The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-29
ENEMIES AFTER ESTERHAzY.
ANTI-FRENCH UTTERANCEs CRED
TIED TO THE COUNT.

TIED To THE COUNT,
They Are Taken From Letters He Is
Alleged to Have Written-Onc Ex-
tract Represents Him as Saying IL
100000 Frenchmcn NiIIcd-AnOth-
er Expresses "a Desire 10 BE IA Cap
tain of UhIans Sabering French
men.
Paris. Nov. 2S-The Figaro has caused
a sensation to-day in connection with the
Dreyfus affair, by publishing several let
ters purporting to have been written by
Comte Ferdinand Walstin Esterhazy, who
has been accused by NJ. Scheurer- Kest-
ner one of the vice presidents of the Sem
ate, OF being the author of the unsigned
letter which led to the condemnation of
Capt. Dreyfus.
In one of them, after expressing his in
tention to enter the Turkish service,
Comte Esterhazy is represented as saying:
L shall not leave without having played
a trick of my own on those amlabe
Frenchmen."
Other passages, illustrating the charac-
ter of the letters, follow:
Our cowardiy and ignorant great chiefs
will go once more to people German pris-
ons."
Il should be perfectly happy if were
told was to be killed tomorrow as a
captain of Uhlans sabering Frenchmen."
II am capable of great things or crimes
II they will avenge me. l would not harm
a little dog, but / would have 100000
Frenchmen killed with pleasure"
Comte Esterhazy proceeds to say that
trenchmen are not worthy of the cart
ridges intended to kill them" and ne con-
Jures up dream of festivity" in the
shade, OF the pillars of Paris by a hun
dred thousand drunken soldiers.
Interviewed by reporters to-day az to
the publications in the Figaro of letters
purporting to be of his authorship, Comte
Esterhazy displayed great indignation and
declared that they were forged by the
secretary and by Dreyfus who, he said
had taken words and sentences from his
letters, and pieced them together by
process with which he was acquainted
He said also that he had been warned
some days back that such a publication
would be made.
lie Jour doubts the authenticity of the
letters
Shortly after Figaro appeared, Comte
Esterhazy visited Gen. Pelieux, who was
appointed by Gen. Saussier the military
governor of Paris, to conduct the In
vestigation of the charges which have been
brought against him, and protested
against what he alleges is a fresh cal
umny"
A semi-oficial note tonight says that
Gen. Pellieuxs investigation was almost
finished. but that he will now examine into
the authenticity of these letters. then he
will act with absolute impartiality and
see to 1t that satisfaction is given to the
honor of the army, to justice and Truth
Gen. PellieuX this afternoon interrogated
Col. Picquart. who was summoned from
Tunis in connection with the Dreyfus af-
fair, and whose statements were reported
to be the basis of the accusations origi-
nally brought against Comte Esterhazy.
AS cabled to the Associated Press Sat
urday, the Figaro of that day said that
Gen. Pellieux had seized letters written
by Comte Esterhazy to several persons,
in which the writer had insulted and vio-
lently attacked the heads of the French
army.
According to the Intransigeant of Sat
urday, Col. Picquart has been sentenced
to thirty days detention IN a fortress for
his reflections on Comte Esterhazy.
Prior to the Figaro's publication of the
letters referred to in the foregoing dis
patch, 1t was understood in Paris that the
result of Gen. Pelieux's inquiry would
be announced Tuesday to Gen. Bilot,
minister of war.
In a letter referring TO an actress, Comte
Esterhazy is represented as writing: Il
am quite at the mercy of this drolesse
(contomptibe creature) If l make the
slightest mistake toward her. 1 wish l
was in Siam, and could make her follow
me there. One of my Spahis muskets
going off, as if by chance, would cure her
forever"
Tomorrow the Figaro will print fac sim
lies of the alleged Esterhazy letters, and
will maintain that they are genuine.
The Echo de Paris will say tomorrow
that Comte de Esterhazy is the "victim of
the horrible vengeance of the widow of
former superior officer" The paper as
serts that she sold letter to the Dreyfus
syndicate for 1900 francs and then COM
menced the work of elaboration.