Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-22
to accompany Patty de Clam to Mont
Souris park at the time Patty de Clam
masaueraded under a false beard.


as it was known Matthew Dreyfus was
about to publicly denounce him.
NJ. Demange remarked that the de-
nunciation of Matthew Dreyfus could
not well have been foreseen when these
romantic interviews" with Esterhazy
were occurring, considering Matthew
himself had not then contemplated a
denunciation.
M. Gribelin replied that at any rate
it was known measures were in prog
ress against Esterhazy.
M. Demange: why, then, since it
was a question of saving him. were
false boards and blue spectacles re-
sorted to-"
M. Gribelin: "You had better ask
Patty de Clam when he comes here.
Naughter.) Do not imagine it amused
me- (Renewed laughter.)
Replying to further questions, NJ.
Gribelin denied THAI ne had ever opened
letter addressed to Picquart.
Counsel then wanted to know why
the letter signed "Sepranza" was not
sent to Picquart, since all his
LETTERS WE'RE OPENED
at the ministry of war.
NJ. Gribelin: CAS- 1 never opened a
letter addressed to Col. Picquart, l do
not know why"
Col. Picquart asked permission to
question witness.
when l left the ministry of war, "
said Picquart, Il asked NJ. Gribelin to
forward my letters to the addresses he
knew. Since the letter signed 'Sper-
ANA was not sent to me, | must ask
M. Gribelin if he did not receive Gin
structions from his chiefs to intercept
it?"
NJ. Gribeln,-"No. I never received
such an order"
Picquart, after protesting against the
manner in which his correspondence
was tempered with expressed surprise
that the question of the employment of
secret service money should be con-
stantly mixed up with the Dreyfus
case, with which," he added ''it has
nothing whatever to do" He also de-
MED he had given NJ. Leblois the
slightest information regarding the
secret dosSier and said the only docu-
ment O. the dossier revealed, and that
was not by himself, was the ''cette
canaille de d." document which had
been utilized by the enemies of Drey-
fus. There was also 'the liberateur
document which was delivered to Ester
hazy, who used it to levy the most
shameful blackmail on the government.
Major Lauth followed. He traversed
the ground covered by his evidence be-
fore the criminal division Of the court
of cessation in regard to the circum-
stances under which Henry commune
Gated the bordereau. He said that
when the bordereau reached the intel
Iigence department Henry was absolute
ly the only officer
WHO KNEW THE AGENT
who furnished it and was the only Of
fcer known to the agent. Henry, he
explained, had appointments with the
foreign spy in question only in the
evenings at or 9 o'clock at night, at
various places, so it was impossible for
Henry TO. hand the papers received to
Col Sandherr the same evening.
Therefore, he took them home and
brought them to the Office in the morn
ing. Very often these appointments
were kept on Saturday, and Major
Lauth believed the packet containing
the bordereau was handed to Henry
Saturday, September %, and was taken
to the Office September "a.
Zone morning" said Lauth, "it may
have been September "a, or another
date though 1t cannot matter much, |
arrived at the office and was about to
enter the room in which l usually work,
when Col. Henry, who was walking in
the corridor, called to me and took me
into his room. Capt. Nation arrived
simultaneously. We had scarcely en-
tered when Col. Henry showed the
packet received, and exhibiting some
pieces he had pasted together said
"It is frightful. Just see what l
have found in this packet
I'VE walked to a window and all
three began to read the contents of a
paper which was none other than the
bordereau. We discussed who could be
the author.
Il must add that NJ Gribelin entered
the room and was informed regarding
the document At the same time the
bordereau was only shown to Col. Sand
herr half or three-quarters of an hour
later. when he arrived"
Next discussing the petit bleu, Major
Lauth said it reached Col Picquart en-
closed in a packet early in March.
incidentally the witness mentioned the
mission to Nancy, on which Henry
went. and said that while he was alb