Rock Island Argus., 1899-08-19
PROGRESSAT RENNES.
Case ct the Prosecution in the
= Second Trial of Captain
Dreyfus. -
SECRET Doss1ER Is D1soRED1TED.

Nothing in 1t That Would Not Better Re-
fer to Esterhazy Than Dreyfus-How
the Colonel Proved the Bordereau To
BE the Majors Work and How the War
ONCE Wanted Il Hushed Up and Exiied
Pfequart
Rennes, Aug. 19.-The Dreyfus
case opened this morning with Maj.
Cuignet, formerly attached to the
ministry of war. The witness de-
clared his belief in Dreyfus' guilt on
his confession to Lebren-Renault, the
technical nature of the contents of the
bordereau and the result of the exam
ination of the secret dossier. The
witness intimated that Dreyfus made
copious notes from the plans for min
ing railroads for the purpose of de-
stroying them in case of war, and
sold them to the foreign powers. He
said the Schneider letter was not a
forgery, and intimated that Austria's
denial was forced by Germany and
Italy and other members of the drei-
bund.
Maj. Carriere, government COM
missary, interrupted to say that il
must not be understood that he en-
dorsed all the witness said in refer
euce to foreign military officer who
at present held diplomatic appoint
ment in France" (Sensation) De-
mango then took the witness in hand
and convicted him of contradicting
evidence given by him before the
court of cessation.
Dreyfus Replies.
Asked if he wished to reply. Drey-
fus declared he never asked Cuignet
for the documents except at the direc-
tion of his chief. De Clam was called
next, but failed to appear. Gen. Bois-
deffre, former chief general of the
staff. was next sworn. He hurriedly
reviewed the league in the ministry
of war, the discovery of the bordereau,
the trial of Dreyfus, the latter's al
legged confession. the genuineness
of which he believed, and his
conviction in the prisoners guilt
was as strong now as ever.
Boisdeffre said the disappearance of
the documents from headquarters
ceased for year after Dreyfus' ar
rest, but renewed after that. Drey-
fus declined to reply to Boisdefre's
testimony when the latter finished.
Gen. Gonse followed Boisdeffre and
maintained that the prisoner was
explain certain allusions to the secret
service funds, and after Gen. Billot
had spoken in rebuttal of Picquart's
statement the court adjourned for the
day.
Rennes, Aug. I9.-The condition of
Labori is further improved this morn
ing.
Rennes. Aug. 19.-Picquart conclud-
ed his testimony in the second Dreyfus
trial yesterday and at the close was
confronted with both Roget and Mer-
cier. When Colonel Picquart conclud-
ed, both General Roget and General
Mercier jumped up and asked to be
heard contradictory. Colonel Jouaust
asked Colonel Roget to speak first. He
thereupon faced Colonel Picquart, who
replied promptly TO his questions. which
the general delivered in a theatrical
manner and with frequent gestures.
General Mercier adopted a quieter de-
meanor. Neither, however. said any
thing which could be described as dam
aging to Colonel Picquart's evidence
If II could be called evidence. For il
is a fact that the so-called testimony"
on both sides is just like the speeches
of the lawyers for prosecution and de-
fense in the United States.
Describes the second Dossier."
One thing Picquart did early in his
Observation-Disclosures the secret dossier.
This dossier." said the witness. may
be divided intotwo parts. The first con-
tains three documents: /. A docu-
ment known as the D'Avignon docu-
ment. the terms of which are about as
follows: Doubt the proofs; service let
ters; situation dangerous for me with
French officer; no ipformation from an
officer of the line; important only as
coming from the ministry; already