M. de Castro.--“No; no letters. I received one day a telegram. If the
court desires, I will produce it.”
The Judge.--“No, but what did it say?”
M. de Castro.--“It contained this threat: ‘If you have given in
evidence the letters which “Paris” designates by the initials d. d. c.,
you will pay dear for this infamy.’”
The Judge.--“Did this handwriting resemble that of Major Esterhazy?”
M. de. Castro.--“No, there was nothing to indicate the origin of the
dispatch. It was not signed, and the writing was quite different from
that of Major Esterhazy.”
The witness was then allowed to step down, and the court adjourned for
the day.