The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-25

that the Italian staff was making modifi-
cations around Nice, which correspondent to
the changes announced in the imaginary
scheme dictated to Dreyfus Then DreyfuS
managed to spend long holidays in Alsace
without being apparently found out by the
herman authorities-a very suspicious sign,
Tor X was almost impossible for a French
officer to remain for any length of time IN
the conquered provinces without being
found out. In fact, there was considerable
moral proof against Dreyfus before the
trial took place. but no material proof.
Colonel Sandherr who was an Alsatian
like Dreyfus, but intensely antisemtic. de-
termined to forge this proof. He was con-
WINGED Of the accused mans guilt, but 1t was
necessary for the purposes of the court-mar-
tial that documents should exist j was at
tached to the intelligence department, my
duty being 10 watch the movements of mil
tttry attaches accredited by the powers of
when Colonel Sandherr told me to write
out the bordereau / did so without the
slightest compunction ] am one of those
men who. soldiers by profession, cling TO
old MEDIEVAL traditions of military dis
cipline. When / received an order / obeyed
ii implicitly and without question. wrote
the bordereau because Colonel Sandherr
told me to do so. knew, of course, the pur-
pose 1t was intended to serve. / knew l was
committing forgery, but | also knew that
same lines and that ii was irnpos-
sible to achieve the results in any
other way. In the Won Tausch case for in
stance, which made so great sensation in
Germany. Major Won Tausch confessed to
having committed forgery, adding that that
crime was nothing to the infafnes the Ber-
lin staff had forced him to commit in con-
nection with other matters. Therefore, the
court attempted to silence him. He ulti-
mately- received the minimum punishment
prescribed and has since been released long
before his time.
1t is nearly always necessary to manu-
facture material evidence again spies, be-
cause otherwise they would never be pun
ished The bordereau having been. written,
It became necessary to give it the indispen-
sable air of an authentic document, as you
know it was supposed to have been stolen
from the German embassy. Colonel
Schwarzkoppen formerly German military
attache ia Paris) denied ever having seen it.
What he said was perfectly true. The bor-
dereau was handed by an agent of our in
telligence department to the porter or the
German embassy, who was spy in our
service. The porter gave 1t to another agent
named GeneSt, and by MIN 1t was brought
to the intelligence department, and there
docketed and numbered as a document OBJ
tanned from the German embassy In the
usf'al course. 1t thus received ofncial pap
tism.
1T was exclusively upon the evidence Of
tine bordereau that Dreyfus was condemned.
The document, privately shown to the om-
GERS of the court-martial, was .tched from
fhe War Office during the Huis Odes, with
the object of convincing the judges snould
they show signs of Waver1ng. II was the
letter containing the phrase De canallle
Now this letter. which is genuine and
was really written by Colonel Schwartzkop-
pen, did not refer TO Dreyfus at all. The
general staff was absolutely aware of the
fact that D was a certain Dolfus, a
building contractor who years before had
supplied the German attache with plans OF
the fortticationS near Nice.
The ex-najor added that the case against
him was quashed in defiance of all law and
justice. He said the yelled lady who APP
nared in the case was no other than the
wife If Colonel Din PatV de Clam.