The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-26

seat, holding up both hands and ex-
claiming; 1T is most extraordinary"
NJ. Bertillon continued his explana-
lions, and caused such a whirl in the
brains of his hearers that Col. Jouaust
finally remarked. I'VE must have a
Few minutes rest"
When the session of the court was re-
sumed, NJ. Bertillon made further dem
onstrations. He compared words of the
'bordereau with words in documents of
comparison. Leaning ON the judges
bench, he placed the entire bordereau
over a graphic canvas and proceeded to
show that by doing so Dreyfus succeed
ed in formulating the principal rules
which served to guide him, remarking
that any copyist possessing a key to
these rules could learn to replace the
entire bordereau.
The Witness continuing, proceeded to
demonstrate the practicability of This.
when persons are accused" he said,
1T is not sufficient to meet the charge
with denials, but it is necessary to
prove that they have not done what
they are charged with. In this case
the handwriting was disguised. There
IS therefore, presumptive proof that
the prisoner is. guilty"
After this, M. Bertillon pointed out
mat hye questions in the bordereau
We're traced IN the same manner and
ADDED; Il had reached this point in my
experiments when 1 was summoned to
the CherChe Midi prison by Maj
D'Ormescheville. The major explained
mat he wished my personal opinion on
cryptographic methods Sympathetic
INKS, which might help the family of
Dreyfus in corresponding with him.
l ne request was partly due to the fact
that number of letters addressed to
the prisoner by his family had been re-
ce1ved by the government.
During the course Of the interview,
MAJ. DOrmescheville produced one of
THESE letters. l had hardly cast nv
eyes on it, when 1 was astounded to
notice the same kind of a negative o.
with Which l had been so struck 1t
was in letter from Nine. Dreyfus"
Inc specialist then pointed out how
he found the same peculiarities of Drey-
rus handwriting in the letters of other
members of his family, and proceeded
10 give long and perfectly ineligible
exposition designated to demonstrate
that this proved the guilt of the pris-
oner. The audience, quite in the dark
regarding the meaning of technicaIfties.
punctuated the queer expressions of the
witness with peals of laughter. The
members Of the court martial evidently
tried hard to understand while Dreyfus
appeared fatigued, but endeavored to
AOlAOH TIE arguments.
My theory, continued the witness,
was in 1884 considered by the ministry
of war to be favorable to the prisoner.
If the defence accepted it, they said.
the long magisterial investigation
would have to be recommended, and So
here the witness raised his voice and
struck the table with his fist-"when the
word grille, eperforated card used for
ciphers) was uttered, at the court mar
tial of 1894 the prisoners face con-
tracted. When l spoke of the fabrica-
tion of the bordereau he exclaimed: oh
the wretch, he saw me write then
did not hear the remark, but when it
was repeated to me it was a revelation.
for, if innocent, the word fabrication
would have delighted instead of fright
ening him.
Dreyfus listened impassibly to this
TRADE. The audience again became ami
mated when M. Bartillon announced he
would give practical demonstration
of how the bordereau was fabricated by
means of a key word. The witness,
seated at a table, began to copy the
bordereau on a sheet of paper similar in
character to the famous document.
After quarter of an hour Col. Jou-
aust suggested that it was not neces-
sary to finish the demonstration, and
NJ. Bertillon rose and showed the judges
the result of his labor, remarking: II
was in bad position"
The audience concluded from this re-
mark that the experiment had not sue
ceeded, and the expression of the
judges faces seemed to bear out this
opinion.
The court adjourned for the day at
1.45 a. m.