Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-25
EsTERHAZY REVELATIONS.
Interesting story of the Plot to Sc
cure Dreyfus's Conviction.

LONDON. September 25.-The Observer
this morning continues its Esterhazy rev.
Citations, begun last Sunday. In a long
article. the most salient feature OF when
is Comte Esterhazys disclosure, made II
is asserted, i'm the presence OF more per-
sons than one, that he was the author
of the famous Dreyfus "bordereau, II
is said. ut was intended" he said, 10
constitute material proof OF Dreyfus's
guilt. 1t was known through a french
spy in the service at Berlin that certain
documents had reached the German gene
raj staff. which Dreyfus alone could lave
obtained. 1t was a list Of these docu-
ments which constituted the 'Dordereau.
Dreyfus had been tested In several ways
For instance, a plan for the concentration
of troops on the southeast fronuer hau
been dictated to him, which was qulte
fantastic A short time afterwards our
spies in Italy informed US that the ltai-
ian staff was making notifications in The
fortifeations around Nice, which cores
bonded TO the changes announced III the
ina ginary scheme dictated to Dreyius'
"Then Dreyfus managed to spend long
HOLIDAYS in Alsace, without being appa-
rently found out by the German autnorl-
ties-a very suspicious sign-for IL was
almost impossible for French ofncer 10
remain for any length OF time In the con-
ouered provinces without being iouhu
out. In fact there was considerable
moral proof against Dreyfus before the
trial took place. but no material proof
THE FORGERY.
Colonel Sandherr, who was an ASA
tan. like Dreyfus. but intensely anti
Semitic, determined to forge TINS proof
He was convinced of the accused man s
guilt but IL was necessary, for the pur-
poses Of a court-martial, that documents
should exist.
IT was attached to the intelligence de-
partment, my duty being to watch the
movements OF military attaches accredll-
ed bv the Powers OF the Triple Alliance.
When Colonel Sandherr told me TO write
out the bordereau l did so without the
slightest conjunction. 1 an one o.
those soldiers who follow old medieval
ideas about military discipline. When L
received tho order / obeyed II without
question. | wrote the bordereau because
Colonel Sandherr told me TO do So L
knew. of course, the purpose II was IN
tended to serve. / knew Ii was COM
hitting a forgery. but / also knew that
all intelligence departments In all coun-
tries were run on precisely the same
lines. and IL was impossible 10 achieve
results in any other way
"The Won Tausch case, for instance,
which caused such a sensation In Ger
many. Major Won Tausch confessed TO
having committed forgery, adding tnat
that crime was nothing TO infamies the
Berlin stan had forced him to commit In
of therefore.
the court attempted TO silence him. He
ultimately received the minimum punish
ment prescribed and has since been re-
leased long before his time.
ct Is nearly always necessary 10 manu-
facture material evidence against spies,
because otherwise they would never be
punished.
TO MAKE 1T AUTHENTIC"
.eThe 'bordereau' having been written
II became necessary TO give Ii the indis-
pensable air OF an authentic document
as YOU know IL was supposed 10 nave
been stolen from the German embassy.
Colonel SchwarZkoppen formerly German
military attache in Paris, denied ever
having seen II, and what ne SAID was
perfectly true. The 'bordereau' was hand
ed by an agent of our Intelligence De-
partment to the porter or the German
embassy, VINO Was a Spy III Jul 90 49,
the porter gave II TO another agent named
Genest. and by him it was brought TO
the Intelligence Department, and there
docketed and numbered. as a document
obtained from the German embassy IN
the usual course.
ut was exclusively upon the evidence
of the 'bordereau' that Dreyfus was con-
victed. The document privately shown
TO the officers of the court-martial was
fetched from the War ONCE with the
object of convincing the judges should
they show signs OF wavering. II was the
letter containing the phrase, "Canaille de
D. Now. this letter, which is genuine
and was really written by Schwarzkoppen.
did not refer to Dreyfus at all The gen.
eral staff was absolutely aware OF the
fact that ID" was certain Dolfus,
a building contractor. who. years before.
had supplied the German attache with
plans of the fortifications near Nice"
THE YELLED LADY"
The ex-Ma1or added that the case
against him was quashed In defiance OF
ali law or justice. He said the yelled
lady who appeared In the case was no
other than the wife Of Colonel Patty du
Clam.