The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-01

:, Aet< ttc abtsSk OF conducting MN from
the Cherohe Midi prison to the military
school where he remained some time
IN your charge. Tell the court what
passed between him and You at that
time
Captain lie Brun- Renault-On Sstur-
Gay, Jan. ), 1895, ] was ordered with my
squadron to proceed to the Cherche
Midi prison and take charge of Drey-
fus, who was to be degraded at 9
O'Clock in one of the court yards of the
military school. Starting at 7:15, l ar
rived at the place indicated at 7:45. The
office of the garrison adjutant was
pointed out to me as the place to keep
The prisoner until the hour of degrada-
tion parade. He began to protest his
innocence and to say that, with con-
siderable means at his disposal and a
bright future in store for him, he would
have no motive IN being guilty of trea-
son. lie said;
The Alleged Confession.
II am innocent In three years my
Innocence VIII be Acknowledged. The
minister knows ii well. He told Du
Patty &c Clam to tell me so, some days
ago, in my cell He knows that if l
communicated documents to Germany
they were of no Importance and it was
TO obtain more serious and more i'm
portant documents"
A l.
tel Was present when the statement was
made. Continuing, Captain lie Brun-
Renauit said that as soon as four ar
tliierymen, commanded by a corporal.
came to take the prisoner to the court
yard for the ceremony of degradation,
he lwitness) left the office and was i'm
meIiately surrounded by several off
GERS. to whom he repeated Dreyfus' re-
marks. He also repeated them at the
captains mess Of the Republican guard.
referring TO articles in the newspapers
IN regard to the confession, Captain lie
Brun-Renault said:
General MERCER said to me, Go to
the Giysee and repeat to the president
OF the republic what you have told
me-
Talked to Newspaper Men.
while was in the ante-rocm heard
someone make remarks about me in
very discourteous tones. NJ. Dupuy
usnered me before the president, who
SAID, You have had relations with jour
nailSts and have been indiscreet Ger
tain articles have appeared in the news
papers,
i replied that perhaps journalists
Were among the persons 1 had seen, but
l said l had not spoken directly TO
journalists. No mention was made OF
the confession and | left, after having
received a lecture from the president.
M. Dupuy took me into another room
and drew UP a semi-official note to the
erect that l had no relations with The
press '--0
One of the judges asked the witness
II ne did not remember hearing Drevfus
say that the documents delivered were
only copies, to which Captain lie Brun-
Renault replied:
Il do not recollect. 1 do not remem-
Der that nhraSa h1r+ 17o
1t. 1 talked with Dreyfus for quarter
OF an hour. The sentence have quoted
was that which 1 jotted down in NV
note book"
A Judge-what did General Mercier
tell you when you mentioned the con-
fession 20 him?
Captain lie Brun-Renault-He asked
what Dreyfus had said and then told
me to go to the Elysee and describe
the confession. But / was given no
time TO mention it then.
The Judge-Did you go there for that
purpose?
Captain lie Brun-Renault-I went
there for that purpose.
The Judge-It is a great pity Won said
nothing Oh the subject.
Why He Did Not Tell.
. lie Brun- Renault-I had no time to
speak of it. The president, moreover.
seemed much more concerned about a
remark by Dreyfus concerning the
writing of the bordereau, which had
been published in a newspaper.
A Ju6Se-Did the president know
what you came to the Elysee for?
lie BrGn-Renault-Tbe president was
notified that / was coming For my
part / was somewhat inundated |
which is easily explained. / heard my
self described as q traitor "cannille"
and s-rIlr. - That
NJ. Demange asked the witness if it |
was really a conversation with Drey-
fus or If the prisoners remarks con-
sisted OF a broken dialogue, as General |
.5onse had said.
Captain le Brun-R acknowledgements |
poke TO me, but / did not reply.
NJ. Demange asked how the witness
could detect confessions in a sentence
containing the words, I am innocent. |
IN three years my innocence will be ac- |
knowledged."
LIE Brun- Renault-It is not for me to /
reconcile the inconsistence of a sentence |
in which the material facts that docu- |
,nents had been communicated was ad- |
United 1t is not for me to give an eX- !
PLANTATION. 1t is for Dreyfus and the |
defense to explain. / heard this SEN /
tence. was only a kind of photograph |
epo / repeated it without commentary. !
lExcitement)
Dreyfus Said Great Deal.
Replying further to NJ Demange. the |
witness refused TO say whether or not |
he regarded the words of Dreyfus as a |
confession.
Il have no impression whatever he |
said. .'Dreyfus said a great deal to me-
i retained this sentence and / repeated |
it when asked. If / did not mention it |
in my report. ii was because | had the |
task Of conducting Dreyfus from the |
prison TO the place of degradation, and
it was not my duty to make Dreyfus
talk" (EXcitement)
NJ. Demaage-How could General /
Gonse and General MERCER. on hear
ing your story. believe they had to deal
With a confession. and why did they
send you 10 the Elysee?
lie Brun- Fenault-I have no idea.
NJ. Demange reminded the witness
that before the court of cassation he
the sentence of the prisoner
which he had quoted to be a kind of
explanation or excuse.
Captain lie Brun- Renault-Why. Mon
sieur lie President. that is a personal
question. ] have no opinion to express
] repeat simply what Dreyfus told me-
Certain persons may consider his re-
marks as embodying confessions, 9TH
ers as being an explanation. That is
their business. tComm0tiOn)
Witness Is Inconsistent.
n Labori-Captain le Brun- Renault
was not content with entering on his
report OF Jan. that duty commenced
al such an hour and ended at such an
hour. but he especially added Nothing