DREYFUS case. Pierre TEYSSONNIÈRES (1834-1912) handwriting expert, one of the three experts appointed by the Minister of Justice (along with Charavay and Pelletier), following the Bertillon report, to rule on the author of the "bordereau"; he was the only one to rule in favor of Dreyfus's guilt. L.A.S., Paris May 15, 1895, to a journalist; 4pages in-8. An astonishing letter, in which the expert confirms his conclusions on Dreyfus's guilt, claiming that he deliberately falsified his handwriting. After a lengthy account of his background, he turns to the case: "Four experts were appointed and asked to produce separate reports. At the Council of War hearing, I learned that three of my colleagues concluded that Alfred Dreyfus was not guilty. I alone concluded that Alfred Dreyfus was guilty, and the unanimous conviction of the members of the Conseil de Guerre proves that I had convinced the council with tangible and irrefutable evidence. He was sworn in on October 22, 1894, and submitted his report on the 29th. On November 18, he was "struck off the list of experts, one month before the Council of War hearing [...]. By chance, design or fate, my career as an expert has been ruined by suspicions of incapacity or lack of probity; but I will defend myself. No doubt taking advantage of this disaster, my colleagues the engravers have not failed to take advantage of my judicial rout to humiliate me as an artist"... He asks that this letter not be published...