Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-22
N. LAB0RI In court today
Dreyfus' Attorney is Once More Able
to Attend to His Duties.
THE PRISONER SCOREDS0ME POINTS
When He Replied to Several of the Witnesses
Who Testified Against Him Today--Many
People Had Access to the Bureau Where
the Information is Said to Have Come From.

Rennes, Aug. 22.-The second day Of the
third week Of the second trial by court
martial of Capt. Dreyfus on the charge
of treason began at $3.50 o'clock this
morning. NJ. Labori was present. He
drove to the court in carriage and en-
tered the hall at $50 o'clock. The audi
ience greeted him by standing up and by
a general clapping of hands. Labor
walked quite briskly, but holding his left
arm close to his side in order pot to dis
turb his wound. He met Gen. Mercier
and Gen. Billot in the middle Of the court
room, stopped, chatted and smiled. La
bori looked very we'll. He was given
cushioned arm chair. Labori was warmly
congratulated by friends. Capt. Dreyfus,
on entering, smilingly shook hands with
Labori. Col. Jouaust addressed a few
words of congratulatiOn to Labori and ex-
pressed the profound Indignation of the
tribunal at the attempt to assassinate the
counsel Labor was much moved and
thanked Col. Jouaust in an eloquent
speech.
Laboris reply to the president consid-
erably fatigued him and he sat down
flushed and holding his side. He after
ward once or twice nervously tWitched
his fingers and an expression fitted over
his face as though he We're suffering
Nine. Rejane, the celebrated actress, was
among those present in court today.
/ The first witness today was NJ Grenier,
former prefect of Belfort. His testimony
was favorable to Dreyfus and distinctly
hostile to Esterhazy.
! Major Rollin of the intelligence depart
ment was asked by Labori during the
course of the formers testimony how
certain documents of a later date than
! Merciers ministry came into Mercier's S
possession. Rollin said it was not his
business to explain, but counsel insisted,
asking whose business it will be. Finally
Labori asked Jouaust to request Mercier
to explain. The general rose and said
he declined to answer. Labori insisted,
! but Mercier still refused to answer and
Major Carrlere, the government commits
sary, supported him on the ground that
the examination was entering upon a
matter which ought not in the interest
Of the country to be discussed publicly.
Labori then declared in loud voice that
he would reserve to himself the right to
take the necessary measures to obtain
the desired information.
The next point was made by Dreyfus
in his reply to Rollin. The latter had
in his reply to Rollin. The latter had
We're seized when his rooms We're search
| ed in 1894 and that certain papers from
his text book, '"rhe School of War;" were
found missing.
To this the prisoner retorted: mot
in 1894 my colonel"
This caused some sensation as the OBJ
vious Interpretation was that the pages
We're torn out at the war office and the
fact was used against him as an insinua-
ton that he communicated the missing
| pages to foreign agents.
NJ Ferrel, former secretary of the war
office, next testified to seeing Dreyfus
prying into other officers work during
their absence and the prisoner replied,
excitedly, that Ferrel's statements were
connections by the former minister of
war, which caused a sensation.
Then in cooler manner the prisoner
made a statement explaining the diff
culties in the way of a civilian, such as
| Ferrel, entering the Offices of the general
staff. The general thereupon presented
! two letters to the effect tina, the writer's
both of whom We're civilians, obtained
| easy admittance to the offices. Dreyfus
retorted that the regulations were very
strict in this respect and therefore some
persons were guilty of a gross breach Of
discipline and Demange scored by adding
that if entry in these offices was easy any
body could procure the information Drey-
fus was alleged to have obtained SO sur
, pttiously.
The next witness, Lieut.. Col. Berth,
who was the head of the Dreyfus Office
! in 1894, showed himself to be most viru-
lent enemy Of the prisoner. He had evil
IDENTIFY learned mis- testimony by heart and
declaimed it in strident aggressive tone,
which grated upon the ears of the audi
'ence. Some Of his remarks, particularly
r his declarations that he was convinced of
,, Dreyfus' guilt by Bertil!on's chart and
his introduction Of Esterhazy's state
, ments against Dreyfus elected general
smiles.