The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

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Picquart said:
OF knew Esterhazy was anxious to en-
ter the War Office, and | did not re-
gard his desire favorably. l communi-
Gated my impressions 10 my chiefs. who
approved all my steps. and the applica-
ton OF Esterhazy was rejected.
SUSPECTED EsTERHAzY.
Ills insIstence. however, only increased
my uneasiness regarding him, and re-
solved 10 obtain a specimen OF his hanu-
writing. / was Immediately struck win
the similarity Of his handwriting ana
that Of the bOrdereau, and Tor iha1
had the letters Of Estorhazy when were
i'm my possession photographed an"
showed the photographs 10 MAJOR Du
Patty de Clam and NJ Beruhon C.ns
handwriting experD between August -''"
and September Jth. .,.i....
M. Bertillon said: That Is the "il''ns
of the bordereau. h..
IN. Bcrtilon tried 10 discover "ne'
had obtained the handWfitIhB' Due :.
o,iv Information I impaired was thal ~
- c,,rre,t and recent handwriting.
NJ pertilIon then suggested that II was
tracing and ended by saying thal ~
us current handwriting II could o.ny
,,a.,.e en,anated from some Fne whoth 'ae
Ie,,s mad been exercising Tor ye" III
s..t,atine the handwriting OF the Doiue-
rcau. t,,,ht chat the
l.t....,tfre, of the bOrdereau was tSlci-
ra,,,.s and seeing that the docuihell19
',tio,ed therein might lave beeh sup
,iiod bv Esterhazy, that the Woi"a
am going to the manoeuVrea cou'" r..
fectly well apply to Esterna@y, anu ~
rsterhazv had secretaries at N's "'sp'
"a couv "a document so No'ui -,
the Firing Manuel, l resolved - 20
49,, socrof dossier and see what part VI
the treachcry might be asei lucu 49,,
f,. aud assure myself whether 'he US
eior contained anything indicating
hazy. 1900 ..,,,feal on
r,,Ti,,, the secret dOssier l eNpeO'ou ~
ana matters Of gravity therein'
eound In short. nothing but ocui' l...
,,.bicb might apply just as much 70 80.
-. az to Drevfus. an unimportanl uoo"-
r,,out mentioning D'Avignon ahu
mont which IL seemed absurd TO aPpS ~.
r,ro,-fus namely tho "Cette cdii@i''O
D." document ..,,,o,,dad
u,-ttv recognized n report appeh"eu
g., tho handwriting Of Guenee wiz ~
nasred to be at least as WoI'H''9' 90
second document. nod STAYED late
~. The office ia order 10 examine
u.''''' ',.,,o.,ts thoroughly. / .nolsht u
', ~ .,,,-in,, the night and the next udy
,,,, tho documents End eNplalAou ..o
-. ,ftration 10 General ED Boi7deHre'
g.r.r,f pa Roisdcnre examined the se'
..o. dosaier with me. but stopped before
~ ~.,.bad the end and told me 90 go mo
10 country and give an account OF tlc
.ffafr.fo General Come and ask jas @"-
vice. , -,,,,,, r
copied a note four pages TN length "l'leH
I made September 1st containing my re-
sumo of the Esterhazy affair.
.When / informed General Come or an
that had occurred. he remarhed' %
mistake has been made
AFTER my interview with General Come
did not work any longer on my own
initiative / said nothing more unui me
return of General Come September lo.h.
At that time Es,erhazy was al the Grand
SEES COME.
Describing his interview with General
Come. September 18th. Picquart said:
when ] asked General Come for per-
mission to continue the INVESTIGATION, in-
sistIng on the danger of allowing the
Dreyfus family % proceed with their I'M
vesueatl0n alone. the General replied
that &C. was impossible Goo Dis opinion and
Boz the opinion of General De B0isdefre
and the Minister of War. 60 reopen the
affair. when I pressed the point I'm
order 10 impress General Come said that
nothing could prevent its reopening If ne
could believe that Dreyfus was innocent
ing. nothing will know" General ! reply
firmly. what YOU tell me Is abominabe /
do not know what ! shall DO but ! wont
carry this secret with me. Great sensa-
tom ! az once left the room. added the
witness. chat is what occurred. | knew
my account IS disputed but / positively
swear it, said Picquart, AS he emphau-
clliy smOte The bar in front OF the witness
box and looked i'm the direction of the
Generals.
The next feature of Picquarts deposit
ton was the recital of the ntrieues
against him and the pressure exercised
by Henry with the view OF fixing on the
witness the blame for communicating
information 20 the newspapers Then
turning 20 the distant mission upon
which he was dispatched, Picquart de-
scribed the irritation be felt when he
saw he was being removed because he
was no longer wanted at the head Of the
intelligence department He explained II
this disgrace had been frankly avowed
10 would have been much less painful 10
him. The Colonel also said that during
his absence his correspondence was tam
pered with
Colonel Jouaust. president Of the court.
having asked for explanations ON GER
tain points. PicQuart said.
"If I tell you AN this. gentlemen, ct Is
90 show what must have been the mental
attitude towards me of the members of
the court-martai which tried Esterhazy."
(Murmurs Of assent.
When he resumed his deposition the
witness said he regretted ne had not been
given the opportunity 20 contradict his
accusers ar that court martial.
81 have almost finished my task" added
Picquart "but ask permission TO refer
10 the way the bordereau CAME 20 the
War Office. I have doubts In regard 20
the person who brought the bordereau.
Two quite different persons could Ger
tainly have delivered the borderau in lsfL
Bur If an intelligent person had delivered
IT, he would certainly Insist ON the value
Of its contents
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