M. Clemenceau.—“M. Bertillon told us day before yesterday that he could not produce the documents without the authorization of his superiors,—the prefect of police and the minister of war. It was an important point, for the minister of war is the complainant in this case. Then the court said to him: ‘Will you ask your superiors for authority to bring these pieces, and answer here on Monday?’ Today M. Bertillon tells us that he has not obtained them. I ask him to tell us under what conditions he asked for them, and under what conditions they were refused.”
M. Bertillon.—“I have answered that question.”
M. Clemenceau.—“M. Bertillon must have gone to the war department and said something to somebody, who must have made him some answer.”
M. Bertillon.—“I believe that I have explained sufficiently that in my relations with the war department I have acted in my individual capacity.”
M. Clemenceau.—“You do not answer my question.”
The Judge.—“You are asked what steps you have taken to obtain the documents.”
M. Bertillon.—“I have reflected upon the situation, and have realized that these plates are the property of the minister of war.”
M. Clemenceau.—“Then, contrary to what the witness just said, he has not been forbidden to produce these documents.”
M. Bertillon.—“I have been forbidden nothing at all.”
M. Clemenceau.—“Then the witness has seen nobody?”