The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19

/ communicated with NJ. Scheurer-Kestner.
then one of the Vice Presidents of the
! Senate, and the representations of the lat
| lowed
When Picquart's furlough was due Cen
eral Leclerc, commanding in Tunis, was
ordered to send Picquart to the frontier
of Tripoli. Leclerc commented to the wit
ness on this abnormal order, and Picquart
conhded to the general the probable rea-
| sons for it and his belief in the inno-
cence of Dreyfus. Leclerc thereupon or
dered Picquart not to go beyond Gables.
In the meanwhile the campaign in Paris
was continued Esterhazy appeared
among the witnesses and accusers.
Picquart here created a sensation by
incidentally remarking tnat the Judges
IN 1874 were shamefully deceived in hay-
! ing the document containing the words
"Cette canaille de D" conveyed to
them. Witness bitterly recited the, details
of the various Vaccinations with the view
of discriminating him insiIgated by Henry
Esterhazy and Du Patty de Clam.
Colonel Joqaust. president of the court,
having asked M for explanations on certain
IF 1 tell you all this, gentlemen, it is
to show what must have been the mental
attitude toward me of the members of
the court martial which tried Esterhazy =
(MurmurS of assent.)
When he resumed his deposition the wit
ness said he regretted he had not been
given the opportunity to contradict his
accusers at that court~-nartal.
II haye almost finished my task
added Picquart, but, I ask, permission
to the War Office. l have doubts in re-
gard TO the person who brought the
bordereau. Two quite different. persons
could certainly have delivered the borde-
| reau in 1894. But if an intelligent person
had delivered it he would certainly have
insisted upon the value of its contents.
General Roget and General Mercier
having intimated a desire to speak Colo
mel Jouaust asked Dreyfus if he had any
thing to say, and the prisoner replied in
the negative.
General Roget then mounted the plat
form and asked Colonel Picquart for ex-
plantations regarding the Quenelli. affair
Colonel Picquart" said General Roget.
| attacked me this morning in regard to
my speech for the prosecution of the
| Quenelli case. He said he was not pres
ent at the Ministry Of War when the
correct. 1 ask Colonel Picquart If he de-
MES that he wrote Captain Marechal an
order to connect him with Galanti; that
he wrote to the Public Prosecutor enclos-
ing documents, and that he wrote to the
Public Prosecutor a second time? If he
| denies this. | ask the court to send for
Marechal and the dossier in the Quenelli
affair"
Colonel Picquart replied that there was
sieer in order to make him reply.
Il did not say, he declared Il was
absent during the Queneln affair. 1 said
| was absent part of the time and that
painful duties did not permit me to par
| icipate in 1t. as | would otherwise have
done"
Did you write those letters?" asked
Colonel Jouaust
Yes" replied Picquart, II remember
writing letters in the case, though I do
not remember exactly their terms or
dates
Colonel Jouaust then said: General
Roget asks II you deny you wrote a let
ter sending Galanti to Switzerland"
an agent who gave us information about
the Italian forts in the. neighborhood of
of being discovered, we very NATURALLY
took measures to avoid it. That is why
Galanti was sent to Switzerland. .
Then you wrote the letters, said Gen,
Henry was not concerned in this affair.
He was sent to Bellfort against his will
by Colonel Picquart.'
The witness acknowledged writing some
| letters and wanted to know their text.
He said he would like to see them so that
he could be more precise.
you must have seem he said. "hoW
much falsehood there has been in this
affair -
In reply to further questions Picquart
admitted sending documents to Bellfort
for use in the Quenelli case; but he
added, they were handed to the public
prosecutor"
General Roget's questioning was evil
IDENTIFY with the view of elciting the con-
fession from Colonel Picquart that in the
Quenelli case he communicated to the
Judges documents unknown TO the de.
fense, as he now accuses the general staff
of doing in the Dreyfus case. The general
concluded with angrily repellng various
! statements of Picquart In regard to his
connection with the press and a dialogue,
apparently wholly unconnected with the
| present trial, followed.
General Mercier promptly replaced Cen
! eral Roget.
Colonel Picquart," Mercier said, has
stated that | ordered him to convey docu-
ments to Colonel Maurel. That is false.
Picquart for Colonel Maurel. | never
mentioned secret documents to him."
In reply Colonel Picquart said: Il re-
Colonel Maurel"
General MERCER next denied Colonel
! Picquart's statement relative to the meet
ing with General Gorse during the after
noon of January 6. 1895, when the latter
was greatly excited at the prospect of
''That cannot be the case" said General
MERCER "Gonse will make a deposition
on the subject. l don't know what he
prehensve of war that afternoon, since /,
myself, had no apprehenslons on that
score
Colonel Picquart replied that he ad-
hered to everything he had said. General
| Gonse witness explained, was excited be-
cause he knew of the action & Of an En-
| bassalor toward NJ Casimir-Perier. then
President of the republic.
General Mercier next referred to Pic
! quarts statement that the Avignon
! document was communicated to the
court-martial of 1894 He said:
Il deny it positively. The only docu-
ments communicated were the Paniz-
! Zardi telegram, De CLAIMS commentary,
the note of the Italian attache in regard
to the French railroads and the report of
| Guence'
Colonel Picquart here pointed out that
he had only expressed his belief on this
subject.
General MERCER further thought it in
| cumbent upon him to reply to the allega-
ton of Colonel Picquart regarding the re-
! sponsibility of De Clam relative to the
| communication to a foreign power of a
note cealing with notifications in the ar
i tillery.
This note is said to have been prepared
| in General Mercier's department. 81 de-
clare, he said, that inquiry has shown