The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-17

profound silence. Her testimony related
to the visits of Esterhazy to her husband
and Col Henry's warnings TO her to say
nothing OF certain hazardous work on
which he was engaged the nature Of which
She was ignorant.
Referring to the Henry forgery, Nine.
Henry said you know his sentiments,
gentlemen He committed forgery on ac-
count of Col. Plcquarts proceedings, and
it was in order to save the army, compro-
missed by the dishonesty of its enemies
thereby causing profound sensation.
Roget Gives Testimony.
Gen. Roget followed with long and
tiresome argument against the possibility
of Esterhazy's having had any connection
with the bordereau. Gen Roget while
testifying, constantly turned toward the
prisoner to see the impression made by his
deposition, which was virtually, speech
for the prosecution. The general dealt
| on the seizure of papers az the house OF
Nine. Pays, on which NJ. Bertu.us largely
founded his conviction OF the guilty of
/ Henry, owing to the mention In them Of
/ the name of a spy, Richard" at Cuers
! and Basle where, it was wen known, spies
! were in the habit of meeting. Then the
/ general tried to refute NJ. Bertulus' state
/ ments declaring Henry brought three OF
these documents to the war office, and that
they did not contain the mention of Basle
or Cuers, as stated by M Bertulus.
! The latter however, has already shown
/ before the whole Court OF Cessation that,
while he was mistaken in saying the
words appeared In those documents, they
| did not appear in other papers seized at
| Nine. Pays residence.
Gen. Roget who was becoming more
and more excited, frequently wiped the
perspiration from his brow and molstened
his lips with water. AT this point the
general thought it desirable to make a
/ l. ba doe ft "a
be said that he questioned the good faith
of some of the witnesses who had been
| heard.
Continuing. the genral said: IN. Cast
! mir Perier dcrosed before the Court OF
| Cessation that an ambassador called 10 de-
mand an official denial Of the statement
that important documents were found al
his embassy. The ambassador, however
knew it was a fact. But, admitting that
he did not know II, there is nothing sur
| prising in the occurrence, in view Of the
| facility with which attache A q don
mention his name as the minister has for
bidden iO. allowed compromising letters tc
lie around, l read one such letter which
was very compromising TO a person whose
name l cannot mention. Why therefore
should not the bordereau 20 astr9yY'
The general insisted upon the uu,h oi
the statement that military attaches "A
and "B,'' under which latter letter he re-
ferred 10 Col. Schwartzkoppen of the Ger
man embassy q Paris at the time, work
ed together almost daily; and he quoted
a passage from a letter exchanged be
tween them as follows:
IN. Hauotaux, the sly fellow, is glad
at the embassy denying. The embassy
must deny"
In the same document, declared Gen
Roget, was naEle written twicc, and th'
name, he asserted, was that of Dreyfus
The name of Esterhazy, he added wa
not found in any of the documents, nom
OF which could he ascribed to him, witt
the exception of the Petit Blau, whicl
Col Picauart discovered IN such an extra
ordinary manner The witness sea n
then felt great uneasiness in regard 10 th
doc ument containing the words 'cett
camille de D"
A certain military attache, said the gen
eral later on in his testimony, Informed
Col. Sandherr that there was some on
who initiated his handwriting perfectly
The name of Dubois. the witness said
was found in The correspondence OF IN
military attaches.
Dubois" the general explained, wa
an "unfortunate" who futilely tried to sci
the secret of the smokeless powder use
in the French army IF, said Gen
Roget, mo person can be found to whom
the initial ID can apply, to whom doe
it then apply?" AS he asked this the wit
ness faced about and looked fixedly a
the prisoner who, however, merely shrug
ged his shoulders.
Now" continued the general, "thes
explanations furnished on this point b.
NJ. Trarieux CORNER minister of justice
troubled me somewhat, but 1 do not in
Il sist."
Here Gen. Roget paused, the excitemen
under which he was laboring, being almos
uncontrollable In a thick, choking vote
,, he continued: and yet in the presenc
Of disinterested testimony like mine, 70
win not allow preference to be shown 1
the evidence Of persons who have beuo
fitted by treason" At this point the gen
eral broke down and tears streamed dow
, | his cheeks.
As the general was evidently greatly IA
tieued, Col Jouaust suggested that h
: conune his testimony Tomorrow. Tn
colonel then addressed the prisoner, ask
ing him II he had anything to say in repl
to Gen. Roget.
Dreyfus In n Rage.
Dreyfus replied: NO my colonel. ]
t Is frightful that day after day for hour
l should thus have my heart, my sot
and my very entrus torn without bein
permitted to reply. 1t is a terrible tor
ture to impose an innocent and loya
, soldier. II Is a frightful thing! Frightfu
5 Frightful"
This outburst caused a great sensation
The audience profoundly stirred, bega
to applaud, but the applause was qulckl
suppressed. Col Jouaust pointed out
, Deryfus that he had been given an OF
portunity TO speak at the end of ever
deposition and that the court would cor
tinue to do so. The court then adjourned
r As the prisoner passed out In front {
= the seats assigned to the representative
OF the press, his face was pale, but an
2 mated He seemed 70 be in a state {
great nervous excitement and in a furiou
! temper.