The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
DRAMADUE TOMORROW
GEN. MERCER WILL. THEN TIES
THY IN THE CASE OF CAPT.
ALFRED REYFUS
MUCH is EXPECTED OF HIM
Cause of Those Who Are Opposed
to the Prisoner Must Stand or
Fall Upon the Ability of This
Witness to Make Good His State
ment That He Possesses Absolute
Evidence of Guilt of Dreyfus.


RENNES, France, Aug 10-Maitre De-
mango, the principal counsel of Capt
Dreyfus, in an interview after today's ses-
sion, with a representative of the AS
ISOLATED Press, expressed himself as very
we'll contented with the way in which
matters are proceeding, and, judging from
his manner, one may say that the de-
tenders of the accused have not yet met
anything very surprising or alarming in
the secret dOsSier. Naturally NJ Demange
declined to give any particulars respect
ing the contents of the dossier, but he
declared that he and his colleague, M.
Labor, were satisfied of the conscientious
desire of the members of the court to
thresh the whole matter out and to have
full light turned upon the acoustic
against their client. This will take some
time and the end of the month will be
reached before judgment can be given
Meanwhile the strain is telling on Dreyfus,
who is showing physical distress.
The members of the Dreyfus court-mar-
tial today took the testimony of NM
Chanoine and Paleologue. The former was
examined from $50 to $50, and the latter
was on the stand from $50 to Ii AS a. M,
when the court adjourned until tomorrow
when it will conclude the examination
of the secret dossier
Col. JOuaust, the president of the court
martial, on leaving the court today, said
public session would take place Satur-
day.
The police adopted the same methods of
precaution as yesterday and there was
q last J,
Capt. Dreyfus was allowed to walk to and
from the Lycee without the usual escort
OF four or six gendarmes. Only a cap
tain of gendarmes was with him, and this
officer walked a few steps behind the
prisoner
Saturdays public session will be YER
liable field day, probably the most i'm
portant and exciting day of the whole
trial. as Gen. MERCER and M. Casimir-
Perier have been cited to give their testi-
mony then. The first witness will be
Lieut. Col. de la ROchevernot French
military attache in Berlin at the time of
the arrest of Dreyfus. His evidence, it is
expected, will soon be disposed of, and
then Gen. MERCER will be called. A
dramatic scene is anticipated by the anti
Dreytusites who rely upon him to throw
bombshell and confound the accused
once for all. His words II have COM
pIete proofs of the guilt of Dreyfus," are
remembered, and both sides are waiting
for him to prove his statement The
Dreyfusites believe hiS testimony will
be torn to pieces by MN. Laborf and De-
mango and that he will leave the court
utterly discredited. Capt Dreyfus will
have the right to question him. and it is
expected that the latter's cross-examina-
ton of MERCER will prove the climax of
the whole proceedings
FORMER President CaSimir-P erier will
follow, if possible, the same day. but if is
doubtful whether his examination will be
concluded before court adjourns until
Monday.
There will be no session on Tuesday.
that being Assumption day.