New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-10
MORE TUMULT OVER lola.
UPRoARIoUs SCENES AT HIGH STATE
TRIAL

,,oo or pApRIsTERs INDULGE ~ HoRsEPLAf
,,r DISPERSED ny THE GUARDs-THE
COURT CLEARED BY THE SOLDIERS
EVIDENCE STILL SUPPRESSED.
nat. roh q In splte Of the special precautions
,,ken TO prevent them. there was 'ep'"
,no scones witnessed yesterday. when the Tial OF
En,1e Zola and ". Perreux. who are peins ~ 10
o,..a nv tho Government for denouncing tho hs'er-
-, oo,r,mar,iaI was continued to-day III ''e
,ss,,o. court OF the Seine This was the UNI" 80"
~ rho trial and when General Boisu'ii'e We" :,
no refused emphaticaly to testify uh'e' VIC '''
professional and State secrecy, so,,oa
VI Delerorgue the Presiding JUDGE oo
that Nine Dreyfus should be allowed 10 .es'n' W
49,, onduon mat her evidence was restricted 10 '"e
Esterhazy case ,r,
p,pp1sTERs DISPERSED BY GUARDS
o,o- ,uo hundred barristers in their robes. gain
rod =, the public entrance and induIge1 III H'''0
NAV When the Presiding Judge oroereo '"en" 'o'
~ obstruct the passage the harrister9 "'""' 80
onstratIon against the Judge. TnereupO"' III. ~"
,,andant of the Republican Guards sent ue''c"
mont OF troops to quell the Disturbance Inv me
,,o,,ot ,be military was ill-receyed and led to
.ioiort ARRAY The barrsters rushed upo" INC
Guards and struck them. One OF the young lawyers
was arrested: but. after quiet had been feS'ored' "
was no longer detained. -,
The arrival Of the officers in uniform. including
General Nercier and Major Patty de CAM WHO hao
been summoned was the signal for cheers lot 'ie
French Army NJ lola entered by the private door'
unobserved. The deafenins chatter Ill 'ne '"u'
room was silenced by the entrance OF the iieH'''s
Judge. , .,,,a,
NJ Iabori counsel for NJ. lola, protested ag'ins.
the limitation of the evidence OF Nine Dreyfus and
scahngly denounced the in court, the oassed
reports In the newspapers and the attacks on MS
client as being unworthy OF France
ROfsDEFFRE DECLINES TO TESTIFY.
General BoisdeTe replying to Nj. Labor al
mitted that the Minister for War. before ne had
testified at the Esterhazy court-martiaL nad re-
ceived from Major Esterhazy certain document
which concerned the Drcyfus case; but the witness
refused give any further particulars On me
ground OF professional secrecy
NJ Labor protested that In court OF justice
professional secrecy could not exist, whereupon
General Boisdenre retorted:
professional secrecy cannot be separated from
State secrecy"
Tho General admitted that Colonel Pcquart had
been transferred 10 Tuns owing to his being IA
vorable TO Dreyfus the witness added that ne. per-
sonaIy was convinced of the guilt Of Dreyfus whiIe
other facts before and after the court -Inartia
which had come to MS Kho"iedse MAUI ''''' va
This statement made a sensation in court
General Gonse followed. and at the outset OF tne
examination had a violent dispute with NJ. Labor
In which the general puhllc joined, lhg tuiu r
dered the court be cleared, wnich the inuiHclPa
guards promptly did. The court resumed It's scs-
sion FIVE minutes later. and General ,ionse ex-
plalned that he had not meant all he SAID IheTe-
upon the incident allowed TO drop. . -, i.
General Conse then spoke OF the investigations OF
Colonel Picquart whom the witness ehcouiasea
INT tho General added that he told the tol0hsl 70
avoid arresting Major Esterhazy which the Coiohe'
wished to do. - ,,,.,..or 90 War vvho
was next examined declared that he Deleved tne
hordereau and other documents a0stracted from
mo war Office had been communicated 10 the news
he
M Tahori Immediately asked that Nine. Dreyius
he allowed 10 confront General MERCER ana deiy
his statements: but the presiding Judge refused 10
allow her to do So , ,o.o~,r ,tarciar
Counsel for NJ lola then pressed GeneraI Mercle.
IN saw II II was true that secret doculnent nhi !
heen communicated to the Drcyfus court-nia LII
behind the backs Of Dreyfus and MS counsel Inc
General refused to reply.
CHEERS FOR ANTI DREYFUS WITNESSES
At the conclusion OF his examination General Mer-
c,er vociferousiy cheered with cries OF 'Ne
rArmee," and "Vive la France!
NJ Trarieux who was Minister OF Justice at 'he
time OF the Dreyfus court-martial. was tne nsNt
witness: but his evidence did not convey amp amp .
thing startling and the court adlourned. ne
crowd outside the court acclaimed Generals Me-
cier Bolsdeffre and Gonse. while NJ Iola Was lei
almost unnoticed.