Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-26

Ii was suggested that the Minister
of War wished To refresh Nj. Gribelin'A
memory. which has been so strongly
antl-Dreyfus.
DU PATTY DE CLAM ILL.,
Then followed the reading of a med
zeal certificate, signed by two doctors
whose names were not familiar to the
audience, setting forth that Colonel Du
Patty de Clam is too i'll To leave his
bed and appear at Rcnnes. at which
the audience was not surprised
Madame Du Patty de Clam also wrote
the Government Commissary Offering
Il written. supplementary deposition
from her husband.
NJ. Labor, after securing the names
Of the doctors, who signed the certin-
cate. asked the court to appoint two
well-known physicians To report OIL
cially on Du Patty de CLAIMS cond-
ton.
Colonel Jouaust. however. declared it
was useless To do 50. as the condition
OF the invalid was well known.
n NEWSPAPER MAN.
Rowland Strong. correspondent of the
New York Times. and member of
the staff of the Observer of London.
was the first witness called. He de-
scribed at length interviews which he
mad with EstcrhaZy. saying the OBJ
server offered t,sterhaZy c5OO FOR Ger
tain documents and IA confession that
he wrote the bordcvcau as published
April 25th.
Replying to the court. MIR. Strong
said that Estcrhazy while admitting
the authorship of the bordereau said
tho documents enumerated in 1t had
been betrayed by Drcyfus to Germany.
Nj. Henri WE'LL. n former officer of the
HEADQUARTERS STAFF, was then called.
but he was absent, and his deposition
Was read The facts in the case were
published April 10Th. NJ. Wells state
ment, in substance. was that Ester
hazy told him in 1894 that Dreyfus was
innocent, but that this would not pre-
vent his conviction, because he was a
jew. tScnsation.)
former sergeant who was at one
time employed in the War Office. tcsti-
fled to seeing Dreyfus copying the list
of railroad stations mentioned In the
plan of mobilization. TO which Drcyfus
replied:
1T is true; but l copied the list by
order of Captain Bessc" (Sensation)
HANDWRITING. EXPERTS.
The evidence Of the handwriting OK
perts followed NJ. Colbert after tcsti-
Tying To the facts published April 22d
and April oath. venemently protested
against the insinuation that he was an
interested witness. He referred to his
tHirty years OF service during which
he had reported on thousands of docu-
mcnts. and added. visibly affected:
Il protest against the term interest
ed expert adding. turning towards the
prisoner, after all I have no right to
complain when look at this unfortu-
nate man now before you" Great SEN
satiOn)
a DIFFERENCE.
Tho court closely followed NJ. Co
bert's exhaustive story Of his cXamina-
ton of the bordereau and his interview
with Generals MERCER de Boisdcfre
and Gonse.
NJ Colbert asserted that the hand
writing of the bordcreau was natural
and fluent ana that it was almos, lille
gible. whereas Dreyfus, even when
writing rapidly. always wrote lcgibly.
General Gonse. ii appears from the
testimony. was greatly enraged when
he learned of the result of NJ Gobert's
examination of the bordcrcau and Wis
tied the expert repeatedly
NOT ASKED FOR REPORT.
1t was after NJ. Colbert had refused
to incrimlnatc Drcyfus that NJ. Bertil-
lon was entrusted with the examina-
ZION OF the bordercHU HHd after a few
hours study. NJ. Bcrtillon positively
attributed the bordcreau to Drcyfus
From that time forward NJ Colbert
heard no more Of the Dreyfus case. He
was not asked 10 submit n report
The witness identified the bordercau
as the same which was submitted to
him and he proceeded to point out the
| Identity of letters therein with letters
in documents admittedly written by
| Estcrhazy. saying that the resemblance
| was not apparent in Dreyfus hand
| writing.
NO DISGUISE.
The expert refused. in reply to a
| question by the court, To admit that
| the bordereau was written in n dis
guised hand. He said it had been writ
| ten with great rapidity, precludinG all
| idea OF doctorinE or tracing
Dreyfus here declared in the most
positive manner that he had never been
at the Bank of France. where NJ. Co
| bert was employed. or had relations
with anyone there.
BERTILLON CALLED.
| There was a general movement of Gu
| riosity when NJ. Bertillon, the we'll
known specialist in the measurement IS
of the human body. was called and
the interest deepened when the chief ~
the identification department. advanced
| 10 the witLess bar. He was soon after
wards followed by four soldiers and y
nom commissioner officer bearing mort
foiios. drawing boards and a variety of
packages and paraphernalia, which
We're deposited on the platform Ia the
amusement OF iheaudicnce.
y HAZY EXPLANATION
NJ. Bertilon prefaced this evidence by.
saying his explanations would be I'M
aersiood only by a very limited num-
Der. and. therefore. he asked the cour,
to permit him 10 refer to documents
which he had brought. in order to make
MS evidence more ineligible. Uaurh.
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