The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07


force was heightened by his passionate
| gestures.
Defense of Picquort.
The following is detailed report of the
! proceedings:
The secret examination of NJ Eugene
de Cernuschi, the Austrian refugee and
| witness for the prosecution, occupied the
time of the courtmartal from the hour
of Its convening at $50 a. m. until $50
| O'Clock.
The public sitting of the court opened
at S;45 a. m. with brief exchange of
| unimportant remarks between Maitre De-
mango and Gen. Roget. Senator Trarieux,
| formerly minister of Justice, was then
| called to the witness stand. NJ Labor
questioned M. Trarieux with regard to
| the Petit Bleu.
M. TrarieuX replied that he had exam
ined the Petit Bleu, which had been the
cause of the accusation against Col Pie
quart. If the witness had not known In
| the first place that the genuine document
had been falsitied, he would not have re-
| ceiVed Picquart at his house on the day
| the latter was arrested. The witness had
not accused Commandant Lauth any more
| than others.
NJ. Trarieux vehementy defended Pic
| quart against the charges of tampering
with the Petit Bleu, the original genuine
| ness of which was proved by the very use
| TO which Picquart had put it when he
| submitted to his superiors the scheme of
decoy letters which he proposed to send
TO Maj. Esterhazy In which was TO be in
troduced the exact wording of the Petit
I3leu.
Picquart therefore, was a man of I'M
| furnished honor when he was prosecuted
| for forgery. All the evidence showed that
Picquart was not connected with the
erasures which thus constituted forgery
and new device to squeleh Picquart
i hplt, i IL
| ter of justice warmly, that the number
OF persons who perpetrated these forgeries
| was very great We have discovered one
| source from which emanated other forge
rbes. have not far to go to seek him"
ZurIInden on the stand.
Gen, Zurlinden followed. He explained
| that he deposed both in the capacity of
| military governor of Paris and minister of
| war He played a most important part in
the Du Patty de Clam. Picquart and Ester
| hazy cases. The proceedings in the case
of Maj. Du Patty de Clam had caused him
| great anxiety The witness wished for
| more light with regard to the ground upon
| which revision of the trial of Capt Drey-
! fus was demanded and the charges ema-
mating from other offices of the general
staff against Lieut.. Col. Picquart.
| After further explanations by Gen. Eur
linden, M. Labori asked permission to
| speak.
| Col. Jouaust: TT is with regard to the
| evidence of NJ. Trarieux?'
| NJ Labori at is with reference to the
erasure on the Petit Bleu.
Col Jouaust Sharply: I'm that case
no. We are trying Dreyfus, not the Pic
quart case"
| NJ. Labori ALLOW me, Mr. President
| 1t is the question of document alleged
| to be q device of Picquarts against Es-
| terhazy but which the defense maintains
| constituted 0f
| cry"
| NJ. Labori pointed out that contrary to
Gen. Zurlnden's intimation, the erasure
seemed to have assumed considerable i'm
| portance in his mind.
| Gen. Zurlinden replied: ut was myself
who discovered the erasure. I first
thought it attributable to an attempt to
remove a blot and therefore it did not
| possess. in my mind, the importance to
which others attached to it."
| Not Done by Picquart.
NJ Labor: "Was the erasure subsequent
| to the first Photographic"
! Gen. Zurlinden, amid intense excitement
admitted that the Tavernier inquiry show
ed that the Petit Bleu had not been
scratched when it reached the statistical
| section of the intelligence department and
that consequently the erasure was not the
work of Lieut.. Col Picquart
M Labor asked NJ. Palelogue's permits
sion 10 read a document belonging to the
| diplomatic dossier conclusively proving
| as he claimed, the genuineness of the Petit
| Bleu.
| NJ. Palelogue: II do not know the docu-
| ment referred to-
| M Labor: 1.-The document relates TO
conversation between Delcasse Former
| prime minister) and Count Won Munster
Ledenburg German ambassador to Paris),
| in which the ambassador Is reported 10
| have said that Col Schwartzkoppen adj
mitted he had sent Maj. Esterhazy a num-
| Der of telegraph forms.
M. Palelogue: II can only confirm NJ
| Labori's statement. There Is in the dipio-
maic dossier a document rec,ting a con-
| versa ion between NJ. Delcasse and Count
Won MISUNDERSTANDING who stated that
| Col Schwartzkoppen could not say he had
written 1t himself, because he had not seen
| 1t; but the ambassador said he believed
that 1t had been sent by him Ccol
| Schwartzkoppen)
JOuaust stopped TrarIeux.
| Replying to NJ. Labor, M. Trarieux,
| dwelt at length upon the charges, which
| he described as fairy tales against Pic
! quart who had been alleged to be an agent
in The pay for the Dreyfus family. ana
whose object, as asserted, was to put Es-
| terhazy, an innocent man, in the place of
| Dreyfus. the cuiprit.
NJ Trar.eux read a letter which he
| wrote to Gen. Billot, June ], 1894, protest.
ing against these falsehoods. To this let
ter Gen. BillcL had replied that he had not
| Instituted the inquiry.
| Col. Jouaust protested against the We
| hement language of the witness, who, he
| said, could not maintain statements af-
! fectng judges.
You are no longer giving evidence"
added the president OF the courtmartlal
you are delivering a speech for the de-
| Tense. You have assumed the role Of coun-
| sci for the defense"
NJ. Trarleux: II regret that this remark
should be made TO me in such terms when
was merely replying to questions"
Gen. Billot at this juncture, arose and
strobe rapidly to the platform Speaking
| with suppressed excitement, he said he
regretted he had not heard the first part
of NJ. Trarieux's evidence yesterday; but
he was aware that, like to-day's deposit
| ton, il was merely a speech in favor OF
| Dreyfus and Picquart and an accusation
|