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iai proof Of the prisoners guilt tsenaa-


ial proof of the prisoners guilt. tsensa-
tion.)
When Dreyfus was asked the usual
question. the prisoner pointed out that
the evidence of Captain Valerie was only
a repetition of NJ. Bertillon, and that,
| consequently his reply to the latter ap-
piled equally to Valerie.
Reference having, been made to doctor
ed words in MINUTES written by him at the
War once, Dreyfus pointed out that
these minutes we've written in the pre-
senee of witnesses He also dwelt upon
the fact that he had already acknowl-
edged the genuineness Of the plotting
| pad letter. which he reaffirnned adding
| that the hypothesis that he doctored the
| berderean in order to have means of
| defense fell to the ground of itself. since
he had never attempted to turn the sys-
tenn to use (Sensation)
"All NJ. Bertillor's measure are false.
All, without exception" exclaimed the
prisoner vehementiy amid excitement
Major Carriere asked the court to con-
front Colonel Maui,el and Major Fray
staetter
AS Freystaetter. his breast glittering
with decorations advanced with a flrm
step and an air Of energy he created
good Impression. FIe wore short beard,
| turning gray, and i flowing blonde mus
tache. His hair is almost white, although
he is only forty-two years of age. He
deposed. SAYING
Il was a Judge Of the Court-martial OF
1894. Ny belief in the prisoners guilt
was due to the evidence of experts and
Colonel Henry and Colonel Du Patty de
Clam. I should say it was strengthened
by the reading of documents which were
communicated to us. the Judges, in a pri-
vate room Great sensation.) The Sc
cret dossier contained.-
..First--A biographical dossier, imput-
ing TO Dreyfus acts of treason committed
at the Pyrotecgbic School at Bourges, at
the Military College, and while on the
Headquarters Staff.
"Second-The document known as the
sCette Canailie de D. document.
s.Third--A letter which, by showing the
resemblance of the handwriting, proved
the genuineness of the tCette Canaille de
D document, and which was called
the D' Avignon letter. (Cries of Oh)
..Fourth-A telegram from foreign
military attache very distinctly asservat-
ing the prisoners guilt.
=
tions followed this statement.
This telegram, if i remember rightly"
continued Freystaetter was in the fol-
lowing terms:-
s.Dreyfus is arersted. Esmissary warn
ed, Renewed cries of oh. OhD
At this juncture General Mercier and
Colonel AIaurel jupmped UP simultan-
eouslv and asked for permission to speak
Their action caused intense excitement,
which became breathless as Colonel Maui
rel stood up and both the former judges
confronted each other with almost de-
fiant looks.
Colonel Maurel said:-
Il have only a word to say. The other
dav. Maitre Labori drew me from the
ground of argument TO the ground OF
secret deliberation. told him had only
read single document. These were the
words
II only read one document"
II did not say only one document had
hen read. SensationJ / did not go any
further than that, as I did not wish to
violate the secret of the judges delbera-
tions.''
Continuing. Colonel Maural said
eIn reply to questions of counsel for the
defence who would have made me say
more than wished, declared had only
road one document After reading that
document handed the dossier to the
clerk, saying:-
81 am tired
This caused another great sensation
and Interruptions almost developing into
unroariousness, which caused Colonel
Jolsaust to order the Commandant of
Gendarmes to maintain silence.
colonel Naurel, as he spoke, was great
1v excited and trembIed. The fingers of
his right hand opened and shut nervous
" while those of his left kept UP a
tatto on the bar of the witness stand
Major Freystaetter sreadfastly regarded
nis former colleague his cold, determined
atttude having an immense effect on the
audience. whose great agitation rapidly
Increased as exciting incidents followed.
M Labori asked whether Colonel Maui
rel confirmed the explanations of Major
Frevstaetter and what the later had said
in regard to Colonel Maurel- me iat-
ter replied:--
II answer with all frankness and an
truth. I only listened to the reading OF
the documents very absently. 1t was not
interesting (Shouts of oh, Oh, and
much laughter) The witness concluded
with saying
THAT is all Monsieur le President.
remember nothing else
Major Freystaetter was then requested
to definitely give his recollections con-
cerning the production of a secret docu-
ment at the court martial of 1894. His
manner was quiet and collected as he
replied
mot only did I see them but I assert
Colonel Maurel had them in his hands.
And, what is more, assert that he made
commentary on each document as 1t
passed through his hands Immense
sensation.)
Colonel Maurel, very pale, vigorously