Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-05-06
RAIDED BY BANDITS.
Gubars Loot Villages in Puerto
Princir9 Province.
CONSPIRACY TO SAVE BsTERHAzY

puty pu Clam Declares iIlmsclf"tho
Most Disciplined soldier on Earth
md Declare. lie Acted ;ololy on Or
der, OF Ills superior officers.
Paris. May 1.-The Figaro, continu-
ing it's publications. OF the testimony
before the court Of cessation in the
Dreyfus revision inquiry, prints today
the deposition of Lieutenant Colonel
Patty du Clam. who OIL April ~
deposed that, on being invited to reply
frankly to statements of Captain Cuis-
net. he had obeyed as Il soiuier, With
out asking written orders from his
superior. con;enting himself with oral
ones.
Referring to his silence in the face
of accusations, and to his being placed
on the retired list, the witness asserted
that he was "the most disciplined OF
soldiers" and had not merited the fate
melted out to him He demanded to
be confronted with Captain Cuignet
and his other accusers.
In replying to numerous questions
he said that when General lie Moutoh
de Boisdeffrc, chief of the French gen
cral staff in 1894. wanted him to act
MS police officer in the Dreyfus az
fair lie asked To be excused and rec
commended Lieutenant Colonel Pic
quart for the task. General dc Bols-
dcffre refused to accept this suggestion.
Throughout the inquiry, the witness
affirmed, he had only acted on the adj
vice of the experts in handwriting, NM.
Ber:illion ard Cochefort NJ. Bertil-
lion advised him t. dictate lines to
Dreyfus, and NJ Cochcfortaccompanied
him.
The report WAS presented in October.
1894. 1t did not draw the Inference
of the guilt of Dreyfus, but merely
stated certain facts. In December
1894. Colonel Sandherr sent him
Paty du Clamp dossier of secret doc
uments to report upon and the report,
which WAS the result OF his collabora-
ton with Colone! Candherr, went to
General MERCER, then minister OF war.
Coming DOM to the events OF 1876.
Colonel Paiy du Clam said he was
ignorant Of the d0ings Of the intel
lieence bureau during this period. but
lie indicated NJ Deerion as being at
the head of a vevitable manufacture OF
forger;es for Lieutenant Colonel
Henry.
Colonel Patty du Clam said Gen
eral Gonse told him in 1897 that he
had minute.y investigated the affair
and had proved Estcrhazy's innocence
of treason. Again in 1898 General
Gonse told him il was imperative TO
save Esterhazy at any price, in order
to prevent his committal of the II.
reparabe acts of suicide or flight, and
also to avoid diplomatic difficulties as
war, owing to the lack of preparedness,
would then lie disastrous.
1t was o ded the witness contin-
cd. to save Esterhazy, and NM. Gribe-
lin and Pauliin de Stmorel and the
witness were entrusted with the task.
Then. for tie first time. the witness
acted. he declared, with Esterhazy,
whom he had only seen once in AL
geria. is wears previously. He accept
ed the responsibility for what he had
done. but declared that he only acted
on orders he admitted giving Ester
hazy a draft of The article signed
"Dixi" and also drafts of letters adj
dressed to the president OF the re-
r"t';c ,Ee hiding of which was au-
thorizcd ard covered b. General de
Boisdeffre ;ntcr Il conference with
General Gcii.,'..