The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-11
EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED
COUNSEL LABoRIE UNABLE TO PROCEED
Madame Dreyfus III, But in Any Case Refuses
to Give More Testimony General PelIieuH
Makes Partisan Speech From
the Witness Stand.
the Witness Stand.

Paris, Feb. 10.-The examination OF
NJ. TrarieuX, the former Minister OF
Justice, was completed at to-day's ses-
sion at the .Assizes court Of the Seine,
before which NJ. lola and NJ. Pelleux,
manager of the Aurore, are being tried.
Major Patty Du Clam was called and
refused to reply to questions put to him
relative to Mime De COmminges.
The Major also refused to reply to
other questions, ON the ground of pro
fessional secrecy"
General Gonse and Col. Henry gave
explanation of the indiscretions Of Col.
Picquart, who had knowledge of some
of the secret papers of the Ministry for
War.
The sitting was then temporarily sus-
pended and when it was resumed Gen
eral PellieuX. who was appointed to III
vestigate the Dreyfus case and upon
whose report Major Esterhazy was
court martialed, was examined. General
Pcllieux said he would tell the whole
truth and not plead professional Sc
crecy."
Mr.. Trarieux said that while he was
Minister of Justice he had nothing to
do with the Dreyfus affair. He APP
proved of NJ. Scheurer-Kestner's agita-
tion of the matter.
When commandment FOrnisetti was
called. NJ DelegOrgue, presiding judge,
refused to allow him to be questioned
regarding the Dreyfus case, and NJ.
Lab0rie. counsel for NJ. lola, announced
that owing to the action of the court, he
would abandon the examination of
C0mmandant Forniesetti and Captain
Lebrun-Renaud, and Others whom he
only desired to question regarding the
Dreyfus case.
Major d Ormescheville, Colonel Man
rel and several other members of the
Dreyfus court martial entered the wit
ness stand. hut the presiding judge re-
fused to allow any question touching on
the Dreyfus case and so NJ. Laborie
abandoned their examination.
General Pellieux, on the witness
stand, said it was time the truth became
known. He then proceeded to relate the
story of the Esterhazy inquiry, and said
NJ. Mathicu Dreyfus and NJ Scheurer-
kestner both admitted that they could
not prove the charges against Major
Esterhazy.
General Pellieux then INDUCED amid
applause, in an Outburst against Colonel
Picquart, whom he accused of divulging
an espionage affair TO an outsider, ex-
claiming:
'Such conduct is Shameful
Referring to the Bordereau, the Col
onel declared that the alleged fac SMILES
published were all fictitious.
As to the compromising letter sent to
Major Esterhazy, which might raise
suspicious that he had shady relations
with a foreign agent, General Pellieux
said:
1T is inconceivabIe that any one could
be so naive as to employ this method of
correspondence in matter Of such grav-
ity."
General Pellieux here expressed in
dignation at the ''inexcusable action Of
Colonel Picquart in having Major Es-
terhazy's rooms burglarized without au-
thority of any kind"
Colonel Picquart admitted this" the
witness continued, ''and," he added.
when the court martial acquitted
Major Esterhazy / was not astonished.
| was proud of having contributed TO
the acquittal Of Major Esterhazy. which
proves that in the French army there
are not two, but only one traitor"
NJ. .Dupuy, the former Premier. was
thea called, and NJ Laborie began to
question him regarding the case of
Drcyfus, which the presiding Judge We
toed, Whereupon NJ. Laborie announced
that he would throw mp the examina-
ton of Nj. Dupuy and other former min
listers, as the rulings of the presiding
judge made it fruitless.
Nj. Ihevenet, a former Minister of
Justice, who was next examined, said
he could easily understand why NJ. lola
was exercised by the ''veiled lady" story.
Nj. lola, he added, had acted in good
faith, for complete light had not been
thrown upon this matter, and NJ. Zoa's
was not the only mind troubled.
NJ. 1hevenet expressed satisfaction at
the acquttal Of Major Fsterhazy. which
he said proved there were no traitors in
the French army, but he ''boldly insist
ed' that complete light had not been
cast upon this grave affair, which, he
added, interested the whole of Europe.
lie further expressed regret that the
government had not spoken, in order to
restore tranquility for the country.
Continuing, Mr.. Thevenet said he was
astonished that the officers, instead of
giving oren testimony, should have
taken refuge behind professional
secrecy"
NJ. Sale, a lawyer, followed NJ. The
yenet on the witness stand The pre-
siding judge Immediately refused to al
low questions to be put to him concern
ing the Dreyfus case, and heated dis
cussion between the Judge and NJ. La
boria ensued. The latter asked for
short adjournment in order to draw up a
formal application that these questions
be allowed.
When the hearing was resumed, NJ.
Laborie submitted the application reier-
red 10 NJ. Clemeneau. counsel for the
Aurore, supporting him in Il skllllui
manouever. The latter asked thar TOT
mai notice be taken of the fact that NJ.
Sale, on the witness stand, mas not
denied that he was aware, throusn
member of the court-martial, tilat q Sc
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