Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-24

BASELESS GOSSIP PRICKED BY
NJ. LABORI = SEVERAL WIT
NESSES DETAILED EVENTS
WITH GREAT FREEDOM BUT
UNDER CROSS EXAMINATIoN
THEY WE'RE UNABLE TO SUB
,STANTIATE THEIR STORIES
GEN. GONSE BADLY SCOTCHED
BY THE EVER READY LABORI.
THE TRIAL LIKELY TO con-
TINUE TWENTY DAYS LONGER.
RENNES, August 23.-The session OF
the court to-day was comparatively un-
eventful The dispositions were not
productive of any really thrilling incl
dents The systematic production OF
the fimsiest trash, which the prosecu-
ton deems profitable to infiict on the
judges and which the latter accept as
evidence, was proceeded with. Much
of the ridiculous testimony of the
morning was devoted to an attempt TO
blast Dreyfus' private character,
though, when Maitres Labori and De-
mango had finished with the witnesses,
their bubbles of tittle-tattle were bad
" pricked Much of the time was oc-
.uoied in reading the testimony of Es-
terhazy and Mile Pays before the court
Of cessation. during which many of the
audience left the court.
NJ Labor again distinguished him.
self in laying bare the weak points OF
he evidence He was less fierce, how
ever. than yesterday, though quite ag-
gressive enough to rouse the latent hos
ility of the judges, which showed it
self in various little ways. NJ. Labor
IS no favorite either with Major Car
-iere, the governments commissary,
and the latter makes no serious effort
20 conceal his feelings towards the law
yer
VI. Labor bore little traces Of the
effects Of the outrage upon him. He
rose, sat down and moved his body and
limbs apparently without much diff
Guilty. Only, occasionally, he put his
hand to his back as though suffering
pain. His wife followed his move
nents through a gold and tortoise shell
lorgnette.
MADAME REJANE.
the actress, was again an interested
spectator in court to-day, especially
when NJ. Labori was on his feet and
his voice was vibrating through the
hall. Her eyes watched his mobile
features. across which fitted ever
changing expressions of indigna-
ton. anger or satisfaction with the
keen interest whic,l spectators in
theatre follow her own acting During
some of the dispositions NJ Labori ap-
peared very nervous. He was unable
to remain still an instant, twitching
his fingers and shaking the papers in
his hand. Counsel was almost too i'm
patient TO wait till the witnesses con-
cluded their testimony.
The only dangerous opponent of
Dreyfus to-day was Gen. Gonse, who
mounted the stage with quick step
and apparently light heart But he
left it badly mauled by NJ. Labor.
Gen. Gonse began by declaring he
oa,,o ~ 5afnrd bic houov o0ainct fhnra
"drivelling'' against him. But when
his cross-examination was finished he
returned to his seat with his tail be-
tween his legs, for NJ. Labor had
driven him into a corner on the az
tempts OF the general staff TO shield
Esterhazy and-had shown that the gen.
eral stan for which Gonse was resDors-
ibie. had engineered Esterhazy's escape
from the hands of justice. The conf
dent tones of the General had by then
dwindled into the proverbial still,
small voice and his defiant bearing
had changed into the abashed air OF a
schoolboy caught telling a lie.
The day proved certainly a poor one
for
THE GENERAL STAFF.
Two good samples of the men put up
TO sully Dreyfus' private character were
the third and fourth witnesses.
First Major Du Chatelet repeated an
alleged conversation of Dreyfus re-
garding lady at whose house nreysus
is alleged TO have gambled and lost
money. But when cross-examined Du
Chatelets memory failed him entirely,
especially when asked the name Of the
lady, the street she resided in, AMI the
sum Dreyfus lost
The correspondent of the Associated
Press talked this afternoon with NJ.
Jaures. the Socialist leader, who with
Matthew Dreyfus sees Maitre Labori
every day after the session. and who is
acquainted with the entire tactics OF
the defence. ~ Jaures said:
Il am convinced that Dreyfus will be
acquitted He must be acquitted, for no
new fact has been brought up against
him. The generals, | believe, are go
ing TO make their last stand on Bertil-