Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-20
lain Provoked Beyond Endurance By
bis Prosecutors.
INTERESTING REPORT FROM PARIS
The Government There, II is Said
Has Needed 10 Arrest Mercier ana
10 Withdraw the Case As"'"S
DrcNfun.
Drcyfus.

downright. 1899. by the AssoOia'eu I 'S''
pED,vEs August le.-Opinions dirIer az
. what the judgment of the Dreyius
,r,npnal will be. Townspeopie who kno"
-, General German and General Lucas
% This army corps. think the decision Will
he against the accused. On the other
hand at the Hotel Moderne which Is
,.,yy the great conversational news centre
.be idea prevails OF reluctant decision
iu his favor.
The tribunal certainly shares In the
ceilings of the military. but there arc
eiens of its coming around i nollceu
member Of the court-martial Watchihs
Drevfus to-day with an expression oi
o-ronassiopate interest. Then again, Col
onI Jouaust. the president, did not re-
bute him for apostrophizing Captain Culg-
Nor who led the procession Of military
witnesses to-day. or order him, as he was
wont 70 do. not 10 speak until he was ad-
blessed. Maitre Demange is more nope
ful although accepting the adverse use
the Nationalist party make of the Schhei-
der and Panizzardi letters. That party
now demands the fun publication OF the
secret dossier. so as to embrace the MILL
tarv attaches and the illustrious German
rrirce involved. prince who lived long
in Paris.
POSSIBLY A TIE.
should not be surprised at le' Ih's
r,onld enable the prisoner TO leave the
court a free man, but would show that
half The judges believed him guilty.
Ybe schneider letter or telegram Is re-
sented by an but the Dreyfusiies as an
attempt 10 cast odium on the French
army. 1t ought to benefit the prisoner
hut does not. Military men say 1t would
Set the face of the court-martial harder
again4; him.
nc .--jority seem to adopt Captain
Cuignets opinion. 1t is thought though
not expressed thus: That the military
attaches have behaved abominably IN the
Dreyfus affair: that the French Govern
ment is In possession Of numerous speci-
mems Of schneiders handwriting; that the
document on which General MERCER re-
lied Will bear every test and that it has
been accepted by every minister or war
since 1894. and been compared with let
ters written TO six OF them by Colonel
Schneider.
CUIGNETs TESTIMONY.
To-dav's task was to destroy the ques-
tions OF Naitre Dtmange, and TO set up
again the demolished theory Of General
MERCER. Cuignet WAS in the Fourth Bu-
reau OF the General STAFF when Dreyius
WAS In another bureau. but not under MS
They were both engaged in calculating
what work inya sion would throw on the
railways. but were engaged on different
lines Dreyfus. he said, constantly came
10 him for information, which ne had no
cause to do. Culgnet kept refusing unul
he was tired out by the opportunities or
the accused. Then, by degrees, he gave
him. Cuignet deposed, all the notes ne
himself had made.
Drevfus according 20 the witness. never
returned the notes. When search was
made at his home they were not found.
What had become Of them? Dreyfus was
not the man 20 cast them away. Cuig-
nets inslnuation was that they were sent
TO Berlin. The conclusion was far-fetch-
ed. but the members OF the cOurt-martlal
made note Of II.
DEF ENCE OF ''SmFRHAZY.
Cuignet then defended Esterhazy
against Picquart. and next against Du
Patty de Clam. He gave fresh peeps at
the secret military dossier. in which are
so .many ordinary letters from women.
opinions on public men. and tittle-tattle
OF a spicy nature. Cuignet said he was
sorry the court had not examined this
vOluminous dossier, which threw deal
OF light sometimes crude light on spies
Of different categories, including military
attaches
The latter, he remarked. We're far from
being the only spies regularly kept up
by foreign governments. II was only ma
tural. he argued. that the military at
taches should accuse Esterhazy. but they
knew the traitor had been in the very
heart OF the citadel in the general STAFF.
DREyFUss OUTBURsT.
1.-THE traitor" he exclaimed sis not
Esterhazy. but Dreyfus."
Here Captain Dreyfus lost his self
control. starting 20 his feet he violently
apostrophized Cuignet But Cuignet did
not seem stune 10 anger. Cold as a toad.
he went on with his invective the diction
clear measured. and slow. He constantly
drank swcetened water 10 mOisten his
palate
40 now fact was brought forward by
Captain Cuicnet. and every one tired of
him.
DE BOISDEFFtE.
General &c Boisdenre was also q wit
ness. He denied that Colonel Picquart.
on the occasion Of the first Dreyfus trial,
was sent with secret papers to the presi-
dent or the court-martial. Here was a
cautious witness, but he had 70 support
the other generals He eul0glzed Colonel
Henry as worthy OF the fullest conf
dence" and spoke Of Picouart as the
organizer Of the Dreyfus agitation"
Boisdenre declared himself convinced
Of the guilt Of Dreyfus.
THE ALLEGED MAN OF STRAW
Plcquart he accused Of wishing 10 s,,b-
stitute q man Of straw for The raj
traitor. lie argued In this wise: For ,oree
years Dreyfus spoke Of the day ~ his
degrade ton az passed. Prescription FOR
the crime Of treason would, therefore
protect n man OF straw from legal conse.
quences As he was Picquart thought
a scamp, no great injury would be done
him by throwing on him the odiuna that
Dreyfue deserved When he 0he VII
ness learned OF PicQuart's scheme, h
condemned II 40 abomnable.
But why follow General Boisdeffre. VIII :
follow General Gonse why follow Gene
raj Billot. OF the others. In their long
MINDED disQuisitions?
PlCQUARTS DEFENCE.
cslopei Picouarf was allowed 10 defend