The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-09-07
NEARING AN END.
This Week May See the Close of the
Dreyfus Trial


RENNEs, Sept. 5.-The fifth week OF
the Dreyfus trial began with the largest
attendance yet seen in the Lycee. The
interest in the trial grows as the denoue-
ment approaches. Six to ten days is
given as the outside limit for the
further duration of trial.
The session opened very interestingly
with the appearance of the witness M.
Cernuschi, who claims to be a member
of the Servian royal house. His testi-
mony was in effect that foreign gen.
eral of staff had said to him that one
could buy anything in France, referring
to packet of military documents he
then had In his possession. He also
said the name of Dreyfus had been men
toned in this connection.
Labori VIII Seek to Know 1t All.
M. Labor announced when he had
finished, that since the prosecution had
summoned the aid OF foreigners. he in.
tended to make formal application tG
have complete steps taken throughsfor-
5eign channels to ascertain whether the
documents mentioned in the bordereau
were delivered toa foreign power. and
if go, by whom. This announcement,
If Colonel Jouaust consents to
the application, will have most import
ant consequences. The words of M.
Labor created g. deep impression, al
they, made 1t evident that counsel for
the defense Is on the warpath.
; The second witness called was M.
5 Andre, clerk to II. Bertulus, judge OF
the court of cassation. who secured the
confession of the late Lieutenant
Colonel Henry. NJ. Andre deposed that
he heard Colonel Henry exclaim:
W "Don't insist, beg of You. The honor
Of the army must be saved before
everything"
General Gonse Broke In.
General Gonse broke into the argu-
ment, and M. Labor thereupon at
tempted to cross-examine him on Ger.
tain points, but Colonel Jouaust refused
to allow the most important questions.
Finally M. Labor asked why a certain
dispatch from the French ambassador
at Rome, relative to the payment OF
money to Major Count Esterhazy by an
Italian agent, had not been included in
the secret dossier presented to the
court.
General Gonse replied that he had
not considered the dispatch of sufficient
Importance to be included in the secret
dossier Colonel Jouaust here again
refused to allow some of M. Labori's
questions NJ Labor was Tuning
with indignation, but was obliged to
submit
In reply to a question by Labor as to
who compiled the secret dossier, Com
mandant Cuignet, from the body of the
hall, shouted that he did He had
omitted all foreign documents because
foreigners are interested in deceiving
u.s. He also added that certain dis
patch also was omitted, which was
against Dreyfus.
M. Labor insisted that all these
omitted documents be submitted to the
court behind closed doors. General
Billot said he had handed the report to
M. Cavaignac, and Labor asked that
the ex-minister of war be called on to
explain what had become of the docu-
ments.
1t appears that one Paulmier was Col
onel SchWartzkoppen's valet at Paris
and it was alleged that he had seen on
acknowledgements desk documents
signed by Dreyfus. Paulmier disap-
peared, so the general staff could not
ascertain the truth of the matter.
M. Labor suggested that M. Helm
non, sub-chief of political police, might
know something of the matter. He
was accordingly called and said he had
investigated and that he had actually
found Paulmier, who told him there
was not word of truth in the whole
story. He had never seen any paper
bearing the name of Dreyfus.
M. Labor. at once called attention to
the fact that the general staff had sup
pressed NJ. Hennion's report of Dreyfus,
and only declared that the report had
been received, representing Paulmier as
untraceable.