The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-31


Gen. Mercier requested to be allowed
to speak, and called attention to the fact
that in his testimony before the court Of
cessation Professor NIoinier said
change was apparent in EsterhaZy's
handwriting, after 1894, and asked that
the professors former evidence be read.
He said that on this special point he de-
sired to confirm the evidence of Profess
sOr MOlinier. which, he said, corrobOr-
ated NJ Bertillon's statement that Ester
hazy, the man of straw, changed his
handwriting in order to replace Dreyfus.
Having emphasized the point in re-
gard to the change in Esterhazy's hand
writing in 1897, perhaps before, l am sat-
isfied." (Commotion.)
Professor Giry, also of the school OF
ancient manuscripts, traversed groun1
similar to that covered by Professor. Mol
inier. He said the bordereau only had a
superficial likeness to Dreyfus' hand
writing, and asserted that it was GER
tainly the work of EsterhaZy.
NJ. Labori then asked whether Gen.
Mercier had meant to intimate that Es-
terhazys handwriting had become GnoE :
or less like that of Dreyfus since 1894, to
which the general replied that he had
not wished to express an opinion, but he
reiterated that NJ. Bertillon had shown
that Esterhazys handwriting had be-
come more like that of the bordereau.
NJ. Labori retorted that in the case
Gen. MERCER should not have repeated
the evidence of NJ. Grenier before the
court of cessation as M. Grenier showed
that Esterhazy's caligraphy had become
less and less like the writing both Of the
bordereau and Of Dreyfus.
M Bertillon at this juncture said he
desired to speak, but the president Of the
court, Col. JOuaust, hastily rose and
said, amidst laughter:
The sitting is suspended"
Then M. Bertillon resumed his seat in
high dudgeon
DECLARED DREYFUS INNOCENT.
On the resumption of the sitting NJ.
Georges Picot, member of the institute,
was called for the defense. He said he
had had an interview with a certain mil
itary attache and that the conversation
had turned upon the Dreyfus case. The
attache expressed surprise at the 'incor-
rect attitude of French officers in doubt
ing the word of foreign officers
My impression added the witness,
was that he was anxious to assert firmly
and unequivocally the absolute innocence
Of Dreyfus." (Sensation.)
Regarding the bordereau," continued
M. Picot, 'the attache said only three
documents enumerated were referred to,
ding, meant to swell the dossier. The at
tache employed the expression hydraulic
brake and never pneumatic brake. Es-
terhazy, the attache considered a swim
dler. The attache also asserted that Es-
tehazy had had relations with Col.
SchWartzkoppen, who dismissed him be-
cause Esterhazy only brought informa-
tion devoid of interest"
1T was then" continued NJ. Picot, that
CT tria 10 he q
and almost succeeded. and it was then
that he wrote to Col. Schwartzkoppen the
letter since known as the bOrdereau. In
reply to the writer of the bOrdereau, Col.
SchwartzhOppen wrote the telegram card
known as the Petit Bleu, but, on reflec-
ton, he crumpled it up and threw it in
the fireplace
Gen. Deloye, director of artillery at the
war Office, repeated his explanations
given before the court of cassa ton as to
the various peculiarities of the artillery,
particularly with reference to the brake
of the '120' short guns. The witness said
he considered that in 1894 it would have
been impossible for any officer serving
with his regiment to communicate any
thing in regard to the brake of this gun
He added that although the gun was in
use at Rennes, the officers forming the
court-martial, among whom was an Of
ficer commanding "120'' short cannon
had only the vaguest ideas about this
gun, while in 1894 the details of the "pneu-
matte brake could have been known to
very few officers
Dreyfus followed with an explanation
of what he knew of the gun in question
NJ. Guerin Gets Water.
PARIS, Aug. 3O.-A fall of rain this
afternoon enabled M. Guerin, leader OF
the besieged anti-Semites, to secure a
considerable supply Of water.