New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-07
THE TESTIMONY.

precincts OF the court.
THE TESTIMONY.
Rennes Sept 6-The secret eNaiii'''d
Eugene de Csernuzky. the Austrian refugee on"
witness for the prosecution, occupied the Univ
the court martial from the hour or us con.
ing AT q: 30 a M until $50 o'clock To-Day i"o
public sitting OF the court opened at "'f' &" 49,
with a brief exchange of unimportant re'"ai NJ
between Maftre Demange and General hoee"
Senator Trarieux. ex-Minister of Justice was
then recalled to the witness stand Al'ei ue'
tory discussion of the character Of Lieutenant
Colonel Picquarts former orderly SaVighauu'
who had testified for the prosecution "hich
seemed TO show that Savignaud had more VI
less maligned his former master NJ. Labor queS-
toned NJ Trarieux with regard TO the peti' o'eu'
NJ Trarieux replied that he had examined 'he
mott. bleu which had been the cause OF the &C
cusation against Lieutenant Colonel Plcquar''
70 the witness had not known in the first place
that the genuine document had been flashed ne
,vou,d not have received PicQuart at his house
tho day the latter was to be arrested. the VIII
ness had not accused Commandant Lauth any
more than others Lauth had not believed that
tho document might have been tempered Win
until after he was asked to conceal the traces VI
its having been torn. He must have yielded 20
the influence OF the plotting rampant at tha'
time. ,,,oo,.,pr
NJ Trarieux vehemently defended Picquart
against the charge of tamperng with the Pe'''
beu the original genuineness OF "hich was
nroved by the very use to which Plcquart ia"
nut It when he submitted to his superorS '"e
,ohor,o of decov letters which he proposed to
send to Major Esterhazy. In which was TO oe III
troduced the exact wording of the petit bleu'
r,couar+ was man Of untarnshed honor When
no was prosecuted for forgery. When the VII
ress investigated the real motives or the prose-
cution he learned that Plcquart was accused OF
waking erasures in the petit bleu. All the tesu-
roonv showed that Pcquart was not connected
with the erasures. which thus constituted a ne"
forgery and new device to check Picquart.
~ cannot believe" said the exMinister OF
Justice warmly that the number OF persons
who perpetrated these forgeries was very great
We have discovered one source from when en-
anated other forgerics. l have not far to go to
seek him"
NJ. Trarieux's remarks brought Commandant
Lauth to his feet The Commandant declared
that he took no exception to Picquarts instruc-
tons TO look for traces Of the tearing OF the
petit beu. but that when he saw the Use Pic
mart wished TO make of the petit bleu he OPP
posed the project. Lauth proceeded to accuse
Pjcquart of the most profound contempt for the
officers of his department and their home hte'
The day of the Cars entry into Paris. Com
lnandant Lauth asserted. Picquart introduced
TO the witness a woman Unfit to be in their
society. and whom they have since discovered
to he the wife OF a magistrate.
Lieutenant Colonel Picquart sprang to his
feet and vigorously protested against the mon
strous accusation,
General Zurlinden followed. He explained that
he testified both In the capacity of eN-MlitorV
Governor of Paris and ex-Minister of War. He
had PLAYED a most prominent part in the Du
Patv de Clam Picquart and Esterhazy cases.
The proceedings in the case Of Major Du Patty
de Clam had caused him great anxiety Inc
witness wished for more light with regard TO
the ground upon which revision of the trial OF
Captain Dreyfus was demanded. and the
charges emanating from other officers Of the
General staff against Lieutenant Colonel Pic
quart He thought it absolutely necessary that
the charge of forgery against PicqUart should
be cleared up by the court Lieutenant Colonel
Pcquart was then in the custody Of the civil
authorities, but the Minister OF Justice drove
the witness to have him arraigned before a
court martial, not for making erasure in a
document, which was insignificant. but for for
gerry.
TILT WITH THE PRESIDENT.
NJ. Trarieux broke in to reproach the witness
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