The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-24

Rennes. Aug. 23.-The session of the
eventfuI. The dispositions were not pro-
ductive of any really thrilling incidents
The systematic production OF the finn
siest trash which the prosecution deems
profitable to infiict on the judges, and
which the latter accept as evidence,
was proceeded with. Much of the ri
diculous testimony of the morning was
devoted to an attempt to blast Drey
fuS' private character, though when
Maitres Labor and Demange mad mn
ished with the witnesses their bubbles
of tittle-tattle were badly pricked.
Much Of the time was occupied in
reading the testimony OF Esterhazy and
Mile Pays before the court OF cassa-
tion, during which many of the audi
ence left the court. NJ. Labor again
distinguished himself in laying bare the
weak points of the evidence. He was
less fierce, however, than yesterday,
though quite aggressive enough to
arouse the latent hostility of the judges,
which showed itself in various little
ways.
NJ. Labori is no favorite with Major
Carriere, the government commissary,
and the latter makes no serious efforts
to conceal his feelings towards the law
yer.
NJ. Labor bore little traces of the eff
fects of the outrage upon him. He
rose, sat down and moved his body
and limbs apparently without much
difficulty. Only occasionally he put his
hands to mis- back as though suffering
pain. His wife followed his every
movement through a gold and tortoise
shell loirgRehe.
Watched Labori's Every Movement.
Nine. Pejane. the actress. was again
an interes ted spectator in court today.
especially when NJ. Labori was on his
feet and his voice was vibrating
through the hall. Her eyes watched his
mobile features. across which fitted
ever changing expressions of indigna-
ton, anger or satisfaction, with the
keen interest which spectators in a the
atre follow her own acting During
some OF the dispositions NJ. Labor APP
peared very nervous. He was unable
TO remain still an instant twitching his
fingers and shaking the papers in his
hand Counse. was almost too impa-
tient to wait until the witnesses con-
cluded their testimony
The only dangerous opponent of
Dreyfus today was General Gonse. who
mounted the stage with a quick step
and apparently light-hearted But he
left ii badly mauled by M. Lobori.
General GonSe began by declaring he
came to defend his honor against those
'drivelling against him. But when
his REORGANIZATION Nas finished he
returned to his seat thofoughly discom-
fitted, for NJ Labor had driven him into
a corner on the attempts of the general
stan 70 shield Esterhazy and had shown
that the general staff, for which Gonse
was responsible, had engineered Ester
hays escape from the hands of ius-
tice- The confident tones of the general
had by then dwindled into the proverb-
lal still, small voice, and his defiant
bearing had changed into the abashed
air of school boy caught telling a lie.
The day proved certainly a poor one
for the general staff. Two good sam
pies OF the men put up to suHy Dreyfus |
private character were the third and |
fourth witnesses.
First Major du Chatelet repeated an |
alleged conversation with Dreyfus re- I
garding lady at whose house Dreyfus !
Is alleged TO have gambled and lost /
money. But when cross-examined, Du [
memory failed him entirely. |
especially when asked the name of the |
lady and the street she resided in and
the sum DreyfUs lost.
Next. NJ. Dubreiul showed equally as
points of his evidence concerning Drey-
fus' acquaintance with a foreign at
tache, and when NJ. Demange capped
his successful examination of those
points by promising to show that NJ.
Dubreiurs record in the law courts is
ar from clean, the witness left the
stand badly discredited.
Says Dreyfus Will Be Acquitted.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press talked this afternoon with NJ. D
azure, the socialist leader. who, with
Matthew Dreyfus, sees Maitre Labor
very day after the session. and who
5 acquainted with the entire tactics ,
f the defense.
NJ. Jaure said: Il am convinced that
)reyfus will be acquitted. He must be
cquitted, for no new fact has been
rought up against him. The generals,
believe. are going to make their stand
n Bertillon's system, which they in
end to submit as proving Dreyfus
utility.
Intelligent men laugh at it. but it is (
cry ingenious and has the merit in the
yes of the generals of being incon- 1
rehensible 20 an ordinary man and
nus calculated to impress him if sup :
orted by the puppits of the general !
taft.
"Bertillon's theory has already been
ltroduced by some of the military wit !
esses. who declare their confidence in
. The trial, in my belief, will last o
bout another twenty days"
NJ. Labor has decided to prosecute
a Croix. one of the leading clerical or Y
ans, and LIE Liberal Parole, together q
18th NJ. DuInont proprietor and di-
ector of the latter paper, personally, p
,r declaring the recent murderous at "
.ck upon him a fake"
As NJ. Labor was entering the court II
E was informed by a newspaper man u
lat General Roget yesterday received n
ocuments from Major Count Ester s
azy, who is now in London. Counsel d
as much interested and CLEANED all n
le information possible. On the ar s.
val in court of General Roget, il was
1ticed that he carried a bulky en-
.lope containing the documents re-
FRED TO. y
outside of this there was no incident
orth noting at the opening proceed
gs The session began with the tes-
nony of minor witnesses, including 81