Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-12
COL. PICQUART.
He Makes Best Witness for Zola
Yet Heard.
Excitabe Manifestations Inside and Out
side the Court at Paris-case viii Last
Most of Next Week.

Paris, Feb. 11.-There were large
crowds in the court of the assizes of the
Seine, when the fifth day of the trial Of
zola and Perrfeux commenced. The pro-
ceedings opened with the recall Of Gen.
Pellieux.
There are still so witnesses to be ex-
amined, and therefore the case will con-
tinue most of next week.
Gen. Pelheux testified that Gen. Saus-
sier demanded a public trial for Ester
haZy, but Gen. Billot ordered the trial
to be secret. Nevertheless, the witness
added, the court martial refused to keep
the entire proceedings secret; therefore,
it was impossible to say that EsterhaZy
was acquitted by the authorities.
The Dreyfus papers, added Gen. Pelli-
euX, were sealed after his conviction in
1894 and were not opened until quite re-
Gently.
Col. Picquart was then called, and
narrated how he had acquired frag-
ments Of telegraphic card in 1896, and
concluded therefrom that Major Ester
haxy was corresponding with suspicious
characters, and improperly using Off
cial papers
Col Picquart remarked: 'T was struck
Hays handwriting to that of the bor-
dereau, and l submitted photos to NJ,
Bertillon and Major Patty du Clam, and
the former declared it was exactly the
same as that of the bordereau, adding:
The Jews would do anything in the
world to procure that writing Major
Patty du Clam said it was the hand
writing of Dreyfus."
Il was sent to Tunis, where all letters
n n6 w no, 7
moned from Tunis to attend the Ester
hazy inquiry Gen. Pellieux treated me
as the real defendant"
Col. Picquart emphatically denied
Gen. Pellieux's statement of yesterday,
that he had divulged an espionage af-
fair to outsiders.
The witness concluded with stating
that the intrigues of the officials, Of
which he had been the victim, had been
aimed to prevent him from demonstrat-
ing the guilt of Major Esterhazy.
M. Laborie then questioned Col. Pic
quart regarding the secret document,
and the witness said: 81 knew of the
existence of the secret document, but 1
only saw it when Gen. PellieuX showed
it to me-"
The colonel was then asked by NJ.
Laborie if he saw the original borde-
reau, and he admitted that he had. He
also admitted having seen the document
in which figured the phrase ''this ca
naille rascal D.
Col. Picquart was the best witness for
M. Zola yet heard.
At the conclusion of his evidence he
met with an enthusiastic reception.
Gen. Pelheux again denounced Col.
Picquart for searching Major Ester
tazy's rooms, whereupon NJ. Laborie re-
torted: But you yourself had Col
Picquart's rooms searched This sally
was greeted with loud applause.
NJ Laborie then asked for the testi-
mony of the agent who furnished the
government with the bordereau.
Maj Louth explained that the man
was simply a transmitting medium"
and knew nothing.
Maj. Ravary was the next witness. M.
Laborie reproached him with improper
ly conducting the EsterhaZy inquiry, to
which the major replied: Military JUS
tice is not conducted like yours
NJ. Zola's carriage, on leaving the palais
de justice, was followed by people shout-
ing Death to Zola."
The police dispersed people who were
burning pro-Zola journals.
A RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATION.
Paris, Feb. n.-There was a demonstra-
ton on the Boulevard Sebastapol at 6
o'clock this evening. The rioters smashed
the windows of a Jewish store over which
were the names of Levy and Dreyfus.
CORRESPONDENT MUST LEAVE.
London, Feb. 1.-THE French gov
ernment, according to a special dispatch
from Paris, has asked the correspond
ent of the Basle Nachrichten to leave
France, owing to his attitude towards
the Zola trial