The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
WITNESSES WERE
AGAINST DREYFUS
Still the Defendant Created a Bet
ter Impression.
HIS COUNSEL SCORED A HIT.
Ne Gribelin Admitted He Mixed the
Intrigues of Patty de Clam and
Henry 10 Shield Esterhazy.

Rennes, Aug. 21-The third week O
the second trial by eourt-martial o
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, captain of ar
tillery, on the charge of treason, began
without incident at $50 this morning
There was large attendance at the
lycee at the opening of the court, il
view of the possible temperance o.
Maitre Labor, leading counsel for the
defense. But though he is progressing
as satisfactorily as possible, his ply
sicians deemed it best for him to re-
main quiet. When it became known
that the distinguished lawyer would moi
participate in the proceedings, large
number of disappointed persons quit
ted the court room, leaving perceptible
gaps along the benches. The court
| settled down to business quickly and by
8 o'clock five witnesses had appeared
at the bar. If this rate is continued
| it is considered the court will gel
through with the ninety odd witnesses
before the beginning of September, and
it is expected the verdict will be deliv-
cred by Sept. Z.
| Gems. Roget, de Boisdeffre and Billot
were present, and Col. Picquart took "a
| place a couple of rows behind them.
| The colonel sat alone until NJ. Ber-
| tullus, the examining magistrate, whose
| evidence was SO favorable TO Dreyfus,
entered and sat beside Picquart, warm
| ~ shaking him by the hand.
All the witnesses today were hostile
to Dreyfus, but as none of the evil
| dence was fresh but mostly a reitera-
| ton of old statements. the audience
| followed the dispositions with compara-
| lively little interest, reference by NJ
| Gribelin to the relations of Dreyfus
with demimondaines proving the most
| appetiZing portion of the morning S
| proceedings. A subdued litter went
| round the court room when NJ. Gribelin
| even professed to know the exact
| amount Dreyfus spent upon his various
| amourS.
NJ. GribeIin gave his testimony with
an honest demeanor and apparent sin
cerity, but he did not strike one as be-
ing particularly intelligent Nothing
in his appearance would contradict the
contention of the Dreyfusards that he
was Maj. Lauth's. tool "a tlfss machina-
tons of the general staff against Col.
Picquart, who listened to NJ. Gribelin
tience
NJ. Demange, counsel for the defense,
was more successful than usual in
cross-examining him and visibly dis
concerted NJ. Gribelin. Counsel scored
a distinct hit when he got NJ. Gribelin
to admit that he mixed the intrigues
of Patty de Clam and Henry to shield
Esterhazy, and when NJ. Gribelin was
finally disposed of, his evidence had
suffered badly.
DREYFUS ENTERS.
Dreyfus created a better impression
today. He entered the court room with
more confidant bearing and replied
to the witnesses in a calm voice with
out any theatrical gestures and his re-
marks We're put so lucidly that he APP
peared to make an impression on the
judges all of whom are reported to be
bitterly opposed to him.
The session wound up with a scene on
account of the extraordinary conduct
of Col. Jouaust, president of the court,
who permitted himself to make an I'M
warrantable display of Partially. NJ.
Bertullus had been confronted with the
last witness, Capt Junck, and Gen.
GonZ had defended the latter when Col
Picquart asked to be allowed to refute
some of Junck's remarks. Col. Jouaust
made a gesture of Impotence and
shouted:
What, again."
An outburst of booing and kissing
came from the audience at such dis
play of unfairness. Judges and gen
d'armes quickly suppressed the noise,
but Col Jouaust understood the we'll
merited rebuke administered to him,
turned red and adjourned the court ten
minutes later.
Following is the evidence in detail:
CEN FARRE TESTIFIEc
Gen. Fabre, former chief of the
bureau of the general staff, was the
first witness today. He said that in
his official capacity he compared the
writing of the bordereau with the writ
ing of various officers in his bureau in
Guiding the writing of a probationer,
who had been in the bureau since the
previous year and who had not favor
ably impressed his comrades.
This probationer, Dreyfus who was
regarded as untrustworthy and insin-
cere in his pretensions was. according
to the witness, equally disliked by his
comrades and superiors. He was con-
Stantly endeavoring by all sorts of
means to learn the secrets of the plan
of concentration of the eastern railway
system, and in his anxiety to secure in
formation neglected his duties. His
official duties, witness also said, placed
ii in DreyfuS power to disclose the
documents refererd to in the bordereau
Witness could emphatically deny all
Dreyfus had said on this subject When
Maj. Berth showed witness the bor-
dereau. the latter was struck with the
resemblance of the caligraphy. Drey-
fus was the only officer who made a
bad impression in his bureau and the
opinions of the chief of staff and heads
of other departments confirmed wit
ness belief.
Gen. Fabre in conclusion. declared he
was still as firmly convinced as in 1894
that the prisoner was the author of the
bordereau.
DREYFUS REPLIES.
After NJ. Demange had pointed out
the Discrepancy in Fabre's statements
and those he gave in 1894, Col Jouaust
invited Dreyfus to reply. The prisoner
said Gen. Fabre quite correctly de-
scribed the work on which he was en-
gagged when a probationer. especially
emphasizing that he had to keep the
dossier relating to the concentration
of the centres on the eastern system
posted up. This was not a fictitious
task.
The prisoners reply was made in
calm, measured tones. and his frank
ness seemed to favorably impress the
judges.
Col. D'Abaville, former deputr chief
of the fourth bureau, related how Fa-
bre had shown him a photograph Of an