Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02
THE GENERALS WERE DUMFOUNDED
And Did Not Attempt rluch Cross Examining of the
Men Who Testified-General Gonse Admitted Open
ing Some Of Picquarts Letters-The Change in the
Date of the Bordereau Was Pointed Out

Then Havet quietly remarked: but
had not been summoned as a witness at
| the time I attended the sessions
Major Carriere sat down checkmated.
The letters exchanged between Pic
quart and Gonse at the time the colonel
| wanted thorough investigation into the
case We're then read and Labori then
pointed out to General Gonse that these
| letters never alluded to the alleged con-
fession of Dreyfus.
Gonse replied that it was because he
/ always advised Picquart not to mix up
| the Esterhazy and Dreyfus cases. Drey-
fus, he added, had been condemned and
his case could not be re-opened, but they
were bound to see if there was not an
other traitor. The general made bitter
| complaint a the fact that his letters had
been communicated to Schuerer- X est
| ner, former vice president Of the senate,
who published them in a book entitled
| "Pontus Plate
Replying to Labori, Gonse insisted
that Dreyfus, having been condemned,
it was not his duty to go back to his
case. A scene between Gonse and Pic
/ AudIt 1oIloNtu. lie IdlleI De.lS Cdltu,
said he gave Gonse's letters to his law
yer when he realized that he was an
| object of abomnable intrigues, and when
he received in a Tunis letter the threats
from the late Lieutenant Henry, sent
| with assent of Generals Gonse and De-
boisdeffre. Picquart added he was not
responsible for the subsequent publica-
ton of the letters.
In reply Gonse said he had not given
quart perceived Vaccinations against
i him everywhere.
| Picuuart then declared that at the
| same time he took the borderau to Gonse
he showed him the secret dossier, there
| fore, he claimed. Gonse could easily have
acquainted himself with the probability
! that Dreyfus was innocent.
j Iabori then took Gcnse in hand on the
| subject Of tampering with Picquaft $
| correspondence while the colonel was in
! Tuns.
Gonse admitted that one letter was
opened and that the words Of this letter
were used in forging a telegram which
| was intended to destroy the value of the
petitbleu.
The general insisted, however, that
only suspected letters, addressed to
Picquart, were opened.
Discussing the Espranza letters, La
bori said the last letter having been pre-
served and not returned to Piequart
might be considered to be a forgery.
Jouaust rebuked Labori for raising
the discussion, and counsel retorted
l lat No ;ota ff
the code, to say whatever he considered
, proper ON matter which could bring
light
Counsel then questioned Gonse on the
subject of the late Henry's forgery, and
the general replied that he considered il
unfortunate a maneuver was directed
against Dreyfus and not against
Picquart, Henry desiring to furnish
proof against Dreyfus, of which there
was really no need, witness added, as the
diplomatic dossier contained sufficient
proofs.
| Labor at once asked what they We're
but Jouaust refused to put the question
Counsel thereupon declared he would
| draw up formal application for the
reading of these papers.
The next witness NJ. De Fond Lamotte
former officer of artillery, testified tha
in 94 Picquart lent him the firing man
ual, which he might have kept as Ions
as he pleased.
So the witness added, "there was lit
Il tie secrecy at that time. Any Officer
could have obtained one in August, "a
Another point in Dreyfus' favor is tha
, no probationer could have believed in 81
that he would go to the maneuvers.'
The clerk read circular lated May Is
1894, announcing that probationers woul6
not go to the maneuvers.
This witness proved to be one of tn,
| strongest witnesses 70, the defense, a!
he brought out many points in suppor
/, of his contention that Dreyfus could no
have written the bordereau.
IF. as at first asserted, the borderea,
r was dated May. 1.-The witness argued
I "Dreyfus could not have written Il an
2 going to the maneuvers, because the cir
cular was issued in May informing pro
;, bationers that they would not go to th
Al maneuvers. while if the bordereau wa
; dated in April, as-now asserted, Dreyfu
could not have spoken Of the firing man