Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-26


writing of the bordereau, according to
his system. Then he Electrically clear
cd the desk attached to the witness bar,
drew his chair nearer, deposited his
high hat on the floor, and, sitting down,
began copying the bordereau. The au-
dience watched him, bent over the desk,
busily drawing letters, the judges gaz-
ing at him, until at the end of 10 min
utes the people and the judges became
RESTLESSLY INPATIENT,
and Col. Jouaust remarked that 1t was
not necessary to copy the whole Dor
dereau and that a few lines wou suf-
fee. A few minutes later M. Bertilllon
rose, strobe to the judges table and
laid before them his copy. The judges,
counsel, the government commlssary,
Maj. Carriere, and the clerk of the court
clustered around in one group, eager to
see the result The audience watched
this strange spectacle until Col. Jo1-
aust shrugged his shoulders. and then
the spectators knew that M. Bertillon
had failed to satisfy them.
M. Bertillon noticed this and said
apologetically, 81 was too badly
placed"
Maitre Demange returned to the
-counsels table, and in response to
look of inquiry from Dreyfus whisper
ed a few words to the prisoner with
a shrug of his shoulders and smile ON
his face. Dreyfus appeared perfectly
satisfied.
Col. Jouaust then, at H. a. m. ad-
journed the court and NJ. Bertillon
packed up his belongings and the SOL
diers carried them out.
To the newspaper men who crowded
around Maitre Labor, asking him for
his impressions, the counsel said there
was certain resemblance to the bor-
dereau, adding: But this is all. NJ
Bertillon only did what dozens could
do 1t only proves he is clever for
ger. That is all"
At the opening of the session con-
siderable comment was caused by the
request of NJ Gribelin, the principal
archivist of the headquarters staff, for
permission to absent himself for "a
hours, owing to summons of the min
lister of war, Gen. de Marquis de Gal
lifet, who desired to see him in Paris
1t was suggested that the minister of
war wishes to refresh M Gribelins
memory, which has been so strongly
anti-Dreyfus.
The deposition of NJ Henry WE'LL, a
former officer Of the headquarters staff
was read. In substance it was to the
effect that
ESTERHAZY TOLD HIM
in 1894 that Dreyfus was innocent, but
that this would not prevent his con-
viction, because he was Jew.
A former sergeant who was at one
time employed in the war office testi-
fed to seeing Dreyfus copying the list
of railroad stations mentioned in the
plan of mobilization, to which Dreyfus
replied; 1T is true; but l copied the
list by order OF Capt. Besse.'
The court closely followed Mr.. Co.
bert's exhaustive story of his examina-
ton of the borderean and his interview
with Gems. MERCER, De Boisdeffre and
Gonse. M. Goubert asserted that the
handwriting of the bordereau was nat
ural and fluent, but that it was almost
lliegible, whereas Dreyfus, even when
writing rapidly, always wrote most
legibly.
Inc witness asked Gen. Gonse if an
envelope accompanied the bordereau.
as he, NJ. Colbert, wished to see what
the writer's careful caligraphy was like.
explaining that the address of a letter
is always in firmer hand than its con-
tents. Gen. Gonse refused the request
on the ground that the witness must
not know the name of the addressee
The general also refused to allow the
Dordereau to be photographed. alleging
that If the war Office photographers were
allowed to photograph it all Paris
would be acquainted with the, border
eau next day. Qaughter.) Thereup-
on the witness remarked: "Gen. Gonse,
this is a very interesting confession. .
M. Colbert then suggested that the WORK
be entrusted to the prefecture of police.
where NJ. Bertilloa is the photographer.
Until then, the witness said, he had
never heard of NJ Bertillon as
HANDWRITING EXPERT.
saying he became an expert for this
special occasion. when he was called in
the war office. Uaughter.)
Gen. Gonse. it appears from the testi-
mony, was greatly enraged when he
learned of the result of NJ. Gobert's
examination of the bordereau, and
visited the expert repeatedly The lat
ter always insisted upon learning the
name of the suspect ut was not pro-
per-" said NJ. Colbert, ''for me to accuse
any one without being perfectly cog
INFANT OF the facts, especially in cir
cumstanees of so grave a nature.