The record-union., 1899-08-18

Trial
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE correspond
ents of London papers at Rennes are
almost unanimous in taking a gloomy
view of the prospects of Captain Drey-
fus. They seem to believe it likely
that he will be found guilty.
The representative of the Daily Tel
egraph" says that unless thel German
Government reveals the name of the
real traitor it is quite on the cards
that the same verdict will be rendered
as in the previous court-martial.
AN ALLEGED FORGERY.
PARIS, Aug. ia special edition of
Figaro" just issued, exposes another
alleged forgery in the Dreyfus case by
publishing the following telegram from
Ems:
The letter of November 80, 1893, at
tributed to me and reproduced in the
Figaro of August Is, 1899, is a for
gerry. (Signed) SCHNEIDER.
The letter referred to was one from
Schneider, the Austrian military at
tache at Paris, in which he was al
legged to have said that Schwarzkoppen
man and Italian attaches, were trying
to make out that it was not Dreyfus
who was giving them information, and
adding that he had no belief in these
protestations. NJ Cavaignac, the
former Minister of War, in his testi-
mony, made a great point of this.
Commenting on the forgery, the Fl
garo" says: I'VE are sending this tele-
gram to Colonel Jouaust, President of
the court-martial, who certainly viii
not hesitate to call upon General Mer-
cier, General Roget and others to ex-
plain how they came TO make such a
great point of this forgery in their
evidence"
TESTIMONY AT YESTERDAYS
HEARING.
RENNES, Aug. 1I.-With the usual
attendance and without any noteworthy
incident, the second trlal by court-mar-
tial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the
artillery, charged with treason, was re-
sumed this morning in the Lycee. Pre-
vious TO the opening of proceedings, it
became known that Maitre Labor, lead
ing counsel ror Dreyfus who was shot
in the back from ambush Monday, was
slightly worse to-day. His physicians
have not yet extracted the bullet, his
fever continues to increase, and it is
not believed he will be able to attend
court Monday. Consequently Maitre
Monard, counsel for the Dreyfus fam
ily before the Court of Cessation in
the trial revision proceedings, has been
summoned to replace NJ. Labori until
such time as the latter is able to re-
sumo conduct of the case. M. Monard
is expected to appear early in the morn
ing. Although he is a poor substitute
for the brilliant, energetic Labori, it
is hoped his presence win strengthen
the defense.
Friends prevented Maitre Albert
CIemenceau from coming to the assist
ance of Dreyfus, as planned immedi-
ately after the shooting of NJ. Labori.
However, in spite of the difficulties en-
countered by the defense, to-day's ses-
sion of the court opened with brighter
prospects for the prisoner as NJ. De-
mango, of counsel for the defense, evil
IDENTIFY came primed with questions to
be put to General Roget. The latter
resumed his deposition on the opening
of the court dealing with the theft CT
the Esterhazy letters from Mile. Pays.
A number of the counseTs shots struck
the bulls eye, and made the General
souirm in his seat Unfortunately, NJ.
Demange is not yet in position to
go thoroughly over the whole ground
of this witness deposition.
General Roget will probably be called
to the stand later.
General Roget was unable to conceal
his annoyance and anger when NJ. De-
mango scored. The witness fingers
twitched nervously, and he frequently
turned for consolation toward General
Brlot and Zurlinden, former Ministers
of War who occupied the witness
seats behind him The General also
threw glances of savage resentment at
the audience when, as happened sew
eraI times. suppressed filters went
round the couct room when NJ. De emange
cornered him. Finally General Roget
became quite red in the face, and an
swered NJ. Demange in a hollow voice.
contrasting strangely with his confident
tone of yesterday.
Then came witness who proved TO
be a splendid reinforcement for Drey-
fus. 1t was NJ Bertulus, the Exam
lining MAGISTRATE, who received the late
Lieutenant Colonel Henry's confession
".
owing to hoarseness, NJ. Bertulus gave
his testimony, which was a veritable
speech for the defense. Coming from
a man of the high legal reputation of
NJ. Bertulus, this evidence raises the
hopes of the Dreyfusards immensely,
and it apparently made deep impress
sion on the members of the court
NJ. Juares, the Socialist leader, who
was among those present in court, re-
marked on the conclusion of the mag
istrate's testimony: This is the first
time the truth and the whole truth
has been told before the Judges.
Dreyfus displayed the keenest inter-
est in the statements of NJ. Bertulus
seeming completely absorbed in his
words and straining forward to catch
every syllable
After a brief conformation of M. Ber-
tulus and Nine. Henry, widow of Lieu
tenant Colonel Henry, Colonel Picquart
formerly chief of the Intelligence Bu-
reau. was called He gave his evidence
in a loud, resonant voice and created a
profound impression.
The following is the testimony in de-
tail:
General Roget. on resuming his testi-