The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-02-12
OPERA BOUFHE TRIAL.
lola Has Little Opportunity to In
troduoe Evidence.
PIOQUART HIS BEST WITNESS,

But Even the Colonel who Was Pun
she For His Beliefin Dreyfus' limo
cence withholds Full Particulars on
Account of "ProfesslonnI Secrecy"
Paris, Feb. 12.-There were the usual
crowds about the assises court of the
Seine yesterday when the fifth day of
the trial of MN. lola n Perreux
commenced. M. lola and Colonel Pic
quart were greeted with hostile cries
on their arrival. The court was throng-
ed. There are still so witnesses to be
examined, and therefore the case will
continue most of next week.
The first witness was General Pei
lieux. The general testified that zen
eral Saussier, the former military gov
ernor of Paris, desired a public trial for
Major Esterhazy, but Genera Billot,
the minister for war, ordered that the
trial be in secret. Nevertheless, the
witness added, the court martial re-
fused to keep the entire proceedings
secret, therefore 1t was impossible to
contend that Major Esterhazy vas ac-
quilted by order of the authorities.
The Dreyfus papers, added Colonel
Pellieux, were sealed after the con-
viction of Captain Dreyfus in 1894, and
were not opened until quite recently,
when the witness opened them in order
to re-examine the writing of the Dor
dereau. The papers had since been
sealed up, and had not been r%eopened.
Colonel Pellieux also said he desired to
emphatically deny the statement of NJ.
lie Blois that NM. lie Blois and Henry
held a two hours conference with him
in a private room.
General PellieauX also said: IF the
members of the court martial who
spilled their blood on battlefields while
others were nc one knows where had
been heard here, they would nave in
dignantly repudiated the accusations
against hem. 1, their chief, will be
their mouthpiece. n I affirm that the
court martial was regular"
On General Pellieux leaving the
stand NJ. lola rose and exclaimed:
There are several ways of serving
France. You, general, made you cam
paigns, but l will bequeath to posterity
the name of Emile lola, and posterity
will be my Judge"
Colonel Picquart was hen called and
narrated how he had acquired frag-
ments of a Geographic card in 1895, and
concluded therefrom that Major Ester
hazy was corresponding with suspicious
CIdTdCleIS. his enters ordered MIN 10
continue his Investigations, n he pro-
cured some of Major E~sterhazy's hand
writing, which, compared with certain
documents, led to the conclusion that
Major Esterhazy was improperly using
official papers.
Colonel Picquart was the best wit
ness for M. lola thus far heard. He
made an excellent impression upon al
present in court. His evidence was
very damaging to his superior officers
II favorable to Dreyfus, and 1t also
showed him to have beeen the victim
of persecution since he began his en-
deavor to probe the truth. AT the con
clusion of his evidence Colonel Pic
quart met with an enthusiastic recep-
ton from the public.
Colonel Picquart emphatically denied
General PellieuX's statement hat he
had divulged an espionage affair to
outsiders. He candidly admitted send.
ing an agent to Major Estarhazy's
apartments, but he pointed out that at
the time Major Esterhazy's 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,
however, reported that a lumber of
letters naQ Deen burned IN Il fireplace.
Colonel Picquart added that he om-
m~unicated his suspicious of the guilt
of Major aEsterhazy to his chiefs, who
never said they had additional evil
dence Of the guilt of Dreyfus beyond
what he himself knew.
Colonel Picquart said he knew a SUI
perior officer whose name was mighty,
mentioned furnishing documents to a
foreign power, adding that he did not
wish to further disclose secrets while
he (the coloneD was still investigating.
He continued: 1.-THE newspapers began
an agitation, and interpretations COM
menced in the chamber, adding to my
difficulties. Then | was sent to Tunis,
where all letters reached me opened.
When I was summoned back to Tunis,
to attend the Esterhazy inquiry, Cen
eral PellieuX treated me as the real de-
PENDANT, refusing to listen to my
charges against Major E~sterhazy."
Colonel Picquart pointed out that
while the anti-Dreyfus papers publish
ed fac sir.i n7 Of the hordereau they