The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-26

cal certificate Eigned. by two doctors
whose names were not familiar to the
audience, setting forth that Colonel pu
Patty 'de clamia too III 70 leave ne bed,
at Rehneh, at which the audience was
mot surprised.
Madame Du Patty de Clam also wrote
to the government eommiSsary ofioring
q written supplementary deppEition
from her husband.
N. Labor, after securing the names
OF the two doctors who signed the GER
tihcate, asked the court to appoint two
wen known physicians to report otici'
ally on Du Patty de clam's condition.
Colonel Jouaust, however. declared II
was useless to do 80. as the condition
Of the invalid was well known.
Rowland Strong. correspondent Of the
New York. Times, and a member Of the
stan OF the Observer, OF London, was
the frst witness called. He described
at length interviews which he had with
Esterhazy, saying the Observer offered
Esterhazy $500 for certain documents
and a confession that he wrote the Dor
dereau, as published April IS.
Replying to the court, Mr.. Strong said
that Esterhazy, while admitting the au-
thorshlp OF the bordereau, said the
documents enumerated in It had been
betrayed by Dreytus to Germany.
The evidence Of tine handwriting e1-
perts followed. n. Colbert after tes-
tifying 10 the facts publishedAprl Y
and April "a, vehemently protested
against the insinuation that he was
an Interested witness, BE referred 70
his thirty years OF service during which
he had reported on thousands OF 9ocu.
ments, and added, viSlhly aflected: !
protest against the term interested e3-
pert" adding, turning towards me
prisoner, after all have no right 10
complain when look at this untortun-
ate man before you" tGreat sen1e-
tion), - q.
The court closely followed ID. Go
bert's exhaustive story OF his eHa 5ianl
alton OF the bordereau, and MS inter
view with Generals Mercler, De Bois-
deffre and Gonse.
.
writing Of the bordereau was natural
and fluent, but that II was almost llles-
lbie. whereas DreyfuS, even when WRIT
ing rapidly, always wrote most lesl'
Gonse's Refusal.
The witness asked General GOpse If
an envelope accompanied the borde-
reau, as he, M. Colbert, wished to see
what the writer's careful caligraphy
was like, explaining that ths address Of
a letter Is always in a hrmer hand than
Its contents. -.
General GonHe refused the request,
on the ground that the witness must
mot know the name Of the addressee;
The general also refused TO allow the
bordereau to be photographed, alleging
that II the war office photographer
we're allowed to photograph II all Paris
would be acquainted with the bordereau
me next day. (Laughterl. Thereupon
me witness remarked General Cons e!
thIs Is a very interesting conf e4slo q.
n. Colbert then suggested that the
work be entrusted to the prefecture OF
police, where n. Bertillon 10 the pno-
tographer. =,
UntII then, the witness also said. ne
had never heard Of n. BeEtlllon ae
handwriting expert, saying ne peo9Ine
m expert for this special OCCASION
when he was called In the war once
(Laughter). -, ~,
testimony. was greatly enrasea Nnsu
he learned OF the result OF M do0e[ [!-
examination Of the bordereau. and VS.
ter always insisted upon learning 'he
name OF the suspect. -, o....
"It was not proper" said NJ. Colbert
"foT me to accuse any one without pc
ing perfectly cogniEant Of the facts. CD.
nsoiaIly IN circumstances OF so grave q
nature. (Sensatlon). would not &C.
cuse any one anonymously, TOT 70 uO
"a, would be contrary TO the law
Amidst laughter In the court, the
witness described how, from an exam
nation Of an official report on Dreytus
Tronn which Dreyfus'B name had peer
rsTnoved. NJ. Colbert had the malicious
satisfaction OF telling General Gonse
me name Of the officer they wanted &c
n was after II. Colbert had refused
IN incrlminate Dreyfus that NJ. Berul'
ion was entrusted with the eKaIllihA l
lion Of the bordereau, and, after a rev
houra' study, n. Bertillon posltIVely ~. ~
tributed the bordereau to preytuS
From that time forward M 9oOsEl
heard no more OF the Dreytus case n;
was not asked to submit report Du
described It to the then mlnlsIer q p
instice NJ. Guerin, the circumstance y
tSe case. NJ. Guerin, continued the
,titness lntImAted that these Wert
soldIerE' AFFAIRS which did not concern
rim as chief OF the civil judiciary
In Favor OF Dreyfps.
Colonel Jouaust asked NJ. Colbert fol
n more definite criticism of the borde'
reau and the witness replied that hi
r,,iced certain slmIlarities between tbs
hsndwritIng OF the bordeTeau and thai
~ Dreyfus; but, he added, there were
many important differences which
nroved TO him that DreyfuB was MOI
| tbe author Of the bordereau, ana Ms
oplnlon had since been confirmed, be
cause II was now proved the bordereat
was the work Of EsteEhaSy' (senBa'
'iG RsplylnE to tho court. NJ. Colbert sug,
,ested TINT the Judges compare tht
bordereau with a letter admitted 20 Q;
In F,sterhaEy's handwriting, ana dateo
Rouen. August II, 1885,, and with docu'
rnentE written by tho prisoner
IYou will then unmlstaknply reeoB'
r,ze." NJ. Colbert added, "that the DOT
dsreau Ia in EsteThaBy'B handwriting
and not in the handwriting OF DTeytus'
CGrent sensation). ,,...,
The witness at this juncture idenu'
fed the bOrdereau az the same WhlGI
was submitted TO him. and he proceed
e5 10 point out the Identity OF letter.
therein with letters In documents ga
Snittedly written by EsterhsEy, saylni
tbnt while the resemblance was not aP
nnrent IN Droyfus'B Handwriting u
EEterhnzy's, there were marked peou'
IInrl,les OF punctuation and ths nun ",
ner Of beginning lines when mtFS S,t lISS