The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-18

| uOIke 10 save LSleInaZy.
With reference to the document Lib
: rateur" which was a document forge(
in order to secure the release OF Ester
hazy when he was contaminated, Gen
eral Roget said he only knew how i
reached the ministry of war, addnl
that its disappearance from that minis
try was mystery. He said that doubt
less Patty de Clam could explain tn,
matter.
Counsel for the defense here wanted
to know how under such circumstances
| Paty de CLAIMS intervention in behall
OF Esterhazy could be explained. Blu
the witness could only attribute it tC
Patty de CLAIMS "moral conviction OF
Esterhazys innocence"
In any case said the general, "tht
general staff must be entirely disasso
ciated with the part played by Du Patty
de Clam in this matter"
| Certainly" replied Mr.. Demange.
Il attach great Importance to this
point was the generals next remark,
Mr.. Demange agreed to this, but adj
ded: What | would like to know is
now an Innocent man like EsterhaZy
| was thought to need this kind of help. u
| daughter)
1t is certain should not have done
it, answered the witness, which caused
| renewed laughter
General Roget then added that al
| though he would not have interviewed
himself to save 1lsterhazy he did not
consider the course followed as being
reprehensible
M Demange then questioned the wit
ness as to what he thought of Esterha-
zys attempt to obtain from an agent
a declaration that he had nothing to do
with the affair, to which the general re-
piled that he knew nothing of such an
| attempt.
When NJ Demange read General Re-
nouard's report on the subject, howev-
err, General Roget admitted that Ester
| Hays attempt was certainly curl
| Gus proceeding" for an innocent man to
| undertake.
counsel thereupon invited the special
attention of the court-martial to the
witness reply. Then he took the gene
raj to task for playing yesterday the
part of general accuser, particularly to-
wards Colonel Picquart. During the
course of his rearks M. Demange re-
ferred to the document known as the
Petit Bleu and the erasures in it. The
general admitted the erasures might
have been made with the view of giy-
ing the document a suspicious APPEAR
ance. But he intimated that Picquart
made the erasureS and renserted the
name of Esterhazy after taking the
photograph exhibited before the court
of cessation.
Counsel insisted that the Justification
occurred after the Petit Bleu left Pic
quarts hands and demanded further
explanation from the witness. The gen.
eral, however, said he was unable to
testify as to who falsiled the document
or as to why it was done. He did not
think 1t was done with the view Of
compromising Picquart
AT this juncture there was little
Sparring bout between M. Demange and
Major Carriere, the representative of
the government in the case. The for
nler desired information in regard to the
espionage meeting at Basic. Switzer-
land, and the recall, on account of pee
ulatiOn, of an agent named Lajoul, who
was corresponding with certain for
eign agent. Major Carriere objected to
the discussion of the subject at this
stage, for he said it would be contrary
to the spirit of discipline for the gene
raj to discuss the details. The presi-
dent of the court upheld the protest of
the government representative and M
Demange continued his examination of
General Roget.
How was it you know" counsel
q q xvi IL
thousand francs was offered to Ester
hazy if he would confess to being the
author of the bordereau?"
Il heard it," the witness replied
from the court of inquiry which tried
Esterhazy, and from Esterhazy him
self"
"Ah," exclaimed counsel, sit was
Esterhazy who said it. Just So"
Gaughter)
'Why was his residence searched?"
M. Demange then asked and the gem
eral answered: "Esterhazy, at one
time, had the document containing the |
words 'cette canaille de d. and might,
therefore, have had Others"
you admit, then" asked M. De-
mango, that he might have had inter-
esting documents?"
when one is conducting an INQUIRY"
said the witness, zone must expect any
thing and search accordingly"
Admitting" counsel then said, that |
Esterhazy was the agent Of the Dreyfus !
family and that he had agreed to as
sumo, as suggested the prisoners guilt,
how do you explain the fact that Ester
hazy upon several occasions wrote
statements calculated to compromise the
case of Dreyfus?"
With Esterhazy" replied General
Roget zone can never be sure Of any
thing. Iaughter.) He Is such an ex-
traordinary fellow. l don't know what
he may be doing to-day, nor what he
will do tomorrow"
These statements of the general con-
vulsed the court with laughter which ir-
ritated the witness, who was growing
nervous under the searching examina-
ton of counsel. Turning to Dreyfus,
General Roget cried in a loud voice: II
know very well that if l was accused of
an act of treason which had not com
mitted 1 should find arguments well to
defend myself"
This assertion evoked murmurs but
the general shouted: "Nhy does he
deny even the most obvious things?"
M. Demange shrugged his shoulders
and ejaculated: "Ah."
The prisoner, however rose and en-