The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-10
Latter Given No Opportunity in Court
60 Prove His Charges Against
Government officials.
NOISY YOUNG BARRISTERs
RIOTOUs LAWYERS DISPERSED BY
THE REPUBLICAN GUARDS.
Important Questions Put to French
Army Officers, but Not Answered.
Nine. Dreyfus's Testimony Limited.

PARIS, Feb. 9.--In spite of special pre-
cautions there was repetition of the scenes
witnessed yesterday when the trial of Emile
Zola and NJ. Perreaux, who are being prose-
cuted by the government for denouncing the
Esterhazy court-martial was continued to-
day in the Assizes Court of the Seine Over
two hundred barristers in their robes gath
cred at the public entrance and INDUCED in
horse play. When the presiding judge or
dered them not to obstruct the passage the
barristers made a demonstration against
the Judge Thereupon the commandant of
the republican guards sent a detachment of
troops to quell the disturbance. The inter-
vention of the military was i'll received and
led to a violent affray. The barristers
rushed on the guards and struck them. One
of the young lawyers was arrested, but
after quiet had been restored he was re-
leased.
When court was opened it was announced
that General Boisdeffre refused emphat-
ically to testify, under the plea of profess
sional and state secrecy.
NJ Delagorgue, the presiding judge, con-
scented that Madame Dreyfus should be al
lowed to testify on the condition that her
evidence be restricted to the Esterhazy case.
NJ Laborie protested against the limita-
ton of the evidence of Madame Dreyfus
and denounced the scenes in court the
biased reports in the newspapers and the
attacks on his client as being unworthy of
France.
General Boisdeffre, replying, admitted
that as minister for war, before he had
testified at the Esterhazy court-martal. he
had received from Major Esterhazy a GER
tain document which concerned the Drey-
fus case, but he refused to give any further
he prrOI Of
secrecy. The general admitted that Colonel
Picquart had been transferred to Tunis
owing to his being favorable to Dreyfus,
End the witness added that he personally
was convinced of the guilt of Dreyfus
while other facts, before and after the
court-martial, which had come to his
knowledge made this conviction unshake-
able This statement made IL sensation in
court
General Gonz followed and had violent
alteration with M. Laborie in which the
general public Joined. The tumult reached
such a pitch that the judge ordered the
court cleared, which the municipal guards
promptly did. The court resumed its ses-
sion five minutes later, and General Gonz
explained that he had not meant all he said.
Thereupon the incident was allowed to
drop. General Gonz then spoke of the in
designations of Colonel Picquart, whom he
had encouraged but the general added that
b9 told the colonel to avoid arresting Major
Esterhazy, which the colonel wished to do.
General MERCER, the former minister of
war who was next examined, declared that
he believed the bordereau and other eiocu-
ments distracted from the War Office had
been communicated to. the newspapers. by
the Dreyfus family.
Dreyfus be allowed to confront General
MERCER and deny his statement. but the
judge refused to allow it.
Counsel for M. lola then pressed General
ATercier to say if it was true that a secret
document had been communicated to the
Dreyfus court-martial but the general re-
fused to reply. At the conclusion of his
examination General MERCER was cheered.
II. Trarieux, who minister of justice
at the time of the Dreyfus court-martial
was the next witness. After his evidence
which did not convey any startling facts
the court adjourned.
The crowd outside the court cheered
Generals MERCER, Boisdeffre and Gonz
while NJ lola was left almost unnoticed.
A crowd of from ten thousand to fifteen
thousand persons, noisy and inclined to ex-
cesses, was in the neighborhood of the
Palais de Justice at 5 O'Clock this after
noon, but it was kept in a semblance of or
der by large bodies of police and was
obliged To be content with shouting against
NJ. lola. who left the court almost unob-
served. NJ. Yves Guyot, leaving the court on
foot. was recognized and hustled near the
Pont Neuf, the crowd threatening to throw
him into the river and shouting: "A bas
Les Traitresn' "A bas Les Vendusn' Two
police sergeants rescued him. got him into
cab and enabled him to escape There was
sporadic lighting between both men and
women on the outskirts of the crowd