The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-26

himself STlSu.--
Colonel sandherr is dead. Colonel Hen
ry is dead! And Colonel Du Patty de Clam
won't come here"
Then counsel sat down. boiling with in
dignation. Colonel Jouaust told M. La
bori not to make observations.
Dreyfus said he had nothing to ask the
witnesses. Colonel Maurel, General Mer-
cier and Major Freystaetter then left the
stage and were followed by an expert in
handwriting.
The scene today showed both Colonel
Maurel and General Mercier in an odious
light Maurel was shown. to put it mild
", not to have told the truth, while Mer-
cier, when cornered, threw the awkward
responsibility for the illegalities of the
court-martfal of 1894 on dead men, as NJ
Labori pointed out for which counsel
was severely reprimanded by Colonel
Jouaust
The audience had their hearts in their
mouths from the moment Major Frey
staetter opened his lips until the three
confronted witnesses left the stage, and
every moment a murmur of disgust and
tne general cry of .'Oh" burst from the
hearers
General MERCER accused Major Frey
staetter of lyin in the matter of the Rob
in Shell, concerning which there is re-
port accusing. Dreyfus of communicating
the details Of the she'll to Germany.
Freysteatter had said that it was not
included In the secret dossier.
II have caught Major Freystaetter in
the very act of lying said General Mer-
cier. amid the greatest excitement in
cba1l
livered until 1885.
Captain Freystaetter replied promptly,
maintaining the truth Of his previous
statements and he spoke like an honest
man.
Colonel MaureI. oh the other hand,when
driven to confess told untruths and tried
to wriggle out of it. He presented a
despicable appearance, his voice broken,
as though choking while his limbs were
shaking with suppressed futile passion
Following are the proceedings in detail:
The reappearance on the stage of the
court-martial called today of the proper
ties of NJ. Bertillon. the distinguished
anthropometer, was the signal this morn
ing of an outburst of hilarity on the part
of the audience.
Before continuing his demonstration, M.
Bertillon replied to the comments upon
his evidence yesterday. In regard to the
prisoners exclamation of "Oh, the
wreteh!' the specialist asserted that If
Dreyfus, who had up to that time retained
his self-possession, so far forgot himseif
at that particular point as to insult the
witness, it was obviously due to agita-
tion when he saw his method of fabri-
eating the bordereau was discovered
M. Bertiilon then resumed the exposi-
ton of the technicaiities of his system
and peals of laughter greeted his re-
marks as he again passed round charts,
plates. etc.
MY extraordinarily ingenious demon
stratioa yesterday proves the excellence
of my system"
Here followed re-enaetment Of scenes
similar to those of yesterday. The pris-
oner was apparently quite Indifferent 10
what was going on and the Judges and
counsel alone attempted to follow the spe-
cialist in his interminable topographic
problems.
The witness was heard to say, during
his demonstration
..The system I have the honor TO ex-
plain to you can easily be carried on un-
der your eyes, and, if you like, VIII
again read the notes.
Roars of laughter greeted the depreca-
tory replyof Colonel Jouaust, President
of the Court, who said:-
.sOh! DO you not trouble yourself.
AS the comedy was prolonged It grew
so wearisome that the audience brought
out newspapers and chatted in low tones.
M Jaures. a member OF the Chamber OF
IDENTITIES and a strong Dreyfusard, openly
showed his impatience but was not re-
buked for so doing.
M. Bertillon, at one point, advanced al
legged fresh proofs against the prisoner,
namely in the Dreyfus papers seized at
the War once, and in which the special
list said he found two words had been
traced.
AS he proceeded the witness became I'M
bedded in. paraphernalia. His lecture. de-
livered in funeral tones, began to pail on
the Judge, who, finally, only paid the
most cursoryest attention to the example
submitted.
one of NJ. Bertillon's demonstrations
was handed to Dreyfus, who closely scru-
tinized it and returned the paper with a
disdainful shrug Of his shoulders and
without uttering a word.
In summing up the result of his test
NJ. Bertillon said
Fully understanding the responsibility
of so positive statement, on my soul and
conscience I declare today, as I did in
1894, on my oath, that the bordereau is
the work of the prisoner here" (Sensa-
tion.)
Dreyfus heard this assertion unmoved.
The witness was asked by the court
how he explained the similarity of the
handwriting of the bordereau and that Of
Esterhazy, to which he replied that since
1894 Esterhazy may have practiced the
imitatory writing of the bordereau in or
der to render possible the substitution of
himself for the prisoner. In support of
this theory. NJ. BertIllon produced a fresh
array of plates which, he alleged, proved
his hypothesis in regard to Esterhazy
Murmurs of assent and dissent. He point
ed out that in Esterhazy's writing there
were certain caligraphicf blunders which,
he asserted. did not exist in the original
bordereau. but were found in reproduc-
tions Of the document. in consequence of
imperfections in the methods employed to
reproduce them. This, he continued
tended to prove Esterhazy had approprl-
ated the writing Of these reproductions.
'1Esterhazy." exclaimed ". Bertiilon. .Ts
man of straw and a scoundreI. / have
said tins ever since the commencement Of