The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-01


The witness added that Capt D'Attele
was present when the statement was
MADE. Referring to articles in the news
papers In regard to the confession, Capt.
LebrunRenaut said
Gen Mercier said to me: Go to the
Elysee and repeat to the President of the
republic what you have tod me-
While was in the ante-room heard
some one make remarks about me in very
dlscourteous terms. NJ. Dupuy ushered
me before the President who said: You
nave mad relations with journalists and
nave been indiscreet. Certain articles
nave appeared in the newspapers
I replied that perhaps Journalists were
among the persons l had seen, but l said
l had not spoken directly to journalists
No mention was made of the confession
ana L LETT after having received a lecture
from the President"
Questioned by Judges.
One Of the judges asked the witness
if he did not remember hearing Dreyfus
say that the documents delivered were
only copies to which Capt. Lebrun-Re-
nault replied:
Il do not recollect do not remember
that phrase But he may have said it.
l talked with Dreyfus for a quarter of an
hour. The sentence I have quoted was
that which I jotted down in my note
book"
judge: What did Gen. Mercier tell
you when you mentioned the confession
to him."
Capt. Lebrun- -Renault: He asked what
Dreyfus had said and then told me to go
to the Elysee and describe the confession
But l was given no time to mention it
then"
The judge: did you go there for that
purpose?"
Capt. -Renault: II went there for
that purpose"
The judge 1T is a great pity you said
nothing on the subject"
Capt. Lebrun- -Renault: 'I had no time
to speak of it,"
A judge; did the President know why
you came to the Elysee?"
Capt. Lebrun- -Renault: "The President
was notified that l was coming. For my
part, I was somewhat intimidated, which
is easily explained. l heard myself de-
scribed as a traitor camille and cur
That was not encouTa ging."
NJ. Demange asked the witness If it vere
really a conversation with Dreyfus or if
the prisoners remarks consisted of a
broken dialogue, as Capt. Gose had said.
Capt. Lebrun-Renault: "Dreyfus spoke
10 me. but l did not reply"
NJ. Demange asked the witness how he
could detect confessions in a sentence con-
tanning the words: Il am innocent In
three years my innocence win be acknowl-
edged"
For the Defense to Explain.
Capt. Lebrun- -Renault: 1T is not for me
to reconcile the inconsistencies of a SEN
tence In which the material fact that
documents had been communicated was
admitted. 1t is not for me to give an ex-
planaton. 1t is for Dreyfus and the de-
fense to explain. l heard this sentence.
l was only a kind of photograph, and l
repeated it without commentary" Excite
ment)
Il have no impression whatever" said
| he. 'Dreyfus said great deal to me. I
retanded this sentence and 1 repeated it
| when asked. If l did not mention 1t in
my report it was because 1 had the task
of conducting Dreyfus from the prison
to the place of degradation and 1t was
| not my duty to make Dreyfus talk"
| (Excitement)
| NJ. Demange: "How could Gen. Gonse
and Gen. Mercier on hearing your story,
| believe they had to deal with a confession
and how could they send you to the Ely
see?"
Capt. Lebrun-Renault: II have no
| idea"
NJ. Demange reminded the witness be-
! fore the Court of Cessation he considered
the sentence of the prisoner which he had
! quoted, to be kind of explanation or eX-
! cuge.
|
! lie President, that is a personal question. I
| have no opinion TO express on that point,
! | am no Judge of things. l repeat simply
what Dreyfus told me Certain persons
may consider his remarks as embodying
confessions others as being explanations.
| That is their business" (Commotion)
Strange He Destroyed 1t.
M. Labor: "Why did the witness keep
the leaf OF his pocketbook with the note
of confessions fer years? The witness
seems 10 say that it was mere chance. l
am surprised that the witness destroyed
| il lust the day after il was mentioned in
the Chamber of Deputies
To this Capt. Lebrun- -Renaut replied
| that at that time he considered that the
document he possessed was authenticated
by The copy made of it by NJ. Cavaignac
the day before il was destroyed.
NJ. Labor: 1.-The court will draw its own
conclusions"
When asked If he had any Observa tions
to make Dreyfus replied:
''Yes. my colonel, there were two rooms
in the military school. l was in the fur
ther one and Capt. Iebrun- Rcuault never
left me. He alone was with me. It is pos
sible Capt D'Attele, whom do not know,
or other officers entered the adjoining
room"
Col. Jouaust to Capt. Lebrun-Renault:
"Did Capt DAttele enter The rooms you
occupied with the accused?''
Can't. Lebrun-Renault: capt. D'Attele
sDent FIVE minutes in one of the rooms.
Bolh of them are very small"
what Dreyfus Did Say.
IJreyfus: Il do not believe Capt. DAT
| tele or any other officer entered the inner
room. do not remember that any one
| b1t Renault was present. As regards the
words. | will not repeat the converse tion
of CAPT. Lebrun-Renault. nor the words
he used. l will confine myself 10 repeat
| iro, 10 The court what I said aud the ex-
planation 1 had the honor 70 give. My
words were as follows:
40 am innocent, and I viii cry 1t aloud
to the whole people. The minister well
! knows IT,.
II have already explained to the court
| what I meant 1t was the reply had
| given to Col. Du Patty de Clam when he
Visited me in prison. in the course of which
\ l protested that l was innocent. l com
4 n1eted that declaration by letter I wrote
to the minister, re-declaring that I was
innocent. Col du Patty de Clam asked
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