Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-31
NEWPORT NEWS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 81, 1899
was not only in 1Gstcrhazy's hanlwr!t-
Ing but Was actually written by Ester

!
II am convinced" said NJ. ATyer. by
la lnu:nityin:s glass that the boriicrr#E
| WIS written in Il free hand and wililuu.
|heSltation. whereas it is precisely hest
tation i'll the formation Of the str ok:
which reveals the use Of Il method Of
| tracing. | can affirm that it is in the
writing and in the very hand CT rs
tcrhaZy. That is, perfectly clear to H:2. y
| (cnrInOtiOn.) .."r
Professor -Augustc Molinie,c, Of the
school of ancient manuscripts. gave
similar evidence. He said that each
| fresh examination of the bordrre.,u
only served to further convince HIM
that it was the work Of l.sterh;lzE.
! EXPERTS IN ERROR
! Amid deep attention tn" Witness
| demonstrated how the conclusions of
the experts Who attributed the Dprde-
reau to DreSfuS We're mutually dcStruc-
tive, and dweit on the defect.; of NJ
| l'"rtillnn'S arguments pointing out the
StrlkinG resemblance of the alleged doc
lorei handwriting With I.stcrhazy's
writing, who he added. in ovcrybo }, :
opinion had relations With Colonel
acknowledgment, the former German
military atachc ut Paris and the dis
| simillriti.S between the writing of the
bordercau and that Of the prisoner
Tire members OF the cuurtmlrtial
Wer" apparently much Interested ana
asked Professor Mulinicr :. number uf
questions to Which he replied. uphold
| ing his conclusion that Esterhazy was
the writer of the bnrdcrcau.
General Mercic- requested to De per
. ni.ted 10 speak ana called attention
to Ike fact that in his testimony befor.
| the Court Of Cessation Professor Moli-
Mere said Il change was evident in
| l.Sterh;tzy's handwriting since 1888: and
asked that the professors evidence be
| read.
| Nj Labori. leading counsel for u,e de-
! f.Nt,A -
Neu"d With the object Of verifying Pro-
lessor Moiniercs evidence. Counsel
added that it seemed to him MERCER in
lcEEen~d in the character Of 4 Witness
more than as u representative Of the
government commission. ..
| WANTED TO CONFIRM
| General Mercier said he desired 10
confirm the evidence Of Professor Nell
| mere. which. he said corrobor;ttel II
! i5ertlllon's statement that I.sterhaxy
the man of straw. changed his hand
writing in order to replace Dreyfus
| IN conclusion. General MERCER said ::
Having emphasized the point in re
gard to the change in Esterhazy's hand
/ Writing III 1897. perhaps before l am
satisfied" (commotion)
| Professor Giry. also of the school Ct
ancient manuscripts traversed similar
crumbs TO that covered by Professor
Moliniere. He said the bordereau lad
only 4 superficial likeness To Dreycu:
| handWrltlnS and asserted that il Was
certainly the work Of Estcrhazy.
| The witness also said the bore.ereau
/ was not written With the ala or kew
words
! NJ. Labor asked if the witrcss noric-
ed a change in Esterhazy's caligraphy
| ana Professor Giry replied that III. illi
STUDIED the question but did not think
there had been any marked change
| NJ. Eerlilun at this juncture said
! he. I,,S
':eHt Of the court, Colonel Jcuaust. has
| tlly arose and said, amid laughter:
| The sitting is suspended"
| EERTlLLON ANGRY
| Ihtn NJ. Rertil!on resumed his sea
in high dudGeon.
Ten The resumption Of the sittin. NJ
Georges picot. a member Of the ins,i-
tute, was called for rhc defense, Lli!;ra
| D@nanSe. OF counsel for the prisoner.
explaining that Picot WAS summoned
because. in May last he had an inter-
view With 4, foreign military attach.
III The course of which mention was
made Of the document inserted in The
| dossicr by General Mcrcier
colonel Jouaust recommended the
| witness TO be Very cautious. ii his
statements. After promising to sxer-
else care, NJ. Picot started by saving
that H.. had an Interview Win :h.
.Austro- hungarian military atlucha
Colonel Juuaust stopped the witness
! sstSln&: Oh cannot continue IKE
| this
! Major Carrier. the government ccm-
| mlssarN, also exclaimed sh;lr;,ly: II
protest il the name of the :rovrrnmant
and the State against the intliscre ton
lcommlttccd by the Witness
VI. Eject then recommended his .esti-
!nony, saying he had an interview with
y certain military attachc' and thar
the conversation turned upon tn. Drew
| no,
prise at the incorrect attitude Of
trcnch officers in doubling the Wo-i
| OF foreign officers
MEANT TO CLEAR 1oREYFGS.
My impression added the witness,
| was that he was anxious to assert
| i'rtnly and unrquivocaIly the absolute
innocence of Drcyfus." ,sensation)
itesa riding The bortlere;,u," contin-
ued NJ. Picot, the attache said ONLY
| lhree documents. enumerated, wer. re-
| TERED 70. tn. fact being that the others
were padding meant 70 swell the dos
S'er. Witness noted that the ut1achc
| Employed the expression "hydrluli;:
| Drake and never "pneun,atic brake"
| WAS \ TRAITOR.
IN regard to Estcrhazy, the attache
VI; Plcot said, declared that he con
sloered him traitor. The attache also
SI1 tha6 Esterhazy had relations with
1oioiiel SchWarzkoppen, who dismissed
MN because Esterhazy only brought
! iliofina ton devoid of interest.
II was then, continued NJ. Picot that
t-s1ernaZy tried to enter the war office
uhu utmost succeeded, and it was then
= il.at ne wrote Schwarzkoppen the letter
SHOWN as the bordereau. In reply to
lne writer Of the bordereau added VI.
ilcot. M. SchwaZkoppen wrote the
eSfam-card known as the Petit Bleu
h,'t on reflection he crumpled it UP and
threw it in the fire pace
I uAt this juncture General Roget askod
eave to speak, and stationing himself
beside the witness he said he must
iS,ro1ISfy protest against NJ. picots cv-
iuehce regarding the military attaches