Show TRIAL OF EMLE EILE ZOLA great french novelist appears in court I 1 ZOLA VIVE ZOLA cries heard ns As lie he alighted from iris his carriage exciting scents in court whon when the novelist was arraigned some of the most notable pal pai island there demand milder made for the presence 0 as a witness of ame mme ine Bou lancey who holds damaging esterhazy letters in the case paris harln feb 7 athe the trial of 74 emile zola kola and M perreux manager of 0 the auroro aurore who are being prosecuted b by Y tile government an ai tho the result of a it il I t l ter er alch tho novelist caused to be published in the aurore aurora in december easl strongly stron ply reflecting upon high on ofil i claim connected math the I 1 dreybus case opened today tn in tile ASSIZE 8 court 0 of the seine HI 11 zola xola was represented by al 11 laboale and 1 SI I Per derrieux Perri rieux cux nas w as defended by 1 AT I clemenceau the mot nic 1 11 t ken public interest wits waa manifested 1 in the case hundreds of people 91 sur rou rounded aided the court anxious to ran V admittance mit tance anee the crowds increased in number fill all the mornin ir the arrival of heart be befort was tho the si nal for or shouts ot of vive rocho ilc fort and d counter cilen of 0 abas r t turning in the direction of 0 the hostile lios cries VI 11 rochefort Ro chort shouted th it would seem that with tour four of 0 you at five francs rano tho the dreyfus syndicate ft ill not bo be ruined M zola who arrived in a shortly aft ermald was greeted with vehement mint shouts of Cons Z zola ola spit upon zolo zola an individual iho shouted vile vie zola was promptly fly hu hurtled find and suppressed the proceedings commenced at ap 1 p rn under the presidency 0 of AL de lc ie gorgue Gorf fue who announced that tho the court would he be cleaf fc d tt if there was any dem although the court coart it was 1 th rAnged need quiet was maintained owing to the kno Medge that a company ot I 1 guards had biad been placed a at t the disposal ot of the judge to preserve pr c ser ve order while tile tho lury jury was being selected lid M zola entered the dock ile he was pale A few cries of hilive zola were promptly ply suppressed b by y the v vigorous alg 8 i prote protests ts of it the majority at 0 the b audience after tile the reading of the indictment the advocate general explained that the charge was strictly limited to the ps passage ago in ili it M zolas letter denouncing the esterhazy court marteal lon con uniting the advocate general paid it we was impel arlve active to prevent the th proceedings from wandering and thus playing into the hands of 0 the licensed accused whose alm aim it Is 14 to get it a revision of the tha dreyfus affair by a circuitous route the court decided to allow the accused to call e eldrence el dence in support of the other charges contained in his letter including the accusations which lie ho made against col paty do da clam and oens gens bl merler erler billot and Pell III leux id do de le ie gorgue read a number of letters of 0 excuse including one from the minister of juulie il 31 darlin announcing that the minister of war G gen billot had riot not received the antl authority arity of 0 the cabinet to testify gen Dol gorgue also read a ai letter from ex casimer alere saying he could not testify except as to facts subsequent to his presidency col paty paly de clam clain sea mas linen called arid and refused to testify st r la borle urged the importance of 0 his testimony adding that units the court ordered the witness to testify he might be compelled to demand adjournment until the next sessions session counsel also alao said lie was not prepared to oppose a secret trial it if it was absolutely noce necessary spary but continued M labora the allegation that tho the matter they discuss was connected nith w ith late secrets and national lefens lefe nm was a mere joke the advocate C general then protested afra against hist the national defense being called a joke to which AT labor hotly replied that he would not permit anyone not even the advocate general to cast suspicion on ills his patriotism ad th jury rat M laboale said tho the proof we bijl M li to show you in 1 a so 0 St likIng that our own opponents are making efforts to prevent it its becoming atno n nevertheless uit if it la is necessary I 1 will III declare it alone without witnesses it ne res if I 1 fall dreyfus will mill remain in the galleys where he an ans placed by a law expressly made for him M U laboi ie irgin insisted ted that tile the judges of dreyfus should give evid evidence nee and that lime Bou lancey W whom torn zola had ad summon pl but who has halt declined to appear pear on the ground of ill health should ghoul d also testify urging that she be ordered to appear if necessary counsel added that hat Bou lancey in addition to hie elie notorious thelmi letter coslic c others from slat est rhady butr outrageously