The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-11
STRAIN
TELLING ON
DREYFUS,
Who is Showing Physical Distress
at the Long Drawn out Inquiry
of the courtmartial.
OPEN SESSION OF SATURDAY
Promises to be the Field day Of
the Trlal..A Dramatic Scene
is Now Anticipated.

RENNEs, France, August 1o.-The
members of the Dreyfus court martial
to-day took the testimony of Mn. Cha
moln and Paleologue. The former was
examined from $50 to $3.50 a. m. and
the latter was on the stand from $3.50 to
11:l5 a. M, when the court adjourned
until tomorrow, when 1t will conclude
the examination of the secret dossier
Colonel Jounust, president of the
court martial, on leaving the court to-
day said public session would take
place Saturday.
The police adopted the same methods
of precautlon as yesterday and there
was only the smallest gathering Of
spectators. Captain Dreyfus was al
lowed to walk to and from the Lycee
without his usual escort of four or six
gendarmcs. Only n captain Of gem
darmes was with him and this officer
walked few steps behind the prisoner.
Maitre Demange. the principal coun-
sci of Captain Dreyfus, in an interview
to-day with n representative Of the AS
ISOLATED Press after tO-day's session
expressed himself us very well con-
tented with the way in which matters
are proceeding, and, judging from his
manner. one may say that the defend
ers Of the accused hnve not yet met
anything very surprising or alarming
in the secret dossier.
Naturally NJ. Demange declined to
give any particulars respecting the
contents Of the dossIer, but he declar-
ed that he and his colleague, N. Labori,
were satisfied of the conscientious de-
sire of the members Of the court to
thresn the whole matter out and to
have full light turned upon the accusa-
tlons against their client.
This will take some time and the end
OF the month will be reached before
judgment can be given. Meanwhile the
strain is telling on Dreyfus, who is
showing physical distress.
Will be- a Field Day.
Saturdays public session will be a
verItable field day. probably the most
important and exciting day Of the
whole trial. as General Mercier and n.
casImlr-Perier, have been cited to give
their testimony then. The first witness
will be Lieutenant Colonel De La Roche
Vernct. French military attnche in Ber-
lin at the time OF the arrest OF Dreyfus.
HIS evidence. 1t is expected, will be
soon disposed Of, and then General
Mercier will be called.
A dramatic scene is anticipated by
the anti -Dreyfusites who rely upon him
to throw a bomb-shell and confound the
accused once for all. His words, "T
have complete proofs OF the guilt Of
Dreyfus." are remembered, and both
sides are waiting for him to prove his
statement.
The Dreyfusites believe that his tes-
tlmony win be torn to pieces by Nm
LaborI and DemRnge, and that he win
leave the court utterly dlscredIted.
Captain Dreyfus will have the right
to question him, and 1t is expected that
the latter's cross-examinRtion Of Mer-
cier will prove the climax of tho whole
proceedings.
Former President CasimIr-Perier VIII
follow, II possible. the same day, but It
is doubtful. whether his examination
viii be concluded before court adJOurns
until Monday.
There will be no session on Tuesday,
that being Assumption day.