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jOUAUST BRUTAL.
President Of Court Martial
Hampers Dreyfls'
Defence.
ROGET SAVED A RAKINC
Labor Indignantly Protests
in vain-Audience Very
Angry;
sHRIEKs OF LAUGHTER
Witnesses Before the Court
Martial Make Extraordinary
Exhibitions of Folly.
sHRIEKs OF LAUGHTER
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p ENNEs Aug. "a, 1Ss9.-When the
fonrfh session of the third week OF tne
second trial by court martial of captain
Alfred Dreyfus. charged with treason
onenea at the Lycee here at $40 A. NJ.
today. Colonel Jouaust, president OF me
court ordered that the evidence given py
NJ Penot a friend Of the late Colonel
sandherr. Chief of the Intelligence De-
partment be read by the clerk OF the
court. 1t was to the effect that Colonel
sandherr said the Dreyfus family offered
him 10000 francs on condition that ne
would clear Dreyfus.
Maitre Demange for the defence, dis
posed of this allegation by reading the
actual note ON the subject written by
sandherr. thereby proving that the Col
onel's remarks had been distorted Drey-
fus' brothers only having said:-
1--WE are convinced of the innocence of
our brother and will spend our entire
fortune to discover the truth"
The testimony Of the first witness of
the day NJ. Linaelle, a former official of
the Government, was also in favor of
Dreyfus, as it was in direct contradiction
of what NJ Du Breuil deposed yesterday
regarding the alleged Intimacy Of Dreyfus
with the German attache. at the house
of NJ Bodson, a mutual friend.
The President of the Court then called
the next witness, Colonel Maurel, who
was president of the Dreyfus court mar
tial in 1884
Complete silence fell upon the court as
the infantry sergeant who was acting as
usher entered the hall and conducted
Colonel Maurel to the witness bar. The
Colonel was attired in a black frock coat
and wore the red ribbon of the Legion
of Honor at his buttonhole. His hair is
gray and he has a ragged, iron-gray mus
tache- His face showed anxiety, as though
the Colonel was conscience stricken AS
M. Labori lashed him with pointed ques-
tions. the Colonel hesitated and then
answered in a short choppy manner. and
when NJ. Labori finally disposed of him
the witness left the platform with the
pale face and scared look of a man who
has awakened from nightmare. Counsel
had drawn from the Colonel a confession
that the secret dossier was communicated
10 the Judges of the court martial of 1894
by Colonel Du Patty de Clam. This
aVoWal produced a sensation in court and
Aiaurefs declaration that he only read
one of the documents did not affect ne
main fact. while his protestation that the
reading of the document had no effect
upon him, as his mind was already made
up, was nulliiied by his subsequent de-
ciaration that this one document sufIiced
TO convince him
M Labori then put series of searching
question to General Mercier. with refer
ehce TO the communication of the seere+
oossier for the court martial and his at
utude in 1894 and an interesting scene
ensued. The General refused to replv to
al the questions and there were sharn
passages at arms between counsel and
colonel Jouaust. who upheld General Mer-
cler, while the dialogue between the Gem
eral and M. Labori became acrimonious.
counsel became very heated and showed
It IN his voice and gestures The Cen
eral' however troubled his mind might be-
seldom departed from the. Gallons do
mean characteristic of him.
The lawyer made a strong point an tba
part Esterhazy played
That is very interesting" exclaimed
M. Labori. f'But, surely General MERCER
was present at the Esterhazy triafq's
The General replied that he was NOT
there and that he knew nothing about
the evidence in the Esterhazy prosecu-
ton.
What" cried NJ. Labori General Mer-
cier. who was the chief accuser OF Drey-
fus did not even follow the proceedings
in the Esterhazy trial?"
loud murmur Of surprise and indig-
nant comment came from the audience,
but Colonel Jouaust Immediately sup
dressed it.
Counsel then brought General Mercier
70 his assertion that thirty-fve million
francs were spent by the defenders of
Dreyfus and asked the General to say
how he knew this, who spent it and other
awkward questions which the General
was unable to answer
A question as to how the bordereau
arrived at the offices of the General STAFF,
its date, etc., was then introduced which
lead to strange scene for a court of
law.
General Roget, on mounting the plat
form to give explanations. was followed
by General de Boisdeffre, NJ Griblein,
Major Lauth and other military wit
nesses. all holding up their hand to sig
Nifty that they desired to speak, while at
the same time M Labori was firing ques-
tions. The result was perfect babel
until President Of the Court could stand
it no longer, and when the Government
Commissary, Major carriere., also inter-
pellated a few remarks, Colonel Jouaust
turned TO him and asked him to be quiet,
remarking that the judges could not hear
half dozen people at the same time.
During the course Of the morning. NJ.
Labori questioned General Mercier with
reference to document In the secret
dossier, which, it is affirmed, existed prior
to 1894. and yet was not produced at the
first court martial Of the prisoner. The
General confessed that he did not know of
its existence and the same statement was
elected from General Gouse. who de-
clared Colonel 'Saudherr was responsible
for its non-production
These replies were tarfamo5int 10 con-
fession that Colonel sand'efr and Lieu-
tenant Colonel Henry played with the