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Col. PiQuart Analyses It IN Court
To-Day,
DREYFUS NOT IMPLICATED
strong Testimony and Pointed state
ment. showing the Innocence
Of the Prisoner.

Rennos. Aug. is.-whcn the second
trial by court martial Of Captain Al
fred Drcyfus. charged with treason.
was resumed In the Lyccc al 5'aj this
morning Col Picquart. formerly chief
Of the intelligence department Of the
war office. was called 10 the witucss
stand.
before rcsuming his deposition Col.
Picuuart said.
II think Il necessary 10 say a few
words with reference . the vcriinhle
speech FOR the prosecution delivered W
Gch. Roget when referring to The
QuInclli case"
The president Of the court, Col. jou-
sauat, here iuterposcd, sayingi
us II personal natter"
u shall be very brief. colonel" re-
piled ricquart
n ann. moreover ready TO rcplY 60 all
questions tho court may ASK on the
subject. For the moment I shall COM
fine myself 10 the following explanation.
May 80 AMI July H.. is1J at which
period on account " a family hel,avt-
ment ! was able TO pay very little at
tnutluu 60 my official duties. a. my abb
aeucg Col Henry acted fol me. Mlic-
| over ] devoted most Of the month u
july Go a journey uf the n~adluarierH
stan which also prevented me from at
tending Go my ordinary ddtltE { was
| therefore able Co give only very ,ntJr-
WltivUt attention 90 the Quincll ease.
/ Besides this Quinelli Naa a rrturrcd
convict who had contravcnod a decree
/ % expulsion, and had been caught sd
handed IN another criminal act tie wns
az first sight not a particularly intcrcst-
| iug parsonage"
At this point Gen. Roget arose and
said.
u wish TO be allowed to reply
You shall" said Col JuuAust.
Col. PlCuuart, continuing SAID;
II protest absolutely uRaiust the all
legation that consented 90 tho v0m-
muuicutiun ~ the secret doHsler Co 'hc
members ~ the Drcyfua court martial
without the prisoners knowledge, 1
never ordered such communication and
II 1t was done It was without my csgni-
zancc.
n hasten to add that 10 my opinion
II would have been an Insult 20 the
court TO believe IT, members woull lend
themselves 10 such Vaccinations. / am
ready, | repeat, to reply TO every quea-
ton. I Will only point out that an Gen.
llshcd In general terms In the Gaulois,
January 7,
Having thus explained certain mat
tcrs I viii continue my deposition"
After dealing with the testimony OF
the experts VI the court-martini OF
1894, Plcquurt proceeded to examine
the secret dusslcr close analysis OF
which he asserted was particularly
necessary, owing 20 the weight the
document had with the members OF the
court martial IN 1894.
This duEsIcr." continued the Wit
ness. may be- divided into two parts.
The first contains three documents.
"Onc document known uH the d'Aylg-
non document the terms Of which are
about as follows Doubt the proofs
service letters, situation dangerous FOR
me with French officer. no information
from an officer Of the line. important
only az coming from the ministry; al
ready somewhere else
"Two-The document containing the
words 'Cettc canaillc de d
''Thrcc-A document which IN nothing
but the report Of q journey TO Swift
zcrland made In behalf OF a foreign
power
The second part OF the dosslcr." con.
tinued Picquart, consisted chiefly OF "A
supplementary review OF the first II
contained the gist of seven or eight
documents, one OF which. 'Cette canalllc
de d. - will serve FOR the pur-
poses OF comparison. II also contained
the correspondence OF attaches A and
Il. These initials, n should be borne In
mind, represent Col Schwartzkoppen,
formerly German military attnche al
Paris, and Major Panizzardi. the former
military attache OF Italy at the French
capital"
A. this juncturc the colonel said II
would facilitate his explanation n he
were permitted 10 see the secret dOssier.
adding Il have already had II IN my
hands, but l fear my memory may fail
me ON some points"
what you ask" replied the presi
dent ~ the court-mnrtial, rs impossi-
BILE. The minister's orders ure absolute.
The secret dossior can only be examined
under certain conditions"
Il regret H." answered pioquart, but
l Will Try to refresh my memory"
The witness next explained why Ma
Jor Du Patty de CLAIMS translation Of
the d'Avignon document, which has
been clasacd as idiotiC, was open to
doubt. and why the document. II II
had any meaning whatever, was az APP
plicable TO EHterhazy as 20 Dreyfua
May ! be allowed 10 express deep
regret Mt the absence uf Major du Patty
de Clam. II seems TO me indispensable
that this officer who wrote the COM
mentaries ON the secret doaHicr. should
be summoned TO give evidence here.
He Will give us his rpmlnisccncca and
! would help him" tLaughtcr)
But" added Plcquart, Since l am
dealing with this question OF the COM
mentaries OF Major du Patty de Clam,
permit me TO point out to you gentle
men that this document was not the
property OF any particular minister. II
was classified as belonging TO the In
telligence department and as you see
II formed part OF well defined dossier
IA dossler which was shut up In one
OF the drawers OF my desk and which
was distracted from H. This common
tury, therefore, Is upon a secret dOssier
document which was improperly re-
moved from my department. (Sensa-
| tom
Continuing tho witness said:
Mention was made yesterday OF the
disappearance Of documents. That Is
the case I'm point"
Turning 10 the second part Of the dos
sler Col. Picquart said a number OF
documents In 10 are forgerles and
against Dreyfus.
In the Inquiry made by NJ. Quosnay
| de Bcarcpnire," tormcr president OF the
ciyil section OF the court OF casnatlon)
| continued Col Picquart, you have an
excellent example Of the sort OF people