Iron County register., 1897-12-02
THE DREYFUS AFFAIR.
Sensation Caused by Publication,
of Letters.
Their Authorship Not Yet Certain put Az
tributed by One of the Vice-Presioenss
of the Senate to COmte Ferdinand
and walsin Esterhazy.

PARIS. Nov. 29.-T he Figaro mas
caused sensation in connection VAIN
| the Dreyfus affair by publishing sew
eral letters purporting to have Deen
written by Comte Ferdinand and wal
sin Esterhazy. who has been accused
by NJ. Scheruer-Kestner, one OF the
vice-presidents of the senate, OF being
the author of the letter which led 10
the condemnation of Dreyfus.
In one of them after expressing has
| intention to enter the Turkish service,
Comte Esterhazy is represented as say
ing:
Il shall not leave without having
| played a trick of my own on those
Rmiable Frenchmen."
Other passages illustrating the chSr-
acter of the letters follow:
'Our cowardly and ignorant great
chiefs will go once more'to people Ger
man prisons"
II should be perfectly happy IL
were told was to be killed tomorrow
as a captain of uhlans sabering French
men,"
II am capable of great things or
crimes if that could avenge me.
would not harm little dog. but L
WOulu nave d - ASAS@~S
men killed with pleasure"
Comte Esterhazy proceeds to say
that "Frenchmen are not worthy OF
the cartridges intended to kill them"
and he conjures up dream OF festlv-
ity" in the shape of the pillage OF Paris
by a hundred thousand drunken SOL
dierS
Interviewed by reporters yesterday
as to the publication in the Figaro OF
letters purporting to be of his author
ship, Comte Esterhazy displayed great,
Indignation, and declared that they
were forged by the friends of Drey-
fus, who, he said, had taken words
and sentences from his letters and
pieced them together by a 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. Pellieux, who
was appointed by Gen. Saussier, the
military governor of Paris, to conduct.
the investigation of the charges which
have been brought against him and
protested against what he alleges Is q
fresh calumny.
A semi-official note says that Gen.
Pellieux' investigation was almost fin-
ished, but that he will now examine
into the authenticity of these letters,
when he will act with absolute Impair
tiality, and see to it that satisfaction is
given to the army, to justice and to.
truth.
Gen. Pellieux interrogated Col. Pic
quart, who was summoned from Tunis
in connection with the Dreyfus affair,
and whose statements were reported
to be the basis of the accusations orig.
inally against Comte Esterhazy.
AS cabled to the press Saturday the
Figaro of that day said Gen. Pellieux,
had seized letters written by Comte
Esterhazy to several persons, in which
the writer had insulted and violently
attacked the heads of the French army
According to the Intransigeant of Sat
urday, Col. Picquart had been SEN
fenced to 80 days detention in fort
ress for his reflections ON Comte Ester
hazy. Prior to the Figaro'A publica,
tion of the letters referred to in the
foregoing dispatch, it was understood
in Paris that the result of Gen. Pei.
lieux's inquiry would be announced to-.
morrow (Tuesday) to Gen. Billot, min
lister of war.