The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-06

tions with thc a.-ynt WHO hruw=ht the
bOrdSreau to the war .:,."c. lie made
the cuuit laugh by saying Solciiy that
there was Only Il S!i"ht acquaintance be-
tween Henry ami t,strrnazy. lie re-
pcatcd his allegation that ricGuart twice
proposed to him to have Il date stamp pat
OH the petit blru' i'm tho posto!lice This
Picquart immediately and cmphatically
denied. saying that when the document
was delivered to Lauth it was perfectly
clean. but when Ec tpicquart) returned
from his mission he found that Il portion
of the word "Esterhazy" had been erased
and written over with different ink. Nj.
Junck testified that lie had seen DIcyfUs
in the company of loose women at the
Concours uippiQuc and that the prisoner
aftcrward told him one OF these was
Mime. Waltcssc, at whose house he often
went to gamble. Drcyfus denied all of
tic witness StuteRcEtS with reference to
the women.
Maitrc Labori, counsel for Drcyf;;s. re.
turned II work OH Aug. %. ana the case
for the defense immediately became more
aggressive. Lahori read long black
mailing letter from LajouX to tie minis
ter of war demanding money as the price
of his silence. He asked Captain Grcnicr
IL GribClin was not sent with monty 10
Lajoux. who was shipped of to Brazil.
The witness answered yes" LaEori
made 4 strong point against Mcrccr by
stating that Mcrcicr had n copy OF one OF
the governments secret documents in his
possession and demanding to know by
what right he retained II. Mcrcicr re-
fused to reply. Commandant Roilin said
that some pages were missing from the
documents found in DrcyfuS' room. The
prisoner said they were intact when he
last saw them. Ferret. another Hraurc-
pnire witness, testified that he once saw
Drcyfus in Colonel Bcrtin's Office after
office hours. Drcyfus Indignantly denied
this. Bertin m9pifrstcd savage an:mos:ty
against the prisoner and declared that
while in his department hc was contind-
ally poking his nose into other peoples
business, and for that reason be was pos
tive Of his guilt. When Labnri reminded
Bcrtin that the witness had admitted TO
Schcurcr- Kcstner that Drryfus WAS prob
ably innocent aud that he had made Il rc-
port TO that effect, he was obliged to ad-
nit It,
NJ. du Brcui said that IL years ago lie
made the acquaintance of NJ. Bodsin in
Paris, where Nine. Bodsin introduced
him to Dreyfus. Witness dincd at Bod
sins, the other guests being Drcyfus and
man who was introduced as an attacilc
Of the German embassy. He alleged that
Nine. Bodsin was Drcyfus' mistress.
This was practically admitted by Drcy-
fus, although the statement about the
German attachc was violently denied
Estcrhazy's three threatening letters to
President Faure and the "DiXi" article
which EStcrhazy wrote in the Libre
Parole were then read. This brought
General Gonsc to the front. He said
that he really had no time to investigate
these affairs personally, but had rclcsat
cd the inquiries TO Du Patty dc Clam.
Furthermore, hc said il was impossible
TO accept Estcrhaay'S declaration aS hav-
ing been made in good faith. Major
Gcndron echoed General GunSc's state.
mcnts,. and General BoisdeTrc stated
that Esterhazy had lied throughout
Mile. Pays testimony before the court of
cessation was then read. 1t was. not ini-
portart. General L. R!a;!c-DiUrn" nc.
cused Dreyfus Of having once declared
that the Alsatians were happier under
Germany than under France.
Colonel Maurcl. who was president of
the court maItial OF 1894. stated that he
and his fellows had become convinced
Of the guilt OF the prisoner before the
court had retired to deliberate The Sc
crct dossier. he said. had in nowiSc af-
fectcd their decision. Du Patty de Clam
mad brought it to the court. Labor
wished to confront Maurcl with Captain
Freystactter. who was one OF the origi-
nal Dreyfus judges. He was not in
court, but was called later and absolute
ly contradicted MGurel. stating that the
secret dossicr had been shown to the
judges before they arrived at n conclu
sion; that it had made great impress
sion upon all OF them: that it had con-
vinced him (Frcystaetter) Of Drcyfus'
guilt, and that Maurcl. so far from not
having examined 1t. had commented on
the several papers rs they were taken
out and finally had said, referring to tho
"canuille de D." document, THAT re-
moves all doubt of his guilt"
Fornizctti. who was in charge OF the
prison to which Dreyfus was committed
after his conviction, testified that. while
he had first been convinced of the guilt
of the accused, he had changed his mind