The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-06
DRAMATIC APPEAL.



Esterhazy. The witness deposed that
Esterhazy confessed to him that ne
wrote the bordereau under orders from
Col SanGheTr, who was then chief of
the secret intelligence bureau. The or
der, Esterhazy said, was to catch the
traitor at carbohydrates of the gen
eral staff, whom, Esterhazy. afterward
said, was Capt. Dreyfus.
Gen. Roget today looked the ghost OF
his former assertive self. His face was
careworn and showed little of that
fighting spirit which first characterized
his appearance upon the stage. He re-
piled that he only opened one letter
from Maj Esterhazy, which he had for
*arded to Col. Jouaust. Gen. Roget add
ed that he had declined to receive 9TH
er letters. NJ. Labor then asked Col.
Jouaust to have the letters read.
CO.. Jouaust at firse declined, but NJ.
Labor insisted so firmly that Col. Jou-
aust, after wrangling while, gave way
and consented that the letter should be
read later. Col. Jouaust explained that
he opposed the reading of the letters
because they only contained personal
attacks upon various parties and would
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Gen. Roget then read the one Ester
hazy letter which he admitted having
opened. This letter of Maj. Esterhazy
said he could not prove the existence of
the alleged syndicate organized in the
interest of Dreyfus and complained that
the general staff had refused to give
him g hearing. NJ. Labor then put a
series of questions intended to bring
out the fact that the general staff had
made use of Maj. Esterhazy, even after
he w0s known to be unreliable.
8 Gen. Zurlinden then came upon the
platform, dressed in the uniform of his
rank, anG with his inseparable eye
glass. He spoke a few words respect
ing the general stats belief in Maj.
Esterhazy, NJ. Denange asked Gen.
Roget his opinion of Maj. Esterhazy.
Il have an absolute conviction" re-
Piled Gen. Roget, arqid cries of oh"
from the audience, shat Maj. Ester
hazy is a stranger to treason
Capt, Dreyfus arose, and in a clear
voice emphatically insisted that the
circular Of May II, 1894, announcing
that the practitioners would not go to
the maneuvers, was written in the
clearest language, which the court
would see if it were read. He reiterat-
ed that he had never asked to go to
the naaneuvers, for he was absolutely
convinced that such a request would
not be granted.
M. TrarieuX, formerly minister of jus
tice, was the next witness called. He
made long deposition in favor of
Dreyfus, reviewing the history of the
case and his own part in connection
herewith. M. Trarieux is an excel
lent speaker, with a good presence. He
has iron grey hair and mustache and
a clear, resonant voice, which could be
heard outside the court room.
NJ Trarieux's deposition closed the
public session. He made q very telling
speech, describing how his original be-
lief in the guilt of Dreyfus was first
shaken and then completely changed
to conviction of innocence by subse-
quent developments, and the noble
conduct of NJ. Scheurer-Kestn form
erly vice president of the senate. The
letters exchanged between Gen. Gonse
and Lieut. Col. Picquart also strength
ened his conviction NJ. Trarieux
spoke of the Vaccinations against Pic
quart, and said he accused nobody. He
believed, however, that the chiefs were
deceived. NJ. Trarieux recounted a
conversation with a foreign ambassa-
dor, who declared, in a tone of great
est sincerity, that Dreyfus never had
relations with him nor with any officer
of his country, while, the ambassador
added, he possessed documents prov
ing the guilt6of Maj. Esterhazy.
M. TrarieuX delivered a very impress
sive passage, recalling the execution of
the English admiral, Byng. on the
charge of treason, who was afterwards
found to have been uniustly condemned.
M. Trarieux said that Frenchmen might
well dread to have such a bloodstain
upon their history as, through the eye
cution of Admiral Byng, marred the
history of England.
NJ. TrarieuX, on alluding TO the hor-
dereau, was interrupted by Mai. Car
riere, who said that, While he opposed
direct official application to foreign gov
ernments for documents mentioned in
the bordereau, yet. if by a side wind
the documents could be procured he
certainly wouldbe personally very much
pleased. This is practically an invita-
tlon to Germany to volunteer to com
mun1cate the document in question
AT the conclusion of M. Trarieux's
testimony, which was veritable sneech
for the defense, and which, apparent
~, made an impression upon the
judges, the court-marital sat behind
closed doors and examined the secret
espionage dossier. The court also de-
liberated upon M. Laborf's request that
appncPton be made to Germany for
the ments described in the border-
eau che decision was unaniroousi1,
reaS--ei to reject the application on
the ground that the court was incom-
petent to invite the government to take
diplomatic steps to obtain the docu~
ments in question. 1t was also deci5-
ed to hear M. Cermuschi behind closed
doors tomorrow.