The sun., 1899-08-22

Court OF Cassatiou. and said he was sure that
there was only "a slight acquaintance between
Henry and Esterhnzy. because they once met
In his presence and greeted each other as
though they had not seen one another in long
time. The witness repeated his allegation that
Picauart twice proposed to him TO have date
stamp put on the petit bleu in tho Post ONCE.
recess was then taken
LAUTH AND THE PETIT BLEu.
Lauth resumed his testimony after recess.
He denied enerReticalIy that he had collabo-
rated with Henry In the latters forgery, say
ing: IF this had been true. would long since
have been dead "
The witness greatly expanded his testimony
before the Court OF Cessation. the chief ud,li-
tion being an insinuation that when Picquart
sent the witness and Henry to Base to inter-
view Richard Cuers. who was supposed to be q
German willing to act as French spy. Pic
quart really knew that Cuers was German Sly
playing role to get information. The witness
had no evidence to support this base charge
except the fact that Cuers would not accept
m oney and come to Paris
n. Demange asked why then had the witness
revisited Basle to see Cuers q second time
Jauth replied that II was quite possible to
extract Information even from q man pla' ing
a double game like Cuers.
Finally PicQuart confronted the witness. de-
claring that the petit bleu was clean and with
out q scratch when It was delivered into
Lauth's hands. but afterwards when he pic
quartz returned from his mission he found
that part Of the word 'Esterhazy" in the petit
bleu had been erased and written over again
with different ink.
Lauth responded that he had no personal
knowledge OF this alteration and had not
noticed 1t.
JrNcK AcCtIsEs DpryPrs oY CANNING
NJ Junck was the next witness. He repeated
the tale he told before the Court o. Cessation.
that he had seen Dreyfus In company with
loose women at the Conoourse HippQue.
Junck affirmed that Dreyfus afterward told
him that one Of these women was Nine. Wal
tesse. at whose house he often went to gam BILE.
The witness repeated. as other minor officers
OF the general staff had done. his observations
respecting Dreyfus's constant search for in
formation and expressed his certainty. there
fore. that he must be guilty OF treason.
Dreyfus took notes during this testimony.
Junck insisted that Picauart tried to get
Gribelin to have the petit bleu stamped in or
der to make 1t appear genuine. The witness
also affirmed that he was present at the nrst
examination OF Henry BY Magistrate Bertulus.
and at the magistrates examination Of Ester
hazy and Nine. Pays He said that Bertulus
had asked Mme. Pays queer questions
Bertulus jumped up In the audience at this
point and protested violently against the wit
ness's words. and Col. Jouaust called him to
order.
Junck continued. protesting to have much
more positive knowledge on various points Of
the case than he gave before the Court OF Ces-
sation. He gave his evidence In a clear.
STRAIGHTFORWARD manner. making better i'm
preston than any previous headquarters wit
ness.
NJ Demange asked Junck how II was that he
had said In his testimony before the Court Of
Cessation that there was nothing to prove
Dreyfus's guilt. whfie -to~da1 he said exactly
the contrary -'''
The witness replied that no had said that
before proofs which were now available had
accumulated.
N. Demsnge asked the witness why he had
not recounted the points he named to-day In
his testimony before the Court Of Cessation.
The witness said he had forgotten to mention
thom previously.
DREYFUs MAKES A swAEfIN0 DENIALs =
Then Dreyfus rose to reply. and for ten min
utes he spoke clearly and logically. answering
roint by point Junck's series OF Allegations.
His voice had lost that wild note as OF an ami
nal In pain and become human. Like the
others OF Junek 8 charges to those OF immoral
ity and gam bling. he gave fiat denials. Drey-
fus said:
II will not follow Junck In the condolences oi
a private nature which he made to me.
have clean hands and will keep theh clean.
but there is set OF facts which I will take up
The witness speaks OF gaming condolences
on my part He says that l played at the Club
Maus Here at last we have a definite charge
affirm that never visited that club. never
played there and l am sure that honorable
members OF that club will come here and say
30. I simply ask you. Colonel. to inquire oil
them so as to learn the truth.
SECONDLY in reference to the conferences
OF the Fourth Bureau In December. 1893. wat
absent at the deathbed Of my father when
those conferences were held. therefore It |.
impossible that 1 could have assisted at the
conferences.
Finally. respecting the man9uvres. As earl,
as June 1894. was notified in an official cir
cular that we should take turns as follows;
The Hrst year the std0idires should 60 In July.
| August and September: the second year the
stagiaires to go In October. November anC
! December. Consequently We were with oui
! regiments at the time when there were ne
| maneuvrss. There couldn't be any doubt ir
our minds upon this point
In regard to the charge that q abstractec
a draft OF the plans for provisioning troops. thu
| facts are these: l with other std0idTes, wa
ordered to draw up these tables. max ing Ger
tain number OF copies l mistook the latte
part OF my instructions and instead OF making
the COPIES myself. as l had done in simila
task the previous year took the draft to th
rintinR Office OF the bureau in order to have tn
! work done there | was recalled twice. once 10
! mistaking my instructions and the second tim
| for not using n new copying device at the print
| ing Office for the purpose oil reproduction.
| wis sent to the Colonel to explain and did so
! / was at work again at five or six further ses'
sions OF this department. | don't know HOY
| many OF these tables there were In all. W
! diyile the work and only saw five or six.
! beg that inquiry be made as to how many oil
! these were given to tho std0idires for copying.
AMUSING SCENE BEFORE THE COURT
| When Dreyfus finished there was the frs
| really comica scene Of the trial. Il was tina
7 OF Is ertulus replying to Junck. The mags
trate mounted the platform In a state OF grea
| excitement and danced about Tor quarter q
| an hour with his back to the audience. making
! the widest Resticulations and the most VIC
| lent contortiOns. but not word he utterr(
| was heard by any one on the floor OF the hal
| Ii was hardly possible to belieyc that no wa
| sneak ing but the audience watched the lump
| ing-jack figure first with amusement. an
| then as he became more frantic. with roars G
| laughter. Gen. Gonse Joined the scene. an
| the climax was that there were three figures
! I,nnk Rartulua and (iDnRa dancing and IN