The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-09-01
RETRIAL OF DREYFUS.
Mercier-BertilIon Appears for
IS the Prosecution. a1

by court-martial of Capt. Alfred Drey-
fus on charge of treason began at the
| Lycee at half-past six this wednesday,
morning. Maitre Labor and Nine. La
bori were present. s-r
| Maj. Rollin, of the intelligence depart
ment, was asked by M. Labori during
| the course of the formers testimony
| how certain document, of later date
| than Mercier's ministry came into
| Gen. Mercier's possession. Rollin said
it was not his business to explain, but
| counsel insisted, asking whose business
it was. Finally M. Labori asked Col.
| Jouaust to request Gen. MERCER to eX-
| plain. The general rose and said ne
| declined to answer. M. Labori insist
ed, but MERCER still refused to answer
| and Maj. Carriere, the government
| commissary, supported him, on the
ground that the examination was enter
ing upon matter which ought not, in
| the interest of the country, to be dis
cussed publicly.
Rennes, Aug. "a. = Maitre Labori,
leading counsel for the defense, and
Mine. Labori were present in court
| when the trial by court-martial of Capt.
Alfred Dreyfus on the charge of treason,
was resumed at the Lycee at $3.50
| Wednesday morning. $500 81.
EsterhaZy was called as a wit
| ness, but there was no response, and SO
the court ordered the reading of his
| evidence as given before the court of
| cessation. When Esterhazy's deposit
ton had been finished, M. Labori asked
that Esterhazy's letters to the presi-
dent of the republic be read, in which
Esterhazy is said to have threatened, if
the scandal continued, that his SOW
ereign, the emperor, would intervene,
Gen. Gonse here asked to be allowed
to respond to Esterhazy's testimony as
given before the court of cessation, and
| declared in loud voice that Ester
Hays statements that he was the in
strument of the general staff was an alb
| solute lie.
He had hardly finished his special
pleading when Maitre Labor began to
| heckle him. He forced him to confess
| that it was he (Gonse) who himself had
had the idea of writing an anonymous
| letter to Esterhazy warning him of the
| danger he was running.
Renres. 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 $40 a. m. 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-
| partment, 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
colonels remarks had been distorted,
Dreyfus' brothers having only said:
1--WE are convinced of the innocence
of our brother and will spend our en-
| tire fortune to discover the truth
During the course of the morning NJ
Labori questioned Gen. Mercier with
reference to document in the secret
| dossier. which it is affirmed. existed
prior to 1894 and yet was not produced
at the first ourt-martial of the pris-
Oner.
The general confessed that he did not
know of its existence and the same
statement was elected from Gen. Gonse
who declared that Col Sandherr was re-
sponsibie for its production.
These replies were tantamount TO a
confession that Col Sandhcrr and Lieut..
Col. Henry played with the minister of
war and even Gen. Gonse, assistant
chief of the headquarters staff, the
chief of the intelligence department,
keeping from the two latter just what
he pleased. s''E'
Rennes, Aug. &c = The opening of
tie fifth session Of the third week of
the second trial by court-martial of
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus,. of the artillery,
charged with treason, occurred at 6:35
a. M, Friday without any extraordinary
| incident.
The first witness was M. Colbert, an
expert of the Bank of France. who can
claim the honor of being the first man
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| Dreyfus.
NJ. Colbert then repeated the evidence
he had given before the court of cassa-
ton. He 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 a fabri-
| Gated document in ARTIFICIAL that is,
| ced-hardwriting, and that the af-
| fair was the result OF the machination
of some one having access to the gen
| eral staff, or else the bordereau was
| really the work of Alfred Dreyfus.
Struck by Train.