The record-union., 1899-08-26

suggested that the Judges compare the
| bordereau with a letter admitted to be
in Esterhazy's handwriting and dated
from Rouen, August II. 1894, and witt
documents written by the prisoner.
You will then Enthusiastically recog-
nize'' said NJ Colbert. that the bor-
dereau is in Esterhazy's handwriting
and not in the handwriting of Drey'
| fus" Great sensation.)
| The witness at this juncture identi-
| fed the bordereau as the same which
was submitted to him. and he pro
| ceeded to point out the identity there
in with letters admittedly written by
Esterhazy, saying that. while the re-
semblance was not apparent in Drey-
fus handwriting, in EsterhaZy's there
were marked peculiarities of punctua-
| ton, and the manner of beginning
lines which were also noticeable in the
bordereau, but which were not found
| in the prisoners caligraphy.
Proceeding. the witness traversed the
| old ground of the peculiarities of the
tracing paper which it is known Ester
hazy used, and said the date Of the bor-
dereau must be July "a, 1894.
| The expert refused in reply to a
question by the court, to admit that the
| bordereau was written in a disguised
hand He said it had been written with
great rapidity, precluding all idea OF
doctoring or tracing.
| General Gonse asked permission to
question NJ. Colbert
''In what army list did you look for
the name of Dreyfus?"
| NJ Gobert-I used the list which is
generally kept in business houses.
The General pointed out that this list
| did not give the information claimed
by M Colbert, but the latter maintained
that he had stated nothing but the pure
and simple truth.
General Gonse having alluded to GER
| tain undesirable acquaintances formed
by NJ Colbert, the latter replied amid a
| sensation in court: 81 emphatically
protest against the insinuations of Gen
eral Gonse. There is not a single WORD
of truth in what he says"
There was a further dispute between
General Gonse and NJ. Colbert over cir
cumstances in connection with the lat
ter's examination of the bordereau. NJ
| Colbert said that Colonel dAbbeville
was present, but the latter promptly
advanced and said he had never seer
/ M Colbert before to-day. adding 'It
! M Gobert's other recollections are as
exact as this, the court will draw its
own conclusions" (Murmurs of dis
approval)
Dreyfus here declared in the most
positive manner that he had never beer
at the Bank of France, where NJ Co
bert was employed, or had relations
/ with anyone there. The prisoner as
serted that his sole desire was to know
the truth He admitted that he had
been engaged in various financial ope-
rations. but said he had never asked
for either written or verbal information
/ from the Bank of France.
There was a general movement of GU
riosity when NJ Bertillon, the we'll
/ known anthropometer (or specialist in
| the measurements of the human body,
was called
NJ Bertillon prefaced his evidence by
saying that his explanations would be
understood only by a very limited num-
ber. and therefore he asked the court
| to permit him to refer to documents
which he had brought in order to make
his evidence more ineligible. Gaugh-
! teri
| The specialist then unpacked pack
ages of photographs, plans, ETC., and
another table was brought in to hold
the mass of papers produced.
In monotonous tones M. Bertillor
proceeded, in the manner of a school
boy reciting a lesson, to demonstrate