The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-05
An AUSTRIAN REFUGEE.



been included In the secret dossier r,ya-
serted TO the court. General Gonsa re-.
| piled that he had not considered the dsr.
patch Of sufficient importance to he in
cludsd In the seoret dossier.
Colonel Jouaust here again refused Co
allow some Of NJ. Lahori's questions NJ
Labor was fuming with Indignation but
was obliged to submit.
NJ Labor asked General Gonse who
| compiled the secret dossier. tsI did. -
shouted Commandant Cuignet from th o
body Of the ball.
Commandment Cuignet then came to the
bar and declared that he had omitted ali
documents froiu abroad because foreign
ers were Interested In deceiying us. -
Commandant Cufgnet added that an
other despatch existed relating to O con
veIsation between a foreign sovereign and
French military attaohe, In the course
OF which the Sovereign said: "What Is
now occurring In France 10 proof of the
power of the Jews" This despatch. said
Cuisne5 although agai INST Drsyfus was
also omitted from the secret dossier.
NM. Demange and Labor Immediately
arose and expressed surprise that fresh
evidence against Dreyfus should be intro
dnced In this way. nj. Labori also OK f.
pressed curiosity respecting these doc u
ments which were being held back con-
cerning espionage, which were In the pos
session of the general staR and he Insisted
that all these documents should be SUBJ
mitted to the court behind closed doors.
The question Of the report drawn up by
Commsndant Cuignet and Officer Wat
tines dealing exhaustively with the sec
ret dossier was then introduced and Gen.
eral Biliot arose to explain that the state
ment was inexact, that he took this report
away wit him.
II gave this report" he said, .'to III.
Cavaignac, the former minister OF war;"
SAT- l.a..n ~
M. Cavaignac's explanation of what be-
came of the report"
Colonel Jousust called for NJ. Cavaie-
mac, but the former minister of war was
not In the court room and an officer was
sent TO seek him.
Meanwhiie the testimony OF couple
OF minor witnesses was heard.
The proceedings above described were
very exciting, rs at one time when Gem
eral Chnnoine and n. Paleologue were
brought upon the stage to explain Conn
mandant Cuignet's statements there were
iive witnesses at the bar all speaking az
once and interrupting one another. The
testimony throughout was interspersed
with heated scenes between M. Labor
and Colonel Jouaust.
Id, Cavaiguao could not be found In
the precincts Of the Lycee and 1t was
decided TO hear MIN tomorrow
A commiesary of the secret poIice
and his testimony concluded today's pro-
oeedinGs. He proved indirectly a strong
witness for Dreyfus and his evidence
brought glaring instance of duplscity
on the part OF the staff office in suppress.
ing documents which must weaken its
own case. C0mmissary Temps was called
to the general staff Office to investigate
case OF espionage aud naturally had
consultations and close relations with
officers of the bureau. CommIssary
Tomps began his testimony by paying
high tribute to Lieut.. Col. Picduart's
correct attitude and uprightness in the
Dreyfus inquiry while other officers were
seeking to undermine him by insinua.
tions.
Lieut.. Col. Henry the witness asserted.
tried to induce him to attribute to pic.
quart the communication of the border
eau to the Matin in which journal it
will be remembered the bordereau was
first published. Then Commissary Tomns
came to the most important part of his
testimony, which led to q restriction OF
his revelations. The witness was askei
If he lad ever Investigated the Paulmisr
affair, which was as follows:
Paulmier was the valet of Colonel
attache at Paris, and it was alleged that
he saw on Schwartzkoppen's desk docu-
ments signed by Dreyfus. The general
staff had declared that an effort would
be made to get at the truth Of this story,
but Paulmier disappeared and therefore,
although the general staff could not
prove the story, 1t could not be disproved.
10 the question regarding this case,
Commissary Temps replied that he had
not Investigated the affair, whereupon
III. Labori suggested that NJ. Hennion,
sub-chief of the political police, who is
on duty In Rennes during the trial,
might have been entrusted with the in
quiry into the case.
Col. Jouaust called to Hennion, who
was present In the court room, "Come
here and testify
NJ. Hennion assembled the platform and
took the oath. He declared that he did
investigate the case and actually found
Paulmier who told him there was not
woid OF truth In the whole story. He
never saw any paper bearing the name
of Dreyfus. .