The San Francisco call., 1899-08-26
Friends of the
Accused
Declare the
Witness
Is but a OuaCk.
Yet the Judges
May Take
His Evidence in
Full as
Proof Positive.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

| ~F--+SA O-1SoNciA ~ @4-- OG-1'
bordereau, and after a few hours study
M Beruilon positively attributed the
From that time forward M Colbert
! heard no more of the Dreyfus case. He
was not asked to submit report, but
| described to the then Minister Of JUS
case.
IN. Guerin," continued the witness, lin
! tmated that these were soldiers affairs,
which did not concern him as chief Of
| the civil judiciary
Colonel Jouaust asked NJ. Colbert for
! a more definite criticism Of the bOrdereau.
and the witness replied that he noticed
! certain similarities between the hand
writing OF the bordereau and that Of
Dreyfus. but, he added that here were
! important differences which proved TO
MN that Dreyfus was not the author OF
the oordereau, and his opinion had since
| proved the. bordereau was the work OF
Esterhazy." (Sensation)
Replying to the. court, II. Colbert sug
! gested that the Judges compare the borde-
reau with a letter admitted to be in
| Esterhazys handwriting, and dated from
| Rouen, August II, 1894, and with docu
ments written by the prisoner
You will then. unnistakabl recog-
! nlze, said NJ. Colbert, that the borde-
reau is in Esterhazy's handwriting and
not in the handwriting of Dreyfus."
| Great sensaton.)
The witness at this puricture identified
| the bordereau as the same which was
|
| point out the identity therein with let
| ters admittedly written by Esterhazy,
saying that. while the resemblance was
not apparent in Dreyfus' handwriting. in
! Esterhazys s there were marked pecuiiari-
| ties of punctuation and the manner OF be-
| ginning lines which were also noticeable
| in the bordereau. but which were not
! found in the prisoners caligraphy.
Ihere was a general movement Of curl
! oslty when NJ. BertillOn, the Well-knoWn
| anthropometer COR specialist in the meas
urements of the human body) was called
| NJ. Bertllon prefaced his evidence by say
| ing his explanations would be understood
/ only by very limited number. and there
/ 1ore ne asked the court to permit him TO
| refer to documents which he had brought
! in order TO make his evidence more intel
/ lglbIe. (Laughter) The specialist then
| unpacked packages of photographs plans
etc, and another table was brought in to
hold the mass Of papers produced. In
/ in the manner of a schoolboy reciting a
| lesson. to demonstrate technically how
! he reached the conviction of Dreyfus'
! guilt, reciting the facts published on April
2L He said he proposed to prove to the
| court:
First--That the bordereau was a doc
/ tOred document.
Second-That it could only have been
/ manufactured by the prisoner.
Third-That IT had been written in
/ free hand by means of a key word placed
! beneath tracing paper in such wav as TO
! be quite visible.
The. witness, continuing. declared that
] IL
! tating Esterhazy's freehand writing. be-
/ cause 4 required too long TO study and he
used the tracing process because 1t is
easier 10 learn and more likely 10 be sue
| cessful. With a view of frustrating mis-
| meaning. NJ. Bertillon handed around pho
/ tographs OF the bordereau, etc. During
! the course OF the demonstration the sDe-
! cialist advanced to the judges bench and
/ with his finger pointed out illustra tions of
his theory. MN. Demange and Labori.
the judges and others gathered in a
| group around the anthrOpometer
Dreyfus appeared 10 be stupefed by the
comparatively incomprehensible jargon,
| ana many or the audience left the court
Suddenly the wonderment of those re-
naming in the hall was riveted by the
cryptographic remark enunciated by NJ
| Berutlon IN loud tones:
We clearly have before us a fabricated
document. The one word always rests on
the other with diverge of 1.25 millimeters
enon which is unnatural"
NJ Labor watched the specialist for
few moments and then returned to his
seat, holding up both hands and exclaim-
ing, 1T is most extraordinary"
M Berullon continued his explanations
and caused such whir in the brains of
remarked, I'VE must have a few minutes
rest"
When the session was resumed NJ. Ber-
tlllon made further demonstrations He
compared words of the bordereau with
words in the documents of GONNA rfson
Leaning on the judges bench, he placed
l < 90
vas and proceeded 10 show that by doing
SO Dreyfus succeeded in fornuI9tinS +b9
principal rules which served to gIide him
IN making his joining marks remarLing
that any copyist possessing a KEY TO thsse
rules could learn to replace the entire bor-
dereau. 'O
The witness. continuing nrooaoz..s
demonstrate the practicability of this ~
m heh persons are accused" ne said
ut is ddni not sufiGient 3 n to meet the charge
that they have not done what tbaI ~ oEe ere
charged with. In this case the ha1rju-~t+0
ing was disguised. There is tberaSo1e +e-
presumptive proof that the prisonar s: s.
guilty P'isoIe' Is
After this NJ. BertiIlon pointed out thar
flve questions in the bordereau go 80
traced in the same manner, and a5daS ere
i mad reached this point in my expari-
ments ThdIss When 1gI.. | was summoned to the
scheville. The major explained thet Re
wished my personal opinion on crnvtne
g1L;ppil gILapihlc met methods, SYMPATHETIC inks. etc.
Whlch might help the family of DrevfnS in
corresponding with him The re0iIest uS T,5l IN
partly due TO the fact that a number 81
fe,iIt feIreFs , ,aaaressed to the prisoner by his
tamliy mad been received by the officials
During the course of the interview Ma
jor d 'Ormescheville produced one of tbaSa
letters. L had hardly cast my ewes on iT
when l was astounded to NOTICE oit ~ II
same kind of negative @ with which
from Nine Dreyfus" ietter
The specialist then pointed out bou ba
had n FOUND the same peculiarities of Drav-
luS haI1dWrlung IN the letters of o+be~
members of his family. and proeeededdi 81
give ;t,dG long and perfectly unintelIigibie
this us proved the guilt of the prisoner. .'iS-
me audience. quite in the dark ree+o,.7
ing the meaning of the technica 80 a. "
punctuated the queer expressions of t5e
aanthropometer with peals of langbtlal,re ll,e
ddn+,ll Inc members of the court-martai Dyi eyi.
gently tried hard to understand v6;Io
Dreytus appeared fatigued but endea vornd ,rlig
10 follow the arguments. eu
My theory, continued the witness
was in 1884 considered by the NIinisteT -
war TO be favorable to the prisoner Tf Tf
the defense accepted 1t the long maSistoII IL
lal examination would have to be recoTn-
Here the witness raised his voice and
struck the table with his fist anu
hen the word grille (perforated oer1
osed Tor ciphers) was uttered at the court
tracted NS coh-
When spoke of the fabrication Of the
pordereau he exclaimed: Oh the wretch
he lie saw me write them! I did not hear
the remark, but when ii was repeated +o
me me 1t was s a revelation for, if innocent.
the word 'fabrication' would have DELIGHT
ed instead of frightened him."
Dreyfus listened impassiveIy to this
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