The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08

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however, the great event of the sitting
was the battle royal between M. Labor
and Colonel Jouaust over certain ques-
tions which the advocate wished to put
to General BillOt. N. Labor lost con-
troll of himself under the influence or
his deep feeling Of Indignation and his
belief that Colonel JOuauSt was del1b-
erately gagging him in the interest or
the military clique His voice, which
at first resounded through the court
room became chOked with emotion. The
spectators held their breath as he re-
torted defantly to Colonel Jouausts re-
fusal to put the questions, his words
drowning Colonel Jouausts voice in an
Irresistible torrent, whose force was
heightened by his passionate gestures.
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
The following is a detailed report of
the proceedings: The secret eXamina-
ton of M Eugene de Cernuschi, the
Austrian refugee and witness for the
prosecution, occupied the time Of the
court martial from the hour Of it's
converting at $50 o'clock a. m, until
$50 o'clock.
The public sitting of the court open
ed at 8:45 o'clock a. m, with brief
| exchange of unimportant remarks be-
| tween Maitre Demange and General
Roget.
Senator Trarieux, formerly minister
of justice, was then recalled to the
witness stand.
THE PETIT BLEU FORGERY.
M Labori questioned M. Trareux
| with regard to the petit bleu.
! M. Trarieux replied that he had ex
| amined the petit bleu which had been
| the cause of the accusation against
| Colonel Picquart. If the witness had
| not known in the first place that the
| genuine document had been falsified
| he would not have received P1cquart
| at his house at the day the latter was
arrested. The witness had not accused
| Commandant Lauth any more than
| others.
! M. Trarieux vehemently defended
| Picquart against the charge of tam
pering with the petit bleu, the original
! genuineneSS of which was proved by
| the very use to which PicQuart had put
| it when he submitted to his SuperiOrS
| the scheme of decOy letters which he
| proposed to send to Major Esterhazey,
| in which was to be introduced the ex-
act wording of the petit bleu. Picquart
| therefore, was a man Of untarished
| honor when he was prosecuted for for
gerry. All the evidence showed that
Picquart was not connected with the
| erasures which thus constituted a new
forgery and a new device to squelch
Picquart.
'I cannot believe" added the ex-min-
lister of justice, warmly, that the
number of persons who perpetrated
these forgeries was very great. We
| have discovered one source from which
emanated other forgeries. I have not
far to go to seek him.
ZURLINDEN TELLS ABOUT THIS
FORGERY.
| General Zurlinden followed. He ex-
planned that he deposed both in the
capacity Of military governor of Paris
and minister of war. He had played a
! most important part in the du Patty de
Clam, Picquart and Esterhazey cases
The proceedings in the case of Major
du Patty de Clam had caused him great
| anxiety. The witness wished for more
light with regard to the ground upon
which revision of the trial of Captain
Dreyfus was demanded and the
| charges emanating from other officers
of the general staff against Lieutenant
| Colonel Picquart.
After further explanations by Gen
eral Zurlinden, M. Labori asked per-
mission to speak.
Colonel Jouaust-Is it with regard te
the evidence of M. Trarieux?
M. Labori-It is with reference to the
erasure on the petit bleu.
Colonel Jouaust (sharply)-In that
case, no. We are trying Dreyfus, no
the Picquart case.
M. Labori-Allow me, Mr.. President
1t is the question Of a document al
| legged to be a device of Picquart'.
against EsterhaZey, but which the de
fense maintains constitutes proof o.
EsterhaZey's treachery.
M. Labori pointed out that, contrar!
to General Zurlinden's intimation, tn,
; erasure seemed to have assumed con
siderable Importance in his mind
nd cd
myself who discovered the erasure.
first thought it attributable to an at
tempt to remove a blot, and, there
fore, it did not possess, in my mind
| the Importance which others attached
! to it,
M. Labori-was the erasure subse
quent to the first photograph?
General Zurlinden, amid intense ex
| citement, admitted that the Tavernie
inquiry showed that the petit bleu hat
not been scratched when it reache,
: the statistical section OF the intelli
= gence department and that consequent
ly the erasure was not the work o
t Lieutenant Colonel Picquart
NJ. Labori asked NJ. Palelogue's per
] | mission to read a document belonging
to the diplomatic dossier conclusivel,
Q proving, as he claimed, the genuine
= ness of the petit bleu.
NJ. Palelogue-I do not know wha
the document refers to.
M. Labori-The document relates t
a conversation between Delcasse ifor
mer prime minister) and Count Vo
3 Munster-Ledenburg German ambas
sador to Paris), in which the ambas
n sador is represented to have said tha
Colonel Schwartzkoppen admitted h
had sent Major Esterhazey a numbe
$ of telegraph forms.
Palelogue-I can only confirm NJ La
:. BORIS statement. There is in the din