The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12

mintion who we suspect, but he's a
canal Jew in tn artillery an his names
Captain DhreyfuSs,' he says. It's not
aisy,' l says, but if tn honor iv the
ar-rmy's at stake, I'll thry to fix tn
responsibility l says. An l Wlnt TO
wurruk. l discovered in tn first place
that all sentences begun with capitals
an they was a peryOd at tn end "
each. This aroused me suspicious.
Clearly this letther was written be
Jew. Here l paused, FIR had no sam
pies " tn caps writtin' to compare
with ii. So | wrote wan mesllf. They
was much tn same. Sure says L, tn
caps guilty l says. But how did he
do it? | thried a number iv expert
mInts. first laid down over tn let
ther a piece of common tissue paper
TIL Writin' was perfectly plain through
this. Thin I threw it on a screen eigh-
teen hands high. Thin l threw it off.
Thin l set it to music an played it on
flute. Thin | cooked it over a slow
hre an left it in cool, airy place to
dhry. In an instant it flashed over me
how Tn forgery was done. 'Th' cap
1rst give it to his little boy to write.
Thin he had his wife copy it in imita-
tion lv Macchew Dhreyfuss's hand
writin. Thin Macchew wrote it in i'm
itation iv Esterhazy. Thin tn cap had
a Wrlnger Thin l laid is transversely
across a piece of wall paper an wher-
iver tn key wurrud sponge cake APP
peared he was thereby able f'r 10 make
a sympathetic lesion acqUiTin' all tn
characteristics iv tn race an d dam
sight more
Il follow We like a horse afther a
nay wagon says til prisidint, hun
grily, but unsatisfactory. Ye do not
prove that tn thrOuble was symotic
mong EXPERT"
Fafhctly," says MoOsOO Bertillon. Il
will have me assistants put up a screen
an on this | will projooce iVidince'-
ia away says tn prisidint Call
Colonel Fraystalter. Mong colonel, ye
thrattor. describe tn conversation ye
had with Colonel Schneider, tn honor
able but lyin' spy or confidential envoy
~ tn in'rable Impror" iv Austhrich,
may tn diVvle fly away with him. But
mind ye, ye must mintion no names
know no man more honest" says
tn witness.
Thin your acquaintance is limited
to ye'ersilf" says Gin'Tal MERCER.
Colonel Schneider" says tn witness,
,th, Austhrich-whom I will designate,
r fear iv nternaytionaI entanglements,
merely as Colonel Schneider-says TO
me. he says: 'Th letther pretindin to
be firm me is a forgery 'How's that?'
says |. Didn't ye write an sign it?'
says. 1 did, says he. But some wan
llse sint it to tn pa-apers. -
Thin It's clearly a forgery" says tn
prisidint
Il wish to ask this witness wan ques-
ton. says Gin'ral MERCER. Was it
tn Robin shell or tn day befure?"
My answer to that" says tn wit
ness, is decidedly, who?"
Thin" says Central MERCER, "all II
can say is this wretch's testimony is
all a pack iv lies"
.Hor on there!" calls voice firm tn
aujience
What do you want?" says tn prisi-
dint.
I'm tn correspondent iv tn Georgia
Daily Lyncher, an l can't understand
Wurrud We say. I've lost me diction-
ary. Th' people iv tn state of Georgia
mus not be deprived iv their informa-
ton about tn scand'lous conduct iv
this Infamous coort"
Thrue," says tn prisidint. "Fr-rance
q soon perish if Georgia shud thransfer
It's interest firm F'r-rinch coorts to its
own sacred tfmples iv justice
Mong Prisidint," says a white-faced
pollsman, Judge Crazy de Bare'-
"Gr-reat hiVins," cries th' prisidint
Thin IN quarantine at Oporto is a
farce"
An he plunged into tn seethin' mass
lY handwritin' experts an ex-prisidints
of the raypublic in tn coortyard he
low.