The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-27
BERTlLL0N FINISHES
His Demonstration of the Use Of His
Wonderful System.
COLONEL MAUREL'S TESTIMONY
Called Into Ouestion-Captain frey-
staettcr Was Put on the stand
Drcyrus Continues TO he Com
posed Under All Accusa-
tions Brought Against
Him-Thc Evidence,

RENNEs. August 26.-"Dead men tell
no tales THIS IS the barricade behind
which General Mercier and the general
stan have entrenched themselves. But
there IS one weak point in their defence
Colonel Du Patty dc Clam-and the mill
tarv clique know IL and are striving their
utmos, TO keep him out Of II Labori's
clutches. If they can prevent Du Patty
do Clam-who is now called tho sick
man Of the Dreylus anair"-from appear
Ing at the witness bar they can oftectually
pnt the silence Of the tomb between truth
and justice.
NJ Labori is lighting tooth and nail TO
drag him into court. but Colonel Jouaust
persists I'm refusing him tho necessary
ass stance.
While the Dreyfusards believe Colonel
I'm Patty de Cam is not seriously III,
they feel A secret dread. which is eA-
rressed lu the significant remark not ln-
frequently heard: "Sandhcrr ls deadi
Henry committed suicide, and Du Patty
De clam will die
The conformation to-day OF Colonel
Naurel Captain Freystaetter and Geneial
Mercier was an instructive exposure OF
the fraud and dishonesty OF the genera
staT which the absence Of Du Patty de
clam alone prevented from being com
n'ete. The defence might demand lhat
rogotorv commission be sent 20 examine
Du Patty de Clam, but Nm. LaDOrl ana
Demange despair 0f obtaining sa'is-
factory result there'rom. They want 10
have Du Patty dc clam in court, and turn
The screws of the rack themselves.
ro-dav's session tore the last shred Of
credit from AIercler. but added tne name
Of Freysraetter 70 the little roll OF heroes
who have rlsked everything IN defence OK
Dreyius.
MERCER ABUSES MAUREL.
After the court rose and al tae puo"c
were supposed 20 be excluded. IeheItl
Nercier accostei Colonel Maurel III t"e
courtyard and gave him piece OF ms
mind. even Foins TO the extent ar ca-iiiS
him a b0ck-head.
Naurel vainly protested his helpless ness
and the tnpos-ibnity OF wardins on Lii
boris home thrusts IN view Ok captain
Frevs.aetter's testimony
Finally Mercier left him IN temper
RENNEs. Aug. 26.-Fo.lowng are me
,,~,-oe8inrs I'm detail: The reaWearance
on tha-=tazs OF the prope-,ies of NJ ter-
tinen the distinguished Anthropom7-er'
v.4s the signal Of am outburst oi h.-'I,y
on tho rar+ OF the audience. Tie scenes
NJ Yesterday were repeated. The prisoner
was apparently quite Indifferent 90 ~hal
was going on and The judges ana counsel
aio1. attempted 30 follow the sptca.lst ln
hts ,ntermina5le crytosraphic prooieil7'
A. the comedy was prolonged d. gre" SD
wsarisome that the audience or1t shl QUO
nev-spa pers and chgtted iu low tones. W.
Pertinon at one point airancel aHestl
fresh proofs against The prisoner nancy
I'm The Dreyfus papers seized a- llr " a'
Office ard in which the specialist tld ne
found TWO words had been traced. AS
b.. oroceaded the witness become inn
bssied in paraphernaiia. His words.
del.vded in funeral tones, began 10 pan
upon the Judges. who finally only PAID iAc
most cursory attention 10 the examples
submitted.
One of " Berull0n's demonstrations
was handed TO Dreyfus, who closely sciul-
lrlzed IL and returned the plper Wlih
dlsdainful shrug OF his shoulders ana
without utterlug n word In summing up
the results Of hts test VI. BeruAOn sald'
gully understanding the responsibility
of so positive a statement. on my soui ana
conscience l declare today. as ! did IN
1884 ON my oath that the bordereau IS the
work OF the prisoner here. 1sensauonl-
Dreyfus heard this assertion unmoVed-
The witness was asked by the court now
he explained the similarity Of the hand
writing OF the b0rdereau and that OF rs
terhazy. to which he replied tha. since
1884. Esterhazy may have practiced iuil-
tatinr writing OF The borderedu IN ofdei
10 render possible the substitution Of him
self for the prisoner. lu support OF tnls
theory. ". Ber,ilon produced fresh ar
raw Of plates which he alleged proved
his hypothesis In regard 20 Es,erhazy.
a MAN or STRAW.
"Esterhazy." exclaimed NJ. Bertllon. "is
a man Of straw and a scoundreL have
said this ever since the commencement or
the Zola trial
There was a sensation IN court az this
remark. which was turned 20 laughter
as the witness. IN hts excitement knocked
his portfolios to the ground.
VI. Domange asked NJ. Bertillon II ne
had submitted Esterhazys handwriting
10 the same tests as the bordereau.
The witness replied in the affirmative
explaining. however. that the tests Were
less complete than in the case Of the pris-
oner
Counsel reminded the witness that he
said In 1894 that nc found In the bofde-
reau cryptographic signature Alfred
Dreyfus"
NJ Bertlion replied that he Was not now
positive on this point TO which he added
ne attached mo Importance whatever.
Referring to NJ Bertillon's testimony
Yesterday that he found In the bordeteau
words Dreyfus was IN the habit OF using
In documents OF the war Once NJ. De
mango asked how the witness accounie
FOR this: and the specialist explained
with some confusion, that It was a ne
cessary counterpart Of the precautions
taken by the prisoner when he wrote ,he
bordereau. TN order to make out that
he was the victim OF a plot (Sensation)
VI. Ianorl asked NJ Bertillon how he
reconciled the result OF the present e1-
perimcnts. namely that the bordereau
was written bv Dreyfus tracing Ester
hays handwrting with his opinion IN
1894. that the bordereau was written by
Dreyfus. unless II had been most carefully
forged.
10 this W. Bertlllon replied that 1t was
only a hypothesis
Hereupon NJ. IAbori remarked that the