Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
DEATH AIDS ENEMIES
The Dreyfus Prosecutors Relying on
Missing Evidence to Win
Their Case.
Exult In sandherr's Death. Henry's
Suicide and Patty du CLAIMS
Illness.
Review Of Some Of the Striking
Features Of Last Weeks
Proceedings.

Rennes. Aug. 2S.-"Dead men tell no
tales" This Is the barricade behind
which Gen. MERCER and the general
staff have intrenched themselves. But
there Is one weak point in their de-
tense, Col. Du Patty DE Clam, and the
military clique know it, and are striv-
ing to the utmost to keep him out of
NJ. Labori's clutches. If they can pre-
vent Du Patty de Clam, who Is now
called the sick man of the Dreyfus
affair."" from appearing at the witness
bar, they can eMec.ually put the sill
ence of the tomb between the truth and
justice. NJ. Labori is fighting tooth and
nail to drag him into court, but Jouaust
persists in refusing him the necessary
assistance. He declines to send reputa-
BILE doctors to officially report on the
state OF Du Patty de CLAIMS health.
which every Dreyfusard firmly believes
is only automatically affected and that
he will recover quickly enough after the
trial. NJ. Labori hit the nail on the head
when, replying to Mercier he exclaim-
ed: Always dead. Sandherr dead, Hem
y
coming
Col. Jouaust Immediately cut him
short, declaring that he must not make
observations. NJ. Labori staggered and
fell back into his seat with a despair
ing gesture. While, however, the Drey-
fusards believe that Du Patty de Clam
is not seriously Ill, they feel a secret
dread which is expressed in the signifi-
t,,r- N,S.v, lxy h RI
"Sandherr is dead; Henry committed
suicide: Du Patty de Clam will die"
The conformation OF Col. Maurel by
Capt Freystaetter was an instructive
exposure of fraud and dishonesty of the
general staff which the absence of Du
Patty de Clam alone prevented from
being complete. The defense might de-
mand that a rogatory commission be
sent to examine Du Patty de Clam on his
sick bed. But NJ. Labori and Demange
despair of obtaining a satisfactory re-
suit therefrom.
They want to have Du Patty de Clam
in court and turn the screws of the
rack themselves. No one among the
public who entered the court room Sat-
urday and again found himself entan-
gled in NJ. Bertillon's cryptographic
jugglery, anticipated the thrilling
scenes to be enacted before the court
adjourned NJ Bertllon talked for two
hours. during which time even Col.
Jouaust felt constrained more than
once to bring him to the point. Capt.
| Dreyfus also spoke few words, re-
pudating Bertillon's direct denuncia-
tions and then military witness was
put up to explain to the Judges what
Bertillon really meant. He only man
aged to be equally obscure. All this
was utter gibberish to the general pub
lie and the journalists, most of whom
left the court room and sauntered up
and down the court yard. All nocked
back, however, when NJ. Labori rose
and asked that Capt. Freystaetter be
called to the bar. Everybody knew the
significance of his appearance, and a
dead silence fell upon the court as the
little sergeant usher returned, conduct
ing tall. keen-looking man, seemingly
every inch soldier in his parade uni
| form of a captain of marine infantry,
wearing FIVE decorations in row across
/ his breast.
Holding his head high with COM
plete serenity of demeanor, he walked
| into the court room passing in front
4 of Generals Mercier, Roget, Gonse and
DE Boisdeffre, who We're sitting in the
| front row OF witnesses. AS he ascend
ed, coming to halt in front Of Col Jou-
aust, he smartly gave military salute
took off his Kept, stood at attention and
replied to formal questions in reson-
ant tone. which he maintained through