The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
ESTERHAzY'S LETTERS,
Figaro Causes a Sensation in Con-
nGCtiOn With the DreyfuS Affair.

Paris Nov. e0.-The Figaro has caused
u sensation to-day in connection With the
Dreyfus affair by publishing several let
tiers purporting to have been written nv
Conte Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, who
has been accused by NJ. Scheuwer- Kest-
ner, one of the vice -presiuents of the SEN
ate, OF being the author of tao unsigned
letter which led to the condemnation of
Dreyfus.
In one OF them, after expressing his in
tention to enter the Turkish service,
Comte l;sterha2y il represented as say
ing: II shall not leave without having
played trick of my OVID OH those ama-
HE FreDchmen."
Other passages illustrating the charac
ter OF the letters follows:
Our co Sardly and ignorant great
chiefs will 20 once more to people the
herman prisons.
~ should he perfectly happy if were
told was to he killed tomorrow "A. n
captain Of Uhlans S ,breing Frenchmen.
II am carable Of great things or crimes
If that could aveuge me. would not
harm little dog, but | would have "A
hundred thousand Frenchmcn killed with
PLEASURE
Comte EsterhnZy proceeds to say that
"Erenchmen are rot worthy of cartridges
intended to kill them," and he centuries
up dream of festivity' in the shape of
the piilage al Paris by Il hundred thou
sand drunken soldiers
COUNT ESTERHAXY INDIGNANT.
Interview by reporters to-day us to the
publications. in the Figaro of letters pur.
porting to he of his authorship, Comte
Esterhnzy displayed great Indignation
ana declared that they were forged by
friends OF Drcvfus, who, he said, had
taken words and sentences from his let
tiers and pieced them together by a pro
cess with which he was acquainted He
also said that he had been warned some
days back that such Il publication would
be made.
lie Jour doubts the authenticity of the
letters. Shortly after Figaro appeared
Connie Esterhazy visited General Pei
lleuN, who was appointed by General
Saussier, the military governor of Paris.
to conduct the investigation of the
charges which have been brought against
nm, and protested against what he al
leges is u fresh calumny.' 4 semi
Official note to night says that General
PeliieuV's investigation was almost lin
ished, but that he will now examine into
the authenticity of these letters: that hc
"ill act With absolute importantly, and
see to it that satisfaction is given to the
honor Oh the army, TO justice and 30
truth.
General l'elleux this afternoon inter.
rogated Colonel licquart, who was sum
moped from Tuais in connection with she
Dreyfus affair, and whose statements
were represented to he the basis of the
accusations originally brought against
Comte EsterhaZy.
The Figaro of Saturday saidu,that Gen
eral Pellieuz had seized letters write
hy Comtc Esterha2y to several persons,
in which the writer had insulted and
violently attacked the heads of the
French army. According to the Intran-
sigent OF saturday, Colonel Picaurat
had been sentenced to thirty days deten.
tin in fortress fer his reflection on
Comte Esterhazy. Previous to the
tiearo's publication of the letters re-
fefred to in the foregoing dispatch,it was
understood in Paris that the result of
General PellieuX's inquiry would be an.
nonnced on Tuesday to General Billot,
minister of war.