The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-08-26

it could only be manufactured by the
 prisoner; (3) that it had been written ir
 free hand by means of a key worG
 placed beneath tracing paper in such 2
 way as to be quite visible.
 The witness, continuing, declared that
 Dreyfus did not have recourse to imi-
 tating Esterhazys free handwriting be-
 cause it required too long to study, and
 he used the tracing process because it
 is easier to learn and more likely to be
 successful. With the view of illustrat-
 ing his meaning M Bertillon handed
 round photographs of the bordereau,
 etc., and during the course of the dem-
 onstration the specialist advanced to
 the judges bench, and, with his finger,
 pointed out illustrations of his theories.
 NM. Demange and Labori, the judges
 and others gathered in group around the witness. Dreyfus appeared to be
 stupeffed by the comparatively incom-
 prehensible jargon, and many of the au-
 dience left the court. Suddenly, the
 wondering attention of those remaining
 in the hall was riveted by the remark of
 M. Bertillon, in loud tones:
 'We clearly have before us fabricat-
 ed document The one word always
 rests upon the other with divergence
 of 1.25 milimetres and 225 millmetres
 That is phenomenon which is unnatur-
 al"
 M. Bertillon continued his eXplana- | tions, and caused such q whirl in the | brains of his hearers that Colonel Jou-
 aust finally remarked: 'We must have
 few minutes rest
 | When the session of the court was re- | sumed, M Bertillon made further dem- | onstrations. He compared words of the bordereau with words in the documents of comparison. Leaning on the judges bench, he placed the entire bordereau over graphic canvas, and proceeded to show that by doing so Dreyfus succeed ed in formulating the principal rules which served to guide him in making his joining marks, remarking that any copyist possessing key to these rules could learn to replace the entire borde- reau. The witness then proceeded to demonstrate the practicability of this.
 When persons are accused he said, 'it 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 l handwriting was disguised. There is, therefore, presumptive proof that the l prisoner is guilty
 After this M. Bertillon pointed out | that five questions in the bordereau were traced in the same manner, and | said: "I had reached this point in my | I cI1r tp the Cherche Midi prison by Major | d'Ormescheville. The major explained | that he wished my personal opinion on cryptographic methods, sympathetic inks, etc.. which might help the family 1 of Dreyfus in corresponding with him. The request was partly due to the fact that number of letters addressed to the prisoner by his family had been re- ceived.
 During the course of the interview, Major d'Ormescheville produced one of these letters I had hardly cast my eyes on it before I was astounded to notice the same kind of a negative O with which l had been so struck. It was in a letter from Mime. Dreyfus."
 The specialist then pointed out how he found the same peculiarties or Dreyfus handwriting in the letters of other members of his family, and pro- ceeded to give long and perfectly un- ineligible exposition, designed to dem- onstrate that this proved the guilt of the prisoner. The audience quite in dark regarding the meaning of the punctuated the queer ex- pressions of the witness with peals of laughter The members of the court martial evidently tried hard to under stand, while Dreyfus appeared fatigued out endeavored to follow the argu- nents,
 My theory" continued the witness, was in 1894 considered by the ministry ,f war to be favorable to the prisoner. , If the defence accepted it, they said, he long magisterial Investigation would lave to be recommended, and so'-here ( he witness raised his voice and struck f he table with his fist-"when the word i grille (perforated card used for ci- ,hers) was uttered at the court-mar- ial of 1894 the prisoners face contract d. When 1 spoke of the fabrication of ( he bordereau he exclaimed: oh, the ( wretch. He saw me write then' T did not hear the remark, but when ! t was repeated to me it was revela- , ion. For, if innocent, the word fabri- z ation' would have delighted instead of tighten him. / Dreyfus listened impassably to this l trade. The audience again became ani- V hated when M Bertillon announced hat he would give a practical demon- tration of how the bordereau was fab cated, by means of a key-word. The | fitness, seated at a table, began to d opy the bordareau on a sheet of paper D miar in character to the famous docu- \ lent After a quarter of an hour Col a nal Jouaust suggested that it was not ecessay to finish the demonstration. M. ertillon rose and showed the judges le result of his labor, remarking 'T V as in a bad position u The audience concluded from this re- |, lark that the experiment had not suc- n, eeded, and the expression of the judges al tees seemed to bear out this opinion. i W he court adjourned for the day at il 45 II m.
 At the close of the proceedings a 'owd surrounded M Labori, anxious to c low his opinion of M. Bertillons imi- e ion, jn 1I T N