The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-26

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 appar-
emily found out by the German anthori-
ties-a very suspicious sign. ior II was
almost impossible for a French officer 10
remain for any length of time in the con
o,ered provinces without being found OUT.
In fact there was considerable moran piooh
against Dreyfus before the trial TOOK pl'ee'
but no material proof. .,.;,,
Colonel Sandherr, who was an Hi7a.t'i''
like Dreyfus. but intensely anti-Seml'lc'
Ga+orn,ined to forge this proof. lie was
convinced of the accused man $ Sullt, ou'
II was necessary for the purposes % INC
courtmartial that documents shoulo eAi"''
Watched Military Attaches.
ar was attached to the intelhsehce ue
,,,rtmnnt nv duty being to watch the
movements of military attaches accieui'ou
by the powers of the trlple ',i' ,i,,
when Colonel Sandherr tod me 10 VIZ
+ +bn hordereau, l did without the
,irb+oet conjunction. | am one oi 'ho9"
mon who are soldiers by prolessioh, e'
cling TO old medieval traditions OIL lIlili'a.S
discipline When ] received an VI uel o"0'
o. if implicitly and without queStion
wrote the bordereau because Coloiiel ~
,'ar,. told me TO. [ knew, of course 'iio
ie4i ne, - vac intended to serve. L knew
: Tos committing a forgery; put "iso
looyy that all intelligence departments al
~ countries were run on precisely INC
same lines, and that it was lihpos'si'''
~cbiave the results in any other way
.I, the Won Tausch case. Tor instance
il ,,+Ido ca great sensation in Germany
Naior Won Tausch confessed W idN.le
,Sr,,ittnd forgery. adding that the CRIME
o,, nothing TO the infamleS that he i""
bear forced to do in connection WIN o'nol
,ratters Therefore, the court ocllo
silence him. He ultimately receiVeo 1lo
minimum punishment and mas slnce oeoA
released.
Must Manufacture Evidence.
eft is nearly always necessary 10 il'a in'.
facture material evidence against Sp4I''
ha,,area otherwise they would never De
,,'is%7o1 The bordereau having been writ
Ten If became necessary to give II t"e ~
dieransabIe air of an authentic document
-, van know if was supposed to nave peen
stolen from the German embassy. ooioilol
Scbwarzkoppen. formerly German ilil'ilals
attache in Paris, denied ever hdNlhs So
II What he said was perfectly true Ing
bordereau was handed by an agent Oh our
intelligence department. to the porter o.
the German embassy, who was a spy Ill
our service. The porter gave it to another
apnnt named GencSt, and by MN 1t was
brought to the intelligence department ana
there docketcd and numbered as docu-
ment obtained from the German embassy,
in the usual course. 1t thus received OIL
cal baptism.
1T was exclusively upon the evidence OF
the bordereau that Dreyfus was condemn
ed The document privately shown to the
officers of the courtmartial was fetched
from the war department during the trlal
with the object of convincing judges should
they show signs of wayering. II was the
letter containing the phrase de canaile de
D Now this letter, which is genuine, and
was really written by Colonel Schwarz-
koppen did not refer to DreyfuS at all:
The general staff was absolutely aware OF
the fact that D was Il certain DolfusS, a
building contractor, who years before had
supplied the German attaChc with plans OF
the Notifications near Nice"
The eX-major added that the ease against
him was quaShcd in defiance of all law
and justice. lie said the yelled lady who
al peared in the case was no other than the
wife of Colonel Patty duClam.