The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-22

sion of General Pellieux, former Minister
of war, it seemed to him that the hand,
writing had been somewhat modlned' allo
at the Tavernier inquiry he noticed that
alterations of quite a serious character
had been made Ruled lines had been
erased Moreover experiments showed
she address had been written IN mn l Irard
was written in ink made OF !oSWoou.
Replying to the president OF the cooIt'
Major Lauth said that When ne piltt;;o
granhed the petit bleu he did not notlce
plate taken by Major Lauth bore no
traces of erasure. The photograph alone
hau been tempered with. ,,>o-+
Colonel JeuauSt-WaS there ar eAPei
Picquart-Yes; it was a searching r. IN IN
qury. Besides, the dossler a IN - the
Captain Junck followed. He said ne
was probationer simultaneously Win
Dreyfus but in another her f f6e prisoner
great deal, and held conversations IN
which he alleged Dreyfus spoke o, i gteal
sums he had lost in gambling ana inter
course with loose tbe ~om Witness proceeded
when we were visiting the Concours
Hippique we met three immoral WoI ihair
who bowed to us DreyIus r e .TyeiI for a
married man you have nice acquail IA
ances.' He replied that they "ere nc q
friends of his bachelorhood, ana, PoillWIi VIE
/,
Jesse. and that she had house on ane
Champs Elysees, where she gave nice par.
ties, where pretty women were 10 pe nc O.
and where there was much gdiIIpa1,1 ns
Dreyfus also boasted of his large means
and spoke with great rensn OIL iiS '0i--
Portable house and travels -. 49,,
The witness continuing sag t Inat scheme
fus was well acquainted with the scIleliIiSS
for the concentration of troops, anu coudu
trace it on any map, as most OIL the o'iiei
probationerS could. II, 80 the
different bureaus, and proceeded 70 os-
monstrate that the probationers were cog
infant of the plans for the transpot Ia. "a
ton and concentration of the troops, dIlu
how Dreyfus was ordered draw re-
port on the German artillery, comparing
It with the French artillery, having ac-
cess to all the necessary docuinelL' Prev
In regard to the Madagascar, note prey
fus, Junck claimed, told the "i it
that his cousin had procured MIN ll tba,7
esting information. Captain Junck enTil
the firing manual and discussed the me
ory that Henry might have divulgeu lne
documents in the bordereau. Sucn d sup
position, the captain declared was Ut
Captain Junck proceeded, and his ac-
count of what occurred on that occasion
was punctured With laugh tead RON Snnt ain
Junck why he had not given the court
of Cessation information of the characlet.
which he adduced to-day as PROOF asaliiS -
Cessation he had seen nothing in the con-
duct of Dreyfus to lead to the belief that that
he was a traitor This somewhat con.
fused the captain, who replied that PC
had not thought of it, but added that he
adhered 10 to-day's statement about the
character of the prisoner. Dreyfus AGAIN
being asked the usual question, replied
II will not speak to the witness of private
condolences he has made to me. II cap
tain Junck's ideas of honor allow him to
divulge priv ate conversation mine do not
have clean hands and l wipe them clean
Colonel Picquart jumped to his feet.
Colonel Jouaust-What. again?
Colonel Picquart insisted and referring
to the petit bleu in order TO demonstrate
how valueless was Captain Junck's evil
dence. said the court had only to. com
pare the captains evidence with the re-
suits of the Ravary. Fabre and IaVernier
INQUIRIES to see the contradictions be-
tween him and Major Lauth. The court.
he added then would see the utter valus-
lessness of Captain Junck's statements.
(Sensation.)
The court then adjourned.