Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-06

ANCHlSS sept Two nOufS aTtef Open
/ lhs OF the court martial of Dreyfus We're
spent behind closed doors. The length
OF time employed in the examination of
Cernuschi was the subject of much re-
! mark as being indicative of the fact that
the court found the witness worthy of
| more consideration than it was supposed
I he deserved.
The largest audience yet assembled in
the Lycee was present when the open
session of the court martial began a. s: 80
| o'clock
| Senator Trarieux, formerly minister of
justice. resumed his deposition which
had been interrupted by the adjournment
OF court yesterday. Trarieux took up the
| testimony of Savignaud, the witness for
! the prosecution who asserted he had seen
a letter addressed to Scheuerer- kestner
! by Colonel PicGuart While Savignaud
! was Picquart's orderly in Tunis Ira
rieuX declared Savignaud was periurer
/ Picquart then arose and repeated his
denial of Savignaud's story. Trareux
delivered his testimony in an emphatic
tone. He reviewed the question of the
petit bleu. which, he said he was con-
WINGED was authentic He proceeded to
! played by Commandant Lauth in the at
/ fair.
| On the conclusion of the Trarieux depo-
! sition Lauth confronted him. The COM
| mandant declared he had acted honestly
| throughout, and had not the least doubt
! OF Picquarts s falsfication of the petit
bleu in order to incriminate Esterhazy.
| A striking incident occurred when
Lauth, a moment later, asserted that
| Picquart had always shown the greatest
| contempt for the officers of his bureau
| asserting that on one occasion Picuuart
| had brought to the general staff in the
| presence Of Mesdames Henry and Lauth,
| woman, Madame D., who was the
| wife of a magistrate. and, Lauth intimat-
! ed. Picquart's mistress
| Picquart arose and cried: IT protest
! absolutely
There arose from the spectators a cho-
rus of indignant cries of "Canaille,"
| 'cochon' and miserable"
! The gendarmes We're ordered to SUM-.
! press the outbursts of indignation evoked
by the conduct of Lauth in publicly NAM
| ing a woman in a scandalous connection.
General Zurinden formerly minister of
| l.,
Zurlinden spoke in justification of his ac-
| ton while he was military governor of
Paris and minister of war; in the matter
ol the prosecution OF Picquart, taking the
! ground that the measure was absolutely
necessary i'll order that the court should
! clear up the charge of forgery brought
against Picquart.
Morever, Zurlinden said, the minister
of justice had persuaded him to send
Picquart before military court Ira
rieuX replied to Zurlinden, reproachinp
| him with Picquart's ten months impris-
onment.
Labori then asked a question of Eur
linden regarding the petit bleu Colonel
Jouaust refused to put the question on
| the ground that the court was engaged in
the trial of Dreyfus and not of Picquart.
Labori however, insisted, taking the
ground that he petit beu demonstrated
the guilt of Esterhazy, and that conse-
quently it was very important for Drey-
fus. Labori then tackled Zurlinden, who
admitted the magisteral inquiry, show
ing the petit bleu was not tampered with
when it first arrived at the intelligence
department, and that consequently Pic
quart could not have been guilty, as al
legged of dstorting the document.
Labor asked that Paleologue the ex-
pert of the foreign office, be consulted
with reference to reading before the
court of diplomatic documents which es-
tablished irrefutably the authenticity Of
the pettbleu.
Paleoogue responded that what La
bori said was quite true and that the
document belonged to the diplomatic de-
partment. As to the petitbleu in ques-
ton, Paleoloeue said he believed it was
sent by Schwartzkoppen. This dec!ara-
tion by an expert of the foreign office
created marked sensation in court.
General Billot now confronted NJ. Ira
reux in reply to he latter's criticism of
him. Bi!lot was much affected and spoke
in a husky voice. He began by declaring
Trarieux had delivered an eloquent ora
ton. but 1t was special pleading for
Dreyfus and Picquart and an arraign-
ment of former ministers. Billot praised
Picquart for his services in the army and