The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-26
EXPERT EVIDENCE.
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but the colonel promptly advanced and
! said he had never seen NJ. Colbert before
today, adding: III NJ. Gobert's other rec
objections are as exact as this, the court
will draw its own conclusions" tMurmurs
| OF disapprovaL)
| Dreyfus here declared in the most posi-
tive manner that he had never been at the
| Bank of France, where M. Colbert was en-
pioyed, or had relations with any one
/ there. The prisoner asserted that his
sole desire was to know the truth. He ad-
uiitted he had been engaged in various
! financial operations, but said he had never
asked either for written or verbal infor-
nation from the Bank of France.
There was n general movement of GU
| riosity when NJ. Bertillon, the well known
| anthropometcr (spccialst in the measure
ment OF the human body)( was called and
the interest deepened when the chief of
! the Identification department advanced to
| the witness bar. He was soon afterwards
followed by four soldiers and a non-com
missioned officer bearing portfolios, draw
| ing boards and a variety of packages and
! paraphernalia which were deposited on the
| platform TO the amusement of the audi
| cnce.
In monoto tones NJ. Bertillon pro-
ceeded in the manner OF a school boy re-
citing lesson to demonstrate technically
\
guilt, reciting the facts published April %.
lie said he proposed to prove to the court
iirst, that the bordereau was a doctored
document; second. that 1T could only have
been manufactured by the prisoner; third,
that it had been written In a free hand
by means OF a keyword placed beneath the
tracing paper In such Il way as to be
quite visible.
The witness, continuing, declared Drey-
rus did not have recourse to initiating Es-
| terhazy's handwriting, because 1t required
too long and he used the tracing process
| because It is easier to learn and more
likely to be successful With the view OF
illustrating his meaning, NJ. Bertllon
handed around photographs of the border
eau. During the course of the demonstra-
tions the specialist advanced to the judges
bench, ana with his finger pointed out H.
lustratons of his theories,
NM. De Mango and Laborl, the judges
and others gathered in n group around
NJ. BertillGn. Dreyfus appeared to be
stupehcd by the comparatively incom-
prehensible Jargon and many OF the audi
ence left court Suddenly the wandering
attention Of those remaining in the hall
was r.veted by tho cry Photographic re-
mark, enuncinted by NJ. Bertillon, in loud
tones: We clearly have before us a
/ fabricated document. The one word al
ways rests on the other with divergence
OF 1.25 millimetres and 2.25 milliletres
] =
NJ Labori watched the specialist for
few moments and then returned to his
seat holding 1p both hands and eXclam.
ing 1T is most extraordinary
My theory" continued the Witness
was In 1894 considered by the ministry
OF war to he favorable to the prisoner II
the defence accented 1t they said the long
ministerial Investigations would have to
be recommended and so-there the Wit
ness raised his voice and struck tho table
with his fst)--when the word 'grilIeux
perforated card used for ciphers) was
uttered at the court martial of 1891. the
prisoners face contracted. When | spoke
of the fabrication OF the bordereau he ex-
claimed; oh. the wretch He saw me
write them I did not hear the remarks,
but when 1t was repeated to me It, was u
revelation, for II innocent the word 'fahri-
cation would have delighted instead OF
/ frightened him"
Dreyfus listened impasslvely to this
TRADE.
Tho audience again became animated
when NJ. Bertillon announced that he
| would give a practical demonstration of
how tho bordcreau was fabricated BY means
OF key word
Tho witness seated at tlble, began
to copy the bordereau on sheet OF paper
similar in character to the famous docu-
ment
After a quarter OF m hour Colonel lou
! aust suggested mat II was not necessary
10 finish the demonstration and NJ BERTH
Ion showed the judges the result of his
lahors and remarked. ~ was In bad
position"
The audience concluded from this TT.
mark that the experiment had not sue
coeded and The expression of the judges
faces seemed to bear out this opinion.
! Tho court adjourned for the day at II 40
n. m.
| At the close of the proceedings quite h
! crowd Of people surrounded NJ. Laborl
anxious 10 know his opinion of NJ Bertl-
I TONS imitation OF the bordereau. The
/ lawyer answered that so far as he could
Judge by hurried glance It certainly
had a resemblance to the original, but by
no mems an identity with the document.
| but" he added IN, Bertillon only
did what dozens could do, II only proves
he Is clever forger That is ALL
NJ Labor today summoned ten new
witnesses for the defense.