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finally announced he would give practi
cal demonstration of the bordereau, ac
cording to his system Then he theatrical
| " cleared the desk attached to the wit
! ness bar, drew his chair nearer, deposited
! his high hat on the floor, and, sitting
down. began copying the bordereau. The
audience watched him, bent over thu
desk, busily drawing letters, the Judges
| gazing at him, until at the end of ter
minutes, the people and the Judges be
came restlessly impatient and Colone
| Jouaust remarked that it was not neces-
sary to copy the whole bordereau and that
| few lines would suffice.
| A few minutes later NJ Bertillon rose
| strobe to the Judges table and laid be,
fore them his copy The Judges, counsel
| the Government Commissary. Major Car
| riere, and the clerk of the court clustered
around in one group, eager to see the re-
| suit. The audience watched this strange
spectacle until Colonel Jouaust shrugged
his shoulders, and then the spectators
| knew that NJ. Bertillon had failed to
| satisfy them.
NJ. Bertillon noticed this, and said, apol-
| ogetically:-
Il was too badly placed.
Maitre Demange, of counsel for the de-
fence, returned to counsels table, and,
in response to a look of inquiry from
Dreyfus, whispered few words to the
prisoner, with shrug of his shoulders
and a smile on his face Dreyfus ap-
peared perfectly satisfied
Colonel Jouaust then, at Has A. NJ,
adjourned the court and NJ Bertillon
packed up his belongings and the soldiers
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, add
ing
But, that is ALL NJ. Bertillon only did
is a clever forger. That is all"
Following are the proceedings in detaiI
AT the opening of the session of the
Dreyfus court-martial today considerable
comment was caused by the request of
NJ Gribelin, the principal archivist of the
Headquarters Staff. for permission to alb
sent himself for twenty-four hours, owing
TO summons of the Minister of War,
General de Marquis de Galiifet, who de-
sired to see him in Paris.
It was suggested that the Minister of
War wishes to refresh NJ Grfbelin's
memory, which has been so strongly an
ti-Dreyfus.
Then followed the reading of medical
certificate, signed by two doctors whose
names were not familiar to the audience,
setting forth that Colonel Du Patty de
Clam is too i'll to leave his bed and ap-
pear at Rennes, at which the audience
was not surprised.
Madame Du Patty de Clam also wrote
to the Government Commissary offering
written, supplementary deposition from
husband
M. Laborl. after securing the names of
the doctors who signed the certificate,
asked the Court to appoint two well
known physicians to report officially on
Du Patty de Giants condition.
Colonel Jouaust however, declared II
was useless to do so as the condition of
the Invalid was well known.
Mr.. Rowland Strong, correspondent of
the New York Times a member of the
staff of the observer of London was
the first witness called. He described at
length interviews which he had with Es-
terhazy saying the observer offered
Esterhazy $500 for certain documents
and confession that he wrote the bor-
dereau, as published April %.
Replying to the Court, Mr.. Strong said
that Esterhazy, while admitting the au-
thorship of the bordereau, said the docu-
ments enumerated in it had been be-
trayed by Dreyfus to Germany
NJ Henri Well, a former officer of the
Headquarters Staff, was then called. But
he was absent and his deposition was
read. The facts in the case were pub
lished April 20. N. weilrs statement. in
substance. was that Esterhazy told him
in 1894 that. Dreyfus was innocent, but
that this would not prevent his convic-
ton because he was a Jew. (Sensation.)
"A brief discussion ensued regarding the
character OF Colonel Picquart's former
orderly, Savignaud, who testified yester-
day TO posting letters, in May and June
1897. addressed by the Colonel to NJ
Scheurer-K -Kestner. the former vice-Presi-
dent of the Senate, who had been pronni-
nent in obtaining revision of the Drey-
fus case. During this discussion Savfg-
maud protested that he had been con-
founded with a bandsman of the same
name who had a bad character.
a former sergeant who was at one time
employed in the war Office testified to
seeing Dreyfus copying the list of rail-
road stations mentioned in the plan of
mobilization to which Dreyfus Replied
1T is true. But I copied the list by
order of Captain Besse. (Sensation-)
The evidence of the handwriting experts
followed NJ. Colbert after testifying to
the facts published April % and April "a,
vehemently protested against the insinu-
alton that he was an interested witness.
He referred to his thirty years of services,
during which he had reported on thous-
ands of documents and added, visibly
affected
"I protest against the term interested
expert But turning towards the
prisoner, "after all I have no right to
complain when look at this unfortunate
man now before you" Great sensation.)
The Court closely followed NJ. Gobert's
exhaustive story of his examination and
his interview with Generals Mercier, de
Boisdeffro and Gense.
NJ. Colbert asserted that the handwrit-
ing of the bordereau was natural and
fluent, but that 1t was almost ilegible,
whereas. Dreyfus, even when writing
rapidly, always wrote most legibly.
The witness asked General Gonse if an
envelope accompanied the bordereau, as
he, NJ Colbert wished to see what the
writer's caligraphy was like, explaining
that the address of letter is always in
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