. The Dreyfus case . ith thehelp of some letters of Mathieu Dreyfus seized byDu Paty, and a marvellous plan of a citadclle desrebus rjraphiques, ditched and intrenched with breast-works and revetments. This cabalistic proof seemsto have satisfied Dreyfus judges, though its pro-duction in the first Zola trial convulsed every onewith laughter, and its author left the court a dis-credited charlatan. Let us resume the text of the prosecutorsbrief:— Before Captain Dreyfus was arrested, and whenas yet he could have, supposing he was innocent, noidea of the charge formulated against him, M. leCommand
. The Dreyfus case . ith thehelp of some letters of Mathieu Dreyfus seized byDu Paty, and a marvellous plan of a citadclle desrebus rjraphiques, ditched and intrenched with breast-works and revetments. This cabalistic proof seemsto have satisfied Dreyfus judges, though its pro-duction in the first Zola trial convulsed every onewith laughter, and its author left the court a dis-credited charlatan. Let us resume the text of the prosecutorsbrief:— Before Captain Dreyfus was arrested, and whenas yet he could have, supposing he was innocent, noidea of the charge formulated against him, M. leCommandant du Paty de Clam subjected him tothe following test:—He made him write a letterin which were enumerated the documents whichfigure in the bordereau. As soon as CaptainDreyfus caught the drift of this letter, his writing,regular up to that point, became irregular, and hebecame so agitated that persons present noticed why he was so agitated, he declared that hishands were cold. Now the temperature in the. GENERAL MERCIER. Page 56. THE COURT-MARTIAL 57 bureaux, wliich Captain Dreyfus had entered aquarter of an hour before, was quite good, andthe first four hues written show no trace of theinfluence of cold. This is an episode I have already touched upon,and I cite it only by way of pointing out that thewriter in the Eclair was well informed, and musthave been behind the scenes. Indeed it is probablethat he got his information from Henry or Du note this because, whoever he was, he is a primewitness to the use in the trial of a secret return to my text:— Dreyfus, during the two years he has passedin the dtat major, has attracted notice in the variousbureaux by his very indiscreet attitude and oddbehaviour. In particular, he has been found alonelate in the afternoon, and even after hours, in otherbureaux than his own, bureaux in which it is notclear that his presence was needed. It is clear,from the depositions of several witnesses, that hearranged
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