The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-28
DE CLANS SHAM SICKNESS
Why 1t is Impossible TO Bring
The Important Witness
BEFORE Court.

trenched themselves
H,,, Their IL one weak point IN the de-
fense-Coi. Du Patty De Clam, rnd the
military clique know It and are striving
TO the utmost to keep him out OF NJ. La
borYs clutches II they can prevent ia
Paty De clam who is now calle1 the
sick man of the Dreyfus affair" from sp-
nearing at the witness bar, they can et-
fectively put the silence os the TOMB he-
tween truth and Justice. NJ. Laoou y
aghting tooth and nail to drag him into
court. but Col Jouaust persists Ia ie-
fusins him the necessary assistancs He
declines to send reputable doctors Co or
ncSaIy report on the state OF Du Paty Ds
CLAIMS health which every Dreymsard
fully believes Is only automatically anect-
ed and that he win recover quickly
enough after the trial
NJ. Labor nit the nail on the head to
day when, replying to eneral Meroier's
last remarks, he exclaimed, Always the
dead. sandherr dead; Henry dead; Du
Party De Clam is not coming
Col. Jouaust Immediately cut him short.
declaring he must not make observations
and NJ. LaSori staggered and fell back
ping the stream Of irrevelate soBsipt
which flowed from the lips OF lhe mill
tary witnesses who have fled before the
court
White, however. the Dreycusards he
lieve I,u Patty De Clam Is not seriously
I'll, they feel n secret -sad, wfich Is eX-
pressed IN the significant suark. not %
frequently heard: "Sandherr IS dad:
Henry committed suicide and lu Pa'y
De Clam VII die
The conformation today OF Col. Aiaurlel.
Captain Freystatter and Gen. Meroier
was an instructive exposure OF the fraud
and and dishonesty OF the general stan
which the absence OF Du Patty De Clam
alone prevented from being complets
Tho defense might demand that rogat-
Cry commission be sent to examine Du
Patty he Clam on his sick bed Bit AZ
Lab1ri and Demange despair OF obtaining
satisfactory results therfrom. They want
to have Du Patty De Clam in eou.t ana
turn the tcrews OF the rack thenselvss
No one spapg the public who enter cd
the court room this morning and arain
fund himself entangied IN NJ. Berth 1n's
cryptographic juggeiery anticioats the
thrilling scenes TO be enacted before the
court adjourned
M. Bertillon talked for two hours. duf-
ing which time even Col Jouaust felt con.
strained more than once to br'ng him ia
the pint. When NJ. LaboH popped few
questions, which, when the president OF
the court martial condescended TO admit
them, we're answered Ia an on hand man.
ner b. the witness. who thought ht Il
show s,atemTt by barely looking at M
Labori and ~ proceed, at the sane lime
TO pack up his voluminous parcels and
diagrams. Captain Dreyfus also spoke
few words repudiating Bertillon's direct
denuneiations. ana then a military wit
ness was put 70 explain TO the Judges
what Bertillon really meant He only
managed to be equally obscure. All thi
| was utter glbberish to tho general publ
and the journalists, most OF whom ief
the court room and sauntered up an
down the court yard.
DANGEROUS FREYsTATTER.
All hoocked back. however. when NJ
Labori rose and asked that Capital
Freysta:tsr be called to the bar Every
hcdy Fnew the significance OF his appear
4
80 ,he little sergeant usher returned, con
Quoted a tall keen looking man seeming
ly every inch a soldier IN his parade un
form.
Holding his head high and with com
plete serenity OF demeanor, he walked I'm
TO the court room passing In front O
Gen Mercier Roget. Gonse and De Boise
ffre. who were sitting in the front row q
the witnesses and who gave him sidelon
rancorous glances. which he ala not se'
as he marched with bis eyes fixed on IA
, judges toward the platform.
This re ascended. coming to a halt 1
front OF Col Jouaust. he smartly gay
the military salute. took OF his kept
stood at attention and replied to the fol
: NAL questions as to his name, etc, In
4 resonant voice.
= Never once did his voice faltsr. New
a did It degenerate into hoarse croaking,
Col Maurels ala when Captain Freystat
J, looked him straight In the eyes and WI
. astounding calmsess gave him tho lie.
4. captain Freystatters opening stat
d ment was discharge OF OF grapeshot 4
I the Mercier gang. lie enumerated fo'
= documents that were secretly c0mmur
% Gated 10 the 1894 tribunal The first ca
a tain Dreyfus energentically denied, al
70 no reliable evidence has been adduced
70 lts support. The second was The "Cal
D, allie de D" document, which has be-
y shown not 20 refer to Dreyfus at all. III
70 third was the D'AvignOn letter, supper
70 ing IN second, which therefore falls
'r the ground with It, while the fourth W
the Panizzardi dispatch which has be'
= proved incorrectly translated and rul
out OF the proceedings by Col Jouaust
utterly unreliable
This Was the precious selection
waste paper which was deliberately col
muuicated 20 the judges in 1894 and whit
swayed their judgment The announ'
ment that the Panizzardi document "
one OF the secret documents was an9tt
hard blow TO Mercler's reputation
cause no had declared that this dispat
was not communicated 10 the tribunal
1894.
NJ. Labori asked Col Maurel TO explf
his declaration that only one doeumS
was read. Maurel gave the Jeauistical
ply. II did not say only ono was re
I said 1 only rsad one"
A wave OF Indignation passed oVsr |
audience. and mis- ears were assaiIed VI
smpest Of Kisses and "ohs'' wai
were repeated when he repeated So d
tracted way that no had only read o.
Capiaia sreystasttsr did not hestitate