The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-16
7oIA CALM AND CHEERFUL.
pRODUCING a BETTER Eff
soT THAN TEDARED TO HOPE"

-. e.,.rnneut in the Position OF Defs'aant
r,,.,rsry Thiuk, tho streets May Ne
-. with 100, 900 Dead BEFORE the
,..,r.., u Ruded DamaEiaE Evidence
-, y,terhnsy-CompromisinE Letters
..,s u,s Efforts to Recover Theua.
s,,etcI Gable Dispatches TO TIE suH.
.,,s Fob l5.-The free-and.easy French
.-s,.iol procedure which permits anybody VINO
s,sit.s n witnesses testimony to como next day
w .ontradlct It furnished the first incident OF
.-s.,,s session OF the State trial In Wnicn
~ military authorities and system OF
v..,oe are the real defendants. Gen. Gonse
..no.red in court at the lola trial TO-
~ IN controvcrt the great speech maze
sAy Jorres, the Socialist leader In the Cham
~, NJ Deputies, to the jury, which perhaps
v" ,,.r ANYTHING else has opened the Dyes OF
A.. French people and aroused the country.
=. c.ns. nrotcsted that the Government had
~ IN conceal the truth. nor did IL have
so.r n, ANYTHING being brought into the
sn. Nm the contrary. he said. tho Govern.
htp. ,hod Tint everything should be brought
out clearly, ,,..,nu
,..o h.re arst the secret pieces OF evidence
-,,,h Gen. Mercier submitted to tho court
"NN,I.,. ,.cond. 10 remove from Col. Picquart
.a r..,rirtions of professional secrecy, and
,h,,d N direct NJ. Bertillon to tell the whole
truth"
things.
N Iabori-Then speak no more OF truth and
light.
N crenieux Jaime come before the jury to
..nr Tho insinuation made by the expert, NJ.
T.r.sonnihres. Yesterday. that he had tried to
t,iho him 10 change his report upon the Dor
S,r,ov. He did SO emphatically. and also called
attention to several points In T~eyssonnieres's
testimony which he declared to be absurd as
we'll as false.
Tho imnortnnt point was brought out again
that the fac-simile Of the bordsredu published
In tho Mdtin was identical with the photo
rr,phic copies which the Government had sup
plled to its experts and which T~eyssonnieres
had shown 10 the witness.
Tho defence called four experts. who testified
that they were convinced that the borderedu
!, written by Count Esterhazy. Their COM
parisons were made between specimens OF Es-
terh,zy's writing, a photographic fac-simile Of
the bordereau and actual writings OF Dreyfus.
One witness went so far as to declare that any
eXDert VINO 0u nOt UclicNo ~ ~ ~
tbe work Of Esterhazy deserved to be disquali.
fed.
The spectators several times induleed in
angry demonstrations, NJ. Labor protesting
against these Interruptions.
pepo,itions BY Mile. Comminges and Mime.
Boulancy were read. The former denied all
knowledge Of the yelled lady" and refused to
say any more. Nine. Boulancy acknowledged
receiving several letters from Esterhazy. which
were perhaps more compromising than his
~traitorous Uhlan letter. She declared that she
was unwilling to submit these letters to the
court,
me defencs appsisd to the court for a process
to compel the production of certain letters
written by Esterhazy to Mime. Boulancy in
which the writer has expressed most traitoroua
sentiments.
fine Boulancy's deposition went on to say
that Esterhazy had called several times recently
to demand the return of these letters. Once he
gained her door. which was opened partly, but
held from opening further by q safety chain. He
demanded the letters, but the witness in reply
only promised not to publish them. Esterhazy
was there again on last Saturday. but the wit
ness was away from home when he called.
While the Court retired to consider tho appli.
cation for the production Of the letters THE
Htspoieer aSkeu HsternaEy "hat IL o h"o "
cay about Nine. Boulancy's deposition.
"lprotest against her charges" ho said, land
The bar we sball ace who Ia the real scoundrel !,
The Coprt decided To r..srv. thu matter NJ ths
applicatiop NJ the dsfenc. for m. nrodnotion NJ
ths latter wr,,,.r Nv Es,.rha.1 20 NJ po,.
lAncy.
More expert testimony Astounding in tech.
bandvrtiro =, ~. h..J~..S. - E..a,hs,r,s
In the corrss =, IN. a~omtra,io - 49,. lit
nssses there ws,s trsonant on,hreata ~ Az.
order on tbs mn, ~ tha amd,.u.a
several msmh.rs ~ ,ha Er",. y,.,,,,.s
testified for IN. det.roo dao,.rinn ,h.t nrsvfn.
was not eu,,,v -, ,"r',,"a,
NJ. Grimsnd .sn.c,.rr - .ansau., r.,
DECLARING that hooon.a ~ "a 80 80,
against the coro,rsian. -, .ssss
inR the origin ~ ,ho ho,.as.sa. -. No. 49,,
me origin OF inc oorderedu. he was sum