The Portland daily press., 1899-08-17

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somowhat but do not inaist "
Here General Roget paused, the exolte-
ment under which be was lRbofing being
almost unoontrollable. In thick chois-
Ing voice. he contfnueds
And yet, In the presence OF dlsinter-
ested testimony like mine, you will
allow rrefsrenc, to be shown to tine evil
aence Of persons who have benefited by
treason"
At this point the general broke down
and tears streamed down his cheeks.
hesuming bis testimony the general set
70 work In the effort 10 prove the guilt Of
Dreyfus.
He declared there were traces Of treason
In every paragraph OF the bordereau and
that Drefyus alons, not Esterhnzy, could
be acquainted with the plans contained.
He criticised the deposition of Major
Hartmann. Of the 2sd Artillery, In regard
to the point The witness then traversed
the olu ground trying 10 prove that
ufeyfus alone was aware OF the secrets of
the new artillery guns; OF the plans for
the concentration Of troops. and OF the
contents OF the firing manual He then
endeavored TO show Col. Picuunrt had
recoursed to fraudulent methoda with the
Intention bf incrimiuatlng someone other
than Dreyfus and declared picquart
spent one hundred thousand francs with
the object OF organizing campaign OF
surveillance OF ssan unfortunate officer
who was guiltiess.
This one hundred thousand francs be
added was reserve accumulated by Col.
Sandherr, BY strict economy, from the
funds al the disposal Of the war Office.
This reserve had entirely disappeared.
In response to gestures of contradiction
from M. DemhDge Gen. Roget admitted
ated.
The witness next accused Col. Picquarr
OF supprsssing documents tending to COM
promise Dreyfu
As the general was evidently greatly
fatigued, Col. Jouaust suggested that he
continue his testimony tomorrow. The
Colonel then addressed the prisoner, ask
ing him II ne had anything TO say in re-
| ply to General ko2et Dreyfus replied;
"No my Colonel 1t Is frightful that.
day after day, for hours, 1 should thus
have my heart. my sonl and my very en-
trails torn without baing permitted TO re-
ply. 1t Is terrible torture. to impo SO up
ON an innocent and loyal soldier. 1t is a
lfrightfnl thing; fnghtful, friahtful."
| This outburst caused great sensation.
4 The audience, profoundly stirred, be-
gan TO applaud, bot the applause was
quick ly suppressed.
C.i. Jouaust pointed out to Dreyfus
that the court had given him an opportu-
nifty to speak at the end of every deposit
tion and would continus to do SO.
General Roget spoke tor three hours
without adduclng any new facts, only re-
iterating In the most forcibie terms what
has been handled about In the anti -Drey-
fusard press for q year past. The most
Interesting part of his testimony was his
attack on Col. Picquart. which win un-
douhtedly lead to the confrontation Of the
! two men.
He treated Dreyfus without mercy,
both In words and attituds-in fact 1t
seemed at times as though he would pro-
woke the prisoner into striking him. The
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In his outburst at the end OF his testi-
nony he uttered the most ruthless at
tacks with the air of one delivering a
pleasant Sunday school address leaning
over the front Of the witness rail; sip-
ping from glass OF water, wiping his
lips and moppirg his brow with perfect
sslf-satiafaction. But again and again he
would half turn in his chair and point
ing his finger at Dreyfas would Ispsas
some cruel accusation, at the same time
fixing bis eyes on the accused man, his
body inclined forward like that or .
cobra awaiting the moment to strike
Dreyfus, however, was not q hypnotized
rabbit and steadily returned his Razs.
sometimes throwing glance as the pres
ideut Of the court as though appealing for
permission to reply. Once, when Gener-
al Roget had flung one OF these darts, he
stopped and deliberately paused. One
could see the fire in Dreyfus's eyes and
in his tightly clenched jaws could be d.
vinsd the struggle that was going on
within him. The captain OF gen Armes,
seated beside Drsyfus watched him close
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The sssonjs passed like hours and the
spectators held their breaths. General
Roget seemed purpnsely to prolong the 81.
lence In order TO make deeper impress
sion. Ii was p6rilous moment. But
Dreyfus won the battle over mis- passions
and when Rogers voioa WAS at length
heard again everyone knew the danger
was past and O deep drawn sigh of relief
came from the audience. The court then
ajourned.
+ AS the prisoner passed ont in front of
the seats assigned to the representatives
OF the press, OILS face was pale but animat-
ed He seemed to be In a state of great
nervous excitement and In furious tenn
per.
The impression left by today's proceed.
ngs Is uniayorabls owing to the absence
of such cross examination as NJ. Labori
would have submitted M. Lebon aud NJ.
Guerin tonad owing to the facts that
Gen. Roget's arguments received no re-
ply. Ihts, however, may prove damaging
when NJ. Demange cross-examines him
tomorrow. III. Damange cannot be said
up TO the present to have shown up TO
any great advantage.
Tonight 1t Is understood that Maitre
Dsmangs will tomorrow repeat the ap
plicatiop for an adjournment inconse-
quence of hint that tho government
oommissary, Major Carrisre, has received
in structions not to oppose II.
$40 p. m.-The following bulletin has
just been issued.
4 The condition of the patient is salts.
factory, in spite of slight fever. The
X-ray has shown the bullet traversed the
skin, sub-cutaneous cellular tissue and
muscles around the spinal colum, fiat
tening against the right side of the fifth
or sixth dorsal ve.tebrae. The bulletin
was signed by the four doctors in attend
ance upon nj. Labor.
NJ. Matthew Dreyfus, brother of Cap
tain Dreyfus visited the wounded mar
today. Finding him to be progressing
fayorably, NJ. Dreyfus said: "Weli
mon brave, the revolver does not seem
, to have done you much harm.n
"Oho replied NJ. Labori smiling, Gre
volvers are no use against me. l am too
big. 1t needs a cannon shot to do me
much harm.n
Emil zola has telegraphed to NJ, La
bori, saying:
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