New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-09
.Ao homo Of seeing his innocence achno"'

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edged" .A nv NJ
sroons the letters of Dreyfus reao ny
,or,onge WAS one in which. after asSe' '' '1,
innocence and declaring that he a"a'' ,ho
,ho tricolor flag with devotion ana NUM-
prisoner complained that he Was :, ,o,-
Devils Island Ike an ordinary 0o''
cludes: Il wish to live :, no.
..rho+ T. , soldiers soul" exclaimed VI -
mango and It is that man you can -
That Is the man who. In your prese"' .a-
strains his sobs and his emotions An h,
men I would rather defend guilty nv" -
are clever dissemhlers than an h"o'''
who Is too sincere - all
otnor letters Of the prisoner were read a"
breathing the same desire to i've IL
honor restored though the writer was
a,,.n ~ hoalth and spirit one letter wr'''e"
&, 1907 anneals TO General De Boisoe"''
I ~, hts generous aid in securing for the "'"'
-os,orot,on ~ his liberty of which he had pee"
rohbed Writing to his brother the P''''
satd. .Uhile one or more scoundreis "'' "
Inc free IT would he happy release ioi NV
die But IT would he disgrace 10 Hu''''e 49,,
,,,,. Children The letter continues urging HIS
brother to ind the cuprits. while caTefu"' '''
tectine the interests Of the country
us not that the cry Of an innocent ma"
asked NJ Demange. adding. yet 'hous" w.
oral De Boisdeffre received the letter ne d'u "''
forward It to Matthew Dreyfus rive M'''s''
Of War pronounced Dreyfus gull'y """' "''''.'
t,rg that II was impossible 10 produce proofs
General De Boisdeffre. General Gonse ana zen
oval Roget also affirmed their belief IN MS
,r, T2ut happilv they stated reasons. and
t,.+aaa ~ proofs. only accumulated presump-
tons"
PREu-DICF OF THE GENERALS.
49,. .fo Generals only
studied the case at the very moment when pun
lie alteration had reduced the whole queS'''"
- conflict between Dreyfus and the army
thus making it impossible that the generals
should not be prejudiced. and probabilities ana
nresuuptions seemed to them To he proofs NJ
remange said: Il must acknowledge, however
the honesty and honorable conduct Of the gen
erals who could not have acted otherwise than
they have done"
Counsel then paid an eloquent tribute TO the
honesty OF purpose manifested by the gen
erals Dealing next with the confessions'
counsel read the report Of Captain Lebrun-Ke-
nault. Of the Republican Guard. who mad 'he
prisoner in custody previous 10 his degradation
and maintained that the exact words Of Drey-
fls. which were now known. only reflected the
ideas which Colonel Du Patty de Clam had
previously expressed TO the prisoner. adding
that although Du Patty de Clam maintained the
contrary II was certain that imagination hau
? played a much greater part than reason IN MS
acts II was also significant that the report
drawn up by Du Patty de Clam on the day io'-
lowing his interview with Dreyfus had disap-
poared Du Patty de Clam. counsel pointed out
had evidently forgotten his remarks to Dreyfus
as he had forgotten other facts
NJ Demange said that he was surprised at the
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confessions and expressed surprise at the fact
that Captain Lebrun- Renault who was sent to
the Elysee Palace expressly 10 repeat the con
fessions did not mention them. 1t was likewise
inexrlicable that General Saussier and General
MERCER took no steps 10 verify the so-called
confessions. which were lost sight Of until NJ.
Cavagnac sprung them upon the Chamber Of
Deputies as proof Of the guilt Of Dreyfus The
Court of Cessation had Justly decided that they
were not confessions
SECRET DOSSIER DISCUSSED.
Proceeding to discuss the secret dossier NJ
Demange examined the documents one after the
other. He said that ali interpretations Of the
document beginning doubt proof" were
hypothetical. but they applied much more easily
To- Esterhazy than TO Dreyfus II was SO with
the other documents. There nothing %
indicate that Dreyfus was concerned any more
than any one else The leakage ascrbed tc
Dreyfus could only refer to the plans Of
fortresses and this leakage continued until
1891
The document containing the words "Cettf
canaile de D." only indicated poor devil
and could not be ascrihed to a man whom an.
4 other letter described as a friend in the seconC
Bureau. No credence could he attached 10 som'
-I,ff -hc11 I'm
& applied to the prisoner.
4 The sixth document was a letter written b.
=, Count Won MISUNDERSTANDING. the German Am
, hassador France. from Germany TO Colone
II Schwarzkoppen, the Military Attache OF Ger
k many a, Paris containing the words LAS re
CARDS Dreyfus. We are easy" VI. Demang
y pointed out that the Drayfus the uni
versa topic Of Germany at the time and a
Z first the German officials might have been un
S. easy. but had evidently treasured themselves
20 Counsel was indignant that because Count vo
IS Minister Ledenburg had not expressly declare
Ia Dleyfus was innocent the prosecution shoul
Of have deduced from his words an avowal Of hi
Ut guilt.
* PANIzZARDTS DENIAL.
In regard to the letters Of November an
III November II sent by Major Panizzard TO HI
chef IT had been alleged that they proved tha
Dreyfus had relations with Colonel Schwarl
- koppen whereas ir reality Major Panizzar
merely denied that Dreyfus had any relation
with Italy II impossible TO doubt the a.
thentcity Of these facts. II incredible thu
n Colonel Schwarzkoppen and Major Panizzar
ls deceived their governments. The omission
In Esterhazy's name from these letters Il
In territorial
r- Concluding his examination OF the secret do
- sier. NJ. Demange remarked that he felt cor
PEELED to refer 10 these documents. emanatir
- from foreigners, az General MERCER relied up'
II them to support the guilt Of Dreyfus. The stat
f ments Of the military attaches. that they had
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