The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-12
Another Day of Truth Searching IN
the lola Case.
PICQUART'S TESTIMONY
PUTS THE AFFAIR IN a MOST
DOUBTFUL POSITION.
Testified That He Knew of a Mighty
Superior Officer Whose Name Was
Mentioned as Furnishing Docu-
ments to Foreign Powers - No
Light On the Secret Document"

Paris, Feb. n.-There Were the usual
crowds about the door of the assize
court of the Seine the fifth day of the
trial of NJ lola and NJ. PellieuX COM
menced. NJ. lola and General PellieuX
were greeted with hostile cries when
they arrived. The court was thronged.
The proceedings opened with General
PellieuX on the stand.
General Pellieux testified that Cen
eral SausSier, former military COVER
nor of Paris, desired a public trial for
Major EsterhaZy, but General Billet,
the minister of war. ordered that the
trial be secret. Nevertheless, the wit
ness added, the court martial refused
to keep the entire proceedings secret;
therefore it was impossible to contend
that Major Esterhazy was acquitted
by order of the authorities.
On General Pellieux leaving the stand
NJ. lola said: There are several ways
of serving France. You, general, made
your campaign; but 1 will bequeath
to pOsterity the name of Emile lola,
and posterity will be my judge"
a GOOD WITNESS.
Colonel Picquart was called and mar
rated how he found the fragments of
a Geographic card in 1886 and con-
Guided therefrom that EsterhaZy was
corresponding with suspicious parties.
Colonel Picquart said further; L
was struck with the resemblance OF
Major Esterhazy's handwriting to that
of the Bordereau and l submitted pho
tographs to NJ. Bertillion and NJ. Patty
du Clam, and the gentlemen declared
that it was exactly the same as that
of the Bordereau adding: The Jews
would do anything in the world to
procure that writing Patty du Clam
said it was the handwriting of D-ey-
fus."
Continuing Colonel Picquart said he
knew of a superior officer whose name
was mighty, mentioned as furnishing
documents to foreign powers, adding
that he did not wish to further disclose
secrets while he (the coloneD was still
investigating.
Colonel Picquart pointed out that while
the anti-Dreyfus newspapers published
fac-simileS of the Bordereau. they did not
publish a fac-simile of the letter written
by Dreyfus at Major Patty du CLAIMS die
tation. "as 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
Bordereau.)
Colonel Picquart emphatically denied
General PellieuX's statements that he had
divulged an espionage affair to outsiders.
He admitted sending an agent to Major
Esterhazy's apartments. but he pointed
out that at the time Major Esterhazy's
fiat was advertised TO let and his agent
only brought him an unimportant letter,
which. however, he reserved for COMPARE
son of handwriting. Colonel Picquart
added that he communicated his suspic-
ions of the guilt Of Major Esterhazy to
his chiefs. who never said they had adj
ditional evidence of the guilt of Dreyfus
beyond what ne himself knew.
THE SECRET DOCUMENT.
NJ. Laborie then questioned Colonel Pic
quart regarding the secret document and
the witness said:
Il know of the existence of a secret
document. but l only saw it when General
PellieuX showed it to me-" The witness
could not give any further particulars on
account of the professional secrecy. The
colonel was then asked by NJ. Laborie if
he saw the original Bordereau and adj
mitted that he had, but said he was chiefly
acquainted with the Photographic pro-
auctions circulating at the war ministry.
He also admitted having seen the docu-
ment in which figured the phrase This
canaille" (radicaD-which had been so
much talked about in the French press.
General PallieuX was recalled and again
denounced Colonel Picquart for searching
Major EsterhaZy's rooms, whereupon NJ.
Laborie quickly retorted: But you.
yourself. had Colonel Picquart's room
At the conclusion of his evidence Colonel
Picquart was given an enthusiastic recep-
tiOn