M. Clemenceau.--“Will M. Bertillon give the court a list of the
documents that he needs? We will try to get them, and then we shall see
if M. Bertillon can make his demonstration. Do you remember what the
documents are?”
M. Bertillon.--“They were numbered from 1 to 30, including three or
four letters from Mathieu Dreyfus and various notes regarding the
service.”
M. Labori.--“Is it for their writing that M. Bertillon needs these
documents?”
M. Bertillon.--“To answer that would be to enter into the substance of
my demonstration. I have told you that I will give it entire or not at
all. If some day I make this demonstration, you will see that I needed
the documents to make it intelligible.”
The Judge.--“This is a matter of judicial identity. Do you contend that
your demonstration is absolutely certain?”
M. Bertillon.--“I consider it superior in certainty to identification
by anthropometric measurements. But I cannot go into such a matter
off-hand and under such circumstances.”
M. Labori.--“Well, if the witness needs time for preparation, we will
adjourn until Monday.”
The proposition was accepted, and the court adjourned.