Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-24

| RcnneS. Aug, 20 The Dreytus trial
was resumed AZ t; So O'Clock this morn
ing Labou and Nine, lAbou are
! present, The session opened With The
testimony ot the minor witnesses, Roy
and nreNiell, The latter deposed tina;
| DrcyfuS. while with The general stan
could have access to all documents dur
ing certain hours OF the day. nroyfus
replying, admitted that he was ptcSeu,
during these hours but explained that
his presence WAS connected With his
| duties,
labori Central Figure
ReuneS, Aug 2S.--M, labor WAS the
central figure at the preytus trial Tues
day His presence brought brightness
into the court room and fresh light into
the proceedings, l.ahori did what the
people expected galvanized the dor
mant defense into an active living
thing. nemangc Is conCilatory He
| has always seemed to fear To tread ON
military corns, l.aHori is n gladiator
and always seeks to touch a Zoe to- the
quick, Let there be the slightest open
ing in his opponents case and he
| thrusts home, Tuesday when De
mango found nothing to ask u witness,
| l.ahou's quick eye discovered weak
spots, Generals Roget, Rulot. Rois-
dctfre and Mcrcier and other military
witnesses put their heads together aud
| expressed obviously diSagrreable I'M
prcssions as lahori piled The smaller
military fry, who occupied the Witness
stand, sucCeS%iNcly with diseonCCrting
questions, lMhor corncred MerGior ON
the Schneider letter, which The latter
has used in evidence and Schneider
| rcpudiated ms a forgery. The general
was surprised when Labori suddenly
! demanded that Mercicr he recalled.
lie evidently hoped the tribunal would
| support him IN refusing to explain how
! he got a copy Of the letter which was
OF later date than his lncumbcncy at
the ministry of war. But Lnbori
would not be denied and insisted that
| MERCER should give some explanation,
Then, after hesltating, MerciNr
! declared that he would assume
all responsibility attached to
| to his possession of the document.
| This, ms l.ahori intended II should be,
was a demonstration OF the commun-
cation by the general staff of part at
! least Of the secret dossicr to an urd-
nary soldier such MS MERCER became
Immediately on leaving the ministry
Of war, when Laborl had attained
| his object and forced the confession of
A grave violation of law on the part OF
MERCER he gave smile OF grim salts
| faction. MERCER must now be In mis-
cry, for as Il result Of this admission,
and with the additional charge OF com
mnnicating secret documents to the
"uurt martial In 1894. he IL liable to
arrest any moment Indeed, many
people think ii Is not impossible that
he will be lying in the military prison
adjoining the cen Of Droytus before
the week is out
Another series of questions put by
I.abori concerned La JouX, the spy for
merry in the service of the French war
Office but who was packed off to South
Africa, according to various military
Witnesses because he proved n
swinder Labori asked how It was II
that was 50, that La Joux was stlll re.
ceivlng monthly payments.
Commander Rolin was completely
taken abaek and replied that a ccs-
sation Of payments was under consd-
Grafton. The impression conveyed by
I.abori's questions and the replies
given was that La Joux was being paid
by the war office to keep out Of the
way In the interests OF EsterhaZy,
whom La JouX, in a letter rend in
court offering revelations in the Drey-
fus affairs indicated as the real traitor
Labori's cross examination In this
matter, therefore, was a distinct adj
vantage to the accused.
l.abori announced his intention TO re.
call several Witnesses This means
that MERCER, Roget and others will bc
put 10 the test Of severe eroSs-eX-
animation. lAbOri has expressed him.
self AS confident Of being able 10 tear to
pieces the evidence Of these generals
given SO confidently before a sympa-
thetic tribunal.
Drcyfns Tuesday pursued the atti-
tude he took up Monday and answered
the statements Of hostile Witnesses
with arguments and counter facts.
Labor, II anything, was better after
his exertions than before them. The
excitement under which he labored
seemed to act as stimnlant, Tho
scurrilous tactics Of the anti-Dreyfus-
ard newspapers may be illustrated by
a paragraph appearing In their organ
last evening, declaring the attack on
Labor, did very little harm and was
made solely TO arouse the pity OF the
people Of Rennes for the lamentable
lot Of the escaped conyict from DEVILS
island.
Last evening II was given out that
the contents OF the internal machines
sent to Laborl had been found 10 be
/ filthy but not dangerous.
Why Dreyfus Talks
Paris. Aug. 23,--The change in the