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short he employed a wrong expression"
Gen. Mercier here mounted the stage
and remarked that the writer of the Dor
, dereau might very well employ the term
hydraulic brake, because that was the
term used by the Germans for such
brakes
This ended the deposition Of Mai. Hart
mann, who certainly was a very valuable
witness for the defense, although the eff
feet Of his testimony was somewhat
weakened by Gen. Deloye's theatrical tes-
timony in reply to M. Labori
The next witness, M. Havet, member
of the institute, took UP the bordereau
from a grammatical point of view, de-
clarng 1t to be his conviction, after
studying closely the styles of Dreyfus and
Esterhazy, that the latter wrote it. The
witness entered into an interesting analy-
sis of the phraseology of the bordereau
pointing out that certain phrases in it
were met with in f1sterhazys letters, but
never in those of Dreyfus. He then traced
the influence exercised on Esterhazy by
his linguistic requirements notably of
German construction.
The government commissary, Maj Car
rier, asked M. Havet if he had been pres
ent at the sessions of the court before
he had testified. M Havet said: Yes"
at which the major, with great severity,
said: You have been guilty of a grave
breach Of judiciary discipline"
To this M Havet quietly remarked:
But 1 had not been summoned as
witness at the time I attended the ses-
sions."
Mai. Carriere sat down. checkmated.
SENSATIONAL SCENE.
The letters exchanged between Col.
Picquart and Gen. Gonse at the time the
colonel wanted thorough investigation
into the case were then read, and NJ. La
bori pointed out to Gen. Gonse that these
letters never alluded to the alleged con-
fession of Dreyfus.
Gen. Gonse replied that it was because
he always advised Col. Picquart not to
mix up the Esterhazy and Dreyfus cases.
Dreyfus, he added, had been condemned
and his case could not be opened, but they
were bound to see If there was another
traitor. The general made bitter COM
plant at the fact that his letters had
been communicated to NJ. Scheurer-Kest-
ner, former vice president of the senate,
who published them in book entitled
''Pontius Plate"
Replying to M. Labor, Gen. Gonse in
sisted that Dreyfus. having been con-
demned, 1t was not his duty to go back
to his case.
A scene between Gen. Gonse and Col
Picquart followed. The latter being
called said he gave Gen. Gonse's letters
to his lawyer when he realized that he
was the object of abominable intrigues
and when he received in Tunis a letter
of threats from the late Lieut.. Col. Hen
ry, sent with the assent of Gems Gonse
and De Boisdeffre. Col. PicQuart added
that he was not responsible for the sub
seauent publication of the letters.
In reply, Gen. Gonse said he had not
given his assent to Henry's letter and
that Col. Picquart perceived Vaccinations
against him everywhere.
Picquart then declared that at the same
time he took the bordereau to Gen. Gonse
he showed him the secret dossier. There
fore, he claimed, Gen. Gonse could easily
have acquainted himself with the proba-
binty that Dreyfus was innocent.
M. Labori then took Gen. Gonse in hand
on the subject of tampering with Col.
Picquart's correspondence while the col
onel was in Tunis, and Gonse admitted
that one letter was opened and that the
words of this letter were used In forging
the telegram which was intended to de-
stroy the value of the petit bleu. The
general insisted, however, that only sus-
pected letters addressed to Col Picquart
were opened. Picquart replied emphati-
cally that all his letters were opened.
Gen. Gonse maintained that the Henry
letter was written without his assent
and In reply to an insolent letter from
Picquart. The latter, the general added,
saw Vaccinations everywhere. He al
legged he was sent to Tunis to be killed.
The court could form its own conclusions.
Col. Picquart remarked that he brought
the secret dossier to Gen. Gonse stimuli
taneously with the bordereau and that
the general consequently was in g. position
to Judge Of the probabilities Of the inno-
cence of Dreyfus.
GENERALS ARE CORNERED.
The next witness. M. De Fond-Lamotte,
a former officer of artillery. testified that
in 1904 Col Iiquart lent him a firing
manual. which he might have kept as
long as he pleased.
49," the witness added, there was lit-
tie secrecy at that time. Any officer