The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-12

Is master word slid along the line of
writing under the thin paper YOU are writ
ing on. You form your letters on il. When
the letter under your pen is not the letter
you want 20 write you retouch II, just as
you might retouch aud alter letters of your
own writing into something else-could
make 90 into ID D" for instance. or 81 into
a." Dreyfus' gabaritic master word was
"interet," written not in one series, out
IN two-the second beginning a millmeter
and quarter 10 the right Of the beginning
of the first. That accounts for the coin
cdence of the two "quelques renseigne-
ments' when you shift them that distance.
the idea was 10 vary the writing and make
it look more natural
So, II you write Observation-Disclosures
long enough and then write over it--he-
ginning a millimeter and quarter to the
right of the left most point of the first -
--"Intere tinteretnteret' again
there is your gabarit, and you can write
the bordereau for yourself Just as surely
Dreyfus did. And that is the new Ber-
tillon system.
GRbarIt, the New ParIOr Game.
Gabarit: the new parlor game--lt viii
be an excellent amusement for the long
winter evenings. However, as | say, 1t
should he taken seriously for it Is amaz-
ingly clever If l had seen the diagrams
/ should probably understand IL better and
think IL clever still. We know from Capt
Freystaetter that IL impressed the COURT
martial Of 1894; | think It also impressed
the courtmartlal of 1899. II seems to me
"A perfectly feasible and convenient way
of Disgusting your hand. ana / do not
dare to criticise 1t on It's own ground
AS for It's parent-when he had finished
his deposition he had finished the Dreyfus
case. He did not even pretend to take
any notice OF his cross-eXamination. He
trotted up and down about the platform
IL afr 40 In
ed a question he just looked up and said,
VERY likely. / don't know / don't care"
Aud then on the top of him came a
gentleman named Matthias George Paraf
laval He brought blackboard at which
he shook his fist and made most horrible
grimaces, eXpounding the while in
squeaky voice the theory that Bertilon's
measurements are all wrong. To-day
came one M. Bernard. a mining engineer
of course, he would know i-explaining
that Bertllon knows less than nothing.
We may leave II to them to fight II out,
which they are only TOO anxious to do:
| only, happily. the President will not let
them have il out In court.
In the meantime l--if / may-will sug-
gcst one or Two considerations of my own
If | were a traitor and wanted 10 mix
somebody elses handwriting with my own.
/ should not select my wifes and my
brothers.; and If / used Alce's | should
not leave her letters lying about theahouse.
If | were clever enough TO use a master
word to disguise my writing In case of
detection, ! should probably also be clever
enough 10 know that IN case of detection
my house would certainly be searched
and / should not leave my model and my
master word lying in my blotting book.
Finally, II ! were such q careful traitor
as TO write on master word, l should
not send covering letters with my docu-
ments al all M. Bertlllon asked himself
this question-Why the covering letter.
! and concluded that 1t was written on the
master word as a means of defense. as ex-
| planned above.
But presumably the documents of which
| the bordereau speaks were also written
on the "gabarlt," since they were just as
| likely 10 be seized or TO miscarry as the
covering letter. Rather than so out OF
my way 10 run unnecessary risk and do
| unnecessary work on the "gabarlt"
! should almost choose not to be traitor at
an