The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-01
DIRE Us SCORES
Witnesses Against Him
Confounded and Many
in His Favor.
NEW VIEW or THE BORDEREAU
General sebert Shows That
the Accused Gould Not
Be Its Author.
FULL OF IGNORANCE
The German Army Manoeuvre
Lie--ArtiIlery Secrets
Easy to Learn.


RBNNElS, Sept l, 1899 Immediately af-
ter the opening of the fifth session OF the
fourth week of the second triad by court
martial Of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, charg-
ed with treason the President of the
Court, Colonel Jouaust, aroused the in
terest of the audience by remarking:-
"Maitre Labori, the other day, asked
that information be obtained regarding
would not have acceded if the witness
had not expressed a similar desire IN
formation which has now reached me will
be read
The clerk Of the court accordingly read
report regarding N. Du Breuil, the
Partisan friend of M de Beauepaire, who
testified August 3 to the effect that Drey-
fus met German Attache at the house
of a mutual friend named Bodson, and
wholse fcross-examination reflected
severely on his reputation The report
was to the effect that NJ. du Breuilnever
was horse dealer, as claimed by NJ
Labori and that character of the witness
was most respectable, he being held IN
general esteem.
A groom named German then deposed
to seeing Dreyfus at the German Army
manoeuvres in Alsae. Colonel Jouause
questioned Dreyfus on this point,
The general effect Of the testimony OF
these two witnesses was rather unravor-
able to the prisoner,
German declared he saddied morse LOT
Dreyfus to follow the manoeuvres, ana
he said that Major Infrevile aceompa-
MED Dreyfus riding, adding that the ma
ior told the witness the name OF his com
panion.
Colonel Jouaust questioned Dreyfus and
although he did not confound the prisoner
/ III any way, Dreyfus made a weak reply
in declaring that he could not remember
whether he hired horses of Gerrnain eIn-
ployer or not.
The next witnesses, however, gave strong
testimony in favor of Dreyfus and sadly
knocked Germain's testimony about His
employer man named kaufman, got up
and declared that all German had sad
was untrue, and Major Infreville followed
and declared he never knew DUreyfus,
SO Germain's 5 illusions to him were base
less.
Captain LIE Monnier, who was pro-
bationer on the Headquarters Staff at the
same time as Dreyfus, deposed that the
prisoner told him he was well acquainted
with certain German position because
he had followed the Alsation nanoeuvres.
Dreyfus remarked that Captain LIE
Monnier must have mixed up his re-
marks The prisoner added that he was
acquainted with that part of Alsace be-
cause he had spent his youth there, and
not because he was present at the man
oeuvres of the German Army there.
A witness named yillon then told a tale
of how he overheard a conversation in a
Berlin cafe between two German officers
in which a remark was made that mobili-
zation plans were expected from Dreyfus
The cafe. however, has since disappeared,
and as there are no means OF verylng
yillon's story it certainly should not have
mudh effect on the Judges
Two or three witnesses, in support of
Dreyfus on Artillery questions were next
heard and Commissary Fischer testl-
fed taht he was charged to investigate
the leakeage of documents at the Gunnery
school at Bourges and found nothing 10
ineriminate Dreyfus.
Lieutenant Bernheim testified that ne
lent Esterhazy documents dealing with
Artillery and was unable to get back,
and Artillery Lieutenant Bruyere. who at
tended a Gunnery course at Chalons, tes-
tifiea that it was easy for an outsider to
obtain particulars about the guns. he
said that he. himself. had on one oc-
casion lent his Firing Manual to an IN
fantry officer
General Roget asked to be confronted
with the witness and said the latter
wrote M. Cagaignac. then Minister OF
War. a violent letter of resignation, IN
which he declared 1t was a disnonor 70
serve in the French Army
This declaration caused scene, for
lieutenant Brugere, turning to General
Roget, cried:
e protest against General Rogets
words. / affirm that never said any
such thing
General Roget then backed down, say
aWell that was the general sense Of the
letter.
a roar of disgust came from the audi
enoa at this apparent underhandedness
,,non the part of the General, and Lieu
tenant Brugere again emphatically de-
eIared General Roget was wrong.
Maitre Labori leading counsel for the
defense. ana Colonel Jouaust agreed that
the letter should be obtained from the
Ministry OF war and read in court The
I.ientenaut expressed satisfaction at this
steu while the General returned to his
seat with less buoyancy than he left it.
The next witness, Captain Carvalho, q
handsome young artillery officer. proved
an excellent reinforcement for Dreyfus.
he gave his evidence clearly and boldly
and emphaticaliy declared that there were
no special precautions to keep the mech
= =, ~ ne ss120 shorts' gun secret More
over, he added, from April' 1894, the Artii-
lery officers had desefiption of the hy-
arc pneumatic brake given them.
'IIere. said Captain carnalho' IS ar
actual copy Of the Manual, which hand
over to the court martial
M. Labor then had an animated dis
cussion With Colonel Joua INST ho at iifst