Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-08-26
Captain Freystaeter Punctures
His Statement About the
Dossier.
GREAT SENSATION IN COURT
Undismayed, the Captain Enum-
crates the Secret Docu-,
ments.

RENNEs, August 26.-At the trial OF
Captain Alfred Dreyfus today Alphonse
Bertillon, chief of the anthropometrc
department of the Paris prefecture of
police, resumed his testimony inter-
rupted yesterday by adjournment of
the court. Bertillon testified as hand.
writing expert, giving his. reasons for
believing that Dreyfus is the author of
the famous bordereau on which the
prosecution maialY depends to estab-
li'h the charge against the prisoner.
The judges paid close attention to his
demonstrations. In conclusion the
witness declared:
81 am convinced the writer of the
bordereau is the prisoner sitting there"
Dreyfus heard him without flinching
and with an expression of disdain. M.
Iabori asked to have Captain Freystae-
ter, member Of the court martial of
1894 which convicted Dreyfus, called In
contradiction OF the deposition of Colo
mel Maurel. the presiding judge who
testified he had only read one of the
documents out of the secret dossler
communicated to the court martial.
The Captain said his conviction of the
guilt of the prisoner was formed by
evidence of experts in the handwriting
deposition of Colonel Du Patty de Clam,
"aud," continued, 81 must add some
slight influence was exercised over my
mind by hearing the secret dossier
read.
lie said all the documents were read
This was III direct contradiction to Col.
Maurel.
Labori demanded the conformation
of Captain Freystaeter with Col. Maurel
The latter mounted the stage.
"How do you explain this?" asked
Labori, The colonel replied savagely:
II said l only read one document.
did not say only one document wes
read" This statement called forth
Misses and indignant "Ohsp from the
audience.
1.-The witness trembled with shame but
was evidently determined to fight to
the last ana thew fierce look of
hatred at Labori and the audience as
the gendarmes shouted: "Sllence; 81
lence."
After this the audience listened spell
bound as Captain Freystaeter in bold
voice told exactly what the documents
in the dossier were and how Colonel
Maurel not only read these documents
but made comments on them.
fnbIc .,ro nf inallxr nollQd fNoi ManroI q
thorough liar. He glared at the Cap
tain ferociOusly. Freystaeter, howev-
er, was not dismayed and his words
were spoken in a tone of fearlessness
that carried conviction.
"The secret dossier," said Freystae-
ter contained: First, biographical
dossier, imputing to Dreyfus acts OF
treason committed at the pyrotechnlc
school at Bourgus, at the military
college and while ON the headquarters
staff Second, "a document known as Cette
canallle de d. document. Third, a
letter which, by showing resemblance
to his handwriting, proved the genui-
ness of the 'Cette canaille de d. docu-
ment and which was called the 'D'Avig-
non letter. (Cries of 'Ohl) Fourth a
telegram from foreign military at
tache very distinctly asservating the
prisoners guilt. CA great sensation
and lively Interruptions. followed this
statement) This telegram. If re-
member rightly" continued the witness,
"was in the following terms: 'Dreyfus
is arrested. Emissary warned. ;" Re-
newed cries of "Oh, oh.')
NJ Paref. Joufal, draughtsman, was
called for the defense. He was accom-
panied by blackboard upon which he
proposed to refute portion of M. Ber.
tillon's problems. The witness said
amid laughter. that the demonstration
would occupy no less than two hours
He then proceeded to chalk a number
of caligraphic signs on the blackboard
and presented to the court photographs
of the writing of the bordereau and the
prisoners handwriting, pointing ou'
their diesimilarities and entering into
elaborate explanations, which were moi
concluded when at II so a. m. the courI
adjourned,