The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-15

mails. NJ. Taunay, well known as the or
ganizer of the international press con-
gress, jumped upon a table and exc
claimed: NJ. Lahori has been fired at
and wounded"
The announcement caused deep
hush. Solemn silence reigned for per
haps three or four minutes. Possibly
it was the silence of stuper, for all
seemed stunned. At length the ma
tionalists and Dreyfusites declared
their horror of the crime and their SYM
patty with the victim. Then the Drey-
2us side remembered how lavish he was
of his vitality, how he never spared
himself, how he was always in the
breach when a violent assault was i'm
pending, how in the stress and hurry
of attending to zola's affairs last year,
he caught pleurisy, WAS between life and
death and tended continuously and
brought back, rescued from the very
grave by the devoted and intelligent
care of his lovely wife.
We remembered that we have all
found pleasure in seeing Madame La
bori at Rennes; with her blonde hair,
regular features, fine figure, motherly
blue eyes and graceful walk, she looked
a Ceres who had not yet lost Proser-
pima. We had called her the bona,dea,
or good goddess" We all felt
as the news-fortunately not confirmed
s-arrived that Labori's state was hope
less, as II we had lost a brother of
whom we were all justly proud.
We Dreyfusites also remembered how
pleasant was Laboris blue eye when
ever, catching that of a friend in court,
it lighted up. He must have literally
had a powerful heart that drove the
blood everywhere with regular, strong
beats. The fresh complexion declared
a fine arterial circulation.
IL 1noe lxrse1y oil
largely because he is the son of simple,
useful folks. The father is an Alsa-
tan and a station master at Chalons.
He is in the secret of the steps to be
taken in regard to railway transport of
troops, We're France attacked from
Germany. He and his wife were stay
ing at Maitre Labori's Paris home when
the crime was committed. Madame
Labori telegraphed for them to come
at once, and they are now here.
The sitting was adjourned for a
short time this morning, to enable Mai
tire Demange to inquire after Labori's
condition. During the proceedings
pending the inquiry, the ladies got eX-
cited and communicated their nervous
ness to the gentlemen. AS a precau-
ton against canes and parasols being
used in a faction fight, a gendarme was
sent around to take them into his care.
This led to masculine protests and
much feminine cackle but the gend-
arme insisted.
The court then entered Col. Jou-
aust the president of the tribunal, al
luding to some manifestations of opin-
ion last Saturday in the press tribune,
threatened to clear it, if either approval
or disapproval Of any witness was ex-
pressed there.
He then ordered the conformation of
M. Casimir-Perier and Gen. MERCER.
These witnesses were more a cat and
dog than before. Casimir-P erier seem
ed SO like one of those fussy mongrels
that one sees on the box of a French
peasants market cart. The dog sits
beside the driver, looking intently for
ward and ready to pick a quarrel with
no matter whom. He seems to think
he runs the whole concern.
Casimir-Perier spoke of himself only
what he did and said when president.
He often snubbed MERCER verbally,
and by almost turning his back upon
him. He had little to say of the Drey-
fus affair.
Gen. Mercier paid him back in
scratches that almost drew blood.
Gen. Billot sat while making his long
deposition. He still believes Dreyfus
guilty, but gave no strong reason. He
said that Col. Pioquart systematically
as head Of the intelligence department,
kept back all new facts unfavorable to
Dreyfus and stified Inquiry.
Emily Crawford