Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-08-17

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know very well In whose interests I acted
meaning that he acted in the interests of
the country. He used to say to me: For
thirty-three years / have never acted ex-
cept in the interests of the country"
Nine. Henry then remarked:
You know his sentiments, gentlemen. He
Picquart's proceedings and it was in order
to save the army, compromised by the dis
honesty Of its enemies" Profound sensa-
tion.) .
did you ever hear" Colonel Jouaust ask
ed the witness, ''of a letter Colonel Henry
basSs is said to have addressed to Major Ester
Never" replied Mime. Henry.
On leaving the witness box Nine. Henry
looked sternly at the prisoner.
Roget Excoriates Dreyfus.
General Roget followed. He traversed
the old ground giving his reasons for his
conviction of the guilt of Dreyfus. He de-
clared there was no charge against Ester
hazy. with the exception of the resemblance
9full,, Of his handwriting to that Of the Dor.
had been a new fact since the Judgment
of the court of cessation, namely Ester
Ba he add that h. hs b0
ed and withdrew his confession intermit-
tently. II Esterhazy had rendered services
to to tn the Int intelligence department. there would
But no money had been paid Esterhazy.
though. even supposing he worked out of
Yet there was no trace of such payments.
Esterhazy had said he wrote the bordereau
under the orders of Colonel sandherr.
But" declared General Roget, Il. who
knew colonel Sandherr well, declare 1t is
false: Colonel Sandherr was absolutely in
capable of such an order. I add that it
is inadmissible, because Colonel Sandherr
was the last person to know of the exist
ence of the bordereau, which was received
in the ordinary way. This bordereau was
handed to Colonel Henry and was brought
was shown to others by Colonel Henry
after he had pieced 1t together.
Says Esterhazy Lied.
''Esterhazy has also said the document
was stolen from an embassy and brought
by porter. 1t Is false to say the intelli-
gence department ever had any relations
with porter of that embassy. 1t is pos
sible Esterhazy is preparing some sur
prises for us between now and the end of
the trial. They won't disturb me any more
than other surprises
Referring to the question of the com.
plicity Of Henry and Esterhazy. the wit
IF Henry had been the accomplice of Es.
terhazy, how can 1t be admitted that he
himself brought the bordereau, which
might have caused him to be suspected
to the intelligence Department."
General Roget, while testifying, constant.
iy turned toward the prisoner to see the
impression made by his deposition. which
was, virtually, speech for the prosecu.
ton.
Continuing, the witness said:
M. CaSimir-Perier deposed before the
court Of cessation that an ambassador call.
ed to demand an official denial of the state.
ment that important documents were found
at his embassy. The ambassador, however
knew 1t was fact.
Diplomats Involved In the Case.
But, admitting that he did not know 1t
there is nothing surprising in the occur.
renee. in view of the facility with which
attacbe "A q don't mention his name as
the minister has forbidden it, allowed com
promising letters to lie around. I read one
such letter which was very compromising
to a person whose name l cannot mention
Why, therefore, should not the bordereal
go astray?"
The general insisted upon the truth of tn,
statement that military attaches "a" ant
B. under which letters he referred t.
embassy at Paris, and Major Rennizardi
of the Italian embassy at the French cap
ital at the time. worked together almos
| daily; and he qIoted a passage from a let
| ter exchanged between them, as follows:
m. Hanotaux. the sly fellow. is glad a
the embassy denying. The embassy mus
deny"
In the same document. declared Genera
Roget, was name written twice, and th
name, he asserted, was that of Dreyfus
| The name of EsterhaZy, he added, was no
| found in any of the documents, none o
which could be ascribed to him. with tn,
exception of the Petit Bleu, which CoIone
Picquart discovered in such an extraordi
| nary manner"
| dubois" and Dreyfus.
The witness said he then felt great un
easiness in regard to the document contain
ing the words, "Cette canaille de d."
A certain military attache, said the gen
eral later on in his testimony, informe,
/ Colonel Sandherr that there was some on
who initiated his handwriting perfectly
The name of Dubois" the witness said
was found in the correspondence of tn
military attaches.
Dubois" the general explained, was al
| unfortunate" who futilely tried to sell tn
secret of the smokeless powder used in tn
tFrench army
IT." said General Roget, mo other per
son can be found to whom the initial d
can apply, to whom does 1t then apply?"
AS he made this remark the witness face
about and looked tixedy at the prisoner
who, however, merely shrugged his shoul
ders.
| plantations furnished on this point by M
Trarieux CORNER minister of justice), trou
bled me somewhat but do not insist
Here General Roget paused, the excite
almost uncomfortable. In thick, chokin
| voice he continued: "And yet, In the pres
ence Of disinterested testimony like mine
you will not allow preference to be show
to the evidence Of persons who have bene
Roget Breaks Down.
At this point the general broke dow
and tears streamed down his cheeks
Resuming his testimony, the general sc
to work In the effort to prove the guilt q
| Dreyfus. He declared there were trace
of treason on every paragraph of the boz
dereau, and that Dreyfus alone, not Ester
| haZy, could have been acquainted with tn
plans it contained. He criticised the der
osition of Major Hartmann, Of the Twenty
second artillery, in regard to this point.
The witness then traversed the oil
ground, trying to prove that Dreyfus alon
was aware of the secrets of the new arti
lery guns, of the plans for the concentra
ton of troops, and of the contents of tn
firing manual. He then endeavored to sho
that Colonel Picquart had recourse
fraudulent methods, with the intent OF II
eliminating some one other than Dreyfu
and declared Picquart spent 100000 franc
with the object of organizing campaig
of surveillance "of an unfortunate offlcl
who was guiltless." This 100000 francs,
added, was a reserve accumulated b
Colonel Sandherr by strict economy fro
the funds at the disposal Of the war offic
This reserve had entirely disappeared.
In response to gestures or contradictiO
! from NJ. Demange, General Roget admitte
: the figures quoted were perhaps exaEgera
J ed. The witness next accused Colon