Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-24
SHANNON 'THECOURI, /!
Judges Aid Attempt to Blast
Dreyfus' Private Character.
TRIAL GROWS M0REFARCIcAL
Witnesses Hostile to the Prisoner Are En-
couraged by Jouaust and His Asso-
ciates, hut Their Evidence is
BADLY RIddied.
TRIAL GROWS MOREFARCICAL


J rem MES. Aug. 23-The session Of
the DrcyfuS courtma1+tisi here today
was comparatively r,lcventful The
depnSitlons were not productive of any
really thrilling Incidents. The sys-
teniatic production of te nmsiest
trash, which the prosecution deems
profitable ana the judges accord the
closest attention. and which the latter
accept rs evidence was proceeded
NOM, If rho ,,,,r,, !, w. Is,.o+ed !.
an atten,nt "a Mast T,r..,.fns 1 ,'1-. - -
,,l,,,as,5.n! b n,.r,, ~, II 49,.
ami NJ I,an,,n5a s1a,, so, Es'n ~
witnesses, ter 6r,lnlns nf 80 .n,
1vnr. h,,1l,S ,,.;ni-aJ 20 -
Nuch ,ir 10 lima ;..,s oo,,,,iaa -
re,9inr ~, ta.;,,,n 80 70 49, 80
-, ,I = 'iIe .e, ,ss u -sleIhi'HE
t~,sSa,,inI, M ,,n ele Sourl ~
audience ,iart ma co,,,t - e''e
-
116Aboitl - ACTIVE.
NJ. Labori again distinguished him
self in laying bare the weak points of
the evidence. He was less fierce, how
ever, than yesterday, though quite ag-
gressive enough to arouse, the latent
hostility of the judges. which showed
itself in various little ways. NJ. La'bori
IS no fEfvorite either with Major Car
~ =, '>ilc SOY cllilLtiFl > toHEI1iISS2rV
and the latter makes no serious effort
to conceal his feelings towards the
lawyer:
NJ. Labori bore little traces of tie
effects Of the outrage upon him. Fe
rose. sat down and moved his body and
tlmbs apparently without much DIM
Guilty. Only. OCCASIONALLY, he put his
hslnus TO his back as though suffering
Pam. His wife followed his every
movement through a gold and tortoise
shelted lolgette.
QpEJANE A SPECTATOR
Nine. Reiana tha actrees n,s oo.n
Il a n. .attantiva snet4tato1. IN court ,o5aH
esns4.i.lls- ,,yhn,, " r ,,,n,; 80 -, y;
L feat ,nI hjs vnicta w,,s ,sg,ra, ~
Through the hall Har ey,ts.,v-, M, i, =
a,1.,.,ile f.,,t urns roc q ,ri, -
every ,rmine az, =
;tions aae-er Or S,tisr,,Irinn Ty,lrb -,
keen interest which spectators in -
stheifre follow her own .,ctine
, Durins. same ,f Ms 1anos; tion- ,r
abort annpared yer,- n+>rv,,Is HaNwas
unable. RI remain stin an ins.,n,r
,tW-ittlhine his fingers ana sh,lSinsr 1,is
papers in his hands.
counsel was alnlosr too ir,n,tiant +,
wait till the witnesses con,lll,iea hair
testimony. I.
The only dangerous opponent nf
Dreyrus today wIrs General Gonse who
mounted the stage WITH !, uui,.k sian
Il
ii badly nl3,lllcd BY M Itabori.
BLUSTERING GO\SE
General Cionse began by ,,c.larine ia
came 10 defend his honor asainst
'sthosc drveling'' against him. Bl1t
when his cross examinations was fin
ished he. returned to his seat with his
tail between his legs, for NJ. Iiabori had
driven him it,o q corner, on thp AZ
tenpts, the general staff to shield
lcsleghazy for which General Gonse
was responsible, Which had engineer
ed Esterhazy's escape from the hands
general had by then dwindled into The
proverbial still, small voice and his de-
liant bearing had changed into the
abaSthed air Of a school boy cauhghr
telling q lie.
The day proved certainly a poor ore
for the general staff. Two good sam
pies or the men put up to suily Drey-
1us' private character were the third
and fourth witnesses.
First Major Du Chateete rehearsed
an alleged conversation OF Dreyfus re-
gardlng a lody at whose house Dreytns
is alleged to have ,ganbled and lost
an oney But when cross-eNamined Du
Chntelet'S memory failed him entire
~, especially when asked rne name Of
the lady, the street she resided on and
the sum Dreyfus lost
Next NJ. Du Brieul showed equally
astounding forgetfullless on essential
points OF his evidence concerning Drey-
fus' mountaineering With a foreign
attachey and when NJ. Demange cap
ped MS successful examination OF those
points to the evidence concerning Drey-
l)u BleuIs record IN the law courts IS
Tar from clear, sthe witness left the
strand badly dlscredlted.
NJ. JACRl1s TALKS.
me correspo 1,n,!a OF the -Assoclat &c
l'reSS talked uhiS AFTERNOON WITH NJ