The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-22

| 10 enter INTO a discussion Of the matter.
HE DENOUNCED DREYFUS.
Gen. Fabre, former chief of the fourth
| bureau of the general staff, was the first
| witness today. He said that in his Off
| cial capacity he compared the handwrit-
ing of various officers in his bureau, in
+! Guiding the handwriting of a probationer
who had been in the bureau during the
| previous year, and who had not favora-
| bly, impressed his comrades
This probationer, Dreyfus, who was re-
| garded as untrustWOrthy and insincere
| IN MS pretensions, was, according to the
! witness, equally disliked by his comrades
and superiors; was, Fabre added, con-
| stantIy endeavOring, by all sorts of
| means, to learn the secrets of the plan
| OF concentration of the Eastern railway
| system, and, in his anxiety to secure in
| formation neglected his duties His Of
! nclal duties, witness also said placed it
| III Drev1us power to disclose the docu-
| ments referred to in the bordereau.
Witness could emphaticalIv denv ali
Dfeytus had said on this subject
| When Maj. Berth showed the witness
the pordereau, the latter was struck with
| the resemblance of the caligraphy. Drew
rus was the only officer who made a bad
impression on the bureau, and the opin-
ions OF the chiefs of staff and heads of
other departments confirmed witness be-
! neL. Gen. Fabre, in conclusion declared
! ne was still as firmly" convinced as in
! 1894 that the prisoner was the author OF
/ the bordereau. (Sensation.0
! AFTER M Demange had pointed out the
! discrepancy In Fabre's present state
ments and those he voiced in 1894 Col
Jouaust invited Dreyfus to reply. The
! prisoner said Gen. Fabre quite CORRECTLY
! described the work on which he was en-
! gagged when a probationer, especially ON
/ phaslzlng that he had to keep the dossier
reiatlng to the concentration centers on
| the Eastern system posted I'D This 1,as
not fictitious task. The prisoners "a
! ply was made in calm. measured tomas
ana his frankneSs seemed to favoratl 1,,
! impress the judges.
Col. q 'Abbeyville, former deputy chief
OF the fourth bureau, related how Fabre
ndu showed him a photograph of an
alloIiH nous note in which the writer in
! Cihdleu TO his correspondent 'eviden+1v
foreign to the army" that he had CON
! HuehtlaI documents to communicate
Inc witness told Fabre that the doom,
! AHeHIS mentioned showed the writer could
only be an artillery officer, belone,no to
lhe general staff, who participated in tho
! expedition of the Headquarters e+oAp ~
June and July, 1894 The position of - -
rus corresponded with those condttions
| ana TO their great surprise - strilriro
| IcS9IiIoIolce was apparent in the WRITING
OF Dreyfus and the anonymous letter
greater interest in the proceedings was
llhIlII esIed when the name of the neI+
| %%itness was announced, former Chief of
the defective Department Cochefert 1,bo
was present when Dreyfus underwen+ 49,
| fee ue liam Of
M. Cochefert declared that he knew ah-
aIoiuleiy nothing of the Dreyfus case when
r nc 1IiIlster OF war, Gen. MERCER. sum
i loieu "a n I'M 10 confer with him on the suh-
|
| IN regard to Dreyfus. Cen N5ana 11iiS
IOcHeIert continued, asked his advice -
! - me procedure which ought fo he Ell
lU"eu ana introduced him to D,, po+r- -
lam. subsequently, after nj RartiIio,,,.
upon. 'ius was decided
ARREST OF DREYFrrs
The witness proceeded n doa.,
| arrest and the famous scene of +he 5 sne
latloh test, saying that from the a.
| marx dropped by Du Patv de O. re-
prisoner displayed evident nneasi-,o me
Ihen the ex-chief of detectives IN De.
oe liam placing his hand on the nris
oner's shoulder, said: piiS-
Capt. Dreyfus. in the nar,o 20 -,
minister of war, arrest YOU" 'iio
| AT the time of the exanino+io, =.
DreyIus, witness gained the innrass.o,,
ll,at ne mlght8be guilty, and so renorted
Ion. ''Aeu Ills opln7
During this formal examina+,o,,
Cochefert added, Dreyfus protested bis
innocence very violently, and declared ho
ala not know what they wanted or 90
what he was accused. Witness af+er-
wards sealed up the papers Du Patv de-
Clam seized at Dreyfus' residence
Replylng to the court. Cochefert Gotta
go &c since ms hrst appearance on tina
scene he had nothing to do with tbe
Dreytus affair, which was in the hands
OF the military authorities. He had not
then seen the writing of the borderaaT
otherwise his impression might have been
| modified i
During the course of his reply. witness
mentioned Esterhazy, but his remark
was inaudible.
After the remarks of M. Demange. Col
Jouaust invited Dreyfus to speak. The
prisoner replied:
mo; will reply when Du Patty de Clam
is here"
NJ. Gribelin, principal archivist of the
headquarters staff, was the next witness
He testified with great volubility and ex.
pressed the opinion that when Dreyfus
was arrested, in 1894, he was enacting a
role by Systematically denying all the