Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-08-31
PROVED MAURa A LIAR.
Sensational Scene at the Dreyfus
Court-har,iai Session
az Rennes.
Y. tiDoal SCORES 4 NOTABLE PaIur.
f"r@sr TRIAL. Prove. ~ ~ss
fs~,sss~s~~. os~ 90 ,s- w~.ss~ss
OF The s..rs. 60 Have .i,~. eaiss
T~.st@.s,.

genn~s, Aug. When the sixth
trssion Of the third week ~ the -~c-
end trial Of Capt Alfrea Dsvyfur bs-
gan In the Lye-e. VI. Niphos-s B-tils.
lon. chief of tho anthropum.,r;e de-
lartment Of the Paris prefecture of
.olicc. resumed has Testimony. later.
ruPtrd. Friday. by the si adjournment %
the court for the day. In this ease ".
hcrtillon testified a. han.lw hitting
e 'Npsrt. aud gave his rrssous for be-
iieVinK Dt~y fus TO Ss the anihar ~ the
famous hor'isr~an. upon shirh thu
prosecution mainly depends to e.tab-
iish the charge again., the prisoner.
B~vstii".'. Ests~s~~ cs.~i.a~s.
The comic aspect Of NJ IEriiilans
disabilities Of the audience. though th-
Judges paid close ATTENTION to his dem.
constructions. which wer, concluded al
;. ~ a. n'.. the witness saving in a
seclamatory tone.
y sm convinced th. writer - the
bor'irrvau - the prisoner sitting
thrrv."
Drey fus heard him wiihnt, finch
my. and with an expression ~ dis
dain, which he showed IN 4 still more
noticeable manner just b-for. the ~T..
cialisi's t~siim.ny. when " D.manrr
handed him a paper which NJ BcrtiIlon
bad submitted to the judge as con
Nincing proof Of the guilt at III. ac-
cusr,i.
The prisoner peruSsd ~ for few
minutes. aud then handed IL back With
a shrug of his shoulders and without
altering n word
Htght, Dramatic s~~s~.
There was highly drsmaiic sc-ne
toward the end Of the session. ". Ia.
bori. leading counsel for ths defrn-...
asked Ia have Mai Frrystart~r. on. oi
the m~mb-rs at the court martial oi
i-9i. whish convicted Dr-y iu-. called
in contradiction Of the dep, sition oi
Col. Msurel. the presiding Judgr upoa
that occasion. who had testified THAT
he only rad one of the documents II
the secret dossi-r communicated to
the cuurt-martial
F~ars-ss Misn-..
The major. who is a fneiy built Of.
iicrrs. and who has handsome. honest
face. assembled the platform with
firm step and fearless air. When he
was asked to recount wha' occurred.
he said his conviction Of the guilt of
;he prisoner was formed by the ssi-
4. II 81. = A
he deposition Of Col. Du Patty de Clam.
and. he continued. II mus add. some
slight influence was exerris.-,i over my
mind by hearing the s-cr,. dossier
read
Eattre Dosstev Was R~sa.
Tine witness was then questioned ne
TO whether one or more of the docu-
ments were read. aud he said they
werr all read. This was in direct con
,radietion Of Col Maurel. ara NJ. la
bori at once demanded the confronta.
tiou Of Mai Frrystaeter with Col.
Naurei. The latter mounted the stage
and presented miserabl. object. his
shifty eyes blearing out beneath
heavy eyebrows. and looking around
him with a vicious hang dog look.
s.t- ws.r~t a. Bsy.
How do you explain this:- asked
VI. Labor.
Then. the colonel az hay. replied
saVagels: Il said only read one doe
rmeni. ! did not say only QUE docu-
ment was read.
This statement called FORTH an out
hurst Of hisses and Indignant.
from the audience. which lo.k k-d upon
il as an infamous confession. The wit.
ness. trembling with shame. out evi-
IDENTITY determined TO fight TO the last.
threw a fsrc- look of hatred at VI. La
bori and the audience as the igendarmes
shouted: silence. silence
The Asdt~s~~ sp~fi-Bouad.
After this the audience listened
distinct. bold voice. told exactly what
the documents Of the dossier were,
aud how Col. Maurel not only read
those documents. but made comment
en- them. This was practically calling
MauTel a thorough liar and the colonel
glarr-l at the major frroeiously. Maj.
Freystaeter. however. was not dis
mayed. and his words. spoken in tone
Of candor and fearlessness. must have
Carried conviction To every h-arer.
a strtking Contrast.
Gen. Mereier then asked to he heard.
and placed himself by the side of Maui
Iel. The forbidding appearance Of
these two men, both dressed in ci-
william attire. was in striking contrast
with the erect. unfiinching attitude Of
form of a major of artillery. with med