The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19


the adjournment of court for the day.
Colonel Picquart gave his testimony in
the same loud, fearless voice that char
acterized his manner yesterday He
began by declaring he thought it neces-
sary to Immediately reply to General
Roget's veritable arraignment of him
while on the stand. AT the outset of
Colonel PiCquart's remarks Roget in
terposed and said he would reply to
them. Continuing Colonel Picquart pro-
ceeded to discuss the secret dossier as
being the handspring Of the condemna-
tion of Dreyfus. He took up the docu-
ments suCcessively, referring to the
writers and addresses of the letter as
A and B.
Among those present in court were
Generals Zurlinden and Billot, former
Ministers of War Maitre Monard, who
argued the case in behalf of the Drey-
fus family for the revision of the prls-
oner's sentence before the Court Of Cas-
sation, was present this morning to as
sist NJ. Demange of counsel foo the de-
Tense Following is the evidence in de-
tail:
Before resuming his deposition Colonel
PicQuart said: L think it necessary to
say a few words with reference to the
Veritable speech for the prosecution dellV-
cred by General Roget when referring 10
the Quenelii case
The president of the court, Colonel Jou-
aust, here interposed, saying: rs 1t per
sOnal matter?'
Il shall be very brief, colonel replied
PicQuart. Il am, moreover. ready to reply
to all questions the court may ask on the
subject. For the moment l shall conllne
myself to the following explanation: The
Queneli case occurred between May ~
and July Il. 1886 al which period, on ac-
count of a family bereavement, was
able to pay very little attention to my Of
fiCial duties. In my absence colonel Hen
ry acted for me. Moreover, L devoted
most of the month Of July to journey 10
the headquarters staff, which also pre-
vented me from attending to my ordinary
duties was therefore able to give only
very intermittent attention TO the t@uehei-
Ii case. Besides this, Quenelh was re-
turned convict, who had conraVened a
decree of expulsion and had been caught
red-handed in another criminal act; he
was at first sight not particularly IN
teTeSting parsonage.
At this point General Roget arose ana
said. Il wish to be allowed to reply.
You shall" said Colonel Jouaust.
Colonel Picquart, continuing, SAID: /
protest absolutely against the allegation
that l consented to the communication of
the secret dossier to the members OF the
Dreyfus Court-martial without the prls-
oner's knowledge. | never ordered Sucn
communication. and if it was done it was
without my CogniZanCe. / hasten to add
that in my opinion it WoulG have peen an
insult to the court to believe its members
would lend themselves to Such mdchlna-
tions | am ready, | repeat, to reply to
every question. | will only point out that
all General Roget has recounted IN detaL
was published in general terms IN the
Gaulois on January =. Having thus eX-
planned certain matters, L Will continue
my deposition.
Then the colonel proceeded to discuss
the phrase occurring in the bordereau;
a am going to the maneuvers. he said
there was no question of probauoners go
ing to the maneuvers in September. This,
he pointed out. would have curtailed their
period of probation in an entirely unusual
After dealing with the testimony of the
experts at the cOurt-marttal of 1894 Pic
quart proceeded to examine the secret
dossier a close analysis of which, he
asserted. was particularly necessary
owing to the weight the document had
with the members of the court-martial
"This dossier," continued the witness.
may be divided into two parts. The
first contains three documents. One is
known as the d Avigr.on document, the
terms of which are about as follows:
Doubt the proofs; service letters; situa-
ton dangerous for me with French Off
GER; no information from an officer of the
line important only as coming from the
Ministry: already somewhere else. Two
The document containing t,ud the words gorl
ment which is nothing but the report Of
journey to Switzerland made in behalf
of a foreign power
THE second part of the dossier.' con-
tinued Pcquart. consisted chiefly of
supplementary review of the first. 1t con-
tanned the gist of seven or eight docu-
ments, one OF which. 'Cette canaille de
D will serve for the purpose Of com
parisOn. 1t also contained the correspond
ence of attaches a and b. These initials,
It should be borne in mind represent
Colonel SChwarzkOppen. formerly German
military attache at Paris, and Major Pan
iZZardi. the former military attaChe of
Italy at the French capital"
At this juncture the colonel said ii
would facilitate his explanation If he were
permitted to see the secret dossier add
ing: II have already had ii in my hands,
but l fear my memory may fail me on
some points"
What you ask replied the president
of the courtmartial, is impossible. The
Minister'S orders are absolute. The secret
dossier can only be examined under GER
tain conditions"
Il regret it, answered Picquart," but
will try to refresh my memory"
The witness next explained why Major
Du Patty de CLAIMS translation of the
AVignon document, which he had
classed as idiotlc. was open 10 doubt, and
why that document if it had any mean
ing Whatever, was as applicable to Ester
hazy as to Dreyfus.
Regarding the correspondence of the
military attaches. the witness demon
strated the insigniicance of the informa-
ton asked for. While Du Patty de Clam
regarded the correspondence as convinc-
ing and as clearly indicating an officer of
the second bureau, Picquart maintained
that the terms of the correspondence indi-
Gated that the writer intended to ask a
friend and not a spy for the information
desired. Many headquarters officers. he
pointed out were on cordial and abso-
lutely legitimate terms with the foreign
military attaches. Colonel Picquart then
took up the "Cette canaille de D." docu-
ment. He called the attention of the
court 10 the fact that ii was addressed
by Schwarzkoppen to PaniZzardi and not
vice versa. as long believed After giving
his reasons for believing Dreyfus was not
the person referred to in that document
Picquart showed how De Clam endeav-
ored TO ascribe the authorship of the doc
ument to Panizzardi, with the view of
establishing a connection which in reality
did not exist between the various docu-
ments in the Indictment against Dfeyfus
The document referring to the French
agents journey TO Switzerland, of which
Schwarzkoppen is said to have been in
formed. was only slightly commented
upon by the witness, as he did not attach
Importance to it.
The minute. detail with which the
colonel dealt with the evidence, the
clearness of his language and his deduc-
tions had great effect upon the audience
and elicited general admiration. The for
rner chief of the intelligence department
concluded his examination of the first por-
ton Of the secret dossier by saying: