The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-22
THE DREYFUS TRIAL
Changed Attitude Of Prisoner Sat-
isfaotory TO Friends.
EFFORTS TO CONFLICT ACCUSED.

Nv MINUS " NihNfIutuN IN heEuin 70
His Handwriting ana That Of the
Bordcrcnu - Important Documents
Found I'm Itniy.
Rennes. Aug. 22.-The third week OF
the second trial by court martial Of
Captain Alfred Dreyfus. OF the artil-
lery, on the charge of treason was be-
gun without incident All OF the wit
nesses were hostile to the prisoner.
Three points stood out prominently In
the proceedings They we're Colonel
Jouaust's display Of partiality. the new
attitude taken by Dreyfus and the con-
temptible conduct of witness, Junck.
The spontaneous utterance OF Jou-
aust Of the word encore" (again),
when Picquart asked to be heard. was
the topic of conversation. as Jouaust
for the first time thus openly and can
didly revealed his partiality and hoist
ed the heanti-Dreyfusar colors Through
out the trial neither he nor any OF the
judges have ever shown particular love
for Picuuart. but he has never COM
mitted such a fragrant violation OF JUS
tice and his duties as a Judge as he did
yesterday.
The change OF attitude upon the part
of Dreyfus, has given universal salts
faction to his friends. Hitherto he had
confined himself. when asked by the
judge If he had any reply to make to
witnesses, to an impassioned prutesta-
tion Of his innocence. This made an
immense but transitory impression on
his hearers.
Moreover, General Roget made the
significant remark in court Il week
| trat an innocent man does not merely
| protest his innocence, but defends him
self. This undoubtedly stung Dreyfus
/ into the line he has adOpted, when he
rose and replied argumentatively and
/ in a calm voice to the various points
| raised by the witnesses. It was in re-
| spunse to Captain Junck that he made
| his longest statement, occupying about
| ten minutes, during which he used the
| notes he had taken while Junck was
| speaking, and with methodical ar
rangement of facts and in unequivocal
| language effectively discussed the in
/ acCuracies of Juncks testimony.
The conduct of Junck in repeating
condolences made to him as a comrade,
! by Dreyfus, disgusted his hearers, and
In the mind of any right thinking man
must hav0 considerably impaired the
| value of the remainder of his evidence.
He and Dreyfus sat together in the
| same office and naturally exchanged
condolences regarding their relations
with women. But, it was pointed out,
no one but contemplate persons re-
peats them in court, especially in the
case of a man passing as an officer and
a gentleman.
The first witness called to the stand
yesterday was General Fabre. COM
manding the Fourth buerau. He tes-
titled that the bordereau was given to
him to examine and see If the hand
writing of it was like that of any of
his officers. He declared that he ex-
amined the document carefully, with
the assistance of Colonel Daboville
He was astonished, he averred, to find
that the writing of the bordereau was
exactly like that of Captain Dreyfus
He reafiirmed his belize that Captain
Dreyfus was guilty and said: 81 an
sure he wrote the bordereau"
Captain Dreyfus then questioned the
witness, and insisted that Fabre was
wrong in his details.
NJ. Cochefert, the detective who ar.
rested Dreyfus, told of the test made
by De Clam, who dictated parts Of the
bordereau to Dreyfus He said the ac-
cused exhibited great emotion as he
had done also when placed under ar
rest. Il thought he was guilty" said
Cochefert. He was careful not to give
his present opinion.
Captain Dreyfus then arose, and
speaking calmly proceeded to refute
the testimony of Cochefert and Gribe-
lin. He related the scene of the die
tation test.
81 remember it perfectly" said Drey-
fus. 81 came in from a cold room
where | had been waiting. The diff.
ference between my writing then anC
my usual hand was alone due to my
cold fingers"
Captain Junck on the stand relter.
ated the charges that Dreyfus haC
gambled at a club in Maus and re-
ferred to the technical conference o,
1898, and other old accusations.
When Captain Junck had finished his
testimony Dreyfus, in a sharp, spirited
speech, riddled his testimony. He
made four points: First, he never
gambled Second, that he could no
have been at the technical conference
at the time he was absent in Germany
Third, he had no cousin or other rela
tive in the department of foreign af
fairs. Fourth, he knew absolutely il
June. 1894, that he could not go TO tn,
maneuvers, because he had been ofici
ally ordered to the Corps de Troope FOL
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