The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01

: his evidence before the Court Of Cassa-
ton. as NJ. Labori, leading counsel for
the defense, pointed out. NJ. Labor also
laid stress on the fact that Captain Le-
brun-Renaud should have kept his note
book in which he asserts he made note
of his conversation with Dreyfus, for four
years and would have destroyed ii on
the very morrow the matter was brought
UP in debate in the Chamber of Deputies.
The captain ; reply thar he looked upon upon
Minister of War. as being sufficient, was
considered rather lame.
Dreyfus. replying to the witness, began
by calmly declaring that Captain Le-
brun- -Renaud's statement that certain
Captain 'Attel was present during MS
conversation with Captain Lebrun-Re-
ever, maintained that Captain Attel was
present whereupon DreyfuS said that II
he was present he (the prisoner did not
Dreyfus then raised his voice excitedly,
and. accompanying his words with snort,
emphatic gestures of the right hand and
GuiVering with emotion, protested that
CAPTAIN Lebrun-Renaud should nave re-
} peated TO his chiefs his utteranceS. Whlcn
began with q prOteStation OF innocence,
without asking him to explain MS WORDS.
Those are maneuVers. crled the pfls-
/ oner "whlC4l must ill all honest men
with indigna ton" This declaration of
I the prisoner made q deep impression on
the audience DreyfuS spoke the last
words through his teeth and was evident
3 u
and indignation. The audience broke INTO
.'bravos, which the gendarmes sup
Captain Antherne followed and re-
! peated what Captain d'Attel had said
[ confirming the confession. Dreytus re
piled that he had not spoken to captain
d Attel on being recalled, captain Le-
brun- -Renaud said this was true, but ne
added that Captain dAttel was present
( and could have heard the conversation.
NJ. Labori here pointed out that cap
tain d Attel had not spoken to his chiefs
on this subject, and General MERCER,
who. like all the military witnesses, t0l-
lowed the proceedings to-day with the
/ keenest interest, arose and admitted that
Colonel Jouaust told Dreyfus that he
B had not explained why he mentioned the
/ term of three years, to which Dreyfus
Il did not give three years as the term:
/ I only said / hoped that in the course OF
two or three. years my Innocence would
/ be recognized. And I wish to state,
nv colonel that as my letters TO General
/ Gonse show, my words did not nave the
/ sense evil minds have sought TO give
NJ. Labori then had General Gonse
| called to the bar and asked him if he had
not used the alleged confession of Drey-
/ fus in opposing PicQuarts arguments IN
/ favor of a revision General Gonse re
piled that he had not, whereupon NJ La
4 bori asked that the letters exchanged be
! tween General Gonse and Colonel Pic
/ quart should be read. The clerk OF the
I
/ MY dear Picquart," when General Gonse
/ interrupted him and asked that Colonel
/ Picquarts $ previous letter be read hrSt,
! but as the letter was not available 1or
/ the moment the reading of all the letters
/ was adjourned until tomorrow
Major ForZinetti. who was governor OF
/ the Cherche Midi Prison during the time
/ Dreyfus was imprisoned there and who
/ testified in behalf of DreytuS, declaring
I he had never heard of the confession
! Dreyfus is said to have made, was the
next witness called. He repeated his tes-
! timony given before the Court of Casa
ton, adding that he frequently met Cap
/ tain Lebrun- -Renaud and Captain d At
/ tel. and that neither of them ever alluded
/ to the alleged confession The witness
/ declared that he once taxed Captain Le-
/ hrIIn-Renaud before General Gonse and
/ other witnesses with saying he had spok-
/ en- to the witness (MajOr FOrzinettD Of
/ the confession. and that Captain Le-
! brun- -Renaud did not reply.
''Whereupon." Major Forzinetu said,
! II seized his arm and said. If the words
repeated as yours are true, you are an
/ infamous liari
I Major Forzinetti then declared that on
visiting General de Boisdeffre to express
! fears about the health of the prisoner
| the general asked him his opinion of the
/ Dreyfus case and the major replied:
My general. had you not put that
/ counsel. But since you ask my opinion
| / declare I believe he is innocent
The witness then recounted Colonel Du
Patty de CLAIMS theatrical devices to sur
| prise Dreyfus. to which Forzinetu de-