Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-18

addressed by Schwartzkoppen to PaniZ-
zardi, and not wee versa as long believ-
ed. After giving his reasons for believing
Dreyfus was not the person referred to in
that document P.cquart showed how de
Clam ascribed the authorship Of the
document to Panizzardi with a view
reality did not exist between various doc
uments in the indictment against Drey-
fus.
The document referring to the French
agents journey to Switzerland of which
SchWartzkoppen is said to have been in
formed, was only slightly commented
upon by witness, as he did not attach i'm
portance to it. The minute detail with
which the colonel dealt with the evidence,
the clearness of his language and his de-
ductions had great effect upon the aud
ience and elected general admiration.
The former chief of the intelligence de-
partment concluded his examination of
the first portion of the secret dossier by
saying:
May I be allowed to express deep re-
gret at the absence of Major de Clam. It
seems to be indispensable that this officer
who wrote the commentaries on the secret
Gossier should be summoned to give evil
| dence here. He will give us his reminis-
censes, and 1 would help him." Naugh-
| ter)
But" added Picquart, permit me to
point out to you that this document was
not the property of any particular MN
| ister 1t was classified as belonging to
the intelligence department, and as you
see, it formed part Of the we'll defined
dossier which was shut up in my desk
and which was distracted from it, (Sen-
sation).
Turning to the second part of the dos
ser, Picquart said number OF docu-
| ments in it are forgeres, and said the
police reports therein contained showed
nothing serious against Dreyfus. He ex-
| planned that they embodied them and
mostly utilized by police spies in order
to dupe the intelligence department, and
asserted their information was mostly
worthless, embroidered or false, or pre-
pared in order to make interesting read
ing.
Dreyfus displayed the keenest interest
| in Picquart's protracted analysis of the
dossier, to which the whole audience lis
tened with profound attention. Members
| of the court martial and former minis
ters of war We're equally interested. OF
the latter, Billot and Nurlinden We're in
| full uniform. MERCER was attired in
| civilian clathes. Near them sat Bertul-
| lus, the examining magistrate who gave
such strong testimony for Dreyfus yes
| terday.
Concluding his examination Of the Sc
cret dossier, Picquart explained how he
had acquired the conviction that the bor-
dereau was written by Esterhazy and
! how he ascertained that the anti-Dreyfus
proofs were worthless.
He began by detailing how he first
| learned of the existence of Esterhazy
and his efforts to discover something
: about him. The witness earnestly as
serted the first occasion on which he
| saw Esterhazy was when he read the ad-
dress of the petitbleu. He said he was
not acquainted with Eserhazy and never
had Esterhazy watched, Previous to this
! the utmost efforts had been made to
prove the contrary and to show that
Picquart knew Esterhazy before the dis
covery of the petitblea.
The colonel emphasized this point with
a view, as he explained. of showing how
| a certain newspaper has travestied the
| facts, and he created a mild sensation
by adding:
II shall have occasion to point out
other similar examples