The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-19
PICQUART is VERY PloUANT.
HIS EVIDENCE FOR DREYFUs
STRONG AND FEARLESS.


But Was ACKNOWLEDGMENT 1t
Freely-Said 1t Was stolen From
His DeSk-His Talk with Gonse.
Rennes, Aug. N-When the second trial
by courtmartial of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus.
charged with treason, was resumed in the
Lycee at 7:25 this morning, Col. Picquart,
former chief of the intelligence depart
ment of the war office, was called, con-
tinuing his deposition, which was inter
rupted by the adjournment yesterday The
colonel gave his testimony in the same
strong, fearless tone of voice that char
acterized his manner yesterday
Col. Picquart discussed the secret dos
sier as being the handspring of the con-
demnation of Dreyfus He took up the
documents successfully, referring to the
writer's and addresses of the letters as
"A' and "B." Among those present in
court were Gen. Zurlinden and Bilot,
former ministers of war.
Maitre Mornard who argued the case in
behalf of the Dreyfus family for the re-
vision of the prisoners sentence before
the Court of Cessation, was present this
morning to assist NJ. Demange of coun-
| sci for the defense. Following is the evil
dence in detail:
Before resuming his position, Col. Pic
| quart said
| Il think it necessary to say 6 few
words with reference to the veritable
| speech for the prosecution delivered by
Gen. Roget when referring to the QuenelH
| case"
The president of the court, Col Jouaust
| here interposed, saying. rs it a personal
matter?"
| Il shall be very brief colonel" replied
| Picquart. Il am, moreover, ready to re-
ply to all questions the court may ask on
| the subject"
He explained first that he had little or
no connection with the QuenelH case ro-
ferred to by Gen. Roget, being out Of
Paris at the time. AT this point, Cen
Roget arose and said: Il wish to be all
lowed to reply" You shall" said Col
Jouaust
Col Picquart, continuing, said: 'I pro
test absolutely against the allegation that
l consented TO the communication of Sc
cret documents to the members of the
Dreyfus courtmartal without the prison
er's knowledge. l never ordered such
communica lion. and if it were done, it was
| not with my cognizance."
Then the colonel discussed the phrase
occurring in the bordereau, 81 am going
! 10 the maneuvres.' He said there was
no question of probatoners going to the
| maneouVres in September This. he
pointed out, would have curtailed their
period of probation in an entirely unusual
manner
Discussed the DOssfer.
After dealing with the testimony of The
| experts at the courtmartial of 1894 Pic
quart examined the secret dossier a close
! analysis of which, he asserted was par
| ticularly necessary lowing TO the weight
/ the document had with The members of
the courtmartial in 1894
| This dosser," continued the witness.
! may be divided into two parts. The first
| contains three documents: One. a docu-
| ment known as the D'Avignon document.
| the terms of which are about as follows:
| Doubt the proofs service letters, situa-
tion dangerous for me with French Off
| Ger, no information from an officer of the
line, important only as coming from the
| ministry; already somewhere else. Two
the document containing the words 'Cette
| 0anaille de d Three, a document which
! Is nothing but The report of a journey to
Switzerland made in behalf of a foreign
| power.
The second part of the dossier," contin-
ued Picquart, Consisted partly of a sun
! Elementary review of the first. 1t contain
! ed the gist of seven or eight documents,
one of which Cette canaile de d will
serve for the purpose of comparison"
! Il also contained the correspondence Of
| attaches "a" and "B." These initials. it
should be borne in mind. represent Col
Schwartzkoppen, formerly German militia
/ ry attache at Paris, and Maj. Panizzardi
/ the former military attache of Italy at the
/ French capital
At this juncture the colonel said It would
! facilitate his explanations if he We're per-
mitted to see the secret dossier. adding: II
| have already had it in my hands, but I
! fear my memory may fail me on some
/ points"
What you ask" replied the president of
| the courtmartial, "is impossible The min
! ister's orders are absolute. The secret
| dossier can only be examined under certain
conditions"
Il regret it. answered Picquart. but.
! l will try to refresh my memory" The
| witness explained why Maj. De Patty de
! CLAIMS Translation Of the D'Avlgnon
/ document which has been ciassed as IDIOT
! ic was open 10 doubt, and why the docu-
ment if Il had any meaning whatever, was
as applicable 10 Esterhazy as to Drey-
! fus."
/ Regarding the COR spOrdence of the mil
! itary attaches, he witness demonstrated
| the insigniiicance OF the Information ask
! ed fer. While Du Patty de clam regarded the
/ 90 resp ndence as convincing, and as clear
| iy indicating an officer of the second bu-
rcau Pcquart maintained that the terms
| CT the correspondence indicated that the
! writer intended 20 ask a friend, and not a
! spy. for the information desired. Many
! headquarters officers, he pointed out were
! on cordial and absolute Iezid-
/ mate terms with the foreign military
! attaches.
/ Colonel Plcquart then took up the "Cette
/ canaille de d." document lie called
/ the attention OF the court to the fact that
! Il was addressed by Schwarzkoppen TO
/ Panizzardi. and not vice versa as long pc
| lleyod. After giving hiss reasons for be-
| lieving Drcyfus was not the person re-
| ferred TO In that document. Picquart
! showed how Paty de Clam endeavored to
! ascribe the authorship OF the document
! 60 Panizzardi with the view Of establish
/ ing a connection, which, ln reality did not
! exist between the various documents 81