Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-30
WORT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 80, 1899 Pr

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dubbel as the Ordinary channel.
Colonel Corlier said the former did not
| dlrectly receive the documents from the
embaSsy from. which they We're ah-
stracted. A woman. he explained,
served as. an intermediary and. the
ordinary channel having been clcs d.
| 1t was found necessary to negotiate
directly with the Intermediary, other
wise the woman. With whom ra1ulez-
Vous were usually made in churches.
REGARDING THE LEAKAGE.
| Dealing with the leakage discovered
by the military authorities, Colonel
Cordier said he ascertained it was oc-
curring at Bourges.
Witness recalled the fact that an ar
| tificer named Thomas was sentenced
for treason in 1894. The foreign cor
respondents of Thomas did not notice
| MS arrest and. consequently. a letter
addressed to him was intercepted and a
reply was sent. This letter asked for
inlans of a shell. The headquarters
staff obtained the plans ana sent them
to Thomas correspondents. The latter
replied, thanking Thomas and enclGs-
ing Bank notes, which We're credited 10
! the funds of the headquarters staff
| Whatever had been sad to the cen
tralN. witness maintained that the
leakage at Bourges could not be as
cribed to Dreyfus. This also was the
| opinion OF Colonel Sandherr. who fire.
jquently had recourse to the witness
intimate knowledge of this question in
the futile efforts to discover evidence
against Dreyfus.
The witness recalled how information
of the leakage of 1894 was received pri-
marlly. The name mentioned was lat
of q sentlemair45 years old ana deco
rated, who used to convey documents
to the embassy. which the witness de-
| scribed as q house with a large gar
den.
DID NOT RESEMBLE DREYF17s
Colonel Cordier emphasized the fact
that the above personal description did
| not bear the slightest resemblance to
Dreyfus, but resembled more closely
another officer whose name had been
mcntioned and could no longer be pres
ecuted or convicted.
| referring next to what he STYLED The
| huge undertaking Of Richard Cuers,
LaJouN and Company the colonel de
clared the object was nothing less than
irecltmg German spies for the service
lof the French government
| One of Cuers' special services. SAID
the witness. was furnishing Germany
with false information. He. therefore.
Twas sometimes obliged to say he had
succeeded in subording q French Off
! Ger, and in this way. Cuers was i1lduc-
ed to declare he had obtained the col
quarters staff. Proof of this could be
found at headquarters in a dossier of
false documents delivered to Germany
THESE documents" added Colonel
Cordier "are no doubt in all the batter
order because the archivist, Griba.in
wears blue spectacies.' NLausllter)
| Colonel Jouaust called the witness
TO order and the remark was With
drawn. witness declaring. amidst peals
OF laughter 1T escaped ne. Monsieur
lie President. L withdraw the spec;a-
cles.'
prior to the arrest of Dreyfus and
Ishowed that. only q single real leak
age. namely the. plans OF the fortresseS.
had occurred at the time of his arrest.
Inc document known as .'Cette ca
ha!lle de D" he explained was con-
|tenlporaneous With this leakage
1T has been said" continued the Wit
ness that I made a mistake on this
point and COMPOUNDED the document
With another containing the initial
alone. should like very much to see
the document, in order to assure my
seit that it had not been tempered
with. 1T is not, however. of any i'm
portance. except to show that General
| FoSets evidence concerning me is false
from beginning to end (Sensation.)
| Revertins TO the manner in which
the suspicious against Drevfus crys-
talized, the colonel described the efforts
| TO piy INTO the prisoners life. and sal
the information a first received was
very bad and constituted Strong proof
against the prisoner. Later, however.
| II assumed quite a different aspect r.
was admitted that before his marriages
DreFfus was not "unimpeacna'ble mcr-
ally, nor was he entitled to wea1. a
wreath OF orange blossoms Gaush-
| teri
But, Colonel lCordier added, after his
marriage IJreyfus was quite different
HIS OPINION OF BOOSTERS.
The witness also said that whi;o
Dreyfus Boosted of his ccnquests. he.
Cordder, was of the opinion that those
who boosted the most ACCOMPLISHED
! the least. Gaughter)
! IN 1884 the witness regarded as in
sufficient the sole proof against Drey-
fus. namely. the bordereau. He ala
NOT believe the prisoner was guilty, bit
| the fact that the judges We're unani-
NOUS IN cnnNicting him changed the
witnesses mind. His doubts. however.
returned when he saw that the date OF
the bprdereau received i'm September
had ben fixed as May. Colonel PIC
quarts investigation and the infamous
campaign against Picquart increased
the suspicious Of the witness.
IN 1921 declared Colonel Co,dier
enlphatlcally, II had been assured by
the unaninf:ty of the judges and I was
absolutely convinced Of the guilt az
Dreytus. Now am absolutely convinc-
ed or his innocence" QGreat excite
menD.
Replying to the president. he declar-
Iett that the approaches Of the Dreyfus
| family TO Sandherr We're not attennrts
at corruption, and that Dreyf1s, hrot1,.
ers remark Our fortune is at your
disposal was only the expression az
the famly's ardent desire to save an
| innocent member OF it,
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