Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-08-15
Kisses FORG[N. MERGER.
Dreyfus Creates Sensation During
the Formers Testimony in
Court Martial.
ExclTEs CHEERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

The Lie Direct Given the Former
French Observation-Disclosures
Challenge-Demands to Confront
Discredited Witness to Deny HIS
Statements.
Rennes, Aug. 14.-The red and white
facade of the Lycee was bathed in sun
shine at $40 o'clock Saturday morning
when Capt Dreyfus crossed the Avenue
de la Care and entered the building for
the second public session of his trial by
court-martial. The same stringent po-
lice precautions were taken, but bare
ly 20 persons had gathered to witness
his crossing.
Col. Jouaust, president of the court
martial, and the other judges, began ar
irving shortly after six o'clock. They
were followed by Gems. Billot and Mer-
cier, in uniform. The latter drove up
in an open carriage; and the small
crowd which had gathered by this time
greeted him with cries of "vive farmee"
and "vive MERCER On alighting at
the door of the Lycee Gen. MERCER
looked very anxious, but Immediately
assumed smiling demeanor. He spoke
few words to the officers at the gate
and laughed, but his laugh sounded
false and his face, as he assembled the
half dozen steps and disappeared with
in the Lycee, took on an expression OF
anxiety. NJ. Cassimir-P erier arrived on
foot shortly afterward. The crowd
saluted him. Then came Col. Picquart,
who was greeted with shouts of "vive
Picquart," which he smilingly acknowl-
edged. The session opened at $3.50.
with precisely the same formalities as
on Monday.
Scene in the Court Room.
The curtain rose on the same the
aterlike scene as Monday. The judges,
in uniform, We're seated on the stage,
on which. in row, were their kepis,
with gay-colored plumes and heavy
gold-laced bands.
Every inch of the court was occu-
pied, in expectation of a sensational
scene. There were more ladies present
than on Monday. The parsonage
known as Nine. Blanche (the white
LADY,, who has attended every move in
the Dreyfus affair, was again present
Saturday, wearing superb set of
pearls. But. owing to the expressed oh.
jections of Col. Jouaust, she changed
her conspicuous place, on the right, be-
hind him, for more modest but still
noticeable position in the body of the
hall.
There was large sprinkling of uni.
forms among the audience, and row
of soldiers, with fixed bayonets, was
again arranged at the bottom of the
hall and rendered honors in the Gus
tomary manner to the judges as the lat
ter entered or left the court.
The proceedings opened tamely and
the hopes of sensational sitting be-
gan to flag as the morning wore on and
matters began to get tedious. as NJ.
Casimir-Perier and Gen. MERCER reit-
Grated what is already known. But,
this was only the calm before the
storm, and when the storm broke. it
carried every one in court with it into
a whirlpool of the widest excitement.
Dreyfus, on entering the court, salut-
ed the president with the same soldier
ly mien as last Monday, and the presi-
dent, Col. Jouaust, returned the salute
and said:
sit down, Dreyfus."
The chair of the prisoner was placed
further to the right of the platform
Saturday. Instead of facing the judges,
Dreyfus sat with his back to the table
of his counsel, thus looking across the
platform, straight at the rail at which
the witnesses stood
Dreyfus' Copy of the Borderenu.
Col. Jouaust Immediately after the
court had settled down, opened the pro-
ceedings by asking Dreyfus the follow
ing question:
I'm January, 1895, the director of the
penitentiary of the Isle de Re, in the
course of duty, searched the clothes
you brought from the prison. He found
this document in an inside pocket of
your waistcoat.''
The president here handed Dreyfus a
paper, and said:
"Do you recognize it as having be-
ionged to you?"
Dreyfus-Yes, my colonel.
Jouaust-Who's was is?
Dreyfus-Mine.
Explanation Made by Dreyfus.
Jouaust-Will you tell me how and
under what circumstances this docu,
ment came into your possession?
Dreyfus-It is document I used dur
ing my trial. In order to discuss the
value of the bordereau | wished to
keep it.
Jouaust-The military code gives you
the right to have copy of the docu-
ments in your case. This document,
therefore, was legitimately in your pos
session. Why do you wish to keep it?
Dreyfus-As souvenir of the text OF
the bordereau.
Jouaust-That was not proper and
therefore it was taken from YOU. /
merely wished to elucidate this point.
That will do.
Col. Jouaust then asked Mai. Car
riere if he had any observations to make
in behalf of the government.
The major replied by asking to have
DR.. Ranson's report on Dreyfus read
which the clerk of the court did.
The report deals with the measures
OF surveillance over Dreyfus adopted
during the voyage of the prisoner to
Cayenne and said among other things
that he was seen on board seated on n