The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-24
A DAY WITH FEW SENSATIONS.
GoNSE, THE ONLY DANGEROUS WIT
NESS, TURNED TAIL.

Before the Court of Cessation Was
Read-Jaures Is Confident That
Dreyfus VIII be Acquitted.
Rennes, Aug. 23.-The session of the
Dreyfus courtmartiai here to-day was
comparatively uneventful. The deposit
tons were not productive of any really
thrilling incidents.
The systematic production of the fimsl-
est trash, which the prosecution deems
profitable to infict on the judges, and
which the latter accept as evidence, was
proceeded with. Much of the ridiculous
testimony of the morning was devoted to
an attempt to blast Dreyfus' private char
| acter. though when Maitres Labori and
Demange had finished with the witnesses,
| their bubbles of tiue-tattle were badly
pricked.
Much of the time was occupied in read
ing the testimony of Esterhazy and Mile
| Pays before the Court Of Cessation, dur
ing which many of the audience left the
court.
NJ. Labori again distinguished himself
in laying bare the weak points of the evl-
dence. He was less fierce than yesterday,
though aggressive enough to arouse the
latent hostility of the judges, which show
| ed itself in various little ways.
Neither is NJ Laborl a favorite with Mai.
| Carriere. the governments commissary,
and the latter makes no serious effort to
conceal his feelings towards the lawyer.
NJ. Labor bore few traces of the eff
| fects of the outrage upon him. He rose.
| sat down and moved his body and limbs
| apparently without much difficulty. Only,
| occasionally, he put his hands to his back
as though suffering pain. His wife follow
| ed his every movement through a gold and
| tortoise shell lorgnette.
| Madame Rejane. the actress, was again
| an interested spectator in court to-day,
! especially when VI, Labori was on his feet
| and his voice was vibrating through the
| hall. Her eyes watched his mobile fea-
! lures across which fitted every changing
| expression of indignation. anger or salts
| faction. with the keen interest which spec
| tators in a theater follow her own act
ing. During some of the depositons NJ.
| Labori appeared very nervous He was
| unable to remain still an instant twitch-
| ing his fingers and shaking his papers In
| his hand Counsel was almost too i'm.
patient to wait till the witnesses concluded
| their testimony.
Only Danger Was in GOnse.
The only dangerous opponent of Drevfus
to-day was Gen GOnse, who mounted the
| stage with a quick step and apparently
| light heart But he left il badly maued
by NJ. Labor.
| Gen. Gonse began by declaring he came
| to defend his honor against those drivel-
| ling" against him. But when his cross
| examination was finished he returned TO
| his viii his nj l,af &c, eor
| NJ. Labori had driven him INTO a corner
| on the attempts of the general staff to
| shield Esterhazy, and had shown that the
| general staff for which Gonse was re-
| sponsible had engineered Eserhazy's es-
cape from the hands of justice The
confident tones of the general had by then
! dwind1ed into a prOVerbial still, small
voice, and his defiant bearing had changed
into the abashed air Of a school boy caught
| telling a lie.
The day proved certainly a poor one for
| the general staff. Two good samples OF
the men put up 10 suly Dreyfus' private
| character were the third and fourth wit
| nesses.
First Mai DuChatelet repeated an al
| legged conversation of Dreyfus regarding
| a lady al whose house Dreyfus is alleged
| to have gamb,ed and lost money. Bul
| when cross s-examined, DuChatelets mem
| ory failed him entirely, especially when
| asked the name of the lady, the street she
| resided on and the sum Dreyfus lost
| Next, NJ. Du Brieul showed equally as
! founding forgetfulness on essential points
| of his evidence concerning Dreyfus ac-
| quaintauceshtp with a foreign attache
and when NJ. Demange capped his sue
| cessful examination of those points by
| promising to show that NJ Du Brieul's
| record in the law courts is far from clear
the witness left the stand badly dlscred-
| tied.
Jaures Is Confident.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press talked this afternoon with VI
Jaures, the socialist leader, who, with
Mathieu Dreyfus, sees Maltre Labor
every day after the session and who is
| acquainted with the entire tactics of the
defense. NJ. Jaures said:
| u am convinced that Dreyfus will be
acquitted He must be acquitted, for nc
new facts have been brought up against
him. The generals, believe are going
to make their last stand on Bertilon'
| system which they intend to submit as
proving Dreyfus guilty. Intelligent mer
| laugh al It, but 1t is very ingenius and
has the merit in the eyes OF the generals
of being incomprehensible to an ordinary
man and thus calculated to impress him
if supported by the puppets OF the gen
| era lstaf.
"Berlillon's theory has already been in.
| roduced by some OF the military Witnesses
who declare their confidence in II. The
trial in my belief will last about another
| twenty DAYS"
The Proceedings in Detail.
The following are the proceedings in de.
tail:
Controller Roy. the first witness called
| to-day. gave his impressions Of Dreyfus
| which harmonized with those Of the gen
erals who have already testified. But TIC
| witness was unable to give a single sps-
cihc fact 70 substantiate his impressions.
| Mai Dreyel.e. employed IN the German
| section OF the war office. testified TO a Iona
string Of similar insinuations. lie referred
20 Dreyfus' alleged boastfulncss OF his
money and his irregular attendance at hi,
Office.
Afer Dreyfus had rebutted one or tw-
of this witness statements Maj. Du Chate
let was called. lie described the an. ged
condolences Of Dreyfus in regard 10 women
and gambling
Malffe Demange expressed furprlse IN
the fact that the witness had not mention.
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