The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-12
He Gives Damaging Evidence Against
His Superior omcers and the
ExiIe's Prosecutors.
GEN. PELLlEUX'S TESTIMONY
1T PROvoKEs AN OUTBURsT FROM
THE NOTED DEFENDANT.
Intrigues of Government and Army
OmciaIs-ZoIa Hooted by "a Mob
on Leaving the Court.

| crowds about the AssiZes Court of the Seine
to-day when the fifth day of trial of NM.
lola and Perrieux commenced. NJ. lola
and Colonel Picquart were greeted with
hostile cries on their arrival. The court
was thronged. The chief witnesses were
| Colonel Picquart and General Pellieux Col.
| Picquart was the best witness for NJ lola
| thus far heard His evidence was very
damaging to his superior officers and favor
able to Dreyfus, and it also showed him to
have been the victim Of persecution since he
began his endeayor to probe the truth AT
the conclusion of his evidence, Colonel
Picquart met with an enthusiastic reception
from the public There We're cries of viva
| Picquart.' and viva farmee" which
many of the lawyers joined. The higher
military officers were visibly annoyed at the
effect of Colonel Picquarts testimony The
mob outside the court gave a conflicting re-
ception to Colonel Picquart. There was a
tremendous tumult and a few .'Boos" for
NJ lola but there was no serious incident.
| M. Zola's carriage, on leaving the Palas
de Justice was followed by a knot of peo-
pie, shouting Death to Zolai'' who could be
heard through the carriage windows ex-
claiming THE cowards!" The police dis
persed thousand people who were burn
ing pro-Zoa journals. Many arrests were
made, but the persons arrested were quickly
liberated.
The proceedings to-day opened with the
recall of General Pellieux, who testified
that General Saussier the former military
governor of Paris, desired a public trial of
| Major Esterhazy, but General Bllot, the
minister of war, ordered that the trial be
secret. Nevertheless, the witness added,
the court-martal refused to keep the entire
j proceedings secret, therefore it was impos-
sible to contend that Major Esterhazy was
acquitted by order of the authorities
General Pellieux also said: "If the mem
bers of the court-martial who spilled their
blood on battlefields, while others were no
one knows where prolonged uproar) had
been heard here they would have indg-
nantly repudiated the accusations against
them. /, their chief, will be their mouth
piece and | affirm that the court-martial
was regular"
Referring to the papers examined at the
War Office by unauthorized persons, the
general said they referred to carrier pig
cons, and not to Dreyfus. The Dreyfus pa
/ pers, added General Pelieux, We're sealed
after the conviction of Captain Dreyfus in
| 1894, and We're n0tnopened until quite re-
Gently, when the witness opened them in
order to re-examine the writing of the bor-
i dereau. The papers had since been sealed
up and had not been reopened. General
/ Pellieux also said he desired to emphat-
ically deny the statement of NJ LIE BIois.
that MN. H. Blois and Henry held a two
| hours conference with him in a private
| ROOM
! On General Pellieux leaving the stand.
| M. lola arose and exclaimed: There are
several ways of serving France. You, gen
eral, made your campaigns but / will be-
queath to posterity the name of Emile lola.
and posterity will be my judge"
Colonel Picquart was then called and mar
| rated how he had acquired fragments of a
Geographic card in 1896, and concluded
| therefrom that Major Esterhazy was CORE
| spending with suspicious characters He
procured some of Major Esterhazys hand
writing, which, compared with certain doc
uments, led to the conclusion that Major
Esterhazy was improperly using the papers.
| Colonel Picquart said, further: II was
| struck with the resemblance of Major Els
| terhazy's handwriting to that of the bor-
doreau and l submitted photographs to III.
| Bertillon and Major Patty du Clam. and M.
Bertillon declared it was exactly the same
as that of the bordoreau. adding: The Jews
would do anything in the world to procure
that writing MAJOR P&ty du Clam said it
was the handwriting of DreyfuS.' y
Continuing Colonel Picquart said he knew
a superior officer. whose was
toned as furnishing documents to a foreign
/ power, adding that he did not wish to fur
| Their disclose secrets. While he, the colonel,
Was still Investigating, THE newspapers be-
! gan agitation and interpretations COM
menced in the Chamber of Deputies, adding
to my difficulties. Then | was sent to Tunis,
where all letters sent to me were opened.
! When / was summoned back from Tunis to
attend the Esterhazy inquiry, General Pei
i lieux treated me as the real defendant, re-
! fusng to listen to my charges against Es-
! terhaZy.
Colonel Picquart pointed out that while
the anti-Dreyfus papers published fac
| SMILES of the bordereau, they did not pub
| lish a fac-simile of the letter written by
/ Captain Dreyfus at Major Patty du CLAIMS
| dictation, las it would have been too en-
| barrassing' the witness implying that a
comparison would have tended to show that
! Dreyfus was not the author of the border
Colonel Picquart emphatically denied Gen
! Pellieux's statement. of yesterday that he
/ had divulged an espionage affair to out
! siders. He candidly admitted sending an
| agent to Major Esterhazys apartments, but
he pointed out that at the time Major Es-
! terhazys flat was advertised to let, and his
| agent only brought him an unimportant
letter which, however served for a COM
! parison of handwriting. The agent, how
| ever, reported that number of letters had
| been burned in the fireplace. Colonel Pic
| quart added that he communicated his sus-
picions of the guilt of Major Esterhazy to
| his chiefs. who never said they had lddi-
| tional evidence of the guilt of Dreyfus DE
/ yOnG what he himself knew. The witness
| concluded with stating that the intrigues of
| the officials of which he had been the vic
| tim had been aimed to prevent him from
| demonstrating the guilt of Major Ester
| hay.
M Laborie then questioned Colonel Pic
| quart regarding the secret document and
the witness said: II know of the existence
| of the secret document, but | only saw it
/ when General Pellieux showed ii to me"
The witness could not give any further par
ticulars account OF professional Sc
| crecy"
| The colonel was then asked by NJ. I4aborie
| if he saw the original bordereau, and adj
! mitted that he had. but said he chief
! ly acquainted with the Photographic
| productions circulated at the ministry.
! He also admitted having seen the docu-
/ ment in which figures the phrase this
| canaille,'' which has been SO much talked
| about i'm the French press.
| General Pellieux was recalled and again
| denounced Colonel Picquart for searching
! Major Esterhazy's rooms. wherepuon NJ.
| I4aborie quickly retorted. But you your
| self had Colonel Picquarts rooms
searched"
This sally was greeted with loud applause
| and when quiet was restored q heated alter
| cation occurred between M Lahore and
General Pellieux the latter affirming that
| Matthew Dreyfus mad not submitted fresh
| proof OF the guilt Of Major Esterhazy.
Nj Laborie then asked for the testimony
| Of the agent who furnished the government
| with the famous bordereau. Major Louth,
| OF the intelligence department, explained
that the man was simply q transmitting
medium and knew nothing.