The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-12

cations Go 10 Prove Dreyfus's
Guilt.
C. ". Stevens Rennes Correspondence
in the London Mail,
NJ. Bertillon bounded on to the scene.
He Is little man In black frock coat,
and more and b.acker hair than you would
think could grow-his head q hogged name
his cheeks and lips and chin like the
bursting Of an over-stuffed sofa, You felt
that if you passed your hand over his
head it would draw blood from YOU and
sparks of electricity from him. He bound
ed up, and then turned and looked behind
him. Toing in the rear were four sol
diers, stalwart beyond the wont of France,
bent double under a table and vast port
folios. These were his professional prop
ertles-the plant wherewith he was about
to demonstrate mathematicaly the new
Berullon systematic guilt of Dreyfus.
In low but firm and rapid voice he be-
gan to eXpound. Presently warming TO
his work, he leaped upon his portfolio,
tore 1t open. and dashed at the president
with a framed photograph. He darted
from judge to Judge; the government COM
missary and the registrar and the counsel
gathered round, till nothing remained Of
Bertillon but mufied patter and CEN
trail wriggle. Then, suddenly, with wild
whoop, he burst out of the throng, wav-
ing the frame round and round his head,
like tomahawk. give mulimeters re-
tlculation," he yelled in triumph: 1875 CEN
timeters gabarit, and a millimeter and
quarter imbricationl Always you find It
-always-alwaysv
l desire to speak with respect to the
new Bertlllon system, because the other
day l almost understood it. II begins thus:
Here Is the bordereau; is IL a genuine doc
ument or a forgery2 ] rule horizontal
and vertical lines at distance OF five mil
limeters and what do l find? | find that
the words which occur twice-maneuvers
modification, disposition, esple-aI begin
within millimeter, In exactly the same
part of one of the squares ] have ruled
1t Is to ] against this happening in any
| single case; against It's happening In all
| these cases it is 10000 to IS. Add all the
| other words-whch he did not specify
that follow the same law. and the chance
| becomes lOOO00000 90 /. Conclusion: This
could not happen naturally. The bor-
dereau Is forged
Beginnings and findings.
Now, who forged it, and why? Take
again, the polysyllables that are repeated
in the bordereau-maneuvers modification
and the rest Place one over the. other.
and you find the beginnings coincide while
the ends do not. But shift the word that
to the right and the ends coincide also
This is all very curious But when
came to examine the writing of Alfred
Dreyfus done in the war office, imagine my
establishment 10 find that Il also presented
the same peculiarities. Only there were
many letters in the bordereau which differ
ed from those used by Dreyfus-partict-
larly an TO-" in the form Of a little cir
Gle In the line connecting the letters before
and after 1t and a double IS" with the
| first letter short and the second long
whereas Dreyfus made the first 50 long
and the second short Next took the
letters seized In Dreyfus house
Imagine my establishment 10 find that
the writing of Nine. Dreyfus and Matthew
Dreyfus presented exactly the forms Of let
ters used in the bordereau, except the
double Isl" Then l found a letter dated
"Mullhausen" and signed "Alice;" imagine
my establishment to find that Alice made
her double IS" exactly like the writer Of
the bordercau! Then / investigated let
ter OF Matthew Dryfus-a year Outbound
in the prisoners blotting book. giue
| my establishment 10 find that its polysyi-
| tables presented just the same phenomena
as those of the bordereau and Alfred
Dreyfus' work al the war Office! IL con-
tanned the phrase "quelques renseigne-
ments." which is also in the bordereau;
place one on the other, and the beginning
and end coincide; shift the phrase from
the blotting book of millimeter and a quar-
ter to the right and-imag ine--my-asto
ishment!-the mddles coincide also.
Now, why was il done2 1t Is clear who
did It.; wIro but Dreyfus had access both
to the war Office and his own blotting
book? The case is now clear. Dreyfus
wished. in case his treason was detected,
to have defense ready. Therefore he
| forged the document TO initiate his own
! writing with touches of his wife's and
L ~ a.
| documents were found on hlm-as In his
overcoat or in his desk at the war Office
he could say "This is a forgery plot
against mel" and demonstrate by the FIVE
millmeter squares and condolences Of
words that the thing was traced. II the
thing were found on him at the war office
! he could point 10 the official documents he
had written as the basis Of the fraud; IL
at home, 70 Matthews letter and his wfe's
! and Alice's. IT, on the other hand, one
of his documents went astray, undated and
unsigned, and were recognized as his hand
wriung-which is what actually did hap
pen-he could point to Matthews 20" and
Allces double. IS" as proofs that II must
be in the handwriting Of somebody else.
Dreyfus Tries His Defense.
| Nay. more; he actually did begin that
contemplated defense. He said TO Henry
| and to Cochefert that this was a plot He
said TO Du Patty de Clam. They have
| stolen my handwriting" He said to Dor
| mescheville. '"rhey have taken bits from
letter Of mine" Why, then did he not
pursue that line of defense? Because he
saw / mad detected him when he heard
me say 'demicentimetric reticuation -
said NJ. Bertllon. with pardonable pride.
"his face congestloned and he said audibly.
| The Wretchr
| But how did he do it? He could not have
a model ready of every word he was ever
| likely to use; therefore he could not have
| traced the bordereau from his war office
letters or from the writing OF Alice or
| Matthew. The explanation lies in one word
-gabarit A gabarit. as It's inventor hand
somely allows, might just as well be called
kanything else; however, we will 90 on cali