The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-29
DECLARES ESTERHAzY DID 1T.
CHARAVAY HAS CHANGED HIS MIND
ABOUT THE BORDEREAU.


to InterrOgate Du Patty de Clam.
Pnray-JavaI and Bernard Refute
BertllIOn's Ridiculous Testimony.
TeyssOniers Maintains That Drey-
fus Wrote It-Thought He Was Ac-
cused.
Rennes, Aug. 2S-The balance Of The evil
denee to-day, for change, was in favor of
Dreyfus. Five witnesses were for him and
two against him.
The most interesting testimony was that
Of Chief Handwriting Expert Charavay.
who had come to declare he had changed
entirely his opinion which in 1894 was
against and now is in favor of Dreyfus,
who, he to-day affirmed, was not the au-
thor of the bordereau.
His candid confession of error was re-
ceived with murmurs of satisfaction IN
court, which became discreet applause. in
spite of Col Jouaust's patent disapproval,
when he solemnly added:
Il declare here, on my soul and CON
science, that the bordereau was written by
Esterhazy."
VIII Question De Clam.
The most important incident, however,
was Col. Jouausts acquiescence to Mai.
! Carriere's request that a rogatory commits
sion be instructed to take Col. Du Patty de
Clam's deposition. The initiative came
purely from the government commssary,
| Maitres Labori and Demange having no
! faith in such a measure, because it allows
| Du Patty de Clam to escape cross-eXamina-
! tion, which is the only thing worth hav-
ing in the present circumstances. DG
! Patty de Clam being a witness for the
| prosecution, Maj. Carriere will simply pre-
pare list of questions which an examln-
! ing magistrate viii put TO Du Patty de
! Clam at his residence and nobody sup
| poses that the witness will be very much
embarrassed by the interrosatories.
To-day the central figure in the court
| yard, which is the meeting place for all
! the leading personages of the trial during
| the suspension of the sessions, was Capt.
! Freystatter, who was the subject of many
| hatteriug remarks upon his manly and
| soldier-lke bearing. Indeed, the interest
! in him was so great that some persons
waited all night long outside the door of
the court in order to obtain standing room
in the rear part of the court room, in the
hope of seeing him at to-day's sitting, an
| impression having gone abroad that he
might be recalled.
His modest and frank manner inspired
admiration in all except the generals and
| the Olner TnHlIdfN Witnesses lot lHe pros
eCution, who seemed afraid of him and
scowled in his direction from the other side
| of the courtyard.
Capt. Freystatter will not remain here
until the end of the trial. but will leave
| Rennes in a few days.
NJ. de Freycinet former minister of war,
arrived this afternoon and viii testify TO-
morrow.
BertilIOn's System False.
M Paray-Javal, the draughtsman, call
ed by the defense Saturday to refute the
testimony of NJ Bertlllon, the famous
! anthropometer, resumed his testimony at
| the op Iing of the court this morning, and
| with the assistance of a blackboard, pro
| ceeded to show the sallacy of the cacu-
| lations of NJ. Bertlllou and the latters
| unfairness in not submitting the hand
writing of Esterhazy to the same tests
| as the prisoners. He declared, however,
| that even if NJ. BertiAon had done so the
results would not have proved anything.
| The witness, however, insisted NJ BERTH
| Ion rad adopted a viciou method in only
| ma king a partial experiment.
Continuing, NJ. Paray-Javal proceeded
to show that the geometric regularites
alleged by NJ. Bertillon did not in reality,
| exist He pointed out q number of irreg-
ularities in the handwriting of the borde-
| reau. and said the same irregularities were
| particularly noticeable in Esterhazy's ca
| .eged regularity of the key word "inter-
| est was only approximate and proceeded
to illustrate his arguments on the black
| board, showing that all, NJ. BertillOn's
| proofs applied as much to Esterhazy as
TO Dreyfus. Finally M. ParayJaval de-
clared that NJ. Bertlon's measures to tho
word interest" which served as the ba-
sis for the whole system, was entirely
false, and there efore NJ. Bert.lon's entire
system falls to the ground and no longer
exists" Great sensation)
This witness who had awakened the in
terest of his hearers, maintained that the
bOrdereau could not have been traced ad-
ding that it was an utter impossbillty.
He then proceeded to illustrate why this
was the case and to prove the falseness
| of NJ. Berillons deductions.
In conclusion, M Paray-Javal said,
amid laughter that he thought M Ber-
tilon was a very intelligent man, but
that his system was false, and he, the
witness. was convinced that only seIf-es-
TEEN prevented NJ. Bertillon from admit
ting his error.
Another Reply to BertiIIon.
NJ. Bernard, an inspector Of mines who
took high honors at the Polytechnic School
who followed NJ. Paray-Javal at the wit
ness bar said he appeared to refute a
portion of NJ. Bertllon's evidence, which
was based on false calcula tions.
Witness sad he was greatly surprised
that NJ Bertillon thought fit to have re-
course to psychological arguments to
prove
First-That the bordereau was fabrlcat-
ed.
Second-That the methods which might
have been employed in writing certain
words were such as TO constitute proof
against Dreyfus.
NJ. Bernard also said he was astonlshed
at The fact that NJ BerGllon had undertake
en- 10 account for he shape Of letters and
The space BETWEEN words There was not
] .25 mImetre as alleged by NJ. Bertillsn,
but 1.58. Moreover, The writing OF the bor-
dereau was natural and rhythmic while
its character and size showed IL was not
written by either a short sighted or a long
sighted person. The witness then proceeded
20 Illustrate photographically his cOnten-
tlon hat the bor1ereau was moi a fabri-
Gated document.
In conclusion NJ. Bernard exhibited 10
the judges a plate representing a page OF
current handwriting and said: