The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-22
TRIAL OF CAPTAIN DREYFUS
Continued from Third Page)

| Henry was in the habit of working at
| nome in the presence of servants As
matter of fact, he added, the officers
We're very reserved before their fami-
! lies.
The witness proceeded to speak of
Picquarts orders to destroy all evil
| dence of the Petit Bleu having been
| torn and to determine the office origin
| by atflXing the postmark, etc.
THE spy, Cuers,' said Lauth, "en-
tered into relations with the ministry
| of war with the avowed purpose of re-
venging himself on his government. He
| refused to accept payment, beyond his
! fare to Basic. Cuers was evidently an
agent provocateur who had been sent to
| US But we were never able to get any
thing of the slightest value from him.
1t has been said" added Lauth, that
we bullied him to prevent his speak
ing. l wish the person who made the
statement to come here and repeat it..
The truth is we bullied him, not to
prevent his speaking, but because he
refused to say anything which was not
known, and that means the same
thing" Oaughter.)
Major Lauth's extremely long depo-
sition was listened to in profound ST
lence. He protested against Picquarts
allegations against him in the course
of the Tavernier inquiry, when he rep
resented him as the instigator, and per-
haps also the writer, of the Henry for
gerry.
Il declare" said Lauth, that if, by
inspiring or writing it, l had share in
any way whatever,in the preparation of
the Henry forgery, l should have avoW-
ed it the day Henry committed suicide.
I am not even now afraid of the razor,
nor the rope of Lemercier- Pickard, nor
even Of a broken-glass omelette."
After controverting further state
ments of Picquart Major Lauth in
conclusion, declared that Henry, who
knew nobody on the newspapers" held
quite aloof from the press campaign
organized in response to the action
taken by the friends of Dreyfus.'
CROSS EXAMINATION OF MAJOR
LAUTH.
After a short adjournment the court
reassembled and the judges questioned
Major Lauth. They asked his opinion
of the Schneider letter of November 3d.
authentic and emanated from Agent
pierre
Replying to NJ. Demange, the witness
said that he never saw the photograph
which certain newspapers asserted that
he took, representing Picquart and
Schwartzkoppen strolling arm in arm
at Carlsbad. II suppose it was I who
took it," the witness added ironically.
M. Demange said: II do not accuse
you"
At the instance of M. Demange, Col
onel Picquart again described the alter
atoms of the petit bleu, and declared
that the last time he saw it, the day
before he started on his mission. the
petit bleu was still in the same condi-
ton as when Major Lauth handed it
to him in November, 1897. When Pic
quart saw it in the possession of Cen
eral Pelleux, ex-minister of war; it
seemed to him PicquarD that the
handwriting had been somewhat modi-
fed, and at the Tavernier inquiry he
noticed that alterations of quite a Sc
rious character had been made. Ruled
lines had been erased. Moreover, ex-
periments showed that the address had
been written in ink made Of gall-nuts,
while O. superimposed word was written
in ink made Of logwood.
Replying to the president of the court,
Major Lauth said that when he photo
graphed the petit bleu he did not notice
any sign of erasure.
Colonel Picquart said that the plate
taken by Major Lauth bore no traces of |
erasure The photograph alone had been
tempered with.
Colonel Jouaust-Was there an expert |
examination?
Colonel Picquart-Yes. It was a
inquiry. Besides, the dossier
In the Tavernier inquiry can be refer
red to.
STORY OF A FELLOW PROBATION
Err WITH DREYFUS.
Captain Junck followed. He said he |
was a probatloner simultaneously with
Dreyfus, but in another department of |
the war office He saw the prisoner a
great deal, and gave details of CONVEX
sations in which, he alleged Dreyfus |
spoke of great sums he had lost in |
gambling and in intercourse with loose
Zone day." the witness proceeded,
when we were visiting the Concourse
E1ippique, we met three immoral wo-
men, who bowed to us. Dreyfus re-
urned their greeting, and said to him,
Well, for married man, you have nice
lcquaintances.' He replied that they
we're old friends of his bachelorhood and
pointing to one of them said her name
vas Valtesse and that she had a house
m the Champs Elysees, where she gave
lice parties, where pretty women We're
o be met and where there was much
rambling. Dreyfus also boosted of his
arge means, and spoke with great rel
sh of his comfortable house and trav-
Is
The witness, continuing, said that
Oreyfus was well acquainted with the
cheme for the concentration of troops,
nd could trace it on any map, as most
# the other probationers could.
The witness then gave details about
he work of the different bureaus, and
Proceeded to demonstrate that the pro-
ationers were cognizant of the plans
or the transportation and concentra-
ion of the troops, and how Dreyfus
vas ordered to draw up a report on
he German artillery comparing it with
he French artillery, and having access
o all the necessary documents.