Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-03
NAL. Hartman Says Prisoner Could
Not Have Written BOrdoreau.
AUTHOR WAS IGNORANT.
II G Knew Nothing OF ArtiIicry Mat
tcrsnna Used Expressions That nn
Onlccr syouId Not-s,. llnvet sny~
That After Comparing stylox OF
Drcy fus ana E>tcrnnzy. lilo ~ Cons
WINGED s.a.;.er Wrote shcHordcrenu
tpy Telegraph to virgrnlan-pllot.,

(By Telegraph to virGrnlan-P ilot.)
Rennes, Sept 2-.I;laticn is the only
word that expresses the feelings of the
Dreyfusnrds after to-day's proceedings.
The tide has turned ut last, they say,
and Dreyfus cannot be condemned af-
ter the evidence given this morning.
The spirits of the Drcyfusards are quite
mcrcurial Every day since the open
+ Ing OF the trial has seen them rise or
fall. Recently they have been falling
heavily, the close OF the morning ses-
sions generally finding them in anxious
conversation. accompanied by omnous
shaking OF their heads.
To-day'i bucyancy therefore is all the
more noteworthy. Yesterday was Il
fairly good day, but to-day's session.
they claim, puts the verdict out OF
doubt. and the judges must .acquit
Dreyfus.
uNCONTESTED EVIDENCE.
Major Hartman. cf the artillery, oc
cupied nearly half the session with the
conclusion OF his expert evidence to the
effect that Dreyfus. as an artillery off,
Ger. would not have displayed such i,,-
nornnce regarding the guns and brakes
as WAS shown In the bordercau while
the other subjects of the bordereau We're
matters upon which any officer should
inform himself,
Major El;irtmun's testimony practical
~ stood unconteStcd, as neither General
Deloye nor General NIcrcier. who re-
piled. refuted any material point there
in. sF
BOTH ESTERHAzY AND pREYFUs.
.2i NJ. Hnvet, d member OF the instltu-
. finn fhnn t,o ; A.
cal aspect Of the bordereau, and In Wig
orous but eloquent language devoted
himself TO showing that the bordereau
bristicd with strong and in his opinion,
conclusive marks OF Esterhazy's handi-
worl-. while the phraseology bore nc
resemblance to Dreyfus' STYLE
GONSE-PICQUART LETTERS.
The next stage of the proceedings
was the reading OF the Gonse-Picquart
correspondence. exchanged at the time
Col. Picquart suspected Esterhazy and
wanted General Gonse to probe the
matter to the bottom. This brought NJ
Labor to the front. and in Il series OF
questions he brought out sharply be-
fore the court the Vaccinations, OF
which Col. picqunrt was the victim at
the hands OF General Gonse.
AN IMPORTANT ADMISSION
NJ Labori for the first time got Gen.
Gonse to admit that he or
dered the tampering with Picqu-
arts letters in order as he said,
to ascertain Picquart's doings while
he was Chief of the Intein-
gence Bureau. y little later NJ. Labor
evidently disconnected Gen. Gonse, for
the latter blurted out that Lieutenant
Col Henry committed his forgery in or
der to have fresh proofs against Drey-
fus.
The audience smiled audibly at this
explanation.
Gen. Gonse then added: but it was
unnecessary, since the diplomatic dos
sier contained discriminating docu-
ments, with 'Dreyrus' written in full"
Gen Gonse apparently meant the
PanizZardi dispatch, which has already
been ruled out of court. NJ Labori pro-
tested, Indignantly exclaiming: There
are no such documents" ana then ask
ed Gen. Gonse to enumeratc the docu-
ments to which he alluded
THE LEADING WITNESS.
Colonel Jouaust, president of the
court-martial, however. declined to put
the question, whereupon NJ Jabori
SAID ne reserved TO himself the right
10 submit formal application for
these documents. Then came the lead
motto, probationcr Contemporaries
ously with Dreyfus, who is now n
civil engineer and has no reason to
rear the wrath of the military CLIQUE.
Ihe witness opened by declaring that
despite the fact that he had O. brother
IN the garrison at Rennes he came
TO tell what he knew in favor of Drew
rus ana he proceeded to make a stata-
ment. which, according to the Drew
fusards. practically decides the case.
First, he recalled The fact that n cir
cular was sent to the probationers on
May IA, 1894, Informing hem that they
must not go to the manoeuvers. thus
showing that the man who wrote tho
borderenu in August and snid, 81 am
going to the manoeuvres" could not be
Dreyfus.
A VITAL POINT.
The witness then pointed out that
none of the Ministers, who, he believed.
acted in good faith. were informed Of
the existence of this circular, which, he
declared, Il consider vital point in
the case"
This circular he continued. shat
tiers the prosecution. because after May
nth Dreyfus could nr: say I am going
10 the manoeuvrs,' for then he knew
ne would not go, while prior to May
lth, he could not have known the five
documents comprised in the borde-
reau."$
ANOTHER STRONG POINT.
NJ De Fond I.amotte then brought
out another strong point Abiding 70.
The notifications of the disposition con-
corning the troops, he said the writer
OK Tie bordereau used the term "neW,