Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12

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facade of the Lycee was bathed in sun
shine at $40 o'clock this morning when
Captain Dreyfus crossed the Avenue de
Ia Care and entered the building for the
second public session of his trial by court
martial. The same stringent police pre-
cautions We're taken, but barely 20 per-
sons had gathered to witness his cross
ing. Colonel Jouaust, president of the
court martial, and the other Judges be-
gan arriving shortly after o'clock. They
were followed by Generals Billot and
MERCER in uniform. The latter drove up
in an open carriage and the small crowd
which had gathered by this time greeted
him with cries of "Vive IArmee," and
"Vive Mercer On alighting at the door
of the Lycee, General MERCER looked very
anxious, but Immediately assumed a
smiling demeanOr. He spoke few words
to the officer at the gate and laughed,
but his laugh sounded falsely, and as he
disappeared into the Lycee his face took
on an expression of anxiety. M. Casimlr-
Perier arrived on foot shortly afterward.
The crowd sauted him. Then came Colo
mel Picquart. who was greeted with
shouts of "Vive Picquart,' which he
smilingly acknowledged.
The session opened at $50, with pre-
cisely the same formalites as on Monday
Captain Dreyfus entered with the same
quick jerky step. His features were pale
and rigid. He took a seat upon the plat
form and the reading to the court of DR..
Ransom's report relative to the finding of
document in the lining Of Dreyfus'
waistcoat was then begun.
/ The opening of the proceedings was at
! tended by a sensational incident. On
Dreyfus being shown by Colonel Jouaust
! the document found in the lining of his
waistcoat by a penitentiary officer, he
admitted keeping it as a souvenir copy of
the bordereau. He owned to this calmly
and without any trembling Of the voice.
Then he listened calmly to the reading Of
Dr. Ransom's report by Major Carriere,
the prosecutor, which occupied about 10
minutes. M. Della Roche-Vernet. one of
! the secretaries of the French embassy at
Berlin. was called. He is a man Of about
35 years of age, with heavy brown mus
tache, and was smartly dressed. He tes-
tilted regarding the translation of the
PanizZard dispatch.
| The curtain rose today on the same
theate like scene. Every seat in the
court was occupied in expectation of a
sensational scene. There We're more
ladies present than on Monday. The per-
sonage known as Madame Blanche the
white LADY,. who has attended every
move in the Dreyfus affair, was again
present today, wearing superb set Of
pearls, but owing to the expressed OBJ
jections of Colonel Jouaust she changed
her conspicuous place on the right be-
hind him for a more modest, but still no.
ticeable position in the body of the hail.
There was a sprinking of uniforms
among the audience, and row of SOL
diers with fixed bayonets were again ar
ranged at the bottom of the hall and
rendered honors in the customary man
ner to the judges as the latter came or
left the court.
| The proceedings opened tamely, and
hopes of sensational sitting began to
look as if nothing were on, then began to
get tedious as NJ. Casimir and Mercier
reiterated what is already known. But
this.w only the calm before the storm,
and when the storm broke it carried
every one in court with it into a whrl-
pool of the grea test excitement
| Dreyfus, ON entering the court room
today, saluted the president with SOL
dierly mien as on Monday last and the
president, Colonel Jouaust, returning the
salute, said:
sit down, Dreyfus."
The chair of the prisoner was placed
further to the right OF the platform to-
day. Instead of facing the judges, Drey-
fus sat with his back to the table of his
counsel. thus looking across the platform
straight at the rail at which the wit
nesses stood
Colonel Jouaust, Immediately after the
court had settled down, opened the pro-
ceedings by asking Dreyfus the following
question:
IN January, 1895, the director of the
penitentiary Of the Isle Diable, in the
| course of his duty seached the clothes
you brought from prison. He found this
document in the inside pocket of your
waist coat"
The president here handed Dreyfus the
papee. and said: