The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-26

I General GOn8e nuNln8 llluueQ 10 GER
tain undesirable acquaintances formed
by N. Colbert, the latter replied, amid
q sensation In court:
~ Omphatiealiy protest against the
inslnuations Of General Gonse. There
Is not single word Of truth In what
he says"
| There was q further dispute between
General GOnae and II. Colbert over
circumstances IN connection with the
lAtter's examination OF the bordereau.
II. Colbert said that Colonel D'Aboiville
was present, but the colonel promptly
advanced. and said he had never seen
NJ. Colbert before to-day adding: III
In. Gnbert's other recollections are as
exact as this the court will draw It's
own concluSlons," (Murmurs Of disap-
proYal.)
Dreyfus here declared in the most
positive manner that he had never been
at the Bank Of France, where n. Go
bert was employed, or had relations
with anyone there. The prisoner reas-
serted he had been engaged In various
Financial operations, but said he had
never asked either for written or verbal
Information from the Bank OF France.
There was q general movement OF
curiosity when II. Bertlllon, the well
known anthropometer, Tor specialist In
the measurement Of the human body,
was called, and the interest deepened
when the chief Of the Identification de-
partment advanced to the witness bar.
He was soon afterwards followed by
four soldiers and o non-commissioned
officer bearing portfolios, drawing
boards and a variety Of packages and
tparspheFnalia, which were deposlte9
| on the platform, to the amusement OF
the audience.
n. Bertillon prefaced his evidence by
saying his explanations would be I'M
derstood only by a very limited number,
and therefore, he asked the court 70
permit him TO refer to documents when
ne had brought, In order to make mis-
evidence more Ineligible. (Laughter).
The specialist then unpacked pack.
AGES Of photographs, plans etc, and
another table was broght In TO holu
the mass OF papers produced.
In monotonouB tones, II. Bertlllon
proceeded, In the manner OF a school
boy recitnE q lesson, to demonstrate
| Technically how he reached the convic-
Hon Of Dreyfus's guilt, reeidng the
facts published April %. He said he
proposed to prove to the court:
Plrst-That the bordereau was doc
tored document.
second-That 1t could only have been
manufactured by the prisoner.
Thlrd-That It had been written IN
a free hand by means OF key-wora,
placed beneath tracing paper IN sucn
way as to be quite visible. 49,.
The witness continuing, declared
DreyftIs did not have recourse to imi-
tatinE Esterhazy's free hand writing
because Il required too long to study
ana ne used the tracing because II IS
easier TO learn and more likely to be
Win the view Of illustrating his
meaning N. Bertillon handed round
nbotoRraphs Of the bordereau, etc. Dur
Ing fhe course Of the demonstration the
SnecIalist advanced to the Judge
bench and. with his finger. pointed out
Illustrations Of his theories:
Mn. Demarige and Labor, the Judge,
and others, gathered In group AROUND
the anthropOmcter.
Incomprehensible JnrRon'
I pryfus appeared to be stupefled by
the comparatively incomprehensible
jarEon, and many OF the audience left
the court.
suddenly the wondering attention Of
those remaining in the hall was riveted
by the cryptographlc remark, enunci-
ated BY NJ, Bertillon, In loud tones: we
lclearly have before US fabricated
document. The one word always rests
upon the other with a divergence OF LIS
millImetres and 2.25 milllmetres. That
Is a phenomenon which Is unnatural
n. Labor watched the specialist for
few moments and then returned 70
his seat. holding up both hands ana
exclRiming:
II. BertIllon continued his eXplana-
lions and caused such q whirl In the
brains Of his hearers that Colonel Jou-
aust finally remarked: I'VE must have
q few minutes rest"
When the session OF the court was re-
sumed, N. Bertillon made further DEM
onstratlonB. He compared words OF the
bordereau with words In the documents
Of comparison. Leaning on the judges
bench he placed the entire bordereau
over a graphic canvas and. proceeded
10 show that by doing 30 Dreyfus sue
ceeded in formulating the principal
rules which served to guide him IN
making his Joining marks, remarkln8
that any copyist possessing a Key U
these rules could learn TO replnce the
entire bordereau.
The witness, continuing, proceeded to
demonstrate the practlcabillty OF this.
"Whsn persons are accused" he said
at is not sufficient to meet the charge
with denialB, II Is necessary to prove
that II has not done what they are
charged with. In this case the hand
writing was disguised. There Is, there
fore, presumptive proof that the pris-
oner Is guilty" -,
that I'VE questions In the bordereau
were traced in the same manner, and
added:
perfments when was summoned To
me Cherche Midi prison by Major
D'Ormeschville. The major explained
that ne wished my personal opinion on
cryptoRraphic methods, sympathetic
inks. etc, which might help the family
/ of Dreyfus In corresponding with him
The REQUEST was partly due to the fact
that n number OF letters addressed "a
the prisoner by his family had been re-
ceIved by the officials.
During the course Of the Interview!
Major D'Ormeschvllle produced one OF
these letters. 1 had hardly cast my
ewes on Il when was astounded to no,
tiee the same kind or negative "
with which had been so struck. !,
vas IN 4 letter from Madame Dreyfus.
The specialist then pointed out how
M found the same peoullaritlea oil
DreyfuS' handwriting In the letters oil
other members Of his family and pro-
ceeded 10 give long and perfectly
unIntelilgible exposition, designed "a
deunongtTate that this proved the guilt
81 Inc missioner. The audience, quite In
the dirk regarding the meaning OF the
technicnIltles, punctuated the queer eK-
nregsIong OF the anthropometer with
peala OF laughter The members OF the
courtmartlai evidently tried hard TO I'M
ieTStand while Dreyfus appeared IA