Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-08-22
LABORI PRESENT.
Leading Counsel in Dreyfus Case
Attend Court.
Greeted With a Roar Of Applause as
He Enters.
Evidence In the Celebrated Case To-day
Not Sensational.
MYSTERIOUS PACKAGES SENT LABoRI.

Rennes, Aug. 22.-Mstrie Labori, who
was murderously assaulted on August IA +.
WAS In the court room this morning to
attend the trial by court martial OF Cap
tain Dreyfus, charged with treason. To
hundreds Of inquiring friends he said
81 am getting on we'll" As Labor. &C.
compaDied by Nine. Lab0rl and his
physician. entered the court room the
audience greeted him by standing up
There was a roar Of applause accompa-
MED by the clapping OF hands. Colonel
Jouaust read an address TO Labor, his
bns being quite sympathetic. He de.
livered reply. The effort considerably
fatigued him.
The first witness to day was NJ. Gre.
nier, former project Of Belfort. His tes-
timony was favorable to Dreyfus and hos
tile TO Esterhazy.
former secretary Of the war office.
named Ferret. next testified to seeing
Dfeyfus prying into the other Offices =
work during their absence The prisoner
replied rncitedly that Ferret's statements
were coLcuctions OF the former minister
OF war, which caused a sensation.
Major Rollin. OF the intelligence de.
partment, was asked by Lsbori. during
the formers testimony. how certain
document OF a later date than Mercier's
ministry came into Mercier's possession.
Major Rollin said II was not his busi-
ness to explain. Labori asked Col.
Onel Jouanst to request General
Mercier to explain. The general declin
I'D to answer. Major CaIrisre, government
commissary, supported him on the ground
that an examination entering upon q
matter which ought not TO be In the In
terest Of the country should be discussed
publicly. Labor declared In q loud
voice that he would reserve 10 himself
the right to take the necessary measures
to obtain the desired information. Ma.
jor Roilin had remarked that all the
prisoners papers were seized when his
rooms we're searched In 1894 and Colonel
Jouaust said that certain papers from
his text book on the school OF war were
found missing. To this the prisoner re-
torted. Not In 1894 my Colonel" This
cause n sensation M the obvious inter
pretation was that the pages we're torn
out at the war office and the fact used
against him ~ an insinuation that he
communicated the Using pages TO for
eign agents.
The next witness. Lieut.. Col. Bertin
head Of the Dreyfus office in 1894
showed himself a most virulent enemy OF
the prisoner. Some of his remarks were
particularly declarations that he wa,
convinced OF Dreyfus' guilt by Bertillon',
chart, and his introduction OF Esterhazy's
statements against Dreyfus elected gen
eral smiles.
After hearing the deposition of NJ
Gendron and a number OF minor officers
who did not give any interesting eyi.
dence, the court adjourned for the day ai
l0I5.
MYSTERIOUS PARCELS.
Rennes, Aug. 22.-LabOri last evening
received two mysterious parcels, believed
TO be Internal machines. Police are ex
smining them.
Paris, Aug. 22.-A Rennes correspond
ent for Paris newspaper telegrsphs that
the Internal machine sent LabOri has
been opened in tne military laboratory Il,
that place and found to be filled will
guncOttOn.