The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-25
Walked Quietly to His Place and Went
to Work For His Client.
CAPT. DREYFUs THANKED HIM
At the Close of the Session for His Brilliant
Work In His Behalf at the Trial
The Testimony That Was
Adduced In Court
Today.
special to News. Democrat.

Special to News-D Democrat.
Rennes, Aug. 22.-Labori entered the
court room this morning amid hand
clapping and cheers. He walked to his
place without a sign of feebleness. He
stopped to thank General Mercier for
his call and for his inquiry concerning
his condition on the day he was shot
Dreyfus entered the court room while
the people were cheering Labori. He
saluted the court and then shook hands
with his counsel. Col. Jouast expressed
his pleasure that Labori had recovered.
After these courtesies Labori went into
the case with renewed vigor and went
after some of the witnesses for the
prosecution with sharp stick. Major
Grenier was the first witness. His tes-
timony was favorable to Dreyfus. He
said that Esterhazy was known to be
a man of bad character. He said that
he had heard Esterhazy say that Drey-
fus was innocent Major Rollin, of the
intelligence bureau, was scarcely seated
in the witness chair when Labori de-
manded If he were responsible for the
Schneider forgery, which Mercier and
other generals had declared was the
most important evidence against Drey-
fus. Judge Advocate Carrierre attemp-
ted an objection on the ground that the
,1;chneider letter was a secret document.
yLabori replied, "It was not we who
brought this letter into the trial, but
Mercier, and he has used it against the
defendant. We have right to know
all about it," The witness was silent,
and Labori put the question to General
Mercier. Mercier replied, IT have no
right to answer" "You have no right
to hide the truth behind pretext of Sc
,crecy," answered Labori fiercely. II
insist on an answer, General Mercier."
Mercier replied, 'I have no right to
answer" Labori said, 1--WE will let this
stand then, General, that you refuse to
answer. shall not be surprised if we
encounter other things which you dare
not answer concerning this trial" Cen
eral Mercier was confounded and the
audience hung breathless on the reply,
with murmurs of establishment Labo-
ri said he would not ask Mercier any
thing further at present.
General Gonse next submitted letter
relating to how Dreyfus visited the va
rious bureaus after hours, contrary to
the rules, which Gonse said was an
easy thing to do. Dreyfus scored a
p point when he replied quickly, II am
surprised to hear French general say
it is easy to break the rules" This was
greeted with laughter. Serret serv-
ant of the war office, supported Gonse
Dreyfus denounced his testimony as
false. The deposition of Scheuer- -Kest-
ner, former vice-president of the
4 senate, who was the first public official
to take the stand for Dreyfus years ago
was taken. 1t wound up with strong
1 plea for Dreyfus's acquittal. Lieuten-
Il any Colonel Berton- -Mourat testified
a impfsslvely against the conduct OF
a Dreyfus toward the general staff. Ig-
\ noring the witnesses testimony Labor
SAID pleasantly L DelleVe you were
among the first partisans of Dreyfus.'
Never" cried Bertin- Mourat. Labor
said, IT know at private dinner three
4 years ago, you explained Dreyfuss in
nocence to the company" The witness
squirmed. II would remind M. Labor
that that was private occasion" Pri-
vacy insures certain reticence, replied
Labori, firmly but what becomes OF
the loyalty of man to man, when an Of
ficer repudiates a simple fact Ber.
tin -Mourat protested against Labori's
statement. Dreyfus said the testimony
\Bertin- -Mourat was tissue of gossip
n concluded his remarks with telling
S6loquence that brought forth loud ap.
plause II never sought to betray my
country" he cried. "My love, my life
is all for France and the army" AS La.
bori issued from the court room he was
greeted with an enthusiastic demon.
stration by the crowd on the streets.
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