Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-10


| the gangWayS around the court ROOM
! THE silence was only broken by the
| occasional rustling of q reporters note
| DOCK or the neigh of an artillery horse
| picketed in a street beside the i.ycec.
| Now and then there was the souni 81
a rafting of q rifle or the clanl1ng Of
q sword OF some officer hastily crossing
] teh courtyard, where the troops wtlc
stationed. aw#
| DENIANGE SPEAKS
| Maitre Demange in his plea for the
defence began by speaking of the teGf-
rical value Of the !,ordereau. The pro
| secution, by taking separately each of
the notes containing information sup
| Piled by the writer Of the bOrtIeTcau,
deduced the opinion that Dreyfus .i'one
could have communicated informa ton
on the documents.
! We are said he, ''before 4 court Of
Justice, With Which suggestions have
no place. In order to produce rraos
! / must ask ana we must know what
was the information supplied. We
must have the notes delivered; other
wise we have to deal with u hypo thesis"
Counsel then reviewed the Well known
facts III the case, showing that Colonel
acknowledgement, the German military,
attache at Paris. supplied Information
to his government years before, regard
ing the ''l20 short field gun. He said
| that only the internal construction of
the back Of this remained secret: but
! Dreyfus knew nothing about it and
never asked for information on the sub
Ject from the few officers knowing it.
| Therefore. counsel contenGed, Dreyfus
could not have betrayed this secret.
| Regarding the practical tests OF the
gun, Dreyfus WAS similarly ignorant.
| HE WAVES EI4OQ UENT.
Continuing to plead With great
warmth and eloQuence NJ. Denlal:ge
declared he did not believe in the COM
plieity Of Henry and F.sterhazy. for
Henry was honorable and loyal IL lie
! Henry would have destroyed the bor-
dcreau. Possibly Henry had inadver-
| tontly divulged information to Ester
hay. under the impression that he was
! coHversilg With an honorable, straight
| forward man like himself. Declaring
/ in 1898 that he mad placed his hands III
traitors, he committed crime upon
which counsel declined to enlarge since
| the unfortunate culprit had already
| paid fir it With his life. What other
explanation could be given fcr-the sui
! eide of this man, with whom the Whole
army sympathized even after the dis
covery OF the crime Henry had spoken
| of scounGrels. Was not one of these
| E=teihazy and the other Weyl. the lat
! ter having uncCnsciously betrayed in
son?
| Sa::era' Saussier had every confidence
! in iIeHry's loyalty and l1sterhazy might
haze racsiNcd information from Henry
! @: Wcyi who We're unconscious inform
ers.
Three men were in the Intelligence
Department.. Henry. Icsterhazy ana
INeyl. I.s,crhazy had even placed The
others under pecuniary Obligations and
all three We're closely bound together.
| THE DEFECTIVE LINK.
| Dealing With the last line OF this Dor
| nj ~ "a mo .,3I
E!es, counsel produced a note Written
| by Dreyfus proving that he knew in
May 1894 that he would not attend the
manaeuvres With his regiment
Counsel dwelt upon the fact that the
preoationers absolutely knew they
would not attend the manoeuvres
though certain individuals cherished
| the hope that exceptions might be made
in their favor. Only one actually APP
piled to Genera! De Boisdetfre for per-
mission, but the latter did not promise
anything. NJ. Demange protested
against the government conmissarys
assertion that it had been agreed that
the rrobatiorers should attend the ma
noCuVres as officers Of the headquarters
staff, and said he Wished to know if
Major Carriere adhered TO his statement
on Che subject.
Major C2r-iere recalled that General
DE Eosdeffre had declared that he had
promised t. do his best to satisfy the
proEationers. t
| Nj. Demange: And YOU call that an
agreements
I Major Carliere: Certainly"
NJ Demange: Then we do rot agree
as 10 the meaning of the word in the
French language
COUNSEL CONCLUDES.
| 80 much for the techinal value OF
the Eordereau. i have argued foot by
! foot with my honorable friends on The
%thsr s4oe and nave SHOWN me 1aliacy
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