The age-herald., 1899-08-30
C0RDIER'S TESTIMONY FOR DREYFUS
 CREATED AN IMMENSE SENSATION
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 ---~-----~~-------~-~-~~- ceiyed primarily. The name mentioned was that of a gentleman 45 years of age, and decorated, who used to convey documents to an embassy, which the witness described as house with a large garden.
 Did Not Fit Dreyfus
 Colonel Cordier emphasized the fact that the above description did not ear the slight est resemblance to Dreyfus, but resembled much more closely another officer whose name had not been mentioned, and who could no longer be prosecuted or convicted.
 The witness then referred to the spy Guenee's denunciations, to the effect that officers of the headquarters' staff were guilty of treaehery, but the colonel ex- Rained that it was very difficult to accept Guenee's statement as gospel.
 Witness regretted Guenees death, as he said the court would have been edified by his testimony in regard to the manner in which many things were fabricated.
 Recruiting German Spies
 Referring next to what he styled the 'huge undertaking of Richard Cuers, La Jouaux & Co.," the colonel declared the object was nothing less than recruiting German spies for the service of the French government. He said the organization would have been of the greatest utility in the event of war, and said regrets were frequent during the last war in regard to the lack of spies.
 Cuers, he pointed out, spoke French ad- mirably and those for it could not be maintained that only German was spoken at the interview at Basic between Cuers' Henry and Lauth. One of Cuers' special services, continued the witness, was fur nishing Germany with false information. He therefore, was sometimes obliged to say he had succeeded in subordinating g. French officer and in this way Cuers was induced to declare he had obtained the col laboration of an officer of the headquarters staff. Proof of this could be found at headquarters in the dossier of false docu- ments delivered to Geery.
 Witness Causes Laughter "These documents" added Colonel Cor dier, 'are no doubt in all the better order because tho archievest, M. Bribelin, wears blue spectacles" (Laughter)
 Colonel Jouaust called the witness to order and the remark was withdrawn, witness declaring, amidst peals of laugh ter, it escaped me, Monsieur Le Presi- dente. I withdraw the spectacles." Cordfer then described the events prior to bhe arrest of Dreyfus, and showed that only single real leakage, namely, the plan of the fortresses, had occurred at the time of his arrest. The document known as "Cette Canaille de D." he explained, was contemporaneous with this leakage.
 .It has been said,' continued the witness, "that I made a mistake on this point and confounded the document with another containing the initial alone I should like very much to see the document in order to assure myself that it had not been tam- pered with. It is not, however, of any im- portance except to show that General Ro- gets evidence concerning me is false from beginning to end" (Sensation)
 Leakage of Plans
 General Roget asked leave to speak, but Colonel Cordier continued, showing how the
 leakage of plans of the fortresses was fa- | cilitated by the careessness of the head | quarters staff, and maintained that the 1 leakage was still occurring when the wit ness left the war office.
 | Reverting to the manner in which the | suspicious against Dreyfus crystallized the | colonel described the efforts to pry into the prisoners life and said the information | first received was very bad, and consti- tuted strong proof against the prisoner. Later. however, it assumed quite differ ent aspect. It was admitted that before his marriage Dreyfus was not ''unimpeach- able morally. nor was he entitled to wear a wreath of orange blossoms" .Uaugh- ter) But" Cordier added, "after his mar riage Dreyfus was quite different. The witness also said that while Dreyfus boast ed of his conquests. he (Cordier) was of the opinion that those who boasted the