a abse e insulting if the IL french army naich had not been 1 published biblish A 11 laborte further contended that maj rilei hayy was persecuting dilme Itou Hou lancey in order to prevent her from surrendering the letters the appellant appell antii it lip ho raid paid have As a d that comte esterhazy has athilee written lier her her with aith donth should she surrender clor the file d diu A ellla mn nr m n with h the th result that slie mile 1 hai as 1 left e f t lier lw r home om e f and L n d concealed 0 n e 02 1 i her n new t v L d lre s A As b before of 0 r e me mentioned n t 1 0 n e d t the he ajo docu c u menag have a clr e e t b bearens 4 aring on ill tho present cae the th app ollai its ask also that tin an officer of the jouit ile be sent to impound all telegrams find and loiters fret from 11 count lit in tile the possession 0 it Ila madama clame counsel for tit supported id Lab orles relin st for the appearance of alme 1 I 1 in 0 S Rou ou lancey ant and urging the couil to lo obtain a of 0 her alleged ili health later on 1 M I labarto Lali orie insisted that the deposIt depositions tons made before the examining mair magistrate istrate be read in court this was opposed by th the attorn attorney eye G arral on the ground that the examination was not concluded id labock then protested the th absence of the subpoenaed pe macd witnesses and referring to this life appearance nonappearance non of gen Ater cler said when he was ministry of war lie he at submitted ib it t th ahe judie of Diey fun behind the back of the prisoner and his counsel it secret document which how hoa ever lie w said was wan unimportant it if this document as aa he declared was unimportant then th en the incident Is in ended rund the rei n no 0 further need for gen t testimony but if aa alleged the b dedret document did not exist lot let gen merler er c come and LOU the court yo 60 and and our or side will be matt satisfied aflee this at tempt TO dnn alft the former minister of war into the w ss stand caused much court which won wait In increased creamed when averal members of the hie court martial refue refusing to testify ill zola roae ill tip in n the th dot bikk and indignantly cl cried led ne ff must know if L b e arm ar acting under taft 0 orders r of ten minister ot of war or their awu viol a um wax wan than cama fu claimed exemption on lh t he ground of secrecy w hereupon M Y la borle about one would really think all these a 5 they form a separate coste above P all 11 rights and that they are t totally epting laws lawe and the respect duo clue to t justice th court then ordered d a sh short c td adjournment journ ment until 43 10 ii in in 0 order to allow SI 11 laborte Ia borte to draft his argurn ant nt on the ren resumption 01 0 C the hearing all laboale made a speech demanding that the be b ordered to attend and counsel for or M 1 I zola deposited with ith the court written applications re queuing fir the court to lo order the mih pe to apex air regarding col paty do dd clant clam the application i harg him with illegal acts acta lit in the dreyfus and esterhazy affair claiming that hat if 1 these act atts ax are t proved in court the he good alah of th the e accused mill alit be demonstrated therefore col paty de clam be compelled to testify or without prejudice to the right of tho the appellants counsel would demand the postponement of the trial to later laler Kep Be ioris if necessary lf it labolle further afflit trist that he Is prepared to tn allow that the letters velch bach col baty paty do de clam allmen the veiled 1 lady ad ir sent bent him prejudicing col ric quart quam emanated from one of col paty do dc clams own friends and not from col coue counsel sel Is willing hat chat col PELLY paty do de clams evidence be given behind closed doom it if necessary there Is another application calling for the appearance of gens gena iier eter lind and and others ihde c lares that they have no right to absent I 1 themselves on the pleas that their evidence is not necessary as aa that 14 ifor the court and not for them to decide the court postponed decision until tomorrow and tile the cime case was adjourned rain pre prevented a large crowd from assembling around the court but the of the courthouse were packed with people warmly r the trial on the conclusion of tho the proceedings as gen genz who was present in tho the courtroom in full uniform emerged accompanied com compa panted nied by aar orderly he was greatt A with shouts of vive karmee and a number of people follo followed ned him rhe cheering ering until the wice despe dispersed ailed riled thern them am M zola conferred with chiq hl counsel at af laborte La borle for half an ho hour u r ln in it a piti ate ale room and then left by a private s staircase P and emerged through the porters lodge but he was recognized as lie he drove away the crowd was divided some cheering the novelist and others denouncing him |