The news & observer., 1898-02-13
CHALLENGED TO A DUEL
HEATED DISCUSSIONS HErD IN
THE IOBBIl1S.
GUARDS AROUND TIE COURT INCREASED
NJ. fertiIIon The Handwriting Expert Testified
Tha, Dreyfds Wrote the sordeteau. Zola
isis Claim Evidence Might Result in
Revision of the Dresfas Case,

Paris. Feb, IL, -There were tae usual
crowds and Administrations toVny at
The Assiztvs vgarT ~ tho Seine when
the sixth day og tac trial Of Mm Hola
ana rcvwux olcuca frfore NJ. Dele
gorgue. the pgw~idinR ia,lgc, The force
of Repubfcaa guards around the court
was incraaSed to foar companies.
Ii MAS &nnounced to-day that Gen
Billot. Minister fug War, has instituted
lracer6ingS against Nj. Courant, tne bar.
s,Stcr. who. nj the close of the proceed
ings i'm court yesterday was arrested for
shouting down with the commanding
officers.
Col. picQuart who was recalled, SAID
he believed that General PellieuX, out of
respect for the Chose Juge tease upon
which Judgment has been passed, other
wise the DreyfuS affair." had not thought
ii incumbent upon him to order the
Pordereau to be submitted TO expert
examination for the purpose of the Es-
terhazy inquiry and. the witness added,
Major Ravary unwittingly took the
same course and founded his judgment
on incomplete aI>, inadequate docu-
ments.
Replying to the presiding judge, Col.
Pfcquart said he received NJ. lie Blois
fifteen times in his private office; but
the witness denied communicating to
him thc secret document containing the
words that scoundrel d.
NJ. Henry, who was recalled, said that
document was ON lne table when Nj,
lie BIois visited Col. Picquart. Gene
raj ,fonse and Major Lauth corrobora-
ted the witness and III. lie Blois de
MED ..aying been shown the document.
Nj. Iaborie pointed out contradictions
i'm NJ Henry's evidence and Major Raw
ary's report, whereupon NJ. Henry adj
yaneed excitedIy upon NJ. Laborie and
shouted:
Il will not tolerate your casting sus-
pic:on upon my evidence"
Colonel Picquart protested against NJ,
Henry's language, whereupon the latter
shouted:
Il aver that Colonel Picquart has lied
in this matter" tuproar).
Colonel Picquart was then permitted
to address the jury He said:
"You have heard NJ. Henry, Major
I4auth and Major Patty Du Cam bring
sb6minable charges against me. All the
steps | took in This matter have moi
been forgotten. / believed it was eXpe
dent to introduce light and justice into
the affair, for which / was overwhelmed
with insults. am the victim OF gooG
faith and | have to pay for the propriety
of my conduct and fer my attachment to
the cause l consider just"
After heated alteration between
the presiding judge and NJ Laborie re-
garding some dates, NJ Henry surpris-
ed the court by affirming that the docu-
Inent with the words that scoundrel
d. had no connection with Dreyfus,
but belonged to different lot of papers
and was of no consequence. The real
Dreyfus papers, witness added, he had
1fsYer seen Maitre Demanges, who
was counsel for Dreyfus in the court
martial proceedings said the attitude of
Mr.. Scheurer-Kestner and the denuncia-
tion of Major Esterhazy by Matthew
Dreyfus had caused him deep emotion.
because he saw in them the possibility
of a revision of the case. He then
explained the law reasons which pre-
vented l::n lr M applying for the re-
hearing, to which the government was
opposed. He said he was actuated by
his feelings and several facts, among
them that he had learned on reliable au-
thority that one of the members of the
court martial had said that a secret
After the sensation had subsidized, an
swering NJ Laborie, he said that the
members of the court martial and him
self had photos of the Bordereauy which
were taken away ut the close of the
trial, and which, probably We're event
ually destroyed after the usual inter
VAL
NJ. Jaures, the Socialist Deputy criti-
cised the government generally and at
tiLbuted the secrecy at the EsterhaZy
court martial to the necessity for cou-
cealing the contradictions in the opin-
ions of the experts, in 1894 and 1897, on
the Bordereau.
Continuing, NJ. Jaures charged the
general staff with connivance with
Major Esterhazy, adding that the only
object Of the court martial seemed to
be to Justify him. NJ. Jaures also re-
preached the Ministers bitterly for not
facing the jury.
NJ. Laborie then asked for the produc-
ton of the secret papers and the Borde-
reau, for the purpose of comparing the
handwriting; but the presiding judge
and the advocate general opposed the
proposition. A warm discussion follow
ed and the application was refused after
recess had been taken for the consid-
eration of NJ. Laborie's written argu-
ments.
NJ. Bertillon, the handwriting expert,
testified that Dreyfus wrote the Borde-
reau, adding that if he had the incrim-
inating documents seized at the resi-
dence of Dreyfus in 1894, he would
prove it.
There were the most heated discussions
in the lobbies to-day, the Zolaists claim
ing that to-day's evidence might result
in a revision of the Dreyfus case and
the ant:-Zolaists, on the contrary, claim
ing that Maitre Demange had not fur
nished any proof in support of VI. Zola S
case.
In view Of the possibility Of a demon
stration, three and a half squadrons of
cavalry were stationed in the Rue Drout
the Marie Celestin and the Chateau