The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-24

| cuto1, lie will not reply to me, but If the
government commissioner refuses my re-
| quest, I will reply TO the president, who
is here solely concerned with the demon
stration of the truth. I will beg him to
| be the Interpreter of this respectful re-
| quest. I know better than any one how
| much greater than mine is the position of
| government commissioner"
NJ. Dubrieul having supported M. La
| boris request, Col. Jouaust announced
that he would carry it out if he could
! legally do SO.
When this incident closed the trial
! again became utterly monotonOus.
| Maj. LIE Rond, professor at the military
! school, described his relations with Es-
| terhazy and Ticquart, telling how Ester
| hazy attended the artillery maneuvers
of 1894 and 1895 and touching upon Pic
! quarts subsequent inquiry as to whether,
! in 1894, Esterhazy could have obtained
! secret documents relating to new inven-
! tons, to which inquiry the witness re-
| piled in the negative. The major added
! that during this interview Picquart said
! he spoke in behalf of the minister of war.
! The witness added:
'C0l. Picquart's manner in speaking of
| Esterhazy left me so little doubt that
proofs of Esterhazy's guilt existed that
I asked if he had been arrested, or was
about TO be taken into custody. Col. Pic
quart replied that he had not yet OBJ
tanned positive proof, but had the gravest
presumptiCns"
Here Col. Picquart jumped up and de-
MED mentioning espionage to Mai LIE
Rond, or that he spoke in behalf of the
minister of war. But the major adhered
to his statements and asserted that Pic
quarts memory was playing him false.
ESTERHAZY CALLED.
At this juncture Col. Jouaust announc-
ed that 1t was Esterhazys turn to speak,
but, as he was not present, the evidence
which he gave before the court of cas-
| sation would be read. The clerk of the
court accordingly read to an inatten-
| tive audience Esterhazy's deposition, as
published in April last.
The reading of Esterhazys deposition
| occupied an hour.
Gen. Come said he desired to reply to
Esterhazy's statements. During the
course of his observations the general
said Esterhazy's allegation that he was
the right hand man of the general staff
was absolutely false.
The general positively maintained that
Esterhazy was never instructed in regard
to what he should say at the inquiry
| conducted by Gen. Pellieux, and Come
| added the assertions of Esterhazy on
this subject were utterly devoid of truth.
Gen. Come proceeded to refer to his
avoidance of Esterhazy during the Zola
trial.
Il considered him to be a compromis-
ing person." said the Witness "and I was
not wrong. If Esterhazy was permitted
to go free at the time of the judicial in
QuiIy. it was by order Of Cen Saussier,
who would not accept the advice Of the
general staff, nor of the officers under
him, however high their rank. 1t was
Maj. du Patty de Clam alone who COM
promised the entire headquarters staff by
his imprudence. (Sensation.) If I now
say so for the first time it is because the
case against Du Patty de Clam has been
dismissed ] could not have spoken
earlier without seeming to accuse pris-
oner."
The general then attempted to explain
the Intervention of the headquarters
staff IN the choice of Esterhazy's wit
nesses at the time of his prosecution by
Col PicQuart, and said he (the witness)
was convinced Du Patty de Clam was only
connected with the late Lieut.. Col. Henry
and not wi Esterhazy.
In conc Ision Gen. Come said: 'Col.
Henry q regret to have to speak of the
dead was greatly in the wrong in send
ing Gribelin to the Mont Souris inter
view. Gribelin would not have been
there if l had known It, but I had not
been told.''
NJ. Labor next asked that the dossier
should be produced, whereupon the gov
! ernment cOmmissary said:
II ask that the request be refused
Replying to counsel, the cOmmissary
said he hoped Du Patty de Clam would be
able to appear in a few days.
M. LabOri said he desired to know if
! Gen. Come did not consider himself in
some measure responsible for the pro-
ceeding of Du Patty de Clam. The general
replied in the negative, and added that
he was conscious that he had always
! done his duty. The witness admitted,
however, that Du Patty de Clam was not
altogether innocent of share in the ap-
! pearance of the "Dixi'' article which ap-
! peared In the Libre Parole, and gave the
! public the first information regarding the
character Of the secret dossicr and the
| iptrigues against Col. Picquart.
When Gen. Come was asked what he
thought of Du Patty de CLAIMS interviews
with Maitre Tezenas, Esterhazy's coun-
sci, Gen. Come replied:
"Esterhazy was a sort of special prison
er. He retained his liberty, not because
he was under the protection of the gen
eral staff, but because Gen. Saussier so
! ordered it,
USUAL WARM FINISH.
NJ. Labori remarked that Gen. Saussier
acted in this manner because he had
! in regard TO Esterhazy, adding:
That is point which is very import
! ant to emphasize" Great sensation)
| The general admitted there were two in
terviews between Du Patty de Clam and NJ.
! Tezenas, after which, witness said he or
! dered them to stop. Gen. de Boisdeffre
at this point took occasion to defend
| himself.
'I ask leave he said "only to tel the
| court that I give the most absolute con-
! tradiction to Esterhazy's evidence"
Then turning to counsel for the de-
! fense, the general added:
eff I were not here as q witness. I
would ask permission to say in regard
to these falshcods that I despise them
and repel them with the scorn they de-
| serve
The evidence Of Mile. Pays, the friend
of Esterhazy, given before the court Of
cessation was then read by the clerk Of
! the court as the witness did not appear
when her name was called.
Gen. Lebellen de Dionne, governor of
| the military college, then testified to
! Dreyfus character at college. The pris-
! oner, he said. displayed great intelli-
gence, but had a deplOrable temper He
recalled g remark of Dreyfus, that the
people of Alsace-Lorraine would be much
happier under German rule than under
| the rule of France. The prisoner refer
! ring to the recriminations mentioned by
| Gen. Dionne, explained that during his
| first year at the military college he at
| tained very high marks; that the second
year he almost held his place, when, he
| added, he heard a member of the exam
| lining board had declared at board meet
| ing that. without knowing the pupils. he
put mark five opposite the name of