Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-24
.LABOR HAS TN GOING.
Dreyfus' Lawyer wrings the Truth
From the Reluctant Lips Of
His Accusers.
Today One Of Sensations In the
Famous Trial The Defense
Scores Often.
Meroier Cornered, Crushed and Held
Up to Ridicule- Strange
Court Scene.

the Dreyfus case today evidence given
before the court Of cessation by Penot,
a friend of the late Col. Sandherr, chief
of the intelligence department. was
read. 1t was to the effect that Sandherr
said the Dreyfus family offered him
100000 francs to clear Dreyfus. De-
mango disposed Of this by reading a
note written by Sandherr the same day
showing that Dreyfus' brothers only
said: I'VE are convinced of the inno-
cence of our brother and will spend our
entire fortune to discover the truth"
The testimony of the first witness of
the day, that of Linolle. former gov
ernment official, was in favor Of Drey-
fus, as it directly contradicted De Breu-
1T, who deposed yesterday regarding the
alleged intimacy of Dreyfus with a
German attache at the house Of Bod
son.
Col. Maurel, president of the first
Dreyfus court martial. was the next
witness. AS Labori lashed him with
pointed questions the colonel hesitated,
and then answered in short, choppy
manner, and when Labori finally dis
posed of him the witness left the plat
| form with a pale face and scared look.
| Counsel drew from the colonel confess
sion that the secret dossier was COM
lmunicated to the judges of the court
martial of 1894 by Patty de Clam. This
avowal produced a sensation and Maui
rel's declaration that he only read one
of the documents, which had no effect
upon him, as his mind and that of the
other members of the court was already
made up, was nullifled by his subse-
quent declaration that this one docu-
ment was sufficient to convince him.
/ Labori then put a series of searching
.questions to Mercier in reference to
communication of the secret dossier for
| the court martial and his attitude In
| 1894. The general refused to reply to all
the questions and there were sharp
/ passages at arms between counsel and
| Jouaust. who upheld Mercier while the
catalogue between the general and La
bori became acrimonious. Counsel be-
came very heated, but Mercier seldom
| departed from the callous demeanor
characteristic of him. The lawyer made
a strong point of the part Esterhazy
| played. Mercier said he did not know
Esterhazy and only saw him once at the
| Zola trial.
That's very interesting" exclaimed
/ r oiH
ent at the Esterhazy trial?'
The general replied that he was not
there. and knew nothing about the evil
dence in the Esterhazy prosecution.
What" cried Labori, "Mercier, who
is the chief accuser of Dreyfus, did not
even follow the proceedings in the Es-
| terhazy trial?"
| loud murmur of surprise and in
| dignant comment came from the audi
ence. Counsel then brought Mercier to
| his assertion that 35,000,0O0 francs We're
| spent by the defenders of Dreyfus, and
asked how he knew this and other awk-
ward questions which the general was
unable to answer. The question as to
how the bordereau arrived at the offices
of the general staff, its date, etc, was
then introduced. which led to strange
scene for court of law
Roget mounting the platform to give
Explanations, was followed by De Bois-
deffre, Gribelin, Maj. Lauth and other
military witnesses. all holding up their
hands to signify that they desired to
speak while Labori was firing ques-
tions. The result was a perfect babel
till stopped by Jouaust. Labori cues
toned Mercier with reference to a docu-
ment in the secret dossier, which, it is
affirmed, existed prior to 1894, yet not
produced at the first court martial. The
general confessed that he did not know
| of its existence and the same statement
was elected from Gonse, who declared
that Sandherr was responsible for it's
reproduction. These replies amount
to a confession that Sandherr and Hen
| ry played with the minister of war:
even that Gonse, assistant chief of the
headquarters staff and chief of the in
telligence department, was Keeping
back just what he pleased. Then La
bori proceeded to take up the Paniz-
zardi dispatch and bring out the con-
Trajectory translations and falseness of
the final version.
After hearing Mercier and Chanoine
on the subject Jouaust declared the
court would rule the dispatch out of
evidence. Dreyfus when called on to
answer replied calmly to Mercier's
statements that he Dreyfus) could OBJ
tain information about the artillery,
promised in the bordereau, while stay
ing at Bourges. where the artillery
trials were being held. Dreyfus ex-
plained how he had spent the time,
showing that he did not inform himself
about the trials Of the new gun brakes.
Gen. Risbourg recounted what Capt.
Lebrun- Renault said about Dreyfus
This brought the latter to his feet with
the declaration that the captain shook
him by the hand when he was returned
to the prison. which was at variance
with what Risbourg had recounted.
Continuing Dreyfus totally denied the