The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-30
VOICES FOR
DR[YF US.
Handwriting Experts Declare
the Bordereau Was
Written By Es-
terhazy.
MERClER'S QUEER BREAK
Signs of a Change OF Attitude
on the Part of the Viru-
lent General.
IL GUNBERY DOSSIER NOW
Secret Session to Examine
Papers About the Pneu-
matte Brake and
Robin Shell.
i GUNHERE DoSsIER NOM
IBy Gable to The Associated Press.I

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in the Lycee this morning of the third
session of the fourth week OF the second
trial by court martial of Captain Alfred
Dreyfus of sht Artillery, charged with
treason. NJ. Paul Meyer, member OF the
Institute and Director Of the scnooi OF
Ancient MSS, was the first witness call
ed He deposed IN iayor % Dfsy.us.
After hearing MN Moiinder ana 5lry'
and NJ Picot. member OF sne Ahsetu'e'
all OF whom tesslned III lator oi Drsy as.
General Deioye tes elhso asaihsl t,is
prisoner on the Artillery references ~ iiie
borderean Ihen ths court oi tne a.
plication OF the Government Sommlssary'
Major Carrtere, orderea lnat the opeiiiAs
part of toInorrowss session pe 2eiii'iu
closed doors, Tor tne purpose o. aiscus-
sing documents relating 70 lhe ArAaie.s.
The evidence OF NM. Meyer -noilhaef
and Gimy, all Of whom are hana"rie-
ing experts Of the first rank, was s'rehs
point for Dreyfus They were most en-
phatic in declaring the oordereau was
written by Esterhazy and created pet-
ter impression than M. Bertillon by not
introducing the fantastic diagrams Wnlch
the latter deemed necessary
Tie action of General Mereier in ask
and then getting up and confirming the
professors statement that Esterhazy
changed his handwriting since 1894 puz-
zled the audience. That Esterhazy should
have deemed it advisable to change his
handwriting since the date of the bor-
sereau annears. at first sight. to Indicate
that he wrote II and that Mercier should
s,,nnopt PROFESSOR Molinier aroused dis
cnssian as to the Generals reasons for
th;s nncalled for Intervention.
rsbera ara son,a naon,e who sae IN Mer-
c,er,a ,,nsnI;aited testimony Yesterday in
s,,,,nort og 4,ha bonarable nat,,re Of M
agsthie,, Drevf,,s, ,,isi+ n cvolonel sand
herr n 7soa IN beha,f of b,s brotber and
INC fsanara,ss r,avo today a. indication
~ sona obonca ~ atttt,,do nerbans
,,ral,,da - J, ea,,,zia a,-o,,-al ,s ~ ,isl
taxas ~ 1sqz IN tho ot,,ar bara n,a,v
n,arsons +btn15 r.a,ara, zforos.r foa,5,,@,
tbat gat,,rds,-s ,,os,,va Ill, a,sorars3
hin, .,,+oaa+t,e,, .itt, ~ T,.ze.as
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sa.t. e''eu aA interesting CONVEX
z4,,s.-s.;s.. e nau WIN the <austro-
c,.s'nssaa .ieai Aslache, Soiohel
s-.el9'. = ".lose NAME evoked
[.olll -Altl1oi Ss'iliere IN
s.oIore1 s..e elii,heni ana State.
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csassaro, - ts's -, -. 'sau'
~ "lsli lss usual snrewa-
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+n,,,s,,, oo''sl 21ar,eiuel expressed as
49, ~ oicers shouio
Tara;, So .ss'e ~ ques 'ioh .he woro OIL
,a 7.s,,Sa ~ e'ie pia'ioria
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r1,,asr.sr .,,ss,, eoii-
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co-s t+ao,as s..s' : ieien oi.i-
fafo,,a terss.o,,.es ;, -
sr,le saae 'ne,rss'vsT ~apSs ni,, - ,,s,,s,a -
Eranea l va mo,us s,,,,, ~. ~ paOasneu a. owe,
Bogot ,,are ,,or,,1s, ,,z;+l, 80
fsena,al I1eIo,,e ,av,aotas s,ts +ast,,,,
befnre the fo,rt If fsassat t,on tine -,
the 100 short cannon bvdro-nnenms, tic
brake and the Robin shell
Dreyfus. in reptv. made q really clear
statement explaining that he saw the
bydro-pneurDatlc brake once At Bonrges
one at the School Of war. and that he
never saw II used because while on the
General STAFF, he was never present at
firing practice.
Major Carriere then made his applica-