Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
,,APPEA no & ITY.
Emperor William and King Hume
bert Asked to Aid Dreyfus

II. Labori Urges Them to Permit Col.
Acknowledgements and Pnnizzardi ss
. to Come to. Rennes and
. BIZ Give Eyidence. .='S
Rennes, Sept. 6. Labor Tuesday
afternoon telegraphed personala ppeals
to Emperor William and King Humbert
to grant permission to Col. Schwartz
koppen and Col. Panizzardi, German
and Italian military attaches in Paris
in 1894, to come to. Rennes to testify
in the trial of Capt. Dreyfus. This is
the news of the day and the chief topic
of conversation in the cafes and resorts
of the journalists. The appeals were
couched in eloquent terms, invoking
the assistance of their majesties in the
name of Justice and humanity. They
are quite supplementary to the formal
application that will be made by the
government commissary, Maj. Carriere.
Tuesdays Session.. D..
Rennes, Sept. s. When the open
session of the Dreyfus court-mar-
tial began NJ. Labor presented q
formal application to the court for an
order upon Maj. Carriere, the govern
ment commissary, to request that in
terested foreign governments, through
diplomatic channels, communicate to
the court various documents relating
to the bordereau. M. Labor explained
the purpose of the application by Cit
ing the fact that the court was now in
an extremely delicate situation, and
added that he had pointed out to Maj.
Carriere Col. Schwartzkoppen and Sig.
Panizzardi as witnesses he deemed
necessary to summon. NJ Labor said
he thought this step would worry no.
body and that it was in conformity with
precedents.
Maj. Carriere replied that he did not
think the government could ask an
other government for the restoration of
documents. He suggested that the de-
tense should obtain and submit the pa
pers semi-omcially to the court. He
saw no objection to hearing Col.
schwartzkoppen and Sig. Panizzardi if
they consented to come.
Col. Jouaust SAID the court would de-
eide the matter later, and meanwhile
proceed with the taking of evidence.
Reporter Bassett's Testimony.
The first witness who was called to
the bar Tuesday was the reporter Bas-
sett, whom the Matin sent to London
to interview Maj. Count Ferdinand
Walsh Esterhazy. The witness de-
posed that Esterhazy confessed to him
that he wrote the bordereau under or
ders from Col. Sandherr, who was then
chief of the secret intelligence bureau.
The order, Esterhazy said, was to catch
the traitor at the headquarters of the
general staff, whom Esterhazy after
wards said was Capt. Dreyfus.
Labori Calls on Roget.
NJ. Labor then called upon Gen.
Roget to testify regarding letters he
had received from Maj. Esterhazy since
the opening of this trial.
Gen. Roget 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
| forwarded to Col. Jouaust. Gen. Roget
added that he had declined to receive
other letters.
NJ. Labor then asked Col. Jouaust to
have the letters read.
| Forces Col. JOuauSt to Yield.
| Col. Jouaust at first declined, but NJ.
Labor insisted so firmly that Col.
Jouaust, after wrangling awhile, gave
way and consented that the letters
should be read later. Col. Jouaust ex-
| planned that he opposed the reading of
the letters because they only contained
personal attacks upon various parties
and would only lead to prolongation
| of the trial.
Gen. Roget then read the one Ester
hazy letter which he admitted having
opened. In this letter 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 fair hearing.
NJ. Demange asked Gen. Roget his
opinion of Maj. Esterhazy.
II have an absolute conviction" re:
piled Gen. Roget, amid cries of 'Oh!'
from the audience, that Maj. Ester
hazy is stranger to treason
NJ. Deffes, reporter for the Temps
testified that he saw Maj. Esterhazy in
London, and that the latter confessed
that he was the author of the Dor.
dereau. The witness added that he
raised the question of the letters OF
Nine. Boulanc, and brought away the
impression that Esterhazy wrote the
"Uhlan" letter.
| Testifies for Dreyfus.
| M. Trarieux, formerly minister OF
justice, was the next witness called
He made long deposition in favor
of Dreyfus, reviewing the history OF
the case and his own part in connec.
ton Herewith. ,.
Go Into secret Session.
At the conclusion of NJ. Trarieux's
testimony, which was veritable speech
for the defense and which apparently
made an impression upon the judges
the court-martial went behind closed
doors and examined the secret espion.
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