Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-24

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chief OF tho detective department.
Cochefert, who was present when
Dreyfus underwent the dictation test
in du Patty do CLAIMS office.
NJ. Cochefcrt declared he knew alb
solutely nothing of the Dreyfus case
when. the Minister of War, Gen.
iMercier, summoned him to confer with
MIN on the subject of the bordereau
and the suspicious in regard to Drey-
fus. Gen. Morcier, Cochefert con-
tinued, asked his advice as to the
procedure which ought to ne followed
and introduced him to du Patty dc
Clam.
The witness proceeded to describe
the arrest and the famous scene of the
dictation test, saying that from tho
iirst remark dropped by du Patty do
Clam the prisoner displayed evident
uneasiness.
During this formal examination,
Cochefert added, Dreyfus protested his
Innocence Violently and declared he
did not know what they wanted or Of
what he was accused
After the remarks of NJ. nemange,
Col. Jouaust invited Dreyfus TO speak.
The prisoner replied:
=, No; | will reply when du Patty de
Clam is here. "
M. Gribelin, the principal archivist
OF the headquarters staff, said he was
cognizant Of Dreyfus' relations with
loose women. In support of this
assertion he mentioned an alleged
voluntary statement made by Mathiou
Droyfus, brother of the prisoner, in the
witness presence that he had been
obliged to pull his brother from the
clutches of woman of this description
living near the Champs Elysee.
M. Gribelin recapitulated the dis
covery OF the leakage at military head
quarters, the arrival of the burdereau,
&c., and dwelt on the system of
espionage conducted under cover of
diplomatic immunity, by agents "A"
"B" and &C."
Jouaust, NJ. Gribeiin positively
asserted that Esterhazy never came
to tho Intelligence Department.
Col. Jouaust, the other judges and
M. Demange closely questioned NJ.
Gribelin on various points and, in re-
plying, witness impaired some in
formation regarding the Petit Bleu
and the circumstances under which the
secret dossier was communicated to
Picauart.
Replying to NJ. Demange, NJ.
Gribelin admitted having mixed up
du Patty de CLAIMS and Henry's in
trigues in favor of Esterhazy. The
admission created sensation.
1t was by order of Col. Horny, wit
witness added, that he tGribeinl. put
on spectacles and went to the Rue de
Douai to hand Esterhazy letter, to
which the latter was to reply rs es" or
mo-" 1t was also Henry who ordered
ness to accompany du Patty do Clam to
Mont Souris Park at the time du Patty
de Clam masqueraded under q false
beard.
Witness thought it would have been
much simpler to have summoned Ester
hazy to the Ministry of War, especially
as it was known Matthew Dreyfus was
about to be publicly denounced.
M. Demange remarked that the de.
nunciation of Matthew Dreyfus could
not well have been foreseen when these
romantic interviews'' with Esterhazy
were occurring, considering Matthew
himself had not then contemplated a
denunciation.
M. Gribelin replied that at any rate
IL was known measures were in progress
against Easterhazy.
NJ. Demange: "Why then, since IL
was a question of saving him, were
false boards and blue spectacles re-
sorted top
M. Gribelin: "You had better ask
du Patty do Clam when he comes here. -
Laughter.
Counsel then wanted to know why
the letter signed "Speranza" was not
sent to PIcquart, since all his letters
were opened at the Ministry of War.
NJ. Gribelin: 'As l never opened a
letter addressed to Col. Picquart, l do
not know why"
Col Picquart asked permission to
question witness.
when | left the Ministry of War;"
said Picquart, 81 asked NJ. Gribelin
to forward my letters to the addresses
he knew. Since the letter signed
'Speranza was not sent me, | must ask
M. Gribelin il he did not receive in
structions from his chiefs to inter
cept it?"
M. Gribelin: mo; never received
such an order.''
the ground covered by his evidence
before the criminal division of the
Court of Cessation in regard to the
circumstances under which Henry COM
municated the bordereau. He said
that when the bordereau reached the
Intelligence Department Henry was
absolutely the only officer known to
the agent. Henry, he explained, had
appointments with the foreign spy in
question only in the evenings, at 8 or
O'Clock at night, at various places, SC
it was impossible for Henry to hand
the papers received to Col. Sandherr,
the same evening. Therefore, he took
them home and brought them to the
Office in the morning. Very often these
appointments were kept on Saturday
and Major Lauth believed the packer
containing the bordereau was handed
to Henry Saturday, September 22d,
and was taken to the office September
Gath.
"One morning. said Lauth, 81
arrived at the office and was about to
enter the room in which usually work
when Col Henry called to me and
showed the packet received and, ex-
hibiting some pieces he had pasted
together said 1T is frightful. Just
see what ] have found in this packet.
1--WE walked to a window and al
three began to read the contents of a
paper, which was none other than the
bordereau. We discussed who coulo
be the author.
81 must add that M. Gribelir
entered the room and was Informed
regarding the document. At the SAINT
time the bordereau was only shown tC
Col. Sandherr half or quarters Of
an hour later when he arrived. +"
Major Lauth's extremely long de
nosition was listened TO in profoun(