The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-15
Precautions Taken by the French
Government to Prevent Outbreaks
by Anti Dreyfus MObs.
PROCEEDINGS OF ZOLA TRIAL
TESTIMONY OF NJ. BERTILLON AND
OTHER HANDWRITING EXPERTS.
Esterhazy COurt-MartiaI Denounced
by VI. Yves GuyOt as Parody on
Justice-GeneraI Foreign News.

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ment fears the anti-Dreyfus agitation may
lead to serious rioting in this city. orders
were issued to-day for the reinforcement
of the garrison of Paris by troops from
Versailles. The troops arrived this even
ing.
When the trial of NJ Zola and Perrieux
was resumed to-day NJ. Jaures. the Social
list member Of the Chamber of Deputies,
was recalled He reiterated his belief in
the suitability of Major Esterhazy
The examination of NJ. Bertillon, the
handwriting expert, was then resumed He
said he thought it impossible to ask the
minister of war for the discriminating dOcu-
ments seized at the residence of Dreyfus in
1894 which, according to the testimony of
the witness on Saturday last, would enable
him to prove that Dreyfus wrote the Dor
dereau M I.abordie, counsel for NJ lola,
thereupon protested and twtted NJ. Ber-
tilon with being unwilling to testify in
court while giving interviews to the news
papers NJ Bertillon said the interviews
were false. Being pressed by Nj. Laborie
to explain how, unless he had seen the
secret documents he was able to prove at
the court-martial that Dreyfus wrote the
bordereau, M. Bertillon answered that he
could not explain without documents which
were no longer in his possession. This state
ment caused sensation in court and NJ
I.aborie demanded that the advocate gem
eral compel the witness to reply. The adj
vocate general made no answer. Finally,
NJ Bertillon who persisted in not answer
ing questions, left the witness stand amidst
considerable uproar, NJ. Laborie remarking
''And that is the man upon whose evidence
Dreyfus was convicted.
Dupuy Hubbard deposed that his cousin.
M. Bertilon had always affirmed to him
that Dreyfus was Ene culprit, that he had
not seen the handwriting of Comte Ester
hazy, who man of straw put forward
by the Jews, and that a revision of the
Dreyfus trial would lead to social revolu-
ton. Mr.. Crepieux Janin, the handwriting
expert has not yet testified.
M. Yves Guyot, the former minister of
public works, testified that the Esterhazy
court-martial was a parody on Justice
Excitement in court.) The further state
ment of M. Guyot that the inner circles of
foreign governments were fully cognizant
of all that occurred at the ESterhazy court
martial caused renewed sensation. NJ.
Guyot expressed the opinion that the gov
eminent commissioner who prosecuted Maj.
Esterhazy was far more like counsel for
defense than the prosecutor. Il am happy
in the belief that all the best statesmen in
France supports NJ. Zola,' said NJ. Guyot.
NJ. Teyssonnieres, a handwriting expert,
testified to identifying the handwriting of
the bordereau that of Dreyfus. He added
That the facsimile had been blurred so as
to make 1t resemble Esterhazys. Later the
witness created ii sensation by teStifying
that friends of Dreyfus had approached him
and had limited that it might be worth
100000 to 100000 francs if he moderated his
views faVOrably to DreyfuS.
M. TeySsonnieres introduced the name of
Crepiux Janin. the handwriting expert,
when he inSinuated that the friends of
Dreyfus We're ready to bride the experts,
but under severe crOSS-eXaminatOn he adj
mtted that the only foundation for the
insinuation was his personal impression and
that no bride had ever actually been Of
fered to him.
NJ Trarieux, former minister of Justice
threw such suspicion upon all the evidence
given by M. TeySsOnnereS that the latter
left the bar much discredited.
At the opening of the hearing to-day NJ.
Labore made an impassioned personal state
ment refuting allegations of La Libre Pa
role that he was of German origin and his
wife a Jewess. N. Laborie admitted that
his wife was English, but denied that she
was a Jewess. AS for himself, he said he
was born at Rheims and that his father
Frenchman employed on the Eastern
Railway, who had been decorated with the
badge of the Legion of Honor and con-
graduated by General De Boisdeffre for
services rendered in 1870.
M. Bertillon gave his absurd evidence.
while displaying a fantastic diagram amid
continuous shrieks of laughter. After fruit
less efforts to obtain Ineligible testimony
from this witness M. Laborie turned to the
jury and said: 1.-The whole case against
Dreyfus stands before YOU. They had
him and the bCrdereau.-
The remaining evidence was rather I'M
interesting. The testimony of NJ. Trarieux
and the cross-examinatiOn of NJ. TeySsOn-
niereS elected that the latter was dismissed
from the office of expert to the War Office
because he suspected of enabling the
Matin to publish the bOrdereau. NJ. TeySSOn-
nieres went to the War Office for an
PLANTATION, but was threatened with arrest
if he came again. Moreover he was dis
missed from the post of expert to civil
tribunal for the Offonse of overcharging
a client.
Altogether the day was rather favorable
for NJ lola. 1t is rumOred that report
from Judge Bertulus. who has been inquir-
ing into recent developments in the Dreyfus
case will be produced and read in court
Tomorrow dealing with unpublished let
tiers of Comte EsterhaZy. 1t is likely to
cause a sensation.
NJ Willard minister of justice. summoned
NJ Bertulus this afternoon and they had
a long conference. 1t appears that the jury
man in the present trial who retired on
account of illness was a contractor NJ.
IebOnd, employed by the Rothschilds, and
his illness was caused by the threatening
letters he received, significant Indication
of the outside influence brought to bear on
the jury.
NJ. I.abories wife was formerly the wife
of the famous pianist Bachmann. Before
that marriage she was Miss Maggie Okey.
She was born in Australia, is herself q fine
pianist and has played at concerts in Eng
land.
NJ Papillaud editor of la Libere Parole,
has challenged NJ. Jaures, the Socialist
leader TO a duel, owing to a quarrel that
has grown out of the lola trial.