Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-22
DREYFUS CASE
Labori Not Present in Court
This Morning.
YET TOO ILL TO APPEAR.
General Fnbre, Col. D,Abou.ville and
Detective Cochefort Testify Against
the Martyr of France-The
Days Proceedings.

the Martyr of France-The
Days Proceedings.
Rennes. Aug. a1.-(By Associated
Press. .)-Labori was not present this
morning at the opening of the third
week of the Dreyfus trial. He is pro-
crossing favorably, but the physicians
thought best for him not to appear
just yet. The first witness Of the day
was General Fabre, former chief of the
fourth bureau of the general staff. He
said he compared the handwriting of
the bordereau with that of various offi-
GERS of the bureau, including Dreyfus,
to which it bore remarkable resem-
blance. He declared Dreyfus was dis
trusted by his fellow officers on ac-
count of his extraordinary efforts to
learn the secrets of the plan for the
concentration of the troops, with the
result that he neglected his duties. His
duties put it in Dreyfus' power to dis
close the documents referred to in the
bordereau. Demange pointed out that
this testimony differed from that CIV
'en by Fabre in 1894. Dreyfus, reply
ing to the witness, admitted that it
was his duty to keep the dossier relat-
ing to the concentration posted up, and
said it was no light task.
Colonel D'Abousyille, former deputy
chiefSof the fourth bureau, related how
Fabre showed him the photograph of
an anonymous note, evidently to some
one outside the army, intimating that
he had confidential documents to COM
municate. These documents could
have been communicated by Dreyfus
and the handwriting bore striking re-
semblance to his.
Cochefort, former chief of detectives,
testified that he was present when Du
Patty de Clam subjected Dreyfus to the
famous dictation test, and said that
from the first the prisoner showed evil
dent uneasiness. He received the i'm
preston that Dreyfus was guilty. He
had not then seen the bordereau, 9TH
erwise the impression might have been
modified. Dreyfus at the time protest.
ed innocence, and declared he did not
know what was charged against him.
At the conclusion of Cochefort's testi-
mony, Dfeyfuss he would not reply
It'll DuPaty de Clam was present.
Gribelin, the principal archiNist, of
the headquarters staff. asserted his
belief in Dreyfus' guilt. and said he
was confident of Dreyfus' relations
with loose women. He said that at the
dictation test Du Patty de Clam pointed
out to Dreyfus that his hands were
shaking, ,Dreyfus replied that. his fin
gers We're cold. !, ss,T.e .rs ,s l., ,.5.ag
Major Latith, testified that he believ-
ed the bordereau was delivered to Col
|onel Henry BY an emissary outside of
Saturday evening and by
Henry handed into Headquarters the
Monday morning following. The Wit
ness told of being shown the borde-
reau by Henry at that time. He de-
clared the Schneider letter of Nov. 3O
1897. authentic and that it emanated
from Agent Pierre"
Col Ficquart testified concerning
the alterations in the postal card
known as the petit LIEU" after it
left his position. alterations of quite
a serious character We're made, words
being erased, ana Others written in.
The address was writteu III ink which
was made of gallnuts, while the super
imposed word was written in ink that
was made of logwood. This testimony
was given while Lauth was still on the
stand
I.anth said when he photogra phed
the Petit Bleu.he saw no signs OF an era
sure. P;couart replied that the plate
taken by Lauth bore no traces of eras-
ure. The. photograph alone had been
tampered with.
/ CAPTAIN Juncle, q probationer at the
same time as Dreyfus. testified at some
length, going into the particulars of
Dreyfus intrigues with women, as
related to h i'm by Dreyfus. He
declared the latter was fully cogni-
zant Of the plans for the transportation
and concentration of troops, and de-
clared it utterly impossible for Henry
TO have .divulged the documents re-
ferrad to in the bordereau.
Dreyfus, replying to the witnesses said
he would not speak of the latter's con-
| fidences TO him. He denied that he
Drevfus) ever gambled al the club at
Mans. and declared that probationers,
at the time the bordereau was written,
knew they We're not to go to the man
euvers. He had no information
through his cousin in the foreign of
| fee. because he had no cousin there.
As to the plans for the provisioning of
the troons he helped to print part of
Ithem, but he only saw small portion.
When Dreyfus finished Bertullus
came forward and in effect accused
Junclte of lying when he said the wit
ness told him, CJunclle) that he (Ber-
tullus) did not believe Esterhazy
guilty. Bertullus asserted that he be-
lieved llsterhazy guilty from the first
! and .Duncke's statement to the contra
ry came from the wish which was
father to the Thought. Gen. Gonse
then intervened. and said Junclie and
| Henry told him the same thing at the
time OF the alleged interview. Bertul-
his reiterated his statement in regard
to ,Jilncke. Then Picqmlrt had n short
iupins referring to the petit hieu'' 10
Idemoiistrate the Naluelessness OF
,IunclSe's evidence. Court adjourned
sAYsNGuILT rs SURE.