The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-02-15
EVIDENCE FOR NJ. lola.
An Ex-Oabinet Official Defends the
Noted Novelist,
EST BRHAZY's TRIAL A PARODY.


So Declares NJ. Yves Guyot, Former
Minister of Publtc works-Otbcr
ut.,ossoa Dooit,o 60 ro..tcu a
NiO"h VI 9'crccH'
Paris. Feb. 15-When the trial Of
NM. Zola and PerreuX was res,med at
the assise court of the Seine yesterdav
M. Jaures. the Socialist member of the
chamber of IDENTITIES was recalled He
reiterated his belief in tbe cutpobuitv
of Major Esterhazv.
The examination of NJ RertiIIon tbe
handwriting expert. was then resumed
He said he Thought II inpossibIe TO ask
the minister of war for the incriminat-
ing documents seized nj the residence
Of Drevfus in 1894 which according IN
The testimony Of the witness on Satur-
dav last vouId enable him to nrove
that Dravf,,e wrote the bordaraan
NJ Iaborie counsel for NJ zo,o
therer,pon nrotested and tyvittad NJ
Rertiunn with boiro urvyiuinr ia foe
tifv I'm court while giving intervisvys to
the -ne,vsnaners
Nj BertiIou said tho intarviavve vyore
false Reing nraesad nv NJ Tahorie f.,
evnlain how unless he had seen the
secret documents he was abIa to nroyo
at tbe court martial that Dravfus wrote
tbe horderoau NJ portillor ,ns,,orad
tbat ba could not nvrlain without docu-
monts which wore M LONGER I'm bis nos
session This abatement caused a sem
sation in court and M T.aboria do
handed that Tho advocate general
CONNIE, the witness to ranIv 10 this
reouest tho advocate general made mo
answer
FINALLY NJ RertiIlon who nersisted in
NOT ansvyarirg Questions left the wit
naes etand amidst considerable unroar
M T,oborie rcmarkinr And this is tbe
man unon whose evidence Drevf,is was
convicted" NJ RertilIon gave his ab-
cured evidence while disnIaving a fan
tastic dia grau amid continuous shrieks
of Iaugbter
M Yves Guvot the former minister of
nuhlic works testified that the Ester-
bazv court martial was q "parodv on
i,,stica" The f,rtber e+atar1ant of M
Cuyot tbot tho inner CIRCLES Of foreign
povarnments were fullv copnizan+ of
oil that occurred at tho Esterbazv
court martial caused a sensation I,ater
M Guvot ovnrassed the oninion mai
the Government commissioner whr
nroeacutsd Major Esterhazv was far
more like counsel for the defense thar
the rroeecutor ct am bannv in the
haIief that all tho hest continent in
France sunnorts Nj. ZoIa. said the wit.
ness
M T~evessonnieres another hand.
writing exnart testified to identifvina
the HANDWRITING Of the bordereau as
that of Drevfus He added that the
fac smile had heen blnrred so as tc
make If resemble rsterhazv,s. Later
the witness created a sensation nv tes-
tifving that friends of Dreyfus had an.
nroacbed him and had hinted that II
might he worth 100 600 TO 200 600 francs
If he moderated his views favorablv tC
Drevfns Nj Teyessonnieres who tes.
tilted in a diffuse and random fashion
he name of Cranieux Janin
the h~andwritinp axnert when he insin.
mated that the friends NJ Drevfus wer,
ready to hrihe the evnarts hut Sc
we're cross ex~amination he admitted
that tho only foundation for +he insin.
nation was HE n~ersona1 ipnression anf
that no bribe had ever actually beer
offered 10 him NJ Trarieux forme,
minister of Justice, threw such sus.
picion upon all the evidence given by
Az. teyessottie ma u i"''e' 'i
The court adjourned after calling E
number of other experts in handwrit.
ing, several of whom refused to testif!
On me slouilu u p@s go
summary of his report, which held tina
the bordereau might have been writer