The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-08-26

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 expression of owl-like wisdom, care
 fully examined them, their heads clus
 tered together. their eyes gazing on tn
 long, wide strips of paper, while M
 3ertillon leaned over their table, trying
 to explain his nystifying diagrams
 which were afterward passed to NM Labori and Demange, who, however apparently did not derive much prof from their perusal Dreyfus Stupefied. Dreyfus gazed at the scene with Z look of stupefaction.
 The clearest utterance of M, Bertillor during the course of his demonstration was that the handwriting of the Dor. dereau 'obeys a geometrical rhythm, o1 which l discovered the equation in the I prisoners blotting-pad."
 The witness finally announced he would give a practical demonstration of the writing of the bordereau accord | ing to his system. Then he theatrically cleared the desk attached to the wit ness bar drew his chair nearer depos- tied his high hat on the floor, and, sit ting down, began copying the border | eau.
 ! The audience watched him, bent over the desk, busily drawing letters, the | Judges gazing at him, until the end of | ten minutes, the people and the Judges became restlessly impatient and Col. Jouast remarked that it was not neces- sary to copy the whole bordereau, and that a few lines would suffice.
 few minutes later M. Bertillon rose, trl to1 nd fore them copy.
 The Judges, counsel, the Government Commissary, Major Carrierre, and the clerk of the Court clustered around in one group eager to see the result.
 The audience watched this strange spectacle until Colonel Jouaust shrug- ged his shoulders, and then the specta- tors knew that M. Bertillon had failed to satisfy them.
 Bertillon Fails.
 M. Bertillon noticed this and said apo- logeticaly
 T was too badly placed:"
 Maitre Demange of counsel for the defence, returned to counsels table, and in response to look of inquiry from Dreyfus whispered a few words to the
 
 and smile on his face. Dreyfus per- fectly satisfied.
 Col. Jouaust then, at 11:45 a. m., ad- journed the court and M. Bertillon packed up his belongings and the SOL diers carried them out,
 To the newspaper men who crowded around Maitre Labori asking him for his impressions, counsel said there was a certain resemblance to the bordereau, adding:
 But that is all. M. Bertillon only did what dozens could have done. It only proves he is clever forger. That is all'
 The Trial in Detail.
 Following are the proceedings in de- tail at the Dreyfus trial to-day:
 At the opening of the session to-day comment was caused by the request of M Gribein, the principal archivist of the Headquarters Staff, for permission to absent himself for twen- ty-four hours, owing to a summons of the Minister of War, Gen. Marquis de who desired to see him in Paris.
  War wishes to refresh M. Gribelins | which has been so strongly | 
 Then followed the reading of medical signed by two doctors whose names were not familiar to the audience, setting forth that Col. Du Paty deNClam S too ill to leave his bed and appear at Rennes, at which the audience was not 
 Mime. Du Paty de Clam also wrote to he Government Commissary offering a written supplementary deposition from lor husband.
 M. Labori, after securing the names of he doctors who signed the certificate sked the court to appoint two we'll ,nown physicians to report officially on )u Paty de Clams condition. Col. Jouaust. however, declared it was seless to do so, as the condition of the invalid was well known.
 $2,500 For Confession. Rowland Strong, member of the taff of heSObserver, of London, was he first witness called. He described ; t length interviews which he had with j SlSlIldIyy Stty HIS lItS ODSGINtI OllGItu G500 for certain documents { ordereau, and a confession that he ,rote the bordereau, as published April ( ). l Replying to the court, MT. Strong t aid that Esterhazy while admitting z he documents enumerated in it had cen betrayed by Dreyfus to Germany. | M. Henri Weill, former officer of the | Staff, was the called. But l e was absent and his deposition was sad s M, Weilrs statement in substance as that Esterhazy told him in 1894 that reyfus was innocent but that this : ould not prevent his conviction. be- / iuse he was Jew. (Sensation.) A brief discussion ensued regarding l le character of Col. Picquart's former , , 'derly, Savignaud, who testified yes- {. rday to posting letters in May and inc, 1897, addressed by the colonel 10 !. Scheurer- Kestner, the former Vice. U resident of the Senate, who has been r continent in obtaining a revision of the reyfuS case. During this discussion Il avignaud protested that he had been a with bandsman Of the W me name, who had a bad character. O A former sergeant who was at one n 1n G1lp1 lExrN &l.. |