The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-27

which had been awakened in his mind ov
Colonel Henry's forgery He spoke Of the
ANGUISH by which his conscience was tor
tired. T did not reply 70 Captain Freyst-
meter, because I am accustomed to allow
every one the liberty of his own opinions
IN my opinion every one ought 10 guide
his ship his own way.
". Labor requested the Judges 20 note
that 10 contradiction was offered to Cap
tair Freystmeter'S statement that the
Panizzardi telegram Of November was
communicated privately TO the Judges in
1884. and under these circumstances Gen
eraI MERCER, having testified that he had
given an order that the telegram should
not be communicated ana " hereaS ne ndd
also testified that the order was carried
out. counsel begged the president of the
court to ask General MERCER for an ex-
PLANTATION concerning the statement. which
entirely Coutradicted his evidence Great
Seusa uCu.)
General MERCER. who had paid rapt at
tentiOu 10 what was going On, pointed oEs
that Captain Freystmeter had spoken or
an act of treason alleged 10 have beer
described at the 1894 court-nartiaI as hav-
ing been committed by Dreyfus at the
Polytechnic School, adding that Freyst-
meter seemed to retain very exact recot
IeCtious of the documents communicated
and asked what was referred TO in the
1T referred to a shell. I see the docu-
ment perfectly in my mind eye"
General Mercier-So Captain F'reystma-
ter is caught in the very act Of lying
Il repeat it," the general said. cooIIy.
amid renewed protests AS q matter Of
fact the Robin shell 70 which he refers
was only made in Germany in 1855. We
were informed Of the act Of treason in
1895
CAPTAIN Freystmeter adhered to his
statement that a shell was mentioned in
the commentary submitted TO the generals
in 1894.
November 2, I maintain that it was not
fr1r aT n "a
CAPTAIN Freystmeter-I am certain that
there was a telegram with the words
'sDreyfus is arrested. Enissary warned ,"
There was something else, which l DO not
remember. As regards the reply General
MERCER has just made 10 me, 1 insist
have not said that there was q document
mentioning particular shells, but simply
q commentary referring 10 an act Of
treason in connection with a shell I do
not know If that affected the evidence Ct
the prosecution But | only testified TO
that of which 1 am strictly certain.
General MERCER reiterated that IL was
impossible TO communicate in 1894 con-
corning the Robin shell. NJ Labor then
said:
IN view Of the incidents occurring, I
must insist once more, Monsieur le Presi-
dent, that the condition Of Colonel Du
Patty de clam be examined into BY i'm
partial physicians. General MERCER has
stated that the packet containing the Sc
cret documents was prepared by Colonel
Du Patty de Clam.
General MGEGLEE ItltCAL pIttl- E6TQOl
me I said I had learned from General
Dc Boisdeffre that the package was
brought by Colonel Du Patty de Clam But
| also said Colonel Sandherr prepared the
package" fSeusatton.)
NJ Labort-AIways the dead, Sandherr
the dead Henry the dead. Their testi-
mOny is constantly being cited.
Colonel Jouaust protested against these
words as being out Of order. and NJ. La
bori resumed his seat in silence.
This incident, which terminated the evil
deuce of Captain Freystmeter, caused an
immense impression on the audience The
Dreyfusards were jubilant-
NJ Paref-JoufaI, a draughtsman. was
called for the defense. He was accompa-
nied BY q blackboard. upon which he pro-
posed to refute a portion Of NJ BertfIlon's
Problems The witness said, amid laugh
Ter. that the demonstration would occupy
no less than two hours. He then pro-
ceeded TO chalk a number Of caIIigraphic
signs on the blackboard, and presented to
the court photographs Of the writing Of
the bordereau and the prisoners hand
writing, pointing out their dissimilarities
and entering into elaborate explana tons
which were not concluded when. at u:50
q. m, the court adjourned