The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-24
LABORI
AMUSES
HIMSELF
with the Witnesses for the Prose.
eution--Bubbles of Tittle.Tat.
tie are Punctured.
ONLY DANGEROUS OPPONENT
To Dreyfus, General Gonse, has
the Impudent Confidence
Shaken out OF Him.

RENNEs, August 2S.-The session of
the Drcyfus court martial to-day was
comparatively uneventful. The dep
osI,!ons were not productive Of any
really thrilling Incidents. The system-
attic production OF the fImsIest trash.
which the prosecution deems profitable
10 inllct on the Judges. and which
the latter accept as evidence, was pro-
ceeded with. Much OF the ridiculous
testimony OF the morning was devoted
10 an attempt to blast Dreyfus' prl-
yute character, though. when Maltres
Laborl and Demange had finished with
the witnesses, their bubbles OF httle-
ta,tlc were badly pricked. Much Of
the time was occupied in reading the
testimony OF Esterhazy and Mile. Pays
before the court Of cessation, during
which many Of the audience left the
court.
NJ. Laborl again distinguished him.
self by laying bare the weak points
Of the evidence. He was less Aerce,
however, than yesterday, though quite
aggressive enough to arouse the latent
hostility of the judges, which showed
Itself In various little ways. NJ. LaborI
Is no favorlte either with Major Car
nere. the governments commlssary,
and the latter makes no serious effort
to conceal his feelings toward the
lawyer.
Laborrs Condition.
N. Labori bore little traces Of the
outrage upon him. He rose. sat down
and moved his body and limbs appar-
emily without much difficulty. Only,
occasionally, he put his hands to his
back as though suffering pain. His
wife followed his every movement
through a gold and tortoise shell lorg-
nette. a
Madame Rejane. the actress, was
again an interested spectator in court
to-day, especially when NJ. Labor was
on his feet and his voice was vibrating
through the hall. Her eyes watched
his mobile features, across which fitted
ever-changlng expressions OF indIgna-
ton. anger or satisfaction, with the
keen interest which spectators In the
atre follow her own acting. During
some OF the deposltlons NJ. Labor np-
peared to be very nervous. He was
unable to remain stu an instant,
twItchlng his fingers and shaking the
papers In his hand. Counsel was nl-
most too Impatient to walt till the Wit
uesseS concluded their testimony.
Gonse Badly Mauled.
The only dangerous opponent OF Drey-
tus to-day was General Gonsc, who
mounted the stage with a quick step
and apparently light heart. But he was
badly mauled by NJ. Labori.
General Gonse began by declaring he
came to defend his honor against those
"drlyelllng'' against him. But when
his cross-examinatlon was finished he
returned to his seat with his tail be-
tween his legs, for NJ. Laborl had
driven him into a corner on the at
tempt Of the general stan TO shield
Esterhazy. and had shown that the
general staff, for which Gonse was re-
sponsIble, had engineered Esterhazy's
escape from the hands OF justice. The
confident tones OF the general had by
then dwlndled ito the proverbIal still.
small voice. and his defiant bearing
had changed into the abashed air OF u
schoolboy caught telling lie.
The day certainly proved por one
for the general stan. Two good exnm-
pies Of the men put up to sully Drey-
tus private character were the third
and fourth witnesses.
A Weak Memory.
First Major Du Chntelet repeated an
alleged conversation OF Dreyfus regard
Ing lady at whose house Dreyfus is
alleged to have gambled and lost
money. But when oroSs-exnmlned Du
N"a'e'ets memory Ih'ieu "'H' eii'.' 80 -
especially when asked the name 0, 'ne
'auy' the street she resiueu III anu 'he
sum Dreytus lost
Next NJ Duorueil showed equally as, as,
IouhainE iorgetfulnesS on eSsehua'
points oil his evidence concerning Drey-
rus mountaineering with n foreign
aNV 4
at'ache' ana when NJ Demnnge capped
MS successful examination Of those
points by promising to show Du BrueiFs
record IN tho law courts Ia far from
clear. the Witnpag left tho pinnd bad.