The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-02
MAUREL is A LIAR
ACCORDING TO THE EVIDENCE OF
CAPT. FREYsTAETTER.
a Member of the COurt-Martial OF
SO4 Discredits Col. Maurel and
4 cludes His Amusing Testimony In
! Which He Attempts by Handwrit-
I ing Tests to Prove Dreyfus' Guilt
{. Outrageous Partially of Col.
Jouaust In Again in Evidence.

JOuAUot IL AR01n IN EVXOcLSCs
Rennes, Aug. %. - Then the sixth
session Of the third week Of the second
trial by court martial Of Capt. Alfred
Dreyfus, Of the artillery, or the charge
of treason began Saturday morning in
the lycce, NJ. Alphonse Bertillon, chief
of the anthropometric department OF
the Paris prefecture Of police, resumed
his testimony, interrupted the day be-
fore by the adjournment Of the court
for the day. In this case Nj. Bertlllon
testified as a handwriting expert and
gave his reason for believing Dreyfus
to be the author of the famous border
eau, upon which the prosecution MAIN
" depends to establish the charge
against the prisoner.
The comic aspect Of NJ. Bertlllon's
performance again appealed to the
risibilitiesy Of the audience, though the
judges paid close attention to his dem.
o%nstrations, which were concluded at
$50 a. m, the witness saying IN a ae-
clamatory tone: Il am convinced tne
writer of the bordereau is the prisoner
sitting there"
Dreyfus heard him without fiinching
and with an expression OF dlsdaln,
which he showed in a still more notlce-
able manner just before the speclai-
lists testimony, when Nj. man
handed him Il paper which M. bertli'
lon had submitted to the judges as
convincing proof Of Ii guilt or the
accused. The prisoner perused 1T for
Eo-r ,~:,~%nc nn1 fhnn handed IL
back with Il shrug of the shoulders II
without uttering a word.
There was Il highly dramatic scene
toward the end Of the session. Maitre
Labor. leading counsel for the de-
Tense. asked to have Capt. Freystaet-
ter. one of the members of the court
martial of 1894 which convicted Drey>
fus, called in contradiction Of the
deposition Of Col. Maurel. the presid-
ing Judge upon that occasion, who a
testified that he only read one of the
documents out of the secret dossier
communicated to the court-martlal.
The captain, who is a finely built Of
ficer. and who has Il handsome, honest
face, assembled the platform with q
firm step and fearless air. When he
was asked to recount what occurred
he said his conviction Of the guilt OF
the prisoner was formed by the evil
dence Of the experts in handwriting,
the deposition Of Col. Du Patty de
Clam, "and," he continued, II must
add. some slight influence was eXer-
ciscd over my mind by hearing the
secret dossier read"
The witness was then questioned as
to whether one or more of the docn-
ments were read, and he said they
were all read. This vas in direct con-
tradiction of Col. Maurel. and NJ. La
bori at once demanded the confronta-
ton of Capt. Freystaetter with COL.
Maurel. The latter mounted the stage
and presented a miserable object, his
shifty eyes clearing out beneath heavy
eyebrows, and looking around him with
a vicious hang-dog look.
GLOW do you explain this?" asked
NJ. Labori.
. Then the colonel, at bay, replied av-
agely:
II said I only read one document. l
did not saw only one document was
read"
This statement called forth an out
burst of Kisses and indignant "ohs"
from the audience, which looked upon
it as an Infamous confession. Inc
witness, trembling with shame, but evil
IDENTIFY determined to fight to the last,
threw q fierce look of hatred at NJ.
Labori and the audience as the
gendarmes shouted: "Silence, silence"
After this the audience listened spell
bound as Capt. Freystaetter, in a dis
tinct, bold voice, told exactly what the
documents Of the dossier We're. and
how Col. Maurel not Only read those
documents. but made comment on
them. This was practically calling
Maurel a thorough liar, and the colonel
glared at the captain ferociously. Inc
captain, however, was not dismayed,
and his words, spoken in a tone OF
candor and fearlessness, must nave
carried conviction to every nearer.
Gen. MERCER then asked to be heard
and placed himself by the side OF
Maurel. The %forbidding appearance OF
these two men, both dressed in civil
ian attire, was in striking contrast
with the erect, u%nfinching attitude OF
Freystaetter, who wore the smart uni
for Of a captain Of artillery, with med
ais on his breast. 1t was a remarkable
Soono