Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-31


every moment O murmtlr Of disgust and
the general cry of "Oh," burst from
the hearers. Gen. Mercier accused
Capt. Freystmtter Of lying in the
matter of the robin she'll, concerning
which there is q report accusing ORGY
fus OF communicating the details of the
shell to Germany. Freystatter had
said that it was included in the secret
dossier. II have caught Capt. trey-
stntter in the very act OF lying" said
Gen. Mercer, amid the greatest ex-
citement in court. "for the robin she'll
was not delivered until 1885," Capt.
Freystmtter replied promptly, main
tanning the truth of his statements,
and he spoke like an honest man. Col
Maurel, on the other hand. when driven
to confess, told untruths, and tried to
wriggle out OF it. He presented a
despicahle appearance, his voice broken,
as though choking, while his limbs
were shaking with suppressed, futile
passion.
The reappearance on the stage OF the
court martial, today, of the properties
Of M. Bertillon, the distinguished
anthropometer, was the signal of an
outburst Of hilarity on the rart of the
audience
Before continuing his demonstration,
M. Bertillon replied to the comments
upon his evidence yesterday. In re.
gard to the prisoners exclamation of
"Oh, the wretch, the specialist
asserted that, If Dreyfus, who had
up to that time retained his self
possession, so far forgot himself at that
particular point as to insult the wit
ness, it was obviously due to agitation
WI ha bic ntothnI nf fnhri.
eating the bordereau was discovered"
Amy extraordinarily ingenious demon
| stration yesterday proves the excellence
| of my system,' added the witness.
NJ. Bertillon then resumed the ex-
| position of the technicaities of his
| system, passing around chart, plates,
&c. Here followed a re-enactment Of
scenes similar to those of yesterday.
The prisoner was apparently quite in
\ different to what was going on, and
the judges and counsel alone attempted
to follow the specialist in his inter
minable cryptographic problems.
| The witness was heard to say during
his demonstration: 1.-THE system
have the honor to explain to you can
be easily carried on under your eyes.
If you like, will again read the
notes. -
Roars of laughter greeted the
deprecatory reply of Col. Jouaust,
president of the court, who said ;
"Oh, do not trouble yourself. +"
As the comedy was prolonged, it
grew SO wearisome that the audience
brought out newspapers, and chatted
in low tones.
NJ. Jauros, member of the Chamber
of Deputies and strong Dreyfusard,
openly showed his impatience, but was
not rebuked for SO doing.
M. Bertillon, at one point, advanced
alleged fresh proofs against the
prisoner, namely in the Dreyfus papers
seized at the War Office, and in which
the specialist said he found two words
had been traced. As he proceeded. the
witness became imbedded in parapher-
MALTA. His lecture. delivered in funera
tones, began to pail on the judges, who
finally only paid the most cursory
attention to the examples submitted.
One OF M. Bertillon's demonstrations
was handed to Dreyfus, who CLOSELY
scrutinized it, and returned the paper
with disdainful shrug of his
shoulders, and without uttering {
word.
In summing UP the results of hi.
test, M. Bertillon said; Fully under.
standing the responsibility of SO posi-,
tive statement, on my soul and con.
science, ! declare today, as / did il
1894. on my oath, that the borderear
is the work of the prisoner" (Sensa
tion.1 Dreyfus heard this unmoved.
The witness was asked by the court
how he explained the similarity of thu
handwriting of the bordereau and tina
of Esterhazy, to which he replied that
since 1894, Esterhazy may have prac
ticed initiating the writing of tn,
bordereau. in order to render possible
the substitution of himself for the
prisoner.
Further proceedings on third page.l