Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-10
GENDARMEs PLENTIFUL.

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GENDARMES PLENTIFUL.
Gendarmes were plenumly distributed
| among the audience and posted in the
| gangways around the courtroom.
The silence was only broken oy tho
! occasional rustling Of a reporters note
! book or the neigh of an artillery horse
! p'cketed outside beside the Lycee. Now
and then there was a sound Of the rat
| tlng OF a rifle or the clanking Of
sword OF some officer hastily crossing the
room where the troops were stationed.
Maltie Demange, in his plea for the
oelence began by speaking OF the techni-
/ cal value Of the bOrdcreau The prose-
cution by taking separately each Of the
Holes containing the informatio sup
pled by the writer OF the bordereau. de-
duced the information that Dreyfus alone
could have communicated he information
contained in the document
We are. said ne, before a court of JUS
tice, with which suppositions have no
place. IN order 10 produce proof / must
ask. and we must know, what was the
information supplied
We must have the notes delivered;
otherwise we have 10 deal with a hypo-
thesis
REVIEW OF THE FACTS
Counsel then reviewed the well known
facts In the case. showing that Colonel
SchwarZkoppen. the German military
attache at Paris, supplied information to
his government. years before. regarding
the '120-short" field gun. He said that
only the internal brake Of this gun re-
NAMED secret. but Dreyfus knew no
thing about it. and never asked for in
formation from the few officers who did
know Therefore counsel c0utcndcd,
Dreyfus could not have betrayed this
secret.
Regarding the practical tests of the
gun Dreyfus was similarly ignorant.
Continuing to plead with great warmth
and eloQuence. NJ. Demanee declared he
did not believe in the completely of Henry
and Estcrhazy. Tor Henry was honorable
and loyal il ne had been the accom-
plice of Esterhazy, Henry would have
destroyed the bordereau. Possibly Henry
had inadvertently divulged information
20 EsterhaZy. under the impression that
he was cOnveIsing with an honorable
straightforward man. Ike himself, and
discovering in 1898 that he had placed
his hands 10 a traitors grasp. he COM
mitted a crime on which counsel declined
10 enlarge. since The perpetratOr had al
ready paid for il With his life. What
other explanation could be given OF the
suicide Of this man. with whom the
whole army sympathized. even after the
discovery OF the crime? Henry had
spoken Of souudrels Was not one Of
these EsterhaZy. and the other Weyl the
latter having uncOnsciOusly betrayed in
formation?
General Saussier had every confidence In
Heury's loyalty. and Esterhazy might
have received information from Henry
or Weyl who We're 2aCunsci aasiy' iliiorIn-
ers.
Three men were in the Intelligence de-
partment-Henry. Esterhazy. and Weyl.
Esterhazy had even placed the others un-
der precautionary Obligations, and oil
three We're closely bound together.
GOING TO THE MANOEUVRES."
Dealing with the last line of the Dor
dereau. Il am going 10 the manOeuvres,"
counsel produced note written by
Dreyfus proving that he knew in May,
1891. that he would not attend the ma
nOeuvros with his regiment. Counsel
dwelt on the importance of the fact that
the probaticners absolutely knew they
would not attend the maneOuVres though
certain individuals cherished the hope
that exceptions might be made in their
favor Only one actually applied 20 Gene
raj de Boisdefre for permission, and the
latter did not promise anything.
NJ. Demange protested against the gov
eminent commissioners assertion that it
had been agreed that the probationers
should attend the mancouyres as officers
the headquarters staff, and said he
wished TO know If Major Cawiere adj
herod 10 his statement on the subject
Major Carriere replied that General de
Boisdeffrc had declared ne had promised
"a. DO his best TO satisfy the probationers.
NJ. Demange continued: And you call
that an agreement
Major Carriere: Certainly.
NJ. Demange: Then we do not agree as
10 the meaning of the word in the French
language
Continuing, NJ Demange further demol-
ished the bordereau as affecting Dreyfus,
ending by eXclaiming:
$50 much for the technical value Of the
bordereau. l have argued foot by foot
with my honorable friends on the other
side. and ] have shown the fallacy of
the mental process whereby they reached
the point that they were able 10 affirm
on their soul and conscience that Drey-
fus was guilty. j might. therefore. say
with pride that l have demolished the
case of the prosecution. But ] am not
entitled 10 do So i merely beg leave TO
say TO the court, BE careful
you must be certain. and before YOU
can say Dreyfus is guilty you must, on
your souls and consciences, be able TO
declare that there is no doubt that no
one but he had the documents enumerated
in the bordereau."
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