The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
DREYFUS WAS A
VICTIM OF PLOT
His Sufferings Were for
Others Villainy.
PICQUART TESTIFIES.
Prisoners Innocence Discovered by
Him After Conviction.
HIS LIPS OFFICIALLY SEALED.
Ue Was Forbidden to Proceed with
U.,Inyestigation ofthc Case - lie
Boldly Accuses ilstcrhazy oithe
Authorship of the BOrdc-
rcau-IIe Was on thc
Stand All Day,

RENNES. August 1S-When the second
trial by court-msrtial Of Captain Alfred
Dreyfus charged with treason. was re-
sumed IN the Lycee at 7:2J this morning.
col. Plcquart former Chief Of the lntelli-
gence Department OF the War once, was
called TO the witness stand and contin-
ued his deposition which was interrupted
yesterday by the adjournment Of the
court for the day.
AT the outset of Col. Picquarts remarks
Roget interposed and said he would reply
20 them. Col. Picquart proceeded to as
cuss the secret dossier as being the
mainspring of the condemnation of Drey-
lus lie took up the documents success
fully referring 90 the writer's and address
as of the letters as "A and "B.
Among those present in court were
Generals Zurlnden and Biilot former
ministers of war.
Naitre Mornard. who argued the case
In behalf of the Dreyfu- family, for ihe
revision of the prisoner sentence before
Court Of Cessation. was present this morn
ing 10 assist VI. Demange, OF counsel Tor
the defense.
Following Is the evidence I'm detail:
Before resumins his position, Colonel
picquart said:
~ think IL necessary To- gay n few words
with reference 20 the yeritalle speech lor
the prosecution delivered by General
Roget when referring To the Qunneh
case"
The President. Colonel Jouaust here In
tarposcd. saying
"Is il "a personal matter2
81 shall Doe very brief Colonel. replied
Picquart
81 am moreover ready 20 reply 90 all
questions the court may ask on .he sub
ject."
He explained first that ne had little or
no connection with the QuenneN ease re.
farred To- by General Roget being out ot
Paris at the time
At this point General Roget arose ana
said. "I wish tO bee allowed ro reply
you shall" said Colonel J0uaust
COLONEL pORTESlS
Colonel Picquart. continuing said: "i
protest absolutely against the ailes1-
ton thar I consented 60 the communi-
cation of secret documents tO tne mem
bers 0f the Droyfu- court martial with
out the prisoner knowledge = meyer
ordered such communication. and it Dc
was done Il was not with my c1enizance
Then the Colonel discussed th phrase.
occurring in the h0rdereau, OF am going
Tot the manocuvre- Pie said there was
no question of prohators goins tn the man
oeuvres in seqtcmbr This Doe pointed ont
would have curtalled their period of pro
bati0n in an entirely unusual manner.
After dealing with the testimony ot ihc
experts at the court martial of le" Pic
quart examined the secret dossicr. close
analysis OF which he asserted. was par
ticuarly necessary "oviug to the weight
the document had with tne members Of
the court martial in lNi
This dossicr.' continued the witness,
may bc divided into two parts Ine
first contains three documents.
"Oue-A document known ass the DAvig-
non document. the terms oi which are
about as follows Doubt the proofs. ser-
vice letters. situation dangerous for me
with Freuch officer. no Information from
an officer of the lines Important only "s
coming from the ministry, already some
where else
Two-The document containing the
words 'Cette Cauaille DE- D
"Three-A document which is nothing
but the report of a journey 20 switzerland
made in behalf of "a foreign power
"The second part of the dossier' con-
tinued Picouart. consisted partly Of 81
supplementary review OF the first IL
/ contained the gist of seven or eight d0cu-
ments one of which 'Cette Canaille de-
D.. will serve for the purposes OF COM
parisOn.
1T also contained the correspondence
Of attaches a and b.. These initials
il should be- borne in mind repr.e
Col,nel Schwartzkoppen, formerly Ger
man military yattache az Paris, and Major
Panizzardl the former military atiache
OF Italy at the French capital
THE SECRET DOssIER
At This juncture the Colonel said 1T
would facilitate his explanations if he
were permitted u see the secret dossier'
adding:
81 have already had # In my hands
but I fear my memory may fail me on
some points
"What you ask" replied the president
OF the court martial. "is imposslo.c I"e
minister's orders are absolute. Ihe se'
cret d0ssier can only be examined under
certain conditions
"I regret it" answered Picquart. nut
| will try % refresh my memory.
The witness next explained Why Major
Du Fatty Dc CLAIMS translation OF me
ID 'Ayfenon document which has been
classod as idiotlc was open 90 doubt, ana
why the document. II il had any meaning
whatever was as applicable 90 Ester
hazy as to Dreyfus.
PICQUARTS VIEWS OF III.
REGARDING the correspondence OF lhe
military attaches. The witness demon
strated the inslgnincance Of the informa-
tom asked for. while Patty de Clam re-
earded the correspondence as convincing
and as clearly indicating an officer oi the
second bureau Picquart maintained that
the terms Of the correspondence INDICATED
that the writer intended 10 ask a TREND
ara not SPY, for the Information de-
sired
Many headquarters officers he pointed
ont we're Oh cordial. and absolutely
legitimate. terms with the foreign mill
tary attaches.
Col picauart then took up the "ceite
csnoille de- D." document He called
the attention ~ ,he court to the fact
that # was addressed by Schwarzkoppen
10 panizzardi aud not vice versa as long
believed
After giving his reasons for believing
Drcyfus was not the person referred 10