The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25
ESTERHAZEY'S FORMER EvI-
DENCE READ.

onel Jouaust announced 1t was Ester
hazey's turn to speak, but that as he
was not present the evidence which he
gave before the court Of cessation
would be read.
The clerk Of the court, accordingly,
read to an inattentive audience Ester
hazey's deposition, as published in April
last.
The reading of Esterhazey's deposit
ton occupied an hour. during which
the audience devoted most Of its atten-
ton to NJ. Labori, whose appearance
denoted no diminution of energy. The
pallor which was noticeable in his face
yesterday was replaced by ruddy
glow, though there were signs that he
was suffering occasional excruciating
twinges.
After a brief adjournment, NJ. Labor
asked that three leUters addressed by
EsterhaZey to the president Of the re-
public should be read.
ESTERHAZEY'S LETTERS TO THE
PRESIDENT.
The following are passages from
those letters which Were published ear
/ ly in April last. In the first letter he
| (Esterhazey) said:
My house is illustrious enough IN
| the annals of French history and in
/ those of the great European causes for
| the government of my country to take
| care not to allow my name to be
! OTdSSeu Ill the Lly sell,
therefore, to the supreme head Of the
| army, and to the president of the re-
! public, and I ask him to put an end to
| the scandal as he can and ought to do.
| If should have the sorrow not to be
! listened to by the supreme head of my
! country, my precautions are taken for
/ my appeal to reach the ears of my her
4, aldic chief, the sovereign of the Ester
| haZey family, the emperor Of Germany.
He is a soldier and will know how to
set the honor of soldier, even an enc
my, above the mean, equivocal intrigues
of politics. He will dare to speak out
loud and strongly defend the honor of
| ten generations Of soldiers. 1t is for
| you as president of the republic to
judge if you should force me to carry
the question in that region. An Ester
! hazey fears not anything or anybody
! if not Cod
In his second letter Esterhazey said:
II am at bay and compelled to use
! all means in my power. generous
! woman who warned me Of the horrible
plot woven against me by friends Of
! DreyfuS, with the assistance Of Colonel
| Picquart, has since been able to pro-
! cure for me, among other documents,
| the photograph OF a paper which she
succeeded in getting cut Of that office.
This paper. stolen in a foreign legation
| by Colonel Picquart is most compromis-
ing for certain diplomatic personages.
IL ICllICI OUldlA SuppOIl IlDI JuSIlCC,
and if my name comes to be renounced,
! this photograph, which is today quite
safe abroad, will be Immediately pub
lished.''
In the third letter Esterhazey says:
''This document is protection for me.
Dreyfus and is a danger for my country
because it's publication with the fac
simile of writing, will force France to
humiliate herself or to declare war.
You who are above empty quarrels in
which my honor is at stake, do not
leave me under the obligation of chOos-
ing between two alternatives equally
horrible. Compel Pontus PLATE of pol
itics to make a clear, precise declara-
tion instead of manoeuvreing to retain
the votes of friends of Barabbas.
Cali the letters that I have written
will shortly reach the hands Of one Of
my relatives who has had the honor
this summer to receive two emperors.
What will the whole world think when
~ it learns of the coWardly, cold cruelty
with which I have been allowed to
struggle in my agony without help.
without advice. My blood will be upon
your hands,
TERHAZEY.
General Gonse said he desired to re-
|, ply to Esterhazey's statements. Dur
ing the course of his observations, the
general said Esterha.ey's allegations
that he was the right hand man Of TIE
general staff was absolutely false. Gen
eral Gonse expressed an equally poor
opinion OF both Esterhazey and du1
Patty de Clam. The first he considered
too compromising a person to be seen
with, while the second had "compro-
missed the entire headquarters staff"
! M. Labori next asked that the Tav-
ernier inquiry on Patty de Clam should
40 nn1
, ment commissary said: II ask that the
request be refused
Replying to counsel, the commissary
said he hoped Patty de Clam would be
able TO appear in a few days.
, The doctors had been holding a con.
, ference on Patty de Clam and hoped he
, would be in shape to appear by Mon.
) day.
Maitre Labori gravely added that he
hoped this might prove true and his
, auditors smiled, apparently at tht
. thought Of what would happen to Patty
; de Clam.
Recurring to Esterhazey, NJ. Labor
t declared that the only reason he hat
= not been arrested by General SauSsie
i was that the general had been duped b,
j the headquarters staff. (Sensation)
THE EVIDENCE OF MILE. PAY:
READ.
j y
. Of Esterhazey, given before the cour
e of cessation was then read by the clerl
q of the court, as the witness did not ap
o pear when her name was called.
Y General Leblin de Dionne, a governo
: of the military college, then testified t
z Dreyfus' character at college. TIL
: prisoner, he said, displayed great in
q telhgence, but had a deplorable TEN
: per. He recalled a remark of Dreyfu
I that people of Alsace-Loraine would b
b much happier under German rule tha,
e under the rule of France.
Dreyfus, in reply, declared that he ha-
|. not only never said this but had neve
: thought it.
z Nj. Lanquety, mining engineer, wa
called. He had sworn before the cour
/ OF cessation to seeing Dreyfus in Brus
sels in 1894. He said he would not no,
be certain as to the year.
Dreyfus, rising, said he could refres
= the memory of the witness. "I met you
= l M Ixannn0rv" DroUf1,c sof