The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-28

RENNEs. August 27.-Ths reap,
pearanee on the stage of the court
martial yesterday of the property Of n.
Bertillon. the distinguished anthropom-
eter, was the signal of an outburst Of
hlliarity on the part of the audience.
Before continuing his demonstration,
n. Bertlllon. replying to the comments
upon his evidence. In regard to the
prlsoner's exclamation of ooh, the
vretchl'' the specialist asserted that II
preyfus, who had, up to that time,
retained his self-possession, 80 far for
Eot himself al that particular point as
to ipsult the witness, It was obviously
dua. to agitation, when be saw bis
method Of fabricating the bordeFeau
mas discovered.
my extraordinary ingenious demon
stration yesterday proved the excel
lence OF my system" added the witness.
n. Rertillun then resumed the exPOsl-
tiop Of the technlcalltles of his system,
passing around charts, plates, etc.
Here followed a rs-enaetment Of
scenes similar to those. Of yesterday.
me prisoner was apparently indiffer-
1nt to what was going on, and the
Judges and counsel alone attempted to
follow the specialist in his interminabie
cryptographlc problems,
The witness was heard to say during
the demonstrations: "The system have
the honor to explain to you can easily
Be carried on under your eyes. and 81
YOU nike. I will again read the notes"
Rosrs Of laughter greeted the dspreca-
tory reply Of Colonel Jouaust, president
Of the court, who said;
''oh, do not trouble YOURSELF"
As the comedy was prolonged It
rev 50 wearisome that the audience
brought out newspapers, and chatted in
low tones. n. Jaures. a member Of the
chamber of deputies, and a strong
prSyfusard, openly showed his imPati-
enee. but was not rebuked for SO doing
II. Rertiilou, at one time, advanced al
legged fresh proofs against the prisoner
namely, In the Dreytus papers seized
at the war office. and In which the spe-
cihiist said he found two words which
hid been traced.
As he proceeded the witness became
imbedded in paraphernalla- His lecture
delivered In funsreal tones, began to
nall on the Judges, whn, finally, only
paid the most cursory attention TO the
examples submitted. one Of Bertll-
Ions demonstrations was handed 70
preyfus, who closely scrptnized IT.
and returned the paper with q dlsdain-
ful shrug of his shoulders and without
uttering a word.
In summing up the result of his test
NJ Rertillon said;
gully understanding the Responsible
II Of so positive statement on my SOU
and conscience, I declare to say, as
did In 1884. on my oath. that the bor'
dereau Is the work Of the prisoner
here" (sensatlon),
Dreyfus heard the assertion HnmoVed
The witness was asked by the court
how he explained the similarity Of tbs
handwriting of the hordereau and thai
o. E,sterhazy, to which he replied that
since 1894 Esterhazy may have praeticed
Initiating writing of the bordereau In
order to render possible the suhsutu'
tieu OF himself for the prisoner. In
support Of this theory, n. BertlllOp pro-
duced a fresh array OF plates. which, he
alleged. proved his hypothesis IN re-
gard 70 EsterhaIS. There were muir
murs Of assent and dissent. The wit
ness pointed out that in EsteFhaEy'
writing there we're certain callgraphl'
biuuders which, he asertsd, did not sx'
ist IN the original bordereau, but vert
found in reproductions Of the doou'
ment. in consequence of imperfeetloni
IN the methods employed to reproduce
them. This, he continued, tended tc
prove that Esterbazy had appropriated
ne writing OF these reproductions,
aEsterhazy," exclaimed NJ. Bertiiien
"ls a man OF straw and q scoundrel
have said this ever since the com
meucement of the lola trial."
There was sensation In court a.
thlS remark. which was turned t'
laughter as the witness, in his excite
ment, knocked his portfolio to Inc
N. pemange asked NJ. BeFtillon II HI
had submitted EsteThazy's writing t'
tbc same tests as the bordsreau'
The witness replied IN the affirmative
srnlalning. however. that the test
WIRE less complete than In the case o.
the prisoner. -
Counsel reminded the witness that NJ
soid in 1ss4 that he found in the horde
reau crytographle signature "AlfFe'
Dreyfus." -,
81 Bertillon replied that he was no
now positive on this point. to which HI
added. he attached mo Importance
whatever"
referring to NJ. Bertlllon's statement
Friday that he found in the bordeTeR'
words Dreyfus was in the habit Of US