The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-24

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4 Dreyfus briefly corrected some OF d,
Chatelets statements and then NJ. u,
4 Brieul, who described himself az privat,
entleman took the stand. He testified
as to how he was introduced TO Dreyfu
by a certain NJ. Bodson, at whose hous
the witness afterwards visited Ia company
with Dreyfus and German attache, whosi
name he did not remember.
| Continuing. NJ. Du Brieul said he wal
astonished at the suspicious familiarity be.
tween the attache and Dreyfus and that
perceiving they disapproved OF his pres
ence NJ. Du Brieul ceased his visits to M
Bodson. When the latter asked for the
reasons for this, saying, according to the
! witness, that Dreyfus was the friend and
even lover of his wife, and asking wit
ness advice as to how TO get rid of her.
witness asked NJ. Bodson II he had proof.
aud Bodson replied: Proofs, yes. | have
even proofs enough ia drive Dreyfus out
OF the French army" Witness was I'M
able {, learn to what N. BodsDn referred.
NJ. Labor. after questioning the char
acter of NJ Du Brieul, asked the govern
ment commissary II he made inquiries on
the subject from the police of Constans.
to which Major Carriere replied. That's
a strange request"
NJ Labori-- Everything IL strange In this
case and the evidence of this witness is
by no means the least strange.
When he was pressed TO describe more
clearly the alleged German attache NJ. Du
Brieul replied that he did not know his
name. but was told he was attached to the
German embassy.
NJ, Labori-Wac he a military attache.
NJ. Du Brleul-I do not remember.
do not know. Let Maiire Labor nut
himself in my place Uanghterl and he
VIII see the difficulty of remembering the
name of a stranger he met thirteen years
ago.
NJ. Labori--If | was unable to give his
name | should not come here to testify.
50 here is another Beaurapaire witness
who knows nothing, yet testified against
the prisoner without being able to sub
stantiate his allegations. The court will
draw its own conclusions.
Dreyfus protested excitedly against the
evidence of NJ. Du Brieul, wh5 is
Partisan friend Of NJ De Beaurapaire, but
Colonel Jouaust exhorted him TO be calm
promising the prisoner a chance to reply
This arrived shortly afterward and Drey-
fus Numbered out; Il went speak here
Of NJ. or Nine. Bodson. except to say that
my relations with Nine. Bodson ceased In
1856 or 1881 since when have never seen
her. ! wish simply to assert that the wit.
ness is lying. never dined with NJ. Bod
son, with any civil or military attache.
The matter should be cleared up. People
must produce definite facts here and not
mere tittle-tatt The names of the per-
son with whom am alleged to have diisd
must be ascertained. 1t must be known
here who ie lying and who is speaking the
truth. Great sensation)
The Government Commissary--It must
be understood that l must refuse to under
take the inquiry NJ. Labori suggests with
reference to NJ. Du Brieul
NJ l-aborl--The government comnissary
must not think any one intends to be dis
respectful to him But | have received
information that the criminal authorities
of Constans are able to give interesting
Information in regard to NJ Du Brieul If
| write to the public prosecutor he vii,
not reply to me- but II the government
eominissary refuses my request will APP
ply to the president, who is here solely
concerned with the determination of the
truth ! viii beg him to be the inter-
prefer Of this respectful request. / know
hotter than any one how much greater
than mine is the position OF the govern
ment commissary.
Du Brieu having ignored NJ Labori's
request. NJ. Jouaust announced that ne
would carry 1t out if he could do so.
When the incident was concluded the
trial again became utterly monotonous
Major lie Rond, professor OF the mill
tary school described his relations with
Esterhazy and Pioquart
AT this junctnre Colonel Jouaust an.
nouncod that 1t was EsterhaZy's turn To
speak, but that as he was not present
the evidence which he gave before the
court Of cessation would be read The
clerk OF the court accordingly read 10 an
audience Esterhazy's deposit
ton as published in April last. The read
ing of the Esterhaay deposition occupied
an hour, during which the audience de-
voted most of its attention to NJ Labori |
whose appearance denoted no elimination
CT energy The pallor which was notice.
able in his face yesterday was replaced
by rudy glow, though there were signs
that he was suffering occasional eXeruciat-
ing pains, After a brief adjournment NJ
Labor asked that the three letters ad-
dressed by Esterhnzy to the president of
the republic should be read.
The following are passages from eight
letters which were published early in
April last:
In the first letter he (Esterhazy) said
my house is illustrious enough in the an
nails of French history ana in those of
the great European causes for the govern
ment OF my country to take caution not
TO allow my name to be dragged in tho
mud. l address myself, therefore, 10 the
supreme head of the army and to the
president OF the republic and ask him 10
put an end TO the scandal as he can and
ought TO do II should have the sorrow
not to be listened TO by the supreme head
OF my country my precautions are taken |
for my appeal to reach the ears of my
heraldic chief, tho sovereign OF the Ester
hazy family, tho emperor of Germany. He |
is soldier and VIII know how to set the
honor of soldier, even an enemy, above
the mean equivocal intrgues OF politics. |
He VIII dare to speak ont loud and strong
TO defend the honor of ten generations OF
soldiers.
1T is for you, as president of tho re-
public, to Judge II you should force me to
carry the question into that region. An
Esierhazy fears not anything or anybody
If not God
In his second letter Esterhazy said: II
am at bay and compelled to use all The
means at my power. A generous woman
who warned me OF the terrible plot woven
against me by friends of Dreyfus, with 80
assistance OF Colonel PicqIart, has since
been able TO procure for me, among other
documents, the photograph OF paper
which she succeeded in getting out of that
officer
This paper, stolen in foreign lega-
ton by Colonel Plcquart, Is most compro-
missing for certain diplomatic personages.
Ii neither obtain support or justice. and
II my name comes to be renopncel this
photograph, which IL today quite safe