counsel for the defense
than the prosecutor.
NJ Tcyssonnieres, another handwrit
ing expert. testified to identifying tn,
handwriting of the bordereau as that o1
1 IDreyfus. He added that the fac-simile
had been blurred, so as to make it re-
semble Esterhazy's.
Later the witness created n sensation
by testifying that friends of Drcyfu'
had approached him and had limited tha
it might he worth 100000 to 200.00C
francs if he moderated his views fa
vorably to Dreyfus.
The court adjourned after calling
number of other experts in handwriting
several of whom refused to testify OF
the ground of professional secrecy.
NJ. Peletier. one of the experts, reat
summary OF his report, which helt
that the bordereau might have l,ecl
written either by Dreyfus or Estcrhazy
Other experts concurred in the state
ment that expert testimony is nevel
absolutely infallible.
The crowd outside the court was mucl
calmcr today. Few people cheered thu
officers, and NJ. Zola was allowed Il
leave in silence