The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-13

would not leave the court until the impu-
tations against him were cleared up
not at ali observant or expressive OF his
feelings, unless Of anger, but he looks iks
q man who had q grandfather, who mas
niied high situation, ,,n an ana ~ VINO ssan nus
finement and delicacy was wanting. he
Is not q high-born gentleman. but the son
and grandson of pre-eminensly suecessfui
Bourgeois. of within he Is proud. There -
nothing commonplace or insignificant
about him. but there is nothing that sug-
gests a noble nature. However, he has
fine. straightforward air and looks Ike
liable to take offense- This price recon-
Giles itself with an ahnormaliy thin skin
NJ. Casimir Perisr likes to stand well in
the opinion Of the world.
His tone was a lit tie rude In answering
the formal questions as TO his name. age
and profession When the president OF
the court said: Tell what you Know
seemed unable to speak. As a matter OF
fact. the blood rushes 10 his heart when
ever he Is deeply moved. paralyz ing for q
short time the organs OF speech
Aereier OF Another Type.
Gen. Mereier was allowed to sit while
giving his der sition. If long winded. FIAT
explanations nd remarks can be called
q deposition. He Is quite of another type
from NJ. Casimir-Perier. His full dress
uniform failed TO make him look soldier
~. He has the carriage and countenance
OF trickster. Esterhazy is like brig.
and; Mercier like dishonest grocer who
s ss his wares. His eyes are mere
reveal nothing that is going on behind
them The instincts of self-preservation
and the small. mean passion that minis
ter to II are alone expressed In his with
cred countenarce.
He spoke for hours in scarcely audible
voice. There was hardly anything in his
deposition beyond the one capital admis-
q "a ha M dns~.y
Manuel with a not strict order. but an
implied order, To show them to the other
Judges OF the 1925 court-martial. Apart
from this admission. his deposition. like
that OF Gen. Roget before the court Of
cessation. was full OF innuendos Of per
hapses" and OF at Is not impossible" or
sit may be- and such verbal antiquities.
The COllOquy With Dreyfus.
Failing to demonstrate the guilt of Drey-
fus. Gen: Mercier turned toward the pris-
oner at the conclusion OF the dullest speech
l ever heard. and with Pecksniffian soft
NESS. he appearing to be at times on ms
knees as he spoke. said:
IF had the slightest doubt OF the Jus
ttce OF the 1894 sentence. 1would now say
to the prisoner: Captain. have wronsed
Dreyfus for the first time, burst the
bonds OF his strict self-eontrol. The blood
rushed into his face. and he. starting to
his feet. cried:
But that Is what you ought to say"
This brought down tn ehouse. and the
press and public applauded. Dreyfus stood
while the "bravos" were repeated. CULVER
ing with anger. Then the cowed look re-
square miiitary position he thinks respect
full to the court.
Gen. Mercier's deposition was in such
s9n;ras; to the graphic powerful story Of
the ring Of truth. that the general was
hoottd az he left the stand. He and II.
Casimir-Perier will be confronted on Mon
10 sic hfv,lx ~ yvv 0,0v
ined horse. only good for the knacker. set
to fight lion.
Mondays proceedings will be sensation
al: Today's were thrilling. sign that the
tide is on the turn.
Some FalsehO0ds Exposed.
There were other deposition of great I'M
portance. though they were not sensation
al. Their importance lay in their cover
ing the ant.-Dreyfusites with confusion by
mailing their lies to the counter. The ev-
idence that DIR. Ransom, who Is now in
India. was said to be prepared with. vas
stigmatized In q letter from him 'as fu-
tile inventions" He did not witness the
search made Of the person OF Dreyfus for
documents when the latter arrived at Isle
de Roi, to be shipped for Cayenne. and he
never heard OF the search or the finding or
concealed documents on him.
NJ. De LaRoche-vernat. typical at
tache OF embassy, now serving \. Ber-
lin, had been greatly boasted about by
the anti Dreyfusites as able to smash NJ.
faieologuOs testimony on penail OF the
foreign Office before the court OF cassa-
ton. Well, De LaRoche-Vernet was sum-
moned to Rennes as q witness for the
defense. Everything hex said confirmed
NJ. Paleologue and condemned Gen. Mer-
cier. His evidence related to interpreta-
tons sent to the war Office by PANIC
zardfs cipher telegram to the Italian gov
eminent about the arrest of Dreyfus.
M. De LaRoche-vernet and Paleologue
were today confronted with the result of
mutual confirmation.
Maitre Demange said few words from
time to time to prevent the witnesses
from wandering.
The officers who judged Dreyfus may
have. for decency's sake. to acauit him,
but they will do so reluctantly and with
be converted by the evidence, but 1t may,
and believe will. overbear them.
EMILY CRAWFORD