San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-04
THE YELLED LADY.
Puts in An Appearance But With
holds Her Name.

Puts in An Appearance But With
holds Her Name.
New York, Dec, 4.-According to the
Paris edition of the New York Herald
General Pelliux is continuing his in
ouiry into the charges brought by M.
Matthew Dreyfus against Major Copte
Ferdinand Esterhazy, though neither
accuser nor accused have been ex-
amined by him. The former holds
himself at the disposal of the author
tiles and according to the statement
of one of his friends, he will remain
In Paris until the end of the Inquiry.
Comte EsterhaZy accorded an In
teryiew to a reporter of the Temps.
The conversation turned upon the sub
ject of the yelled lady from whom the
officer has stated he received the
photograph of an important document
which conclusively proves Captain
Dreyfus to be guilty.
You are doubtless aware of the
articles" said the representative of the
Temps, (which have appeared on the
subject of the identity of the yelled
lady While some say that this mys-
FERROUS person is the wife of a dip
lomatlst accredited to the French gov.
eminent, others pretend that she is
the friend of an official who is mix
ed up In. the Dreyfus affair" At that
momeIfp Major Esterhazy broke in
with the words: Perhaps both" at
the same time smiling mysteriously.
Really, then you are not ignorant
of the identity of the lady you call
"a good face why not disclose itT'
"All our solicitation says the
Temps, "were in vain"
Major Esterhazy, who SCENE to re-
greet his interruption, refused to say
anything more about the yelled lady
except that he had not seen her since
the time of his nocturnal assignment
Does EsterhaZy know the yelled lady
or not? The question is one full of
doubt 1t was only the other day
that she paid a visit to the Croix Of.
flee under the following circum-
stances as stated by Pere Bailey,
who has been interviewed by the
Soir.
II have no reason to hide the matter
from you" said Pere Bailey. Eyes
at 3 O'clock in the evening at the lat
ter end of October, a fairly well
dressed lady came to ask us to print
a certain document. AS l was occu.
pied the manager Of the Bonnie Presse
received her. Because of the strange,
ness of the paper in her possession the
manager expressed wish to refer the
matter to me. / shall be very willing
replied the lady, but / cannot wait
here for long time and at all cost
do not want it to be known who am
| will leave the document and return
in two hours for your reply.
The document was then brought To
me and | examined it," continued Pere
Bailey. 81 found it was a factum
drawn up in terms almost identical
with those given by the newspapers
two days ago. The same accusations
were brought against a superior of.
ficer, now in Tunis but the name was
given. There as an initial TX" and
il / remember rightly. that was the
only difference between the document
and the article published since.
Because of the gravity of these
statements / decided that could moi
print the document unless 1 knew al
least the name of the person whd
brought 1t. So when she returned al
O'Clock l put the mater to her
III rs impossible she said, 4 must re-
main absolutely unknown. l regret
IL very much because I should much
nave liked the document printed here.
Our manager then advised her to
take 1t to some other newspaper
She cried out, the Libre Parole. he is
well known there but he does NOT
wish to address himself there The
mysterious lady then withdrew"