The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26

| ny SourlHartldi occurred at 6.30 fhi
morning without any extraordinary IN
cidents. The clerk of the court read
medical certificate, signed by two doc
tors declaring it was impossible for y,
Paty de Clam to leave his bel TO co,p,
TO Rennes and testify. M Tahori ia
ing counsel for the defense. asked tb.
president OF the court. Colonel Jonare,
10 instruct two well known T,,1;cni ,s -
10 examine Du Patty de Clam. h,It ,1oIn
| mel JouauSt refused ' N"i'
hoWldhd Strong, an English nevr
paper man, was then called RI H., -
ness stand. and he deposed TO The foo
tnat Major Count Esterhazy confessef
| dereau Aaiiious DOR
The next witness was nj Colbert
expert of the Bank of France who cav o.,
clalm the honor of being the first MAJ
III france to have declared in favor %
DreyIus He reported, on examininp
the documents in the case that Ester.
may, NOT Dreyfus, wrote the borderean
Inc witness opened his depositior
1910 mt.I d Drlet personal statement, pro-
testing against being characterized as
party. '1e iniiitary
BUT he added. in tones of profound
pity, ana turning towards Dreyfus u
nave no right to complain, and am ST.
| tent when see before me the unfor-
turiate man who sits there"
Sympathy For Dreyfus.
a murmur of approval from the au-
| thy. u sSiipd-
NJ GoDert then repeated the evidence
ne mad given before the court of caSSa
ION he gave his testimony in a clear
1 u y M
phauc IN attIibuting the bordereau IN
Esterhazy. Answering questions of the
Judges, M. Colbert declared his convic-
tlon that the bordereau was written in
running, natural hand and said there
was no tracing or other trickery.
General GonSe asked to be confronted
with M Colbert, and put a number of
questions, over one CT two OF which the
witness stumbled. to the infinite salts
faction Of the military witnesses. who
smiled and exchanged joyful glances.
NJ. Bertillon, the noted anthropome-
ter, was called as the next witness. He
wore dark blue frock coat and carried
high hat in his hand NJ. BertiIlon
requested permission to bring in his
diagrams and papers. The request was
granted and NJ. Bertillon retired for a
moment. returning at the head of a
squad composed of an infantry sergeant
and four privates, all staggering under
she weight of immense leather satchels
bullying with documents charts etc.
which they deposited on the stage as
a roar of laughter echoed throughout
the court. Even the Judges were I'M
able to suppress smile as they gazed
on NJ. Bertillon's stage properties
strewn over half the platform A table
was brought in. upon which the plans
he was using could be placed.
Famous Man On the Stand
The witness began by saying that
only intelligent men could follow his
explanations. NJ. Bertillon COM
menced his deposition at $780, 1t oc-
cupied the whole of this session and
Will perhaps occupy a good part of to-
morrow'S session. The court room pre-
scented a curious scene while NJ. Bertil-
lon. whom the Dreyfusards in their
most indulgent moments describe as a
dangerous maniac" spent the three
remaining hours of the session in ex-
planning in uninJelligible terms his
''infallible system" of proving Drey-
fus the author of the bordereau.
The majority of the public. however.
utterly unable to comprehend NJ Ber-
tillon's theory, had left the court
room. Even Madame LIE Blanche
while NJ. Bertillon, with gestures, and
in the shrill pitched voice of a qrack at
a country fair continued his monole-
que. producing every. minute some
fresh paper covered with wonderful
copies of which he pre-
sented to the judges who with an eX-
preston of owl like wisdom, carefully ]
examined them. their heads clustered /
together, their eyes gazing on the long, |
wide strips of paper, while NJ, Ber- !
tillon leaned over their table, trying to /
explain his mystifying diagrams, |
which were afterwards passed 10 VI. |
Labori and Demange, who, however. I
did not derive much profit /
from their perusal
Gives Uninte1ligible Testimony.
Dreyfus gazed at the scene with a
look of stupecation. The clearest ut
terance of NJ. Bertillon during the
course of his demonstration was that
the handwriting of the bordereau
'obeys symmetrical rhythm OF which
discovered the equation in the
prisoners blotting paper"
The witness finally announced thar
ne would give a practical demonstra-
ion of the writing of the bordereau.
according 10 his system. Then he
cleared the desk attached
o the witness bar. drew his chair
nearer. deposited his high hat on the
loor, and sitting down, began copying
ne DoruefeaD- Inc audience watched
him, bent over the desk, busily draw
ng letters, the judges gazing at him.
until at the end of ten minutes the
people and the judges became rest
essly impatient and Colonel Jouaust
emarked that it was not necessary to
'opy the whole bordereau and that a /
ew lines would suffice.
A few minutes later. NJ Bertillon
ose. STROBE TO the judges table and
aid before them his copy
The judges, counsel. government
Major Carriere. and the
Jerk of the court clustered around in {
me group, eager to see the result. The {
audience watched this strange spec
acle until Colonel Jouaust shrugged I
lis shoulders and then the spectators :
new that NJ. Bertillon had failed TO |
atisfy. them. {
NJ. Bertillon noticed this and said ]
i was too badly .
laced"
Made Failure of Tt. :
NJ. Demange, of counsel for the de- I
ense returned to counsel's table. and 1
4 response TO a look of inquiry from I
)reyfus, whispered a few words to /
he prisoner with a. shrug of his :
houlders and a smile on his face r
,reyfus appeared perfectly satisfied i
Colonel Jouaust then al l1:45 O'Clock g
djourned the court, and NJ BertilIon n
acked up his belongings and the =
oldiers carried them out. The news I
aper men who crowded around NJ ! g