Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-27
Members Of Former Dreyfus Court
Martial Do Not Agree.
MoURELIcALLED a LIAR
He WINS President OF the Court That
Convicted Prisoner-A 5zIsornbIe
Looking object - The Audience
IEfssos the Man Who IInd Giyon
False Testimony 10 Convict tho
Accused The Courts Partially.
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(By Telegraph to virginian-Pilot.)
Rennes, Aug. 26.-Thc Drcyfusards
were we'll pleased with most OF the tes-
timory adduced before the court
martial yesterday. The testimony of
Bertillon was shattered, and the con-
fronting of Colonel Maurel, president
of the former court-martiai, with a
member of that body, Injured to the
advantage of the accused in that il
showed TO what desperate and de-
spicablc means the court had recourse
in order to convict.
Taken all in all, it was a good day
for Drbyius.
BERTILLON AGAIN.
Rennes. Aug. 26-Following are the
proceedings in detall The reappear-
ance on the stage OF properties of NJ
Bertillon, the distinguished anthrOpo-
meter WIS the signal OF an outburst of
hlarity on the part of audience. The
scenes of yesterday were repeated. The
prisoner WAS apparently quite indiffcr-
ent to what was going and the
judges and counsel alone attempted to
follow the specialist in his interminable
topographic problems.
AS the comedy was prolonged 1t grew
so wearsome that the audience brought
out newspapers and chatted in low
tones.
DISDAIN OF DREYFUS.
NJ. Bertillon, at one point. advanced
alleged fresh proofs against the pris-
oner. namely, in the Dreyfus papers
seized at the War Office and in which
the specialist said he would show two
words had been traced.
AS he proceeded the witness became
Embedded In paraphernalia. His lee
ture, delivered in funeral tones, began
to pail on the judges. VINO finally only
paid the most cursory attention TO the
examples submitted
One of NJ. Bertillon's demonstrations
was handed to Dreyfus. who closely
scrutinized 1t and returned the PAPER
vita disdainful shruS of his Shout
ders and without utterng n word.
a. SOLEMN DECLARATION.
In summing up the results OF mis- test,
M. Bertillon said:
Fully understanding The RESPONSE
bility Of so positive n sta tement, on nv
soul and conscience I declare to-day,
as I did in 1891, on my oath. that tic
bordcreau Is the work OF The prisoner
here" (Sensation)
Dreyfus heard this assertion un-
moved
OPINION OF ESTERHAZY.
The witness was asked by the court
how he explained the similarity OF the
handwriting of the bordcrcau and tina II
OF lcsterhazy, to which he replied that
I'm 1894 EsterhaZy may have practiccl
Initiating writing OF the' bordeceau IN
order to render possible the su5stitu-
ton of himself for the prisoner. In
support of this theory NJ Bcrtillon
produced fresh array of plates, which
he alleges proved his hypothesis; in re-
gard TO Esterhazy.
"Esterhazy." exclaimed NJ. Bertillon.
ma nf
have said this ever since the com
mencement Of the lola trial.
AN INCIDENT.
There was sensation in court when
this remark. which vas turned 10
laughter as the witness. in his excla-
nation. knocked his portfolios to the
ground NJ. Demange asked NJ. BERTH
lon if he had submitted Esterhazy's
handwriting to the same tests as the
bordereau. The witness replied in the
Affirmative. explaining, however that
the tests were less complete than in the
case OF the prisoner
Counsel reminded the witness that he
said in 1894 that he found in the Dor
dereau cryptogra phic signature.
"Dreyfus" NJ Bertillon replied that he
was not now positive on this point, to
which he added he attached mo i'm
portance whatever
THE WITNESS CONFESSED.
Referring to NJ. Bertillon's statements
yesterday that he found in the Dor
dereau words Dreyfus was in the habit
Of using in documents of the War
Office, NJ. Demange asked how the wit
ness accounted for this; and the spe-
cialist exclaimed, with some confusion.
that II was a necessary counterpart of
the precautions taken by the prisoner
when he wrote the bordereau, "in or
der to make out that he was the vic
Tim of plot" (Sensation).
FOR AND AGAINST DREYFUS
NJ. Labori asked NJ Bertilon how he
reconcilcd the result OF the present ex-
perlmcnts. namely that the bordereai
Yves written by Dreyfus tracing Ester
nazy handwriting. with his opinion in
1874. that the b0rdereau was written
by Dreyfus. unless it b been most
carefully forged.
TO this VI. Bertillon replied that X
was only hypothesis. Hereunon NJ
I.aDor remarked that the forgery was
then o! such nature as to constitute
prSoi in f2vor OF Drcyfus. yet to-day
IL is made proof against him"
FAR FETCHED CONCLUSION.
Continuing counsel said: Since the
witness admits Esterhazy has written
Dreyfus, why has he attributed the
bordereau 10 Dreyfus rather than 10
Esterha2.''
M. Bertillon: 1T was on Dreyus'
plotting pad that the key word "in-