The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-29

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| excited, rushed upon the dais to reply. only &c
encounter. for the frst time. the severe rebuke
| OF tho Court Col. Jouaust announced that
there were fourteen experts in penmanshiI
still to testify. and they could not be permitted
to reply to each other. Otherwise the trla
would never end
NJ. Bertillon WINGED at this but begged the
Court to permit him to m AXE personal ex plana.
ton. Col. Jouaust asked him what this might
be. For reply Bertillon launched forth into the
very attack on his brother experts views which
had Just been prohibited Col. Jouaust
promptly checked him. Bertillon nevertheless
attempted to continue. Then the President
losing all patience. shouted:
Go. 30. go away"
Utterly crestfallen at this un II pected rebuke
Bertillon looking as pale as a ghost. left the
platform with every evidence OF real physical
agony
NJ Bernard. another handwriting expert. was
the next witness. He denied the accuracy OF
Bertillon's m asurements. which form tho basis
OF his system. The witness proceeded to dem
onstrate the errors. and then applying the
true measurements. reached with the same
Bertillon system. an exactly opposite conclusion
At this point Bertillon again arose and be-
seechingly appealed to the court for permission
to reply. Col Jouaust again firmly refused to
hear him. The effect of his ruling was to make
Bertillon pitiabe object OF utterly crushed
and hopeless despair.
NJ Teyssonniere the next witness. repeated
his old testimony in support OF Bertilon's,
theory. but nobody seemed to paw the slightest
attention with the exception OF Major Beauvais
OF the Court. whose questioning OF witnesses
has been more searching than that OF any
other member OF the tribunal. particularly in
the analysis OF every serious piece OF evidence
against Drevfus. Major Beauvais sharply cross
examined ". Teyssonnlere. to the latters
manifest discontinue Finally no was forced
to ADMIT that he had never had time to COM
pare the handwriting eff Esterhazy with that
Of the bordereau. From this admission he at
tempted to deviate into reply to attacks made
upon him by the newspapers whereupon he
was sharply suppressed by the President
After recess NJ. Charavay. another expert,
who testified against the prisoner in 1894. and
who changed his opinion after seeing Ester
hays writing three years later testified as to
his reasons for row believing Drcyfus inno-
cent. He said that his first opinion was based
on insufficient specimens OF Dreyfus's hand
writing. Having since been enabled to make
n more complete comparison. he was now con-
fident that Esterhazy wrote the bordereau.
NJ. Peetier the expert who testified in
favor OF Dreyfus in 1894. listened to this vindi-
ton Of his views with evident enjoyment.
NJ. Couard. the next witness. proved the
clown Of the day keeping the audience in
roars OF laughter from start to finish. He was
not Intentionally funny. his words dealing only
with the dryest Psychological technicaities.
but his intense Excitement shrieks Of emotion
and frantic gestures simply sent Mme Labor
into Mysteries. and made the audience hold
their sides from the sheer fatigue OF laughing
The climax Of Couards testimony was deliv-
cred for all the world like the spluttering and
whizzing OF a mammoth pin-wheel at the end
OF pyrotochnic show. 1t was the declaration
that Esterhazy could not have written the bor-
dereau. and the fact that Esterhazy said he did
therefore should make no difference.
Upon cross-examination, NJ. Couard said that
he was sure that Dreyfus had traced four or
five words OF the bordereau from Esterhazy's
writing.
Even one or two OF the judges could not sup
press a smile as this handwriting contortionist
quit the stand
NJ. Varinard. the last witness. gave 1t as his
opinion for what II was worthy that Dreyfus
wrote the bordereau. He merely reiterated
what he had testified to at the EsterhaZv trial
Major Carriere. the Government prosecutor.
announced that il had been decided to send a
judicial commission to examine into the con-
dition OF Col. Du Patty de Clam.
The court then adjourned.