Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-29
DIFFER.
,>cr OF TESTIMONY, now
.,ru. IN FAVOR OF DREYFUs.
RFBIILLOSS SYSTES DISCREDITED.
q. shown 20 lie Utterly tnrc1i-
.btc-Frcystncttcr n Popular Hero
pu clans Testimony 10 He T"sen
hv n Committee.
by a Counitt'

BY committee
W DENIES. August 2S-The balance Of
IS .so evidence to-day for a change, was in
S& t.,or Of preyfus Five witnesses were
Ell 81. t.r, and TWO against him.
r,. most interesting testimony was
81 ..,. Of cherHandwrtIng Expert Char
syav who had come to declare ne had
~ ,,.,p.l e.urely his opinion which. in
,.ai was against. and IS now in favor OF
W r,ayo. who he to-day affirmed was not
,.. author - the bordereau
u,. candid confession Of error was re-
M e.,,f with murmurs of satisfaction in
j2 court which became discreet applause,
# a. SPITE ~ Colonel Jouausts patent dis
~ approval when he solemnly added:
81 % declare here on my soul and con-
81 science that the bordereau was written
81 ly Estcrhazy."
Ihe most important incident however
wrs Colonel Jouaust's acquiescence in
81 Nat0r Carrieres request that n commit
Il Gee be- instructed 10 take Colonel Du Patty
81 tc CLAIMS deposition.
Tho initiative came purely from the
81 government commissioner. Maitres Labor
q aud Demange having no faith in such a
\ measure. because 81 allows Du Patty de
Clam 10 escape cross-examlnatlon, which
IS the only thing worth having in the
present circumstances.
Du Patty de Clam being witness for
the prosecution. Major Carriere will sim
ply prepare a list of questions. which
4 au terminating magistrate viii put to
Il In Patty de Clam at his residence and
s. nobody supposes that the witness will be
n very much embarrassed by the interro-
81 gtories.
a FREYSTAETTER A HERO.
a ys-day, the central figure in the court
n ysrd which is the meeting place for al
the leading personages Of the trial duriag
A tie suspensions Of the sessions, was Cap
tam Freystaetter, who was the subject
G. many hattering remarks upon MS
n manly and solder-like bearing. Indeed
The interest In him was SO great that some
persons waited all night long outside th'
door Of the court i'm order 10 obtain stand
irg room in the rear part Of the court
4 roorn. In the hope Of seeing him at to-
DAYS sitting. an impression having gone
abroad that he might be recalled. HI,
modest and frank manner inspired adj
,riration in all except the generals anC
the other military witnesses for thu
prosecution, who seemed afraid Of him
and scowled in his direction from the
other side Of the courtyard.
Captain FTeystaetter will not remar
here until the end Of the trial, but viii
! leave Rennes in a few days.
NJ. De Freycinet. former Minister Of
War. arrived this afternoon. and vii
testify tomorrow
REPUTATION OF BERTILLON.
NJ Paray-Javal. the draughtsman, call.
/ co by the defence Saturday to refute III,
testimony Of NJ. Bcrtillon, the famous
anthrop0metrst resumed his TESTIMONY
at the opening q the court this morning
and with the assistance of a blackboard
proceeded 10 show the fallacy of the cal
culauons Of NJ Bertilon and the latte.''s
unfairness in not submitting the hand
writing Of Esterhazy 20 the same tests
as the prisoners He declared, however
that even II NJ. Bertilion had done so
the results would not have proved any.
thing. The witness. however insisted
that NJ Bertillon had adopted a vicious
method In only making q partial exper-
iment
Continuing. NJ. Paray-Juval proce aded
20 show that the geometric regullrities
alleged by NJ. Berti!lon did not i'm reality
exist He pointed out q number of 'rregu-
larlties IN the handwriting OF 1.-The borde-
ieau and said that the same irr asulari-
Ties were particularly noticeable IN Ester
Nays chlrography. He also contended
That the alleged regularity keyword ''in-
terest' was only approximate. and "a
Illustrate, showed on the blackboard that
all Of NJ. Bertillon's calculations applied
equally as well TO Esterhazy as 10 Drey-
iIs. He finally declared that NJ Bertil-
Ions measure OF the word interest,
which served rs the base of the whole
system, was entirely false. and therefore
VI Bertilion's entire system falls TO the
ground and no longer exists" Great SEN
sation)
This witness, who had Weakened the in
terest OF his hearers, maintained that the
b0rdereau could not have been traced
adding that IL was an utter impossbillty
lie then proceeded to illustrate why this
was the case. and to prove the talseness
Of NJ. Bertllon's deductions. In conciu
sion, NJ. Paray-Javal said. amid laugh
ter. that he thought NJ Bertillon vas a
very intelligent man. but that his system
was false. and he (the witness) was con-
WINGED that only self-esteem prevented
NJ. Bertllon from admitting his error
REINFORCEMENT OF PARAY-JAVAIA
NJ. Bernardl an inspector of mines who
school. who followed NJ. Paray-Javal at
tie witness bar, said he appeared 10 le-
flute portion of NJ Bertillon's evidence,
which was based on false calculations.
Witness said he was greatly SUPPLIED
that NJ Pertillon thought Mt to have re-
course TO psychological arguments TO
prove:
J. That the bordereau was fabricated.
2 That the methods which might have
been employed in writing certain words
were such as TO constitute proof against
Dreyfus.
NJ Bernard also said he was astonishec
az the fact that NJ. Bertilon had under
taken TO account for the shape OF letters
and the space between words. There was
rot l25 milimetre. as alleged by Nj. Der
tll0n but i.55 Moreover the writing OF
The bordereau was natural and rhythmic
while it's character and size showed u
was not written by either short sighted
or a long-sighted person. The witnes!
then proceeded TO illustrate photograph
cally his contention that the bordereat
was not a fabricated document.
In conclusion. NJ. Bernard exhibited U
the judges a plate representing page OF
current handwriting. and said;
II u IS examined by NJ. Bertillons sys'
ZEN Il will show certain pecuhari'iei
which would not be found upon the ex
animation q 50OOO.Oo0 other documents
NJ berilllon would therefore say the doch
neni was fabricated. But he would De
wrong. for / borrowed the page from
report written by NJ Bertillon himself"