The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-26

DV IL GopeEts buE tua llLleE lulAlu-
tRined that he had stated nothing but
the pure and simple truth.
Sensation in Court.
General oonse having alluded to oer-
tain undesirable acquaintanees formed
by N. Colbert, the latter replied, amid
q sensation IN court:
~ emphatically protest against the
inslnuatlons Of General Gonse. There
Is not single word Of truth in what
There was a further dispute between
General Gonse and n. Colbert over
circumstances In connection with the
latter's examination Of the bordereau.
n. Colbert said that Colonel D'Aboiville
was present. but the colonel promptly
advanced, and said he had never seen
N. Colbert before to-day, adding; If
n: Gobert's other recollections are as
exact is this the court will draw Us
own conclusions" (Murmurs Of disap-
provai.l
preyfus here declared in the most
positive manner that he had never been
At the Bank Of France, where NJ. Go
bert was employed, or had relations
with anyone there. The prisoner reas-
serted he had been engaged In various
financial operations, but said he had
never asked either for written or verbal
Information from the B6nk OF France.
There was q general movement OF
curiosity when II. Bertllon, the wen
known anthropometer, (or specialist IN
IRE measurement Of the human body).
was called, and the interest deepened
when the chief Of the Identification de-
nartnent advanced to the witness bar.
he was soon afterwards followed by
four soldiers and q on-commlssioned
oficer, bearing portfolios, drawing
boards and variety Of packages anc
paraphernalla, which were deposited
on the platform, TO the amusement OF
the audience.
n. Bartillon prefaced his evidence by
saying his explanations would be un-
derStood only BY a very limited number,
and therefore, he asked the court "
permit him to refer to documents Which
hs mad brought, IN order to make his
evidence more Ineligible. (Laughterr).
The specialist then unpacked pack.
ares Of photographs, plans. etc, ana
another table was broght In TO hold
the mass Of papers produced. ,v
IN monotonous tones, II. Berullon
proceeded, in the manner Of school
hoy recltlng q lesson, to demonSrete
tsohnlcsIly how he reached the convie-
Hon Of Dreyfus's guilt, reeihng the
facts published April %. He said he
proposed to prove to the court;
FirstLphat the bordereau was doc
0secondIThat it could only have been
manufactured by the prisoner.
ThIrd-That It had been written IN
free hand by means of a key-woro,
placed beneath tracing paper In sueh
4 way as to be quite visible.
The witness continuing, deelhEeu -,
Dreyfus did not have recourse 70 iill-
tating Esterhazy'H free hano WLltlnS
because It required too long 20 btuuy, y
and he used the tracing because II 70
easier to learn and more likely 10 De
successful. ., h,,
r,eanInR n. BertIllon handed round
otoRraphs Of the bordereau. etc. Dur
Ing the course Of the demonstration the
anecIaiIst advanced to the JUDGES
bench and. with his finger. pointed out
Illustrations Of his theories. 49,
Mn DemanEe and Labori, the Judges
and others. gathered in group around
the anthFopOmeter.
Incomprchensible Jareon.
15ravfus appeared to be stupehed by
the comparatively incomprehensible
tarFou, and many Of the audience left
the court:
suddenly the wondering attention OF
those remaining in the hall was riveted
by the cryptographic remark enunGi- iilTI
ated by NJ Bertillon, in loud tones; we
clearly have before us fabricated
5ocnment. The one word always rests
upon the other with divergence OF l.2o
nlIIImetres and 2.25 milllmetres. That
iS a phenomenon which Is unnatural
A. Iabori watched the specialist for
n Few momenta and then returned to
his seat. holding up both hands ana
e1claiming:
ait is most extraordinary.
NJ, Bertillon continued his eXplana-
tIons and caused such whirl IN the
brains OF his henrers that Colonel Jou-
aust finally remarked: "We must nave
q few minutes rest"
when the session Of the court was re-
suned, n. Bertlllon made further dem
onstratIona. He compared words OF the
bordereau with words in the documents
OF comparison. Leaning on the JUDGES 3
bench he placed the entire bordereau
over a graphic canvas and proceeded
10 show that by doing so Dreyrus sue,
ceeded IN formulating the principal
rules which served to guide MN IN
making his Joining marks, remarkinB
that any copyiBt possessing key 20
these rules could learn to replace the
entire bordereau.
The witness, continuing, proceeded 10
demonstrate the practicability OF this.
|Hhen persons are accused" he said
at Il not sufficient TO meet the charge
with denials. II Is necessary to prove
mat II has not done what they are
charged with. In this case the hand
Writing was disguised. There Is. there
fore, presumptive proof that the pris-
onor Is guilty"
After this M. Bertillon pointed out
that iiye questions In the bordereau
were traced In the same manner anu
added:
| periments when was summoned 10
the Cherche Midi prison by MAJOR
| D'Ormeschvllle. The major explained
tbSt he wished my personal opinion on
cTvptoRraphic methods, sympathetic
inks. etc, which might help the family
Of Dreyfus in corresponding with him.
The request was partly due to the tact
that a number OF letters addressed TO
the prisoner by his family had been re-
ceiyed by the officials. ,-
During the course Of the interview:
Major D'ormeschville produced one OF
these letters. 1 had hardly cast my
ewes on II when was nstounded to no;
tiee the same kind Of n negative %
with which I had been so struck !. y
vaG IN q letter from Madame Dreytus,
me specialist then pointed out how
he found the same peeHlia,ri,vies ,a,ies, OF OF
DreytuB' handwriting IN the letters VI
other members OF his family anI pIV. ply,
cssded 10 give q long and perfectly
HninteiliRible exposition, designed TO
dernonstTate that this proved the guilt
| az the prisoner. The audience quite IN
| fhn hnrk regarding the meaning Of the