The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-24

niend and even the lover OF hts vile and
asked Tho witness advice as TO Row ret
witness asked N. Bodson II he had
proofs, and Bodson is said 10 have re-
Piled: Proofs. yes, have even proofs
enough 20 drive Dreyfus out Of the
French army"
With ess, however, was unable to learn
TO what NJ. Bodson referred.
NJ. Jsabori after questioning the char
aoter OF M. .rubrieul asked the govern.
ment commisary IL he had had any
Inquiries raade on tho subjsct from the
police of Coutances, to which Major
Carriefe replied;
That Is a strange request"
n. Lahori: "Eserytning 10 strange in
this case and the evidence OF this witness
lie by no means the least strange
When he was pressed to describe more
clearly the alleged German attache, NJ.
Dubrieul replied that he did not know his
name, but was told he was attached 60
the German embassy.
NJ. Labotrl; WAS he military or
civil attachef'
NJ. Dubrieul: az don't remember.
1 don't know, Le. Maitre Labori ,u {
himself in my place (laughter) and he
will see the difficulty OF remembering
the name of stranger he met thirteen
years ago.
NJ Labor: "If 1 W ere unable to
give his name, / should not come sbere
20 testify. So, here is another Beaurepire
witness who knows nothing, yet testif es
against the prisoner without being able to
substantiate his allegations. The court
will draw its own conclusions"
DIeyfus protested against the evidence
Of NJ. Dubrieul who Is Partisan friend
of NJ. de Beaurepaire. but Colonel
Jouaust exhorted him to be calm. prom
Using the prisoner a chance TO reply. This
arrived shortly afterwards and DTeyfus
Numbered out: 81 won't speak Of
A.
say that my relations with Mime. Bodson
ceased in 1886 or 1887, since when have
never seen her. wish simply to assert
that the witness Is lying. i never dined
atsM. Bodson's with any civil or military
atta1he. The matter must be cleared up.
People must produce definite facts here
and not mere little tattle. The name of
the person with whom am ALLEGED to
have diped, must be aoertained. 1t must
he aseertained. 1t must be known here
who is lying and who Is speaking the
truth" (Great sensational
The government commissary: sit
must be understood that must refuse to
undertake the enquiry Maitre Labor sug-
gests with references to Nj. Duprieul."
NJ Labor: "The government COM
missary must not think any enc intends
to tie aisrespectful TO him. But have re-
ceiv,d information that the criminal au-
thorlties of Coutances are able to give
Interesting Information in regard to M.
DubrieuL If write 60 the public prose-
outor he will not reply to me, but II the
government commissioner refuses my re-
quest, will apply to the President, who
Is solely concerned with the demonstra-
ton Of the truth. l Will beg him to be
the interpreter Of this respectful request.
knew better thnn anyone how much
greater than mine is the position of the
government commissions"
NJ. Dubrieul having supported NJ
Lahori's request, Colonel Jonaust an
nounced that he would carry 1t out II he
could legally DO SO.
When this incident concluded the trial
again became utterly monotonous Major
IeRond. o professor ut the military
school, described his relations with Es-
terhaay and PicQHart, tellis g how Ester
hazy attended tGs aFtiilsFy rnanouvres of
1894 and 1896 AMI touching upon Pic
quarts subse lnsai laqUiry AS to whether
in 1894. Estetr 81 could nave obtained
tiona, TO which inquiry the witness re-
piled in the rer43fs The major added
that, during esi5 INTERVIEW, Picqu art
said he spoke Ia is1.,si Of e. min lister of
war; 90
The witness @sdessss33- q
''Col. PicsRsrps faal in speak ing
OF Esterha2J SOFT ms " doubts thai
proofs OF Es 49, existed. that
asked II he -4o GOA sted or was
about to be q lsegs int eea0 ~. Col. Pic
quart repIiet 81 At IS haa net yet OBJ
tained positi' prouf yns bad she gravest
presumptions.
Here Col. FiccuArt 5pnped up and de-
MED mentionine espiora9e to Major Lee
Rond or that b. spoke 5 behalf Of the
minister of war. aus toe major adhered
TO his statements and asserted that
Picquart's memery was playing him
false.
At this j1noture CO... Jouaust an
no1nced that 1t was Esterhazy's turn to
txRrN 1,
evidence which he gave before the court
of cessation would be read.
The clerk of the court accordingly rehd
Esterhazy's deposition, as already pub
lisned April last. 9he reading of E5ter-
hazy's deposition lasted an hour, during
which the audience devoted most of its
attention to III. Labor, whose appearance
denoted no dimin lation of energy. The
pallor which was noticeable in his face
yesterday was replaced by a ruddy glow,
though there were to signs that he was-
suffering occasional xeeruoiating winges
still his geniality and good numor did
not diminish.
After a brief adjournment, NJ. Labori
asked that three letters addressed 60 Es-
terhazy to the president of the republic
should be read. Ths following are pas
sages from those letters which were pub
lished early in April last.
In the first letter he said: "If my for-
row is not listened to by the supreme
head OF my country, my precautions are
taken that my appeal shall reach the ears
of my heraldic chief, the sovereign of
the Esterhazy family, the Emperor OF
Germany. He is soldier and will know
how to protect the honor OF soldier,
even an enemy above the mean equivo cal
intrigues Of politics.
HE will dare to speak out loud and
strong to defend the honor of ton genera
tion of soldiers. lit is for you as president
OF the republic to Judge If you should
force me TO carry the question into that
region. And EsterhRzy fears not any
thing hor anybody IL not God
La his second letter Esterhazy said:
II am at bay and compelled to use all IN
my power. A generous woman who
warned me OF the horrible plot woven
against me by friends of Dreyfus with
the assistance of Col Picquart, has since
been able to procure for me among other
documents, the photograph of paper
which she succeeded in getting out OF
that officer. This paper stolen from a
foreign legation by Col. Picquart is most
compromising for certain diplomatic
personages. Ii neither obtain support
inc la