The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-08

scoundrel, and the Echo de Paris as a
dfty jew sheet" and added that 1t was
mistake to abandon him and then prose-
cute him.
After repeating his threats. Esterhazy
wrote that if he were the moral author
of the bordereau he could not have sup
piled the information contained In il, aud
expressed surprise that nothing had been
said in regard 10 the role played by Col.
Picquart. He then attacked, turn about,
all the officers of the general staff.
ESterhazy declared
81 viii say or do nothing to Increase
the dangers of the situation But, l, an
old and faithful servant have been de-
nounced and have fallen beneath the
blows. after having been basely abandoned
by the Bosdeffres. Billols and other gem
erals"
Col Jouaust refused to hear any fur
Their evidence. and adjourned the court
for the usual brief interval
Maj. Cnrriere's Summing Up.
The session was resumed at 1915 o'clock
a. m, when Maj. Carrere began the
speech for the prosecution. This was a
signal for the military witnesses to retire
and headed by the generals, they bowed TO
the judges ana trooped out of court, in
accordance with the orders of the minis
ter of war, Gen de Gallifet, 10 start TO
reioin their commands within two hours
Of the beginning of the summing up of
| the prosecution.
Maj. Carriere's summing up began by
reading the judgment Of the Court of Cas-
satiOn and the questions referred to the
present eourtmartial The major said:
colonel and councillors: BY Judgment.
June 3, last, OF the Court OF Cessation.
the Dreyfus case was sent before a court
martiaf at Eennes.
Il read the judgment at the beginning
of the trial 1t quashes and annuls the
| N
Alfred Dreyfus and sends him before
courtmaTtial at Rennes to be tried on the
following ques ions Is Capt. Alfred ORGY
fus guilty Of having, in 1884, practiced ma
chinations for he benefit of a foreign pow
or by delivering the documents mentioned
in the bordereauY"
The major proceeded to examine the bor-
! dereau, saying that apart from the ques-
ton Of the handwriting, upon which even
the experts fell out, he thought that the
references TO the troops and the artillery
formation were very significant. Esterha-
~, he pointed out, would have had no diff
dcuIty in securing the firing manual, there
was difficult to get, while Dreyfus could
not easily have obtained it.
Discussing the sentence about going 10
| the maneuvers which has caused so much
controversy, Mai. Carriere declared IL
would have been impossible for Esterhazy
| to write II. Maj Carriere added:
II said to myself, let us take the bull
| by the horns Ii was Picquart who
brought about the revision. Let us study
Picquart / found his case perfectly con-
structed and for a moment hoped we
might acquit and rehablitate an innocent
man. 1t would have been all to our ad-
vantage and no trouble to repair judi
clal error OF the judges OF 1894, whose
honor has never been impugned. That
would necessarily have paeified the public
mind. But closer investigation of Pic
quarts case showed assures. My mo-
mentary conviction of the innocence of
Dreyfus was transformed into stronger
belief of his guilt, which has been con-
firmed by the evidence of the witnesses.
and l come here to tell you on my soul
! and conscience that Dreyfus is guilty, and
! demand The application of article rs OF
the penal code"
The last statement of the governments
commissary caused great deal of ex-
element in the court, which was after
wards adjourned for the day.