Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-18

tanned the EISt of seven or elSat documents
one Of which 'cette canailie de D VIII
serve for the purposes of comparison.
egg also contained the correspondence of
attaches a and b
These initials it should be borne in mind
represent Colonel Schwartzkoppen. for
merry German military attache at Paris
an Major Panizzardi, the former military
attaehe of Italy at the French capital
Al his juncture the colonel said 1t would
facilitate his explanations if he were per-
mitted to see the secret dossier, adding
II have already had it in my hands. but
fear my memory may fail me on some
points,
.sWhat YOU ask" replied the president OF
the court-martial. sis Impossible ne
minister's orders are absolute. The secret
dOSsier can only be examined uiiNSi "
tain conditions. -
81 regret It," said Picquart. but Will
try to refresh my memory
The witness next explained why Maj. Du
Paty de CLAIMS translation of the d AVG
non document, which has been ciassed as
idiotic was open to doubt and why the
document if 1t had any meaning whatever
was as applicable to Esterhazy as to Drey-
fus.
Differed with Du Patty de Clam.
Regarding the correspondence of the mill
tary attaches the witness demonstrated tiie
insignifcance of the information asked lot
w lille Patty de Clam regarded the cores
pcndence as convincing. and as clearly III
dicating an officer of the second bureau
Picauart maintained that the terms OF the
correspondence indicated that the writer
intended TO ask a friend and not spy. for
the information desired. Many headquar-
ter officers he pointed out, were on cordial
matt
foreign military attaches.
Col Picquart then took up the Cet'e
canaille de D. document. He called the
attention of the court to the fact that 1t
was addressed by Schwarzkoppen to Pan
izzarii and not vice versa, as long be-
Heved.
After giving his reasons for believing
preyfus was not the person referred TO IN
that document. Picquart showed how Paty
de Clam endeavored to ascribe the author
shin of the document to PaniZZardi with
the view of establishing a connection
which. in reality did not exist between the
various documents in the indictment
against Dreyfus.
The document referring to the frehch
agents journey to Switzerland, OF Whlch
acknowledgment is said to have been IN
formed was only slightly commented upon
by the WilHtSS, ftS iIt uitI ii'' S'N'-N'- $500
portance To it.
The minute detail with which the colo
mel dealt with the evidence, clearness OF
bis LANGUAGE and his deductions had great
effect upon the audience and ELECTED gen
eral admiration.
The former chief of the intelligence de-
partment concluded his examination OF
the first portion of the secret dossier by
saying:
MAY l be allowed to express deep re-
greet at the absence of Major du Patty de
Clam 1t seems to me Indispensable that
this officer. who wrote the commentaries
on the secret dossier. should be summoned
to give evidence here. He would give us
his "reminiscences and 1 would help him
Q4aughter)
Responsibility for Dossier.
At the conclusion of Col. Picquart's depo-
sition Gems. Roget and Mercier rose TO-
gether and asked to be allowed to be con-
fronted with the witness The confronta-
ton. however only lasted a few minutes.
and did not prove sensational, having ref
erence To comparatively minor points.
But" added Picquart, since l am deal
ing with this question of the commentaries
Of Mai. du Patty de Clam permit me to
point out to you. gentlemen, that this doc
ument was not the property of any partic-
ular minister. 1t was classified as belong
ing 10 the Intelligence department, and. as
you see. it formed part of a well-defined
dossier-a dossi+r which was shut up in
one Of the drawers of my desk and which
was distracted from it. This commentary,
therefore. is upon a secret dossier docu-
nent. which was improperly removed from
my department" (Sensation)
Continuing. the witness said:
Mention was made yesterday of the dis
appearance Of documents. That is the case
in paint
Turning to the second portion of the dos
sier. Pic4uart described number of doc
uments in it $ forgeries. and said the po-
lice reports therein contained showed moth
ing serious against Dreyfus. He explained
that they embodied the theme mostly utl-
lied by police spies in order to dupe the in
teIigence department. and asserted that
their information was mostly worthless,
embroidered or false and prepared in order
to make Interesting reading
In the inquiry made by VI. Quesnay de
Beaurepaire. former president of the civil
section Of the court of cessation" contin-
ued t1cquart. you have an excellent ex-
ample of the sort of people who can pre-
sent IN the most specious guise what
amounts absolutely To nothing
You cannot imagine. gentlemen VIVA,
people. IN order 70 get money if only a
modest twen;y-franc piece, have brought
TO the Intelligence department in the shane
OF So-called information which examina-
'I'h mas proved to be worthless"
The Prisoner Interested.
brey1us displayed the keenest interest in
I4liudrts prolracted analysis of the dos
Ser to which the whole audience listened
with profound attention. The members of
the court-marlal and the former ministers
Oh war We're equally Interested OF the
latter Generals BiIot and Zurlinden We're
III fun uniform General MERCER was at
tired IN civilian clothes. Near them sat NJ
Bertuilus the examining magistrate. who
gave such strong testimony for Drevfus
yesterday. Madame Henry, widow of Lieu
tenant Colonel Henry, who yesterday taxed
Nj Hertul!us with being a Judas was not
present.
Concluding his examination of the score,
dossier. Colonel Picquart explained how he
mac acquired tho conviction that the borde-
reau was written by Esterhazy. and how
he ascertained that the anti-DreyflIs proofs
Were worthless. He began by detailing how
b ID,