M. Bertillon.—“I burn with only one thing—to make known my deposition. But there are a thousand obstacles in the way. I am tormented every day by a thousand plots. Then from time to time the dike bursts, sapristi!”
The Judge.—“You see that the witness will not speak. Come, M. Bertillon, have you photographs of the letters which served you for comparison?”
M. Bertillon.—“In which case?”
The Judge.—“In the first, since you have declared that you had nothing to do with the second.”
M. Bertillon.—“In the case of ex-Captain Dreyfus? I thought that this case was not to be treated here.”
The Judge.—“It is not a question of treating it. You are asked if you have documents.”
M. Bertillon.—“That is to speak of that case.”
M. Labori.—“How does it happen that the witness perceives the obligation to be silent concerning the Dreyfus case only in the court-room, and that we find in the newspapers detailed interviews with him regarding the matter?”
M. Bertillon.—“As regards interviews relating to the Dreyfus case, you will not find many from me. I have received many reporters, and have dismissed as many.”
M. Labori then read an interview from “L’Echo de Paris.”