The record-union., 1899-08-22

| he knew. since the letter SiSHeu
| 'Speranza' was not sent me, I must
ask NJ. Gribelin if he did not receive
| instructions from his chiefs to inter
cept it,"
/ M Gribelin-No, I never had such an
order.
Picquart, afer protesting against the
manner in which his correspondence
that the question of the employment
of secret service money should be con-
stantly mixed up with the Dreyfus
case, with which, he added, it had
nothing whatever to do. He also de-
MED that he had given M. Loblois the
slightest information regarding the Sc
cret dossier, and said the only docu-
ment of the dossier revealed-and that
was not by himself-was the "Cette
Canaille de D document, which
had been utilized by the enemies OF
Dreyfus.
There was also the ''liberateur" docu-
ment, which was delivered to Ester
hazy, who used it to levy the most
shameful blackmail on the Govern
ment.
Colonel Lauth followed. He traversed
the ground covered by his evidence be-
fore the criminal division of the Court
| of Cessation in regard to the circum-
stances under which Henry communl-
Gated the bordereau. He said that
when the bordereau reached the Intel
! ligence Department Henry was abso-
lutely the only officer who knew the
/ agent who furnished it, and was the
only officer known to the agent. Henry,
| he explained, had appointments with
| the foreign spy in question only at 5
or 3 o'clock at night at the various
places. So it was impossible for Henry
to hand the papers received to Colonel
Sandherr the same evening. There
| fore he took them home and brought
| them back to the office in the morn
| ing. Very often these appointments
were kept on Saturday, and Major
Lauth believed the packet containing
the bordereau was handed to Henry
on Saturday, September 22d, and was
taken to the office on September 24th.
"One morning. said Lauth, "it may
have been September oath, or another
date though it cannot matter much l
arrived at the office, and was about to
enter the room in which 1 usually
worked, when Colonel Henry, who was
walking in the corridor, called to me
and took me into his room. Captain
Mather arrived simultaneously. We
had scarcely entered when Colonel
Henry showed the packet received, and,
exhibiting some pieces he had pastel
together, said: 1t is frightful. Just see
what / have found in this packet We
walked to the window, and all three
began to read the contents of a paper,
which was none other than the bor-
dereau. We discussed who could be
the author
Il must add that NJ. Gribelin entered
the room and was informed regarding
the document. AT the same time the
bordereau was only shown to Colonel
Sandherr half or three-quarters of an
hour later, when he arrived
Next discussing the petit bleu, Major
Lauth said it reached Colonel Picquart
inclosed in a packet early in March.
Incidentally the witness mentioned the
mission to Nancy, on which Henry
went, and said that while he was alb
sent his wife came to the Intelligence
Department to ask for his whereabouts,
as she knew nothing of his departure.
ut was the same with all officers of
the department, said Lauth. Our
families never knew where we were
going when we were sent on a mission,
and it was through the department that
they corresponded with US. That proves
that things were not conducted in the
fourth bureau as alleged by Colonel
Picquart, and the officers were not so
negligent and careless as he has as
serted"
Witness maintained that this also dis
posed of Picquart's assertion that
Henry was in the habit of working at
home in the presence of servants. AS
a matter of fact he added, the officers
were very reserved before their famil-
les. Continuing, witness proceeded to
speak of Picquart's orders to destroy
all evidence of the petit bleu, having
been torn, and to determine the office
of origin by affixing a postmark.
The spy Cuers," said Lauth, ZEN
tered into relations with the Ministry
of War, with the avowed purpose of re-
venging himself on his Government.
He refused to accept payment beyond
his fare to Basle. Cuers was evidently
an agent provocateur who had been
sent to us. But we were never able
to get anything of the slightest value
of him. 1t was said,'' said Lauth, that
we bullied him to prevent him from
speaking. l wish the person who made
the statement to come here and re-
peat it. The truth is we bullied him,
not to prevent his speaking. but be-
cause he refused to say anything which
was not known, and that means the
same thing" Gaughter)
Major Iauths extremely long depoSi-
ton was listened to in profound ST.
lence. He protested at Picquarts allie
cations against him in the course of
the Tavernier inquiry, when Picquart
represented Lauth as the instigator and
perhaps, also, the writer of the Henry
forgery.
II declare" said Lauth, ''that if by
inspiring or writing it l had share
in anyway whatever in the perpetration
Of the Henry forgery I should have
avowed it the day Henry committed
suicide I am not even now afraid of
the razor nor the rope of lie Mercier-
Picquart, nor even Of a broken glass
omelette''
After controverting further state
ments of Picquart, Major Lauth, in
conclusion, declared that Henry, who
knew nobody on the newspapers, had
held aloof from the press campaign or
ganized in response to the action taken
by the friends of Dreyfus."
After a short adjournment the court
re-assembled, and the judges questioned
Major Lauth. They asked his opinion
of the Schneider letter of November 80,
1897. Witness replied that it was au-