The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-10
DR[YFUS Is FOUND GUILTY.
Continued IRON pass One.

tache IT Paris. supoiiea information - his
government years before regarding the
I'D short gun. He std that onsy the IN
ternai construcston OF the brake ID THE
gun remained secret. brs Dreyfus knew
nothing about IT and asked for 80 inserma-
ton from the officers knowing t. There
fore. eounses commended. Drsyfgs cousd not
have betrayed tbs scrret-
Regarding the practical tests OF the gun
~. Demange continued. Dreyfus Was sni-
larry ignorant Gen. Aercisrss Statement
that Dreyfus attended the trssis could be
dismissed. al 4; has he-n proved THAT the
only leakage resulting from those trials
had been furnished by the Spy GfeI1sr. II
was thus apparent into what error All the
witnesses supporting the prosecution nan
fallen Their opinion had been most I'M
partially formed and the judges nuss De
on thesr guard against 1t. honest and SIR
csre - * doubtless was"
No EviAeuee Of Gai1t.
After refusing the .mputations against
Dreyfus based on the firing manual. WHICH
he said were purely hypothetical. u. De-
mango continued emphataeaily-
1.-THE prosecution has DO right 20 rest
content with hypotheses- We are In
court Of Justice. TIE defense alone
has the right 20 say Il r. impossible IL
n the duty Of the public prosecutor ~
produce evidence but he has addsced
none against Dreyfus."
After showing that the prisoner had
never seen the I'D short gun. counsel
Rad letters from Exterhazy proving that
ME latter attended the Chalons camp and
nrobab,y witnessed the trials
.sBut the prosecution" added NJ. De-
mango. had not TO choose between
Dreyfus ard Esterhasy. 1t had only TO
prove Dreyfus guilty. and could not 90
70. On the contrary. We have shown
that Dreyfus did not posses The doc
umsnts communicated nor the in3orma-
ton contained In them
ssate~ente Vet We'll Founded.
Dealing with the note referring 70 the
covering Of the troops. N. Dsmange point
Cd out Gen. Merciers change OF front On
this subject. In 1894 the general contend
a that Il WAS with reference 10 the COM
lands of these troops that the leakage
occurred. while he now asserted that IT
vas regarding the mobilization aad trans
por,atIon OF troops.
What righ, had the prosecution 10 ad-
vance statements without corroboratio'!
Counsel put II to the conscience Of the
judges. and he had asked this Of Gen. Mar
cier himself.
Continuing TO plead with great warmth
and eioauence. and with closely reasoned
arguments. which were followed with
GREATNESS interest by the entire aidsAncA.
y. Demange declared he did not believe
IN the completely Of Henry and Esierhazy.
for Henry was honorable and loyal. II he
had been the acrSmr!ice Of Estsrhaxy.
Henry would have destroyed the lnrsier-
eau. Possibly Henry had Inadvertently d.
vuiged information 10 Esterhaxy under the
impression that he was conyersing with An
honorable. straightforward man tkA shiwrs
self. and discovering In tsas that - hAA
placed his hands In traitors. he commit-
ted . crime upon which the counsel de-
clined Ia enlarge. since the rerpet.asor had
already peid for !; with his lie.
What other explanation could be given
of the suicide Of this man. with whom the
whole army sympathixed. even after the
discovary Of the crimeT Henry had spoken
Of scoundrels. Was one Of these net Es-
terhasy. ard the other wsyi. the latter
having Internationally betrayed informa-
ton. Three men were IN the intelligence
department-Henry. Esterhaxy and wcyl.
Es,erhaxy had even placed the others I'M
der peennlary obligations. and all three
we're closely bound together.
Esterhasy the Guilty One.
Replying 70 tina hypothesis ae.iaccd from
the note relating 20 the modification Of the
artillery n. Demange pointed cut shat the
Information could have been obtained by
Esterhaxy at the Chalcns camp. while re-
gardinx the Madagascar note. Dreyfus haa
never had possession OF II. though one OF
his most bitter prosecutors. r,u Patty do
Clam. had II In his ofssee.
Reyerting 10 the firing manual. counsel
showed how Esscrhaxy secured a copy OF
II. and pointed TO the fact that his govern
ment had asked Col. sch1srskoppen for
supplementary information which showed
that the original intelligence was sneou,-
fiete and supplied By an Incompetent per-
con. not an srti,ieryman. TIE memer-
andam Of Cal. Schwarxkops@u asked for
tho frlnr manual. which must therefore
have been offered. and for the graduation
bar which t-sssrhaxy had obtained from a
friend and kept. Had all these pro3fs ex-
lated against Drsyfis. how strong would
have been the ease foe the prosecution
Dealing with the iasi line OF The border
eau. referring 20 the maneaYars. NJ De
ranGc produced note written by Drey-
rus. proving that he knew IN May. lsst
tina. he wou'a ~, attend the maneuvers
With h.s regiment.
Gisrtaa Flaws In the nara~reau.
Counsel dwels upon tsis Importance of
the fact that the preAa tsoners absolutely
knew they cogid act attsns sle man ,sy~rr
iAoash CERTAIN individuals eaeriseesa ths
hope that exceptions u;sAs - made ~
their favor. oniy oDo actually Apr,s~a 20
Gen. he BoaaAegse fnF permission, Cd; the
latter tii nos promise snyte3nk.
Continuing. ". lemsnse exclaimed:
''aesr Whist the author Il 80 aor-
dsreau writes; I q NJ so.aE - Inc mar
eayers Is THAI onfv oxtt~f7 II gaa,
not rather a certainty WEI. xcnlis-
men. have shown yoa prryfas could
net have srtssea that, On sas Saslfravy.
Estvrhaxy's regiment waS a. The mar
euyers regarding whtph sHsarRag hon
was stEupiiext was ts~serstaKr tNnr.T