Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-27
hand OF DR | !; |.
con My OATH" Insists Bertillon,
..fie Wrote the Bordereau.'
TWAS A DAY OF SENSATIONS
Witnesses Hostile to the Prisoner Throw
Responsibility for Important State
ments and Acts, Justifylne Their
Testimony, on Dead Men.
(By Telerranh,)

(By Telegraph
ne RE,N:NI.S, Aug. 26.-.'Dead men trh
10 tales" This is the barricale behind
which General MERCER and the general
staff have intrenched themselves. But
there is one weak point in their defense
Colonel Du Patty de Clam-and the
military clique know it and are stTiv-
ing to5the utmost to keep him. out of ".
Labori's clutches. If they can prevent
q Du Patty de Clam, who is now called
Y the SICK. man of the DreyfuS 3ffair,
from appearing at the witness bar, they
can eHectually put the silence Of the
tomb between truth and justice. III.
Labori is fighting tooth and nail to drag
him into court. but Colonel Jouaust
persists in refusing him the necessary
PROCEEDING IN DETAIL.
Following are the proceedings in de-
i tail:
The temperance on the stage OF the
properties of NJ. Bertillon. the distin-
guished anthropomctry, was the signal
for an outburst of hilarity on the part
of the audience. The scenes of yester-
day We're repeated. The prisoner was
apparently quite Indifferent to what
Was going on and the judges and COIN
sci alone attempted TO follow the spe-
cialist in his interminable photographic
problems.
AS the comedy was prolonged it grew
SO wearisome that the audience brou ght
out papers and chatted in low tones.
r NJ. Bertillon 1T one point, advanced
alleged fresh proofs against the p.is-
oner, namely the Dreyfus papers seized
a,tEtheE wal, office and in which the spe-
cia1ist said he found two words had
been traced.
PALLED ON THE JUDGES.
8 he proceeded the witness became
Embedded in paraphernalia. His lee
+ ture, delivered in funeral tones. began
TO pail on the judges. who finally oily
paid the most 7cursory attention to the
examples submitted
,5s:s one cfsM. $iEertiilon's denlcEs tratio.ls
saandsd to Drey fE s.sAl
n s'tTuItniZed rs and re turned EthssTi ii>ar
ilh q dlsdatnful shrug of his s.aotI!drrs
Il anu Nlthout utterins a word.
IN summing up the results CT his test
n. Hertillon said:
Fully understanding the RESPONSE
nlil!y OF so positive statement, on my
Soui ana conscience, declare today, as
ul'l IN lSst. on any oath. that the Dor
uereau IS me work CT the prisoner
b, 'reSllts heard TINS assertion unmov-
So.
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me zWltness was asked by the court
y nov ne cS1';ll ne the similarity Of the
handWfIsiiss CT the hordercau and that
" i-sLe ,ns 70 when ne replied that
SINCE is'f isstefhaZy may nave practic-
81 lhiltat a Wrttlhs. OF the pordereau
~ .oieler, 70 ieIaef possible. The suJstl-
.ulipI! g s.ii'.'Ssi ~ iof the prisoner. IN
4 supl,rt, ~ sctnls .neofy. ". Bertili'n5
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ue .,aeS9 ~. .iroNcu MS HYPOTHESIS IN re-
s. S'.iu 70 t>stei ii'sHs
rs lefhazy' exclaimed NJ. Bertillon.
-. = nth 2. straw ana a scoundrel. 4
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.. ls,s Ns,S q sensation IN court ut this
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...e Mi.ness' n ms excite nlent,
hiiochEu ms ms lolt ioiluS 70 me ground.
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:
= 20 ,r me same tests as 1ne bordcfsau
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