The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-27
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piled: Not only did I sec them, but l
assert Co,onol Maurel had them IN ms
hands, and what SIS more, / assert VA.
he made o. commentary on each aovu'Ilc ~
as ii passed through his haAuS' 'i'i'
mense sensat0n).
Colonel Alaurel very pale, vigorously
protested against the use OF the "oIa
Commentary" which caused laushter'
Il could not have acted as captain
Vreystaottcr Asserts said Mauiei i
was too Conscientious of my duty TO aAo"
myself 20 influence .n any way the yuusea
whose president I was.
Addressing Colonel Jouaust, captain
Frcys-aetter said: My excuse FOR my AZ
titude. my Colonel is any Ignorance oil ihs
LEGAL regulations. I did not know az al
that FL was forbidden 90 make any com
munication in the judges rooin- OSe's1
tom. g.,
Moreover April sth last wrote 10
Colonel Naurel clearly explaining every
thing I intended 90 Do when 1 learned IL
was IRREGULAR 90 communicate do-uiiiei''
I'm the Judges room
Colonel Maurel admitted the uu'h OF
this statement
1l Labor. requested the judges tonoto
that no contradiction was offered 10 Dap-
tain FroyHaetters statement thal tNe
pauizzardi telegram OF November "a va
communicated privately 90 me Judges lh
tsQt. and under these circumstance Cen
eral Ncrcier having iesu@ed that 10 Nau
given am order that the telegram should
not be communicated aud whereas he had
also teetlaed that the order was carried
ONT counsel begged he president OF the
court to ask General MERCER for eNpiana-
+f,ns concerning the statement. which en-
fi~elv co,trqdicted his evidence. (Great
sersati9n)
MERCER AGAIN.
General liercior who had paid rapt AZ
tention 20 what was doing on, pointed ouI
chat CAPTAIN Frcystaetter had spoken OH
su act OF treason, alleged Co have teeA
described az the 1925 court martial as nay
ir., bcen committed hy Drcyfus AZ the
t,,.rofoohris school. adding that Frey
staetter seemed TO retain very exact
recouections Of The documents communl-
Gated " and asked what was referred 70 I'D
the letter mentioned.
CAPTAIN Frcystlcttcr: IT referrod TO
.heu see the document perfectly IN
my minds eye
corcrsl Nerc.er. so Captain Freysiaet-
ter is caught boz the very act OF lying
loud rrotestsl OF repent 80. me genera
continued coolly. amid renewed pio.esls.
Las "a matter of fact the Robin shell -
pbich he refers was only adopted by Ger
many in 1898. We were only informed OF
the act Of treason IN 1884,
CaDtain Frey taeltcT odhored 40 h.a
.fatemcnf that ID shell was mentioned III
rbe commentary submitted TO The Generals
ln 1894 -.
General MERCER, continuing. AS ior the
telegram OF November ~, ] MAINTAIN ma
If was not communicated to. the court Oh
fSt'
+tere 1vss a. telegram with the words
nrevrus IS arrested. emissary warned.
qybe-o was something also which do not
ro,ocrober As regards the reply, General
Nreroior has lust made to me / insist
te,.e MOT said there was q document men
ttorir,, a particular shell, but simply a
.-.o,,,,-,ertar-,- referring 20 an act of treason
in oonnaction with % she'll 90 not kho"
10 tbo+ s0ecfed fhe evidence OF the prose
o,,tiop. hun I have only testified 10 thaI
of which ! am richly certain.
ce,or4l Nrercier reiterated that u was
,,,,-ors.,le 10 communicate IN 1874 con-
corning the Robin shell. Ion. 90
n TahoI tLou said: In view OF
che incidents occurring must IN
sf.t once more Monsieur le pie9'-e'.'f
that the condition or to'oi.1' ~" -
de Clam be examined mo 10y iDii'.- 80
phvsicians. General MERCER n'9 -
that the packet containing '.le ~,
ments was prepared by Co'ohel DU ''''
de Clam -.....,.,,,. ,.por5o-.
.at5 7 had learned from General
~ ~, 'ra,s1e0re mat the package was
80, t,,, Colorel Du Patty de Clam. but
oieo e,id C,'oreI sandherr prepared the
packet" Csensauon)
ALWAYS DEAD MEN.
n 1sbori. Always the dead sandheFr
.to go Henry. the dcad-ther tes-
timonv Is constantly being cheo- a..
ccroral Iouaust protested against theso
- o., teir- out of order. and NJ. Ia
bori resumed his seat In silence.
T,tts Incident which terminated the eNi-
5erco ~ Cantain Freystaetter, caused an
i,,,r-e,-o ir,nress.on on the audience Inc
Dreyfusards were jubilant.
n p.r,f laval. a draushtsman' was
oa,,o4 f,,- The defance. lie was accompan-
te5-b,, , biaclr hoard upon which ne pro-
posed to refute a portion or NJ ber,i l..... >
problems. The witness sAo, anlll aus ~
ter that the demonstration Woulu O1~ups
no fcss than two hours. He then Dro-
cea1cd 70 cbail, a number OF caligraphic
sions on the blackboard, and presented 20
ne conrt photographs OF the writing OF
,he bo~6oreau ana the prisoners hand
within ~olntlng out their dissimilarities
and entering into elaborate explanations.
which were not concluded when, at n:SO
A. III. the court adjourned.