The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
A CL|NCHER.
Dates Make It Certain Drey
fus Could Not Have
: Written the
Bordereau.
OTHER STRONG TESTIMONY
Grammatical Points Against
Esterhazy Artillery
Ignorance.
eoNsE VERSUS PIooUART
Letters Read and an Angry
Confrontation--Labori
Defies Jouaust.
GONSE VERSUS PICQUART


! [By Cable to The Associated Press.1
RENNES. Sept. 2. 1893 There was a
large attendance and big number Of
| Generals at the Lycee this morning, at
| the opening Of the last session of the
fourth week of the second trial by court
! martial of Captain Alfred Dreyfds,
charged with treason. The interest cen
tered in the testimony of Major Hart
| mann, of the Artillery which was inter-
rupted by the adjournment Of the Court
| yesterday and was resumed today. The
Major who has done great service for
the defence resumed his important
1 deposition regarding artillery matters and
/ the bringing out Of points and phrase
| ology in the pordereau indicating that the
writer could not be Dreyfus. The witness
| wished to enter into the question Of the
/ Robin she'll But on General Deioye op-
/ iecting to a statement on the subject in
open court, Major Hartmann asked to be
| allowed 10 give 1t behind closed doors, say
| ing II would only take him a few minutes
! 10 can attention to the point he had IN
mind. The President OF the court, Colonel
| Jouaust. decided to hear this part OF the
WITNESSES testimony, in camera at the end
4 Of today's session, or at the beginning OF
| Mondays session.
IN response to questions from Maltre
| I,aborf. leading counsel for the defence,
| and NJ. Demange, of counsel for the de-
fence. Major Hartmann said any officer
attending the Chalons Camp could have
obtained sufficient information 10 write
notes on the covering of troops and MAZDA
gascar matters.
| M. Labori then gecailed General Mer-
| cIer,s attack on Captain Freystaetter on
| the latter,s declaration that the secret
! dossfer communicates to the Court Of
| 1884 contained a document concerning
| shell for which General Mercier called
the Captain d liar. Major Hartman today
aff3rn1ed that it was quite possible that
| particulars about certain shell should
have leaked out in 1894.
| An interesting conformation between
I General Deloye and Major Hartmann fol-
lowed. the General declaring he did not
believe the Major was keeping strictly 70
| the truth. Deloye then proceeded to point
| to what he said were inaccuracies IN Ma
| ior Hartmann's testimony. He insisted
| that Dreyfus, in the course OF eonversa-
tions with artillery officers, could have
| secured information on the subjects men
| ti6ned in the bordereau, to which the Ma
ior retorted that If any artillery onlcer
had been questioned by Dreyfus ne wouio
already have come forward to say SO, as
matter of strict duty
General Deloye, questioned by M De
mango said the inventor of the Robin
| shell told him Dreyfus never asked MN
for particulars about his shell, except Oh
minor point The General added tnat
he came as a technical witness TO snow
Dreyfus could be guilty, adding that II
was not his business to say whetner pc
believed him innocent or guilty lie coulo
! only say that Dreyfus's contention that
it was impossible for him TO know no"
/ certain matters referred to in the border
eau was untrue
| M. Labori asked General Deloye II ne
knew whether the documents which could
have been betrayed by the traitor especi-
| allv bv the writer of the bordereau, Were
inportant. whereupon the General turned
to counsel and excitedly cried
Don't ask mel Don't ask me-!
| These exciamations created a sensation
| in court, which was doubled when Gen
eral Deloye added that there was sum
cient in the bordereau to estaphsn that
the traitor knew the Importance OF the
| documents he was giving up me Wit
ness added:- -
mayed.
! Major Hartmann, in reply to General
1 Dcloye. reiterated that the author OF tne
| boraereau was ignorant Of arullary mat
| tiers.
4For.. the Major pointed out II ne
meant the .120' draulic brake he gave par
| tlculars of what was long known, Wniis
/ If he meant the 100 short Che employed
wrong expression
General Adercier here mounted the stage
| and remarked that the writer Of the por-
| dereau might very well employ the term
| hydraulic brake, because that was lhe
| term used by the Germans for such
| brakes.
This ended the deposition Of Major
/ Hartmann who certainly was a very
valuable witness for the defence. alfnousn
| the effect of his testimony was somewhat
weakened by General Deloye's theatricai
statement in reply to NJ Labori
The next witness, M Havet, a member
Of the Institute. took up the bordereau
| from grammatical point OF view, ae-
clarirg It to be his conviction, after
studying closely the styles OF Dreyfus and
Esterhazy, that the latter wrote It. The
| witness entered into an interesting analy-
sis Of the phYaseology of the bordereau,
pointing out that certain phrases IN It
/ were met with In Esterhazy's letters, but
/ never in those of Dreyfus. He then traced
the influence exercised on Esterhazy by
his linguistic requirements. notably
| traces Of German construction.
The Government Commissary, Major
! Carriere, who is always blundering. asked
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