New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-08

whether either OF them sent ESieilo"f W.
h,su q copv Of which was 10 he te'ek'
and. finally. If they had ever dire'''S q
w had any relations with Dreyius'
1,ARORTs APPLICATION REf''hN
rno oo,,rt deltberated for a quarter OF an
hour. and, on returning. me ~. oo,r,
I 1ouaust. read its decision decar"'F -"
,ncompetcnt 10 grant NJ. Laboris a1p.' a
,,a.ar CarriAre at 1890 a. m- began MS
sneech closing the case for the pI"S'''' .,,
~ Generals and other officers who were se"''u
~ '..,.,ossos.s chairs rose and left the court
90 ,.. before the Government Comm'ssary
- g., accordance with the orders OF '"e
,-.1u -, War General the Marquis de "'''-
100 Rennes within two hours al''' inc
,.,nadirs had begun. There was an ",''
lao,, IN the courtyard Of the lNcee' N'''o Civ
oescars took leave of each o'her' i"'' 81
neared 10 be IN good spirits. $1,000
Nattre Demange. Of counsel Tor the
will proha bly, occupy the whole o' To- ~,
n,s speech for the defence ana NJ H"o''' VIZ
'''' 80 co+urdav The verdict will be rem
dered on Monday because the ponce "u''',.
w. o,,osed to the announcement OF the Veru''
e.,,u,o,. u q were possible to do SO, on the
.,-ound that IL would be likely 10 ie"u ~ '''''
on Sunday 49,. o,rl,cation
- q roeatorv commission. the Chiel o' D'e'
,tves II Cochefort deposed favorao'S ree"'~'"9
,be attitude Of Dreyfus when Ooio"'' -" 49,
do Clan, dictated the horder'au 20 NM
,,,tress said that Dreyfus only appeare" ,.
.o,,led afterward when Du Patty u' Ian"
questioned him ,.,, found on
~ Cochefort referred 10 the reNoiNel '
o table near the desk at when 'i'''"
.ber seated and ne recounted how inc ',s
=, nerceivirg It, cried: Il VIII not NIL ny
fFV
Tho clerk OF the court then read letter "''',
S..a3. 1,,,,,ort N the effect that Dreyfus had
nrossed q keen desire in 1894 to enter the s'a-
.,s,,ooI section Of the War once. saying that ne
,at Drevh,s once carrying some VoinmhoDs
.,,acrets Of mans and documents and rernarNe'
49, no was acting very mprudentY.
r,ro,,,s then arose and calmly traVerseo Gap
.a,r uumhert's statements, declaring 'he" l"
he inexaCt s..s tho,
General MERCER came 70 the bar and SAID 'ha'
re felt that the deposition Of Captain FREY S''',
,er was hound TO have produced cons'deraul'
.r,nression on the minds Of the judges ~
10 ~ tho attacks made on him since the zap
al, had testified saying that the DreY'usa''
.Dress had been calling him false witness 80
Tho General declared that he gave an '''0' Ia
1904 that nothing should he done win VIZ N"'.
,ra,s,otfoos - the Panizzard dispatch add
he himSeU vas Ii''N'N
.,octe+ ~ secret papers for the court mar u''
was made up and it did not contain the RAM"
.vardi dispatch He had since questioned '"'
.,dees ~ the court martial on the subject nut
o+ ono ~ them was prepared to swear that inc
s.sco,cb was not submitted 10 them. pe'aus'
.hsir recouections were now rather vague lh'S
s,s,enent Of General MERCER evoked a choruS
of disgusted "Ohs" from tse audience.
vrRc1FR ACCUSES FREYsTAETTER-
conoral MERCER proceeded 10 call attention u
contradictions in Captain Freystaet'ers S'a"
roents reading an old letter from the OaP'""
o. friend in which he declared that MS "''"'
was made up in 1894. before h. sa" the s'oie
dossier and another letter from an "ilO'' WIZ
- -, co,nnanv with Freystaetter in Madagas
car where the writer asserted that 'ap'd',
r-evstaetter talked Of the court martial OF lN'f
l,,, rever mentioned the Panizzardi dispatch
Afer this General MERCER brought up two oa
,,oi,ts in Cautain Freystactters career. Nhr
:, MADAGASCAR he was guilty of an act OF n's"
7adionce 70 his chief and he also executed u''' u
natives This assertion caused a certain impress
sion In the audience, and Colonel Jouaus' Assn
General MERCER to abstain from giving d"
further particulars. The General added Wa' il
FIRMLY believed that Captain Freystae'ter was
brave man. but ne thought the two acts reieI''
N showed that he could not be entirely trustee
- 49,, .,os ,,o, ~ allow the Captain
-, - shobe their confidence in his ON
1'.,o.o t,,. 90 lend hin, the Same credenc
49,. 1-ra,.s,aatter incident had nevt
s
1o,,r+ boro re,,red 10 deliberate on
,. S.~,..o,to, aud its probable decisio
aouon,, discussed Every one in cou
stood M when the judges returned Colon
ro,aust gave the order Present arms TO n
Guard of soldiers at the bottom Of tho hal
while he. STANDING ana VIII" '+' ''.'' JUL
s's.os hoa unanimously decided that II
s,aort colonel Jouaust. was competent