The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-23
LABOR| IS THE
LION OF THE HOUR
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afterwards, and having saluted the
Judges, turned to NJ. Labor with out
stretched hand a smile OF keen pleas
ure lighting up his pale and usually inn
passive features. The lawyer took the
prisoners hand and shook it warmly,
wllereupon Dreyfus gave him another
look of gratitude, and took his seat in
front of counsers table, with his hack
toward them.
Col. JouAust next read from a paper
an address to NJ. Labor, the tone of the
President being quite sympathetic. The
lawyer made an imprisoned reply. He
Was very nervous and excited, and
swayed to and fro as he delivered his
reply. His hearers were profoundly inn
pressed.
NJ. Labori's reply to the President
considerably fatigued him and he sat
down flushed and holding his side. He
afterwards once or twice nervously
twitched his fingers, and an expression
filtered over his face as though he
Were suffering.
Madame Rejane, the celebrated ac
tress, was among those present in court
today. She made fine trip to Rennes
especially to see the trial and return
of NJ. Labor into the case, and she was
one of those who applauded the most
heartily his entry into the court room.
The first witness today was Nj. Gren-
Ter, the former Project of Belfort. His
testimony was favorable to Dreyfus and
distinctly hostile to Esterhazy.
Major RoIlin, of the Intelligence De
partment, was asked by NJ. Labori dur
ing the course of the formers testimony
how certain document of later date
how the Schneider letter, of a later
date than Mercieris Ministry-a letter
which the General had used in evidence
and which Colonel Schneider had repu-
dated as forgery into Gen
eral Mercier's possession. ROllin said
it was not his business to explain. but
counsel insisted, asking whose business
it was.
Finally M. Labor asked Colonel Jou-
aust to request General MERCER to
explain. The General rose, and said
he declined to answer.
NJ. Labor insisted, but, MERCER still
refused to answer and Major Carriere,
the Government commissary, supported
him, on the ground that the examination
was entering upon matter which ought
not, in the interest of the country, to
be discussed publicly.
M. Labor then declared In q loud
voice that he would reserve to himself
the right to take the necessary meas
ures to obtain the desired information.
The next point was made by Drey-
fus, in his reply to Major Rollin. The
latter had remarked that all the pris-
o1er's papers were seized when his
rooms were searched in 1884, and Col
onel Jouaust said that certain papers
from his text book, the School of War
were found missing. To this the pris-
oner retorted:
Not in 1894, my Colonel"
This caused some sensation, as the
obvious Interpretation was that the
pages were torn out at the War Office
and that then the fact was used against
him as an insinuation that he had COM
municated the missing pages to foreign
agents.
A former secretary of the War Office,
named Ferret, next testified to seeing
Dreyfus prying into other officers work
during their absence and the prisoner re-
piled, excitedly, that Ferret's statements
We're concoctions by a former Minister
of War, which caused sensation.
Then in cooler manner, the prisoner
made statement explaining the diff
culties in the way of civilian, such as
Ferret, entering the office.
NJ, Grenier, former Project Of Belfort.
was the first witness called He said
he considered Esterhazy to be am ire
sponsible parsonage. Esterhazy. he con-
tinued, was the orderly officer of the
witness father, who always praised his
fidelity and devotion; but Esterhazy,
even then was a disappointed man. He
was always complaining of deception,
grumbling at fate and living in great
style without means to uphold it. He
squandered successive legacies.
At Esterhazy's request the witness
made numerous attempts to get him into
the Ministry Of War, which Esterhazy
declared was necessary in order to enable
him to pass for Lieutenant Colonel
Liteutenant Colonel Rollin, of the Intel
hgence Department, was the next wit
ness. He described the spy Lajoux, en-
ployed in the Department as a bad
spy" whom it was found necessary to
suppress.
M. Labor asked the witness whether
he knew Lajoux had offered 10 make
revelations in the Dreyfus STAIR, and
the witness replied that Lajonx wrote
to the Minister of War asking fer as
sistance and referring to the Drcyfus
case.
The clerk of the court read a letter
in which, after dwelling upon his SER
vice, Lajoux said it was in consequence
of Henry's exactions that the spy Currs
had become an enemy instead Of an
ally. He also described conversation
with Cuers in which Cuers declared
Dreyfus had never been heard Of at the
army headquarters in Berlin and that
on the news of the arrest of Dr1yfns,
General Won Waldersee summoned all
the German military attaches in Europe
to Berlin and they unanimously declared
that not one of them had ever had
dealings with Dreyfus. Cuers ADDED
that he himself never heard of Drey-
fus.
Lajoux then complained Of his ahan-
document by the headquarters staff end
the measures taken against him by off
GERS of the Ministry of War. r. SPOKE
of the promises of Colonels Sandherr and
Henry, who gave him credit for he
most. successful work in the Intelh.
gence Bureau.
After reading this letter VI. Labor
inquired:
Can Lieutenant Colonel Rollin ex-