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Several Witnesses Put on the Stand
Yesterday.
(By Telegraph.)
PARIS. Feb. 10.-The examination of
NJ Trarieux, the former minister of JUS
tice, was completed atstoday's session
fore which NJ. lola and M. Perreux.
manage of the Anrore, are being tried.
Major Patty du ClanISwas called and
refused to reply to questions put to
him relative to Nine. iiDe Eomminges.
The Major also refused to reply to
fessional secrecy."ss4s
General Come and Colonel Henri
gave an explanation to the indiscretions
of Colonel PicQuart, who had knowl-
edge OF some OF the secret papers of the
ministry for war. W.
The sitting was thenssamporarily s,1s-
pended, and when it WAS resumed Gen
eral Pellieux said he would tell the
whole truth and not plead professional
secrecy"
Mr. Trarleux said tltssTw;hile he was
minister of justice he, bad nothing to
do with the Dreyfus AFFAIR. lie APP
proved of NJ. Scheurer-K estner's agita-
tion of the matter. When 'Commandant
Fornisetti was called, M. Deligorgue
presiding judge. refused toallow him t.
De dueStiolltu --FtHe
case, and NJ. Laborie, counsel for M
ZOla, announced that owing to the ac-
ton of the court, he would abandon the
examination of 'Commandant Fornieset-
ii and Captain Northumberland, and
Others whom he only desired to s1ues-
ton regarding the DreXfus case.
Major dOrmeschevilie, Colonel Maui
rel and several other members of the
|Dreyfus court martial entered the witt
ness stand. but the presiding judge re-
fused to allow any question touching
on the Dreyfus case, and SO M. Laborie
abandoned their examination.
General Pellieux, oil the witness
stand. said it was time THE truth be-
came known. He then proceeded to re-
late the story of the Esterhazy inquiry
and said NJ. Matthew 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 outbuE'st against Colo
mel Picquart, whom ne accused of d-
vulging an espinage affair to an out
slider, exclaiming: "Such conduct is
shameful"
Referring to the 'bordereau, the Col
one! declared that the alleged fac sim
lilies published We're all fictitious.
As to the compromising letter sent to
Major Esterhazy, which might raise
suspicious that had shady relations
said:
1T is inconceivable that any one
could be SO naive aS,sto employ 'ahis
method of correspondence in a matter
OF such gravity"
General Pe!lieux here expressed in
dignation at the inexcusable, action of
Colonel Picquaint in having Major Es-
terhaZy's rooms burglarized without
authority of any kind
Colonel Picquaint adani tied this the
witness continued, and" he added,
when the court martial acquitted Ma
jor l!sterhazy I was not astonished.
was proud of having thus contribu
ted to the acquittal of Major Ester
haZy, which proves that in the French
army there are not two, but only one
TRAITOR
NJ Dupuy, TIE forIfsr premier, was
then called, and NJ Laborie began to
question him regarding the case OF
Dreyfus, which the presiding judge We
toed. whereupon M. Laborie announced
that he would throw up the examina
ton of M. Dupuy and other former
premiers, as the rulings of the presid-
ing judge made it fruitless. NJ. Theve
net, a former minister of justice. VINO
was next examined, said he could cas-
lily understand why NJ. Zola was exer-
cised by the "veiled lady" story. NJ.
Cor complete light had not been thrown
upon this matter. and NJ. zola's was
not the only mind troubled.
NJ. TheVenet expressed satisfaction at
the acquittal of Major Esterhazy, which.
he said, proved there We're ma traitors
in the French army, but he boldly in
sisted that complete light had not
been cast upon this grave affair. which,
he added, interested the whole of Eu-
rope He further expressed regret that
tie government had not spoken, in order
to restore tranquility for the country.
Continuing M. Thevenet said he was
astonished that the officers, instead Of
giving testimony, should have taken
refuge behind professional secrecy"
iM.salle, "a lawyer, followed M Theve-
net on the witness stand. The presid-
ing judge Immediately refused to allow
questions to DE put to him concerning
the Dreyfus case, and a heated discus
sion between the judge and NJ. Labore
ensued. The latter asked for a short
adjournment in order to draw up for
NAL application that these questions be
allowed.
When the hearing was resumed, M.
La'bOrie submitted the application re-
ferred to NJ. Ciemenceau, counsel for
the Aurore. supporting him in skill
full manoeuvre. The latter asked that
formal notice'ibe taken of the fact that
NJ. Sale, on the witness stand. has not
denied that he was aware, through
member of the court martial, that a Sc
crat document was submitted to Tie
court martial.
The court refused both applications.
but M. Clemenceau, by this ingenious
expedient of regarding a question in the
form of an application, practically OBJ
tanned what he wanted.
The court then adjourned.
LONDON, Feb. 10.--According to
special dispatch from Paris, Mne.
Dreyfus is so seriously i'll, owing 20
worry. that she is unable to appear on
the witness stand in the lola trial, and
in any case. she refuses to furnish any
further testimony.
Miss Lee Cook in Norfolk
Miss Lee Glencora Cook, formerly a
teacher in the Newport News Female
Seminary. has arrived at Norfolk from