Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-24

reach the hands of one of my relatives, win
| has had the honor this summer to receive tw,
emperors- What will the whole world thin!
when it learns of the cowardly cold cruelt,
with which have been allowed to struggle il
my agony without help, without advice. II!
blood will be upon your heads"
General Gonse said he desired to reply
to Esterhazy's statements. During tht
course of his observations, the genera
said Esterhazv's allegation that he Wa:
the right hand man of the general staff
was absolutely false.
The Mont Souris interview, Gonsi
continued, occurred in July, 1875
"But, he added, "as Major Du Patty
de Clam and Lieutenant Colonel Henry
left General dc Boisdeffre and myself
IN the dark lis regard to their move
ments, it was only by chance heard of
it from NJ. Gribelin.
anonymous letters received in Octo-
Der, 1897. announced that campaign
was being organized against Esterhazy.
1t was proposed TO send EsterhaZy an
anonymous letter, telling him to keep
quiet and do nothing. but the minister
of war refused to sanction it."
The general positively maintained
that Esterhazy was never instructed in
regard to what he should say at the in
quiry conducted by General Pellieux,
and, Gonse added, the assertions of Es-
terhazy on this subject were utterly de-
| void of truth.
General Gonse proceeded to refer to
his avoidance of Esterhazy during the
Zola trial.
81 considered him to be compromis.
ing person." said the witness, land /
was not wrong. Ii Esterhazy was per-
mitteG to go free at the time of the judi
cial inquiry it was by order of General
Saussier. who would not accept the ad-
vice OF the general staff nor of the Off
GERS under him, however high their
rank. 1t Was Major Du Patty de Clam
alone vino compromised i. the entire
| EeadGuarter' staff by imprudence -
| lSenSatlOn.
The general then attempted to explain
the Intervention of the headquarter s
staff i'll the choice of Esterhazy's wit
nesses at the time of his prosecution by
Colonel Picquart and said he, the wit
ness, was convinced Patty de Clam was
only connected with the late Lieutenant
Colonel henry and not with Esterhazy.
He said ii he had Known it NJ. Gribe-
lin would not have been sent to Mont
Sour;S
Nj. Labor next asked that the dos
sier il the Tavernier inquiry ON Patty
de Clam should be produced, where
upon the government commisSary said:
j ask tha5 the request be refused. I"
Replying to counsel, the commissary
said he hoped Patty de Clam would be
able TO appear in L few days.
ii. Labori said he was greatly sur
prised that Patty de Clam had sent Es-
terhazy documents of which the for
mer only ought to have had official
cognizance. Did General Gonse ap-
prove OF Patty de CLAIMS action? Did
he defend the Vaccinations of Patty de
Clam?
General Gonse-Never. Patty de
Clam was headstrong and excitable.
After this III. Labori said he desired
TO know if General Gonse did not con-
sider himself Ill some measure response
bic for the proceedings of Patty de Clam.
The general replied in the negative and
added that he was conscious that he had
always done his duty.
When Geneliu Gonse was asked what
he thought of Patty de Clam's inter-
views with Maitre Tezenas, Esterhazy's
counsel, General Gonse replied:
''Esterhazy was Il sort OF special pris-
uuer. He retained his liberty, not be-
cause he WAS under the protection of the
general staff, but because Gen. Saussier
SO ordered it.
NJ. Labor remarked that General
Saussier acted in this manner because
he had been deceived by tie headquar-
cr'S;staff i'll regard to Esterhazy. add
ing:
THAT is Il point which it is very i'm
portant to emphasize" Great sensa-
ton.
The general admitted there were two
interviews between Patty de Clam and
NJ. Tezenas, after which, witness said,
he ordered them to stop.
General De Boisdeffre at this point
took the occasion to defend himself.
Il ask leave" he said, "only to tell
the court that I give the most absolute
contradiction to Esterhazy's evidence"
The evidence of Mile. Pays. the friend
OF Esterhazy, given before the court of
casSatlon, was then read.
General Lebelin de Dionne, governor
of the military college, then testified to
Dreyfus' character at college. The |
prisoner he said, displayed great intel
igence, but had "a deplorable temper
He recalled Il remark of Dreyfus that
the people of AlsaceL Lorraine would be
much happier under German rule than
under the rule OF FRANCE.
DrcyfuS explained that during his first |
year at the military college he attained |
very high marks, that the second year |
he almost held his place, when, he
added, he heard that member of the |
Il do, ,
meeting that, without knowing the |
pupils, he put mark opposite the name |
OF Dreyfus, simply because they did not |
want a Jew on the headquarters staff. |
The prisoner thought that his protests
against this would, therefore, be readily
understood.
Regarding his alleged remarks about
Al Alclce-Lorraine, Dreyfus declared that
the statement was the very opposite of
his real sentiments.
Nj. Lanquety, Il mining engineer of
Boulogne, who told the court of cassa-
seis during the summer of 1894, fol-
lowed. The witness said that he could
not now swear to when he saw Dreyfus
there.
The prisoner, rising, declared that it
was i'll 1856, at the time of tine Amster-
dam exhibition, adding that was the
only time he visited Brussels.
Il met you, NJ. Lanquety, said Drey-
fus, 'at IL restaurant i'll the st. Hubert
arcade. We exchanged a few words.''
NJ. Lanquety admitted that the pris-
oner's statement was true.
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