River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-31
DREYFUs SCORES.
Many Telling Points Made In His
Favor Capt. Freystaetter
Creates a Sensation.


Rennes, Aug. 25--When the fourth
session of the third week Of the second
trial by court-martial OF Capt. Alfred
Dreyfus, charged with treason, opened
at the Lycee here at GAO a. IN. Thurs
day, Col. Jouaust, president of The
court, ordered that the evidence given
by NJ. Penot, friend of the late Col.
Sandherr, chief of the intelligence de-
partmcnt, be read by the clerk of the
court. 1t was To the effect that Col.
Sandherr said the Dreyfus family of
fered him 10000 francs on condition
that he would clear Dreyfus.
Maitre Demange, for the defense, dis
posed of this allegation by reading the
actual note on the subject written by
Sandherr, thereby proving that the
colonel's remarks had been distorted,
Dreyfus' brothers having only said:
I'VE are convinced of the innocence
of our brother and will spend our en-
tire fortune TO discover The TRUTH"
Rennes, Aug. 90. The opening OF
the fifth session of the third week of
Capt. Alfred Dreyfns, of the artillery
charged with treason. occurred at 6;35
a. m, Friday without any extraordinary
incident.
NJ. Colbert then repeated the evidence
he had given before the court OF casa
ton. lie gave his testimony in a
clear, convincing manner, and was
most emphatic in attributing the bor-
dereau to Esterhazy.
NJ. Bertillon, the noted anthropome-
taist. was called as the next witness.
Maitre Demange asked to have Ber-
tillon's documents brought before the
judges, and the audience enjoyed the
diversion of seeing two soldiers bring
in enormous cases containing the ia
nous thief catcher's documents. Ber-
tillon declared he needed all the docu-
ments and photographs to give his evil
dence. 1t was really an amusing scene.
The conclusions Bertillon tried to draw
were that the bordereau was n fabri-
Gated document in artificial-that is,
Notwithstanding, and that the af-
fair was the result of the machination
of some one having access to the gem
eral staff, or else the bordereau was
really the work of Alfred Dreyfus.
Rennes, Aug. 2s.-At the sixth ses-
sion on Saturday of the third week of
the second trial by court-martial of
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, of the artillery,
on the charge of treason, the feature of
the day was a dramatic scene between
Capt. Freystaetter, one of Dreyfus'
judges an 1894, and Col. Maurel, pres
ident of that court-martial.
If Capt. Freystaetter is speaking the
truth-and he has the reputation of be-
ing a man of the highest honor, whose
conscience was troubled by relations
of the intrigues and maneuvers of the
general staff-Gen. MERCER committed
perjury in his deposition and Col. Maui
red was guilty of the suppression of the
truth
Gen. Mercier in his evidence cate
gorically denied that the incorrect de-
ciphering of the dispatch from Paniz-
zardi, the Italian military attache, was
communicated to the court-martial of
1894. Capt. Freystaetter now swears
that it was.
Col. Maurel in his deposition declared
that he read only one document of the
secret dosser, leaving the court under
the impression that this was the only
document of which cognizance was
taken. He was forced to admit that his
statement referred only to himself, but
that all the other officers read all the
documents-a statement which pro-
voked loud murmurs in the audience.
Capt. Freystaetter, however, asserted
that Col. Maurel had openly comment
ed on each document to his brother
judges. This Maurel Indignantly de-
MED.
RenDes, Aug 29--At the session Mon
day OF the second trial by court-martial
OF Capt Alfred Dreyfus, of the artillery,
charged with treason, handwriting ex-
perts devoted themselves to demolish
ing one another's evidence. The pub
lie followed the dispositions listlessly,
but the judges and counsel listened
with the greatest attention.
With the aid of blackboard, M.
Paray-Javal demonstrated the fallacy
of NJ. Bertillon's calculations and crit
icized the latter's unfairness in not
subjecting Esterhazy's handwriting to
the same tests as the prisoners writing.
At the same time the draughtsman de-
clared that even if NJ. Bertillon had
done so, the results would not have
proved anything.
NJ. Tessionere's testimony against
Dreyfus then followed, and then NJ.
Charavay, the expert who had pre-
viously declared Dreyfus was the au-
thor Of the bordereau, was called to the
witness bar. His testimony proved to
be of the greatest interest, as he came
| to confess he had made an error and
| said he was now convinced that Ester
hazy and not Dreyfus wrote the bor-
| dereau. This announcement made a
deep impression on the court and was
greeted with general murmur of salts
faction. The next expert, NJ. Pelletier,
also testified favorably to Dreyfus.
NJ Couard. another expert, then de-
posed that, as the result of his examina-
ton, he had become convinced that the
bordereau was not written by Ester
hazy, but he could not say it was writ
ten by Dreyfus. because he had not
seen the prisoners handwriting.
Report Confirmed.