The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-10
DREYFUs SECRETS KEPT DARK.
ARMY OFFICERS REFUSE TO REPLY
TO ZOLA'S LAWYERS.


Attorney Lahore Protests Against
the Limitation of the Evidence
the Biased Reports of the News
papers and the Attacks on HIS
Cient-Gen. Bots d'EGre Admits
Col. Picquart Was Sent to Tunis
Because He Was Favorable TO
Dreyfus-Guards Forced to Clear
the Court.
Paris, Feb. 9-In spite of special pre-
cautions there was a repetition OF the
scenes witnessed yesterday when the trlal
of Emile Zola and NJ. Perreux who are
being prosecuted by the government Tor
denouncing the Esterhazy court-martial'
was continued to-day in the Assizes Court
of the Seine.
Gen. Bots dEffre refused emphatcally to
testify, under the pleas of professional and
state secrecy.
NJ. de Legorgue, the presiding judge,
consented that Madame Dreyfus should
be allowed to testify, on the condition that
her evidence be restricted to the Ester
hazy case.
Over 200 barristers in their robes, gather
ed at the entrance and INDUCED in horse
play. When the presiding judge ordered
them not to obstruct the passage, the bar
risters made a demonstration against the
judge.
Thereupon, the commandant of the Re
publican Guards sent a detachment of
troops to quen the disturbance. The inter-
vention of the military was Ill received
and led to a violent affray. The barris-
tiers rushed upon the guards and struck
them. One of the young lawyers was ar
rested, but after quiet had been restored
he was released.
NJ Lahore protested against the limita-
ton of the evidence of Nine. Dreyfus and
denounced the scenes in court, the biased
reports in the newspapers and the attacks
on his client as being unworthy of France.
Gen. Bots d Effre, replying, admitted
that. as minister for war, before he had
testified at the EsterhaZy court martial
he had received from Maj. Esterhazy q
certain document which concerned the
Dreyfus case. but he refused to give any
further particulars on the ground of pro-
fessional secrecy.
The General admitted that Col. Picquart
had been transferred to Tunis owing to his
being favorable to Dreyfus, and the wit
ness added that ne personally was con-
WINGED of the guilt of Dreyfus, while other
facts, before and after the court martial
which had come to his knowledge, made
this conviction unshakabe. This state
ment made a sensation in court.
Gen. GonZ followed, and had a violent
alterca ton with NJ. Lahore, In which the
general public Joined. The tumult reached
such a pitch that the Judge ordered TIE
court cleared, which the municipal guards
promptly did. The court resumed it's ses-
sion five minutes later and Gen. Gonz eX-
planned that he had not meant all he said.
Thereupon the incident was allowed to
drop.
Gen. Gonz then spoke of the investiga-
tions of Col. Piequart, whom he had en-
couraged, but the general added that he
told the colonel to avoid arresting Maj.
Esterhazy, which the colonel wished to
do.
Gen. Mercier, the former minister of
war, who was next examined declared that
he believed the Bordereau and other docu-
ments distracted from the war office had
been communicated to the newspapers by
the Dreyfus family
M. Lahore then asked that Nine. Drey-
fus be allowed to confront Gen. MERCER
and deny his statement, but the Judge re-
fused to allow it.
Counsel for NJ. Zola then pressed Gen.
Mercier to say if it was true that secret
document had been communicated to the
Dreyfus court martial, but the General
refused to reply.
At the conclusion of his examination
Gen Mercier was cheered.
NJ Trarieuz. who was minister of JUS
tice at the time of the Dreyfus court
martial, was the next witness. After his
evidence, which cid not convey any start
ling facts, the court adjourned.
The crowd outside the court cheered
Gems. MERCER, Bots d Effre and Gonz,
while M. Zola was left almost unnodced.
A crowd of from 10000 to 1900 persons,
noisy and inclined to excuses, were in
the neighborhood of the Palais de Justice
at O'Clock this afternoon, but il was
kept in the semblance of order by large
bodies of police, and was obliged to be
content with shouting against M. lola,
who left the court almost unobserved.
M. Yves Guyot, leaving the court on
foot, was recognized and hustled near the
Pont Neuf, the crowd threatening 10
throw him into the river, and shouting
''Abas les Tratitres,' "Abas les Vend. y
Two police sergeants rescued him, got
him into cab and enabled him to es-
cape.
There was sporadic fighting between
both men and women on the outskirts OF
the crowd.