Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-25

pcnrod perfectly satisfied.
Col. Jouaust then. at il.i5 o'clock. 0d-
juurncd the court and NJ Bcrullon
picked up his belongings and the sol-
diers carried them out The newspa.
per men who crowded around NJ. Labufi
asked him for his Impressions. Hc
said there was n certain resemblance
to the bordcreau. adding.
but that il ALL NJ Bertillon only
ala what dozens could do. II only
proves he Is a clever forgcr. That Is
ALL"
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
At the opening OF tho session OF the
Druyfua court-martial today consider
able comment was caused by the re-
quest Of NJ. Grlbclin, the principal
urChlylHt uf the headquarters stan, for
permission 90 absent himself for TWEEN
ty-four hours. owing 10 a summons Of
the minister uf war Gen. DE Marquis
Dc Gnlllfot. who desired 10 see him Ia
Paris
II was suggested that the minister OF
war wished 10 refresh NJ. Gribclln'H
memory which has been 70 strongly
anti brcyfus.
Then followed the reading Of a mcdl-
col certificate signed by two doctors
whose names were not familiar 20 the
audience, setting forth that Col Du
Patty de- clam Dr. too 100 to leave his
bed. and appear az Rcunoa. at which the
audience was not surprised,
Mime. Du Patty de Clam. also wrote
90 the government cummlEsnry. onCr-
lug written supplementary deposition
from her husband.
VI, Labor after securing the names
% the doctors who signed the Certin-
cate. asked the court 90 appoint two
well known physicians 20 report oiiicial-
~ on Du Patty dc CLAIMS condition.
BAD FOR EsTERHAzY.
Col. Jouaust however. declared II was
useless To- do no, na the condition of the
invalid was well known. Rowland
strong, correspondent uf the New York
TlmcH and member OF the stan OF the
Observer Of London, was the first Wit
ness called. tie described az length the
interviews which he had viii Ester
hnzy saying the observer offered Es-
tCrhHEy $500 FOR certain dUcumDutH
ana confession that he wrote Ia, b0r-
dcrcau. aH published April 20 Reply
Ing Co the court Mr.. strong 4 that
Eutrrhazy, while admitting the thor
ship " the huriuro1u said the d0eu-
mcnts enumerated in % had been be-
truyed by prcyfus 90 Germany.
~ Henri Well. O. former officer Of the
hclduuurtora staff was then called. but
he was absent and his deposition was
read. The facts in the case were pub
lishcd April 20. NJ. WclllH statement
ln substance was that Ester azy told
him In 1894 that Drcyfua was innocent,
but that this would not prevent his
conviction because he was a Jew. (scn-
Hntlou1
a brief discussion cnsucd regarding
the character of Col. picqunr y former
orderly, Suvlgnnud. who testified ycs-
to-day 10 posting letters In May and
June. 1897. nddreaHcd by the colonel t1
Al EFhHrHHH.F. d aHI..
president Of the senate. who was prom
lncnt ln Obtaining u revision OF the
DrcyfuH case, During this discussion
Savigunud protested that he had been
cuufuundcd with bandsmau OF the
same name who had a bad character
\ former sergeant who was at one
time employed IN the war office testified
90 seeing prcyfua copying the list OF
railroad stations mentioned In the plan
ut mobilization 10 which Drcyfus roe
piled. 1T ~ true. but / copied the list
by order ~ Capt UcHse." tscnsatonJ
The evidence OF the handwriting cx-
pcrts followed,
HANDWRITING EXPERTS.
NJ Colbert, after tcstlfyng 10 tho
fuCte published April 20 aud April %.
Nyhcmcntly protested against the In
nluuutiou that he was an Interested
witness The court closely followed
We NNNNNNl z @ NNNAN AHAANi NANIA OF me NAa
animation Of the bOrdureau and his In
turyiews with Generate MERCER. De
liolndeffre and GonHe. NJ. Colbert as
sorted that the handwriting OF the Dor.
dercau was natural and fluent. but
that u was almost illcglblc. whereas
br'yfue, even when writing rapidly all
ways wrote most lcglbly.
The witncas asked Con, GonHc N an
envelope accompanied the bordoruuu,
as he. NJ, Colbert. wished 20 sec what
the writcr'a careful callgrnphy was like.
explaining that address Of a letter
IN always In a nrmor hand than lta
contents. Gen. GOnsc refused the re-
quest ON the ground that the witness
must not know the name OF the nd-
dret-ee. The general also refused 20
allow the bOrdcrcau to be photo
graphed, alleging that n the war office
photographers were allowed 10 photo
graph H. an Paris would be acquainted
with the bOrdereau the next day.
uaughter)
\ VERY INTERESTING CONFESS
SION.
Thorcupon the witness remarked;
Gen, Gonsc. This Is very Interesting
confession"
NJ. Colbert then suggested that the
work be entrusted 10 the prefecture OF
police, where NJ Bertlllon IL the photo
grapher. until then. the witness said.
he had never heard OF NJ Bertillon as
q handwriting expert oaying he be-
came an expert Tor thls special occu-
sion when he was called into the war
Office Gaughter1 Gen. Gonae, II APP
pears from tho testimony was greatly
ouragod when he learned Of the result
OF NJ. Goberta examination Of the bor-
dercnu and visited the expert repeated
ly. The latter always Insisted on
learning the name of the suspect,
1T was not proper" said NJ, Colbert,
FOR me to accuse any one without be-
ing perfectly Cugniznnt Of the facts es-
ppcially In circumstance OF so grave a
nature tSensntion). I would not uc-
cuse any one anonymously, Tor 10 do so
would be contrary to the law"
AMIDST LAUGHTER.
Amidst laughter In court the witness
described how, from an examination "
an official report on Droyfus from which
Dreyfus name had been removed NJ.
Colbert had the malicious satisfaction
OF telling Cen Gonse the name OF the
officer they wanted TO arrest, II was
after NJ. Colbert had refused 10 lnCrlm-
mate Dreyfus that NJ, Bcrtlllon was on-
trusted with the examination Of the
borderonu and after few hours study
NJ Bertuluu positively attributed the
hurdprpuu to DruyfuH.
From that time forward NJ, Colbert
heard no moro OF the Dreyfus case. He
was not asked TO submit "a report, but
1gaprIhNI IA tho thDu minister Of fuse