The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-19
BY the Revelations Made by
Schneider and Panizzardi
in Their Deniais.
A SOURCE OF JUBILA7lON
For the Dreyfusites and a Mat.
ter of Humiliation for the Mil.
itary Prosecutors.
MERCER is NOW LAUGHED AT
For Plnning his Faith to Such a
Fragile Substance. Generals
Are Much Depressed.


Copyright. 1899, by The Associated Press.l
RENNEs, August 1S,-A severe blow
to the military set 1t was when the
schneider dispatch was made known at
o'clock in the refectOries and hotels.
1t was source OF 1ubllatIon to the
other side.
General Mercler had greatly empha-
sized Its Importance when giving his
evidence. His manner was victorious
as he handed the alleged letter of Colo
mel Schneider to the president of the
court martial, to be added to and filed
with the other papers connected with
the trial These generals at Rennes
have no standing counsel to advise
them. They show forensic ability in
making speeches when they ought to
be giving evidence, but they lack law
yer-like prudence and legal practice.
ARisky Matter.
ANY advocate would have felt how
risky 1t was to dwell on such a docu-
ment as an intercepted letter from a
military attache, especially in view Of
the forgeries With which the secret
dossIers teemed. After all that had
transpired about the letters of military
attaches to each other in 1894, the ut
taches, in self defense, were bound to
dlscredit everything in the secret dos
sIers. These letters were supported by
police reports. Were they published
the world would read them aghast, as
at least 1877 persons in all must have
seen them, the authors, real or alleged,
would hnd themselves on the defen-
slve.
But these considerations never pre-
sented themselves to General Mercier's
mind. That he believed In the authen-
tIcIty OF his document and pinned his
faith to 1t is now laughed at every
where. His best friends call him dom
key, and his enemies rejoice.
schueIder's Denial Trumpeh.
Colonel Pnnlzzardl trumps Colonel
schneider's denial of his alleged letter
by writing and branding asa forgery
the report that General Roget said he
(PanizzardD wrote to the late slgnor
Rossman, the Italian ambassador, re-
gardlng the relations OF Colonel
schwartzkopDen With oreyfus
Colonel Schneider sends his contra
dlction to the Figaro from Ems, and
Colonel PanlzzardI makes use of that
paper in telegraphing from Rome to
give the lie to the whole OF Roget's
statement so far as t dealt with the
alleged report to Rossman. The Figaro
ut once telegraphed both communlca-
tlons to Rennes, where they were post
ed in the hotels, for the edIflcation OF
the patrons.
The Austrian and italian embassies
attest the genulneness OF the Schneider
and PanIzEardi dispatches. Mercier
feels that he has thrown the tat into
the Are and he looked depressed and
out OF countenance to-day. So did
Roget, who Is q stronger man, notwlth-
standing the tears he shed at the close
OF his deposition yesterday. But both
were tired and pale throughout the
tiresomC humiliation.
General AIercier hnd laid aside his
fine uniform and wore this morning
shabby alpaca coat He looked
wretched creature without his fine be-
loRgings. Roget, however. came with
all his gold lace and plumes.
Col. Picquart's Testimony.
Colonel Plcquurt was again a wit
ness. He was allowed to sit In an
arm chair with which the generals had
been successlvely accommodated. Pic
quarts figure is younger than MS race;
lie Is clean built, 1.-the, tall. graceful
md more the figure OF a tall circus wo-
man than Of n man, though he ls quite
manly In his appearance, bearing ana
address. HIS voice is pleasant. HIS
dlctlon II good. the emphasis never too
emphatic and the gesticuinton Beidom
oyerdone. lie gives the impression OF
one who goes in for the sober ana the
unadoTned.
His face Is strange. but not unpleHs
ing. The aqunInc nose is far too long.
The eyes are blue and OF poetic ex-
preston, but the heavy, dropping Ids
give them n triangular shape. The
prevailing expression OF his cOunte-
nance is sad. stil It shows mental Sc
TenIty.
HIS defects nre dlffuseness. too grent
facility and q drawn out style. He does
not force conviction In swift strong
flashes. lie is not graphic and never
goes direct 10 the root of matter But
he n not tedious. The beautiful voice
caves him from that. It makes the lis
tener patiently follow him through the
mazes OF argument deduction and
demonstration. His arrangement Of ar
CumeRtB Is cumulative, The presiding
Judge rubbed often against the grain
and often begged him not to be dlf.
fuse, not 10 speak 80 much about his
own concerns. but to keep to the Drcy.
fgE affair PicquOrt respectfully uc-
Crpted these reproofs. saying that he
only spoke of his own concerns In or
der to vlndicntc his character and 20
prove himself credible witness.
Drcylns Guardian Angel.
lie spent two hours to-day nnd four
y''torday In giving evidence and re-
marE the guardian angel Of Dreyfus.
hanatng between him and the tmpinr-
able enemies who sit on the front seat
oi ihr witnesses.
10 THIS row are Generals Mcrcler and
hnE"' and many field officers who are
i'll uuhDnrd. How bitterly and hat
hg.y they eyed Picqunrt to-dny.
General Billet, however, did not ap-
baFenlly share In their forocIous fecl-