The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-22

rd iy General Gun&r. who also testified
III Il lk" strain. tommnndaut l'abrc
testified that several officers Of the war
Once r"niirinrd Drryfus' guilt 10y saying
that h" had SouGht for information ON
the points mentioned in the hortlcrcau.
Lieutenant Colonel Ahouvillr testified in
the same strain as Eabrc and Cuignct.
Al. C"chrfcrt the detective who arrest
cd DrcyfuS. admitted that Il" had bclicv-
cd in DrryfuS' guilt. but that his opinion
was based principally upon the "canaiil,
dc D." letter. NJ Gribclin was pres
rnt when Du Patty dc Clam dictated to
pr"yiuS Immediately after his arrest OK
tracts from the hordrrcau and said that
when )rrNfuS WAS asked for an cXplana-
ti"n of the trembling OF his hand he rc-
plicu 'that his fingers were cOld." Grbrlin
admitted that he had opened PicuInr,'s
letters 10y order Of his SuprrorS. and Ma
jor l.auti. testified that Colonel Henry
Was the only officer having direct rclu-
lions with tl,r agent vino brought the
h"rdrE"au to the war Office. He made
the coult laugh hy 81! ing Suhr!ly that
thrrr was uniy slight acquaintance be-
tween Henry and EStcrhazy. tie re.
pratrd his allegation that picuuart twice
proposed to him To have Il date STAMP nut
on the "p"tit hlcu" in the puNtoiiicr. This
llcluart immediately ANA cmpllatically
dcnlcd. saying that when the duvtImrnt
wa" drilNcrcd to l.auth it wa& perfectly
clean. hut when he H'ruuartD returned
from hi" mission l." found that a pnrtiou
of the word "ESt"!ha"v" had lr,vn rrn$cI
and written over with different ink. NJ.
JEnrE "&tiII"d that hr had &rrn DrryfuS
IN the GO npHNN Of loose WunvM at the
C"hcunrS i]ipr;puc and thnt the prisoner
nrtcrward told him one OF these WAS
Mime. NalrE:". at whose house he often
went t" Gambr. Drryfu& denied all Of
the witness statements with reference to
the women
Mnitrr i."hori. counsel for N"cyru*, rc-
turned L" work OH Aug -, and the ease
for the defense immediately hrraMr more
aggressive. l.ahori read Il Ion; hlark-
mailing letter from Lajoux to H." minis
ter Of war dcmaNdin,: money ;l% the price
OF his silence He asked Captain Grrnicr
IL frlhriln WaS not sent with money TO
l.alouN, wh" W;# shipped off to Brazil.
Tho witness answered eyes," I.aluri
made Il strong point against Mrrcicr hy
stating that MrrcIcr had Il copy Of one of
the governments secret documents in his
possession and demanding to know hy
what right he retained il. Mcrri"r re-
fused To reply. tommandant kulliu said
that som" pages were missing: from the
prisoner said they were intact when he
last saw them. Ferret. #noI lrr I,raurc-
phirc witness. testified that he once saw
DrryruS i'll Colonel Ecrtin'S Office after
olicc houiS. l'r"Nfu% Indignantly ,!ruiri
inns. B"riln nHhifTi"d :,lva&" amim1Sity
against the prisoner aMi drciarc,! that
while in his d"imrturrut hr WAS cuntinu-
ally p"king his ur.r iuto other peoples
huS'nrS*, ANA for that r":':'"n he W;S pos
tive Of hi" guilt. When I.nhDri reminded
Brrtin thlt the witness huI admitted 20
Srhcurrr- k"StnVr that DrryiuS WAS lroh-
ably innocent and Chat II" hah made II re-
| port to that effect. ic was obliged to ud-
| nit it,
NJ. du Brcuil said that Is wears uwo he
made the acuuain,amc" Of NJ. EndSin in
| l'arlS, where Mime, lindSin introduced
him to ErryIu%. Witness dincd at Bod
| $, the other ;;u"$ts hcini; DrcyfuS and
| II man VIII" was introduced as an nttarhc
| OF the German embassy. He alleged that
Mime. HodSin WAS DrryfuS mistress,
This WAS practically admitted by Drcy.
| fllS, although th" statement about the
| German nttache was violently denied.
f.StcrhaZy'H thrro threatening letters 10
President Faurr and the "DiNi" article
which EStcrhazy wrote in the Lihrc
Parole were then read. Thi" brought
'icncral GnnSr tn the froNt. lie said
that he really had no time to investigate
these affairs personally, but had rclcgat-
! rd the inquiries to Du Patty dc Clam.
Furthcrm"rc, he said it was impossible
| to accept EStcihazy'& declaration as hay
lnE been mao" il good faith. Maior
| G"mdrGn echoed General GouHr's state
| meats, and General RriS,irli'rr stated
! that ESt"rhazy had lied ,hroughuut.
! Mile. Pays testimony before the court Of
inn tl,.,n
portanl. General L. Blndr- Diunnr ar-
r'Sc'l DrryfuJ OF having; once declared
that the AisatianS were happier under
| Germany than under France.
| Colonel MuurC!, who was president Of
the court martha! OF 1891, stated Chat he
and his fellows had !.rcumc convinced
| of th" guilt ot the prisoner before the
| court had retired 10 d"ihrratr The So
| cr"t doS&irr, he said. had IN nuwiSc ar-
! frctcd their decision. nu Patty dc Clam
had brought {" Oh" court. I.abor
wished t" con Ont Maurcl with Captain
| Ir"yStactt"r, who WAS one ur the origi-
| nal Dr"yfus iud."s He was not in
| court, but was called later and absolute
~ contradictrd Mnur"l, stating that the
secret h"*%i"r had been shown to the
Judges before the" arrived III Il conciu-
SION; That II had made Il great impress
| sion upon nll Of them; that it had con
| vinccd him tFrrySiacttcD OF Drcyr,Is'
| guilt, and that Maurcl, 50 far from not
having examined it, had commented on
the several pap"r$ as they were taken
! out and finally had said, referring 10 the
| "cannil!r de b" document. "'rhot r..
moves all doubt Of his guilt
! ForniHrtti, who WAS in chargc Of thc
prison to which Drcyrus was committed
| after his conviction, testified that, while
he had first been cOuviucrd az ,hc ,,rilt