The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-16
Experts Testify gS 10 Ih3 HQRd.
writing Of The D0TdereQu.
They SAY II RESEMBLES ES1ERHAZY'S
CIcIncnconu Proposes to ASK Madame
Hoaianccy Sumo GncstiOus 1hut
Give Hisc 10 an Upronr ia Court
Proceedings Devoid of Sensational
Features.
Paris, February IL, 1898.

"
The arrival OF Emile lola, Perreaux
and others AZ the Assizcs Court Of The
Seine to-day the eighth day of the trial
OF the novelist and the publisher OF
the Aurorc, was not marked by any
incident.
At ahe opening Of the proceedings the
presiding judge, Delegorguc, disallVwed
the request of counsel for Z'ola that the
experts h;ord at the Estcrhazy court
martial should he ,s,s1 esss5;ess5gsss.Ify
Crcpicux Janin n handwriting ex-
peri, strenuousy denied that he had at
tempted to bribe Teyssonnieres to mod
ify his reports of the Drsyfus bor-
dcrcau
Teyssonn!eres, Crepieux Janin added,
had declared thaIt 1T was on his (Tey-
sSonnitres) report alone, and not on
Bcnt!llons, on which Dreyfus was con-
victcd.
Janin added that 1t was because Tey-
ssonniereS was angry with the witness
Tor not sharing his opinion in regard to
the Dreyfus case that he tried TO COM
promise the matter.
director Mtnicr, of the French record
once, declared that the published fac
as possible, and he thought that Gene
raj PellcuX'S contention that the fac
SMILES looked like forgcries, was an ex-
aEgcration
Menier concluded with saying that
''he handwriting of Major E9terhnzy
reSenbled that Of the bordereau. ~
iioiessor Ernest AToulinler, of the
Soit'ge OF France. testified that Major
EStt rhazy's handwriting absolutely re-
sembled that OF the bordereau.
Ciemenceau, counsel for the Aurore
read letters from Madeline deBoulencev'
admitting the possession OF letts-rs
Whicn Major lGsterhazy wrote 10 her
""pween 1881 and 1891 and containing
serious antmadversons OF France and
the French army.
Glemenceau urged the court to ap-
punt magistrate to ask Nine de
i'ouiancey IL among the letters there
WAS not Ole containing the folIowinr
e%prc;sionS
General Saussicr uhen the
COMMUNICATIVE Of the French .rmy
ana military governor of Parisl is =
clown in our country the Germans
would not show him in a circus" CJp
roar in court.)
Secondly-"If The Prussians rot as
ia? as Lyons they might throw ,vav
| their guns and keep only their riding
whips to drive the French i'm front Of
mem. prolonged sensation)
Ihree amateur experts in handwrit-
ing testified that the fac smile was an
exact FAC smile of Major Ester
Nays handwriting. statements which
caused fu!ther sensations in court.
Felix Frank, lawyer of Brussels
sidd: The majority OF the experts
started on the false idea that the writ
or Of the bordcrcau had disguised his
| handwriting. The bordereau. however
was written naturally and in running
| hand which ia identical with that of
Major Fsterhazy"
Frank proceeded to technically de-
monstrate the lmprobability Of this ex-
plan1tion. He affirmed that the bor-
dereau was written by one person alone
ana added that this person was Major
1IstcrhaZy.
The witness concluded with predict
Ing that some day 1t would be recog-
niZed that the bordereau was not writ
ten by Dreyfus. which remark was
greeted with murmurs
l'rof. Havert. of the College Of
France. said he examined as an expert
the bordercau. and the letters Of Major
lIsterhazy and Dreyfus, as well as a
letter written by Drcyfus since his con-
| demnation. The latter, the witness
| continued, was devoid OF resemblance
| to the bordereau, of which he was con-
vinced Major Esterhazy was the au-
| thor.
Court was then adjourned. The
crowd made no demonstration and the
officers, including Major Dsterhazy and
| Gen. PcllieuX, left amid silence
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