The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-23

such deeply touching terms 1t was ron
me vacation of particularly painful
nature to be struck down at the time
when this case was beginning to realize
my beautiful dream of the last few
years, namely, to plead this case in all
it's amplitude before tribunal of sol
diers. That was my aspiration, and
that will explain to you my emotion
and sorrow as well as my joy to-day.
| will not revert to that but | wish tC
thank all friends, or foes or Indifferent
people who have honored me with these
signs Of sympathy, of which | am deep
ly sensible, and / thank you, Mr.. Presi-
dent, and members of the court mar
tial, and also all the eminent men who
though / have not the honor of knowing
them except in the course of these long
struggles in which we have met, and in
the progress of which the faces of our
adversaries end by smiling a little, like
the faces of friends, or at least like
those of old acquaintance, who have
expressed their sympathy. l thank you,
friends and colleagues even the hum
blest correspondents who have done me
the honor to write to me without CIV
ing their address. because their marks
humblest abodes, We're also the most
sincere and the most touching.
II resume my place in court, rather to
hear than to speak. If l am less active
l shall bring no less conscientiousness
| nor less good temper into my work 1t
is a difficult task we are all performing.
You who are the arbiters will render
| justice--we, the auXiliaries But, all of
this will help us on, for we shall have
| the sense of duty done.
| "Let us now continue the proceed
ings in which we have yet to pass
| through many vicssitudes. Thanks to
the fullness of these Investigations, we
shall see emerged from them perfect
truth and complete justice, making for
peace"
In conclusion, NJ Labori remarked
that they now had the right to hope,
and declared that protests and recrimi-
nations after the success of the work Of
justice must be regarded as inadmissi-
BILE, and it must be known that terror
has ever larger share in human affairs
than treachery" (Applause.)
M. GRENIER'S TESTIMONY.
M. Grenier, ex-prefect of Belfort, was
the first witness called. He said that
he considered Esterhazy to be an ire
sponsible parsonage. Esterhazy was
the orderly officer of the witness faith
er, who always praised his fidelity and
devotion. But, nevertheless, Esterhazy,
even then, was disappointed man. He
was always complaining of deception,
grumblng at fate and living in great
style without means to uphold it. He
squandered successive legacies.
The witness said he introduced Ester
hazy to M. Jules Roche, reporter of the
Budget of the Minister of War, who
wanted an educated, intelligent officer
capable of explaining military techni-
calities No one, according to M Gre
nier, was better qualified for this than
Esterhazy, who spoke every European
language and was thoroughly posted on
military science and the general and
military history Of Europe. At Ester
Hays request the witness made nu-
merous attempts to get him into the
ministry of war, which Esterhazy de-
clared was necessary in order to enable |
him to pass for lieutenant colonel.
M. Grenier said that at this time Es- |
terhazy attributed the resistance which |
he encountered to various persons, in |
Guiding the late Lieutenant Colonel !
Henry. But, when the witness reassur-
ed Esterhazy on this point, the latter |
exclaimed, 1T is the last thing l should |
expect for Henry to be nasty"
Colonel Jouaust asked, Did Esterha-
zy tell you he believed in the limo
cence of Dreyfus?"
The witness could not reply definitely |
In hi JG said hic
objections were not sufficiently exact.
He fancied F,sterhazy had said so, but |
he could not swear to it.
STORY OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL
ROLLIN.
Lieutenant Colonel Rollin of the In
telligence department was the next wit
ness. He described the spy Lajoux
in the department, as bad
spy" whom it was found necessary to
suppress.
M. Labori asked the witness whether
he knew that Lajoux had Offered to
make revelations in the Dreyfus affair,
and the witness replied that Lajoux |
wrote to the minister of war, asking
for assistance and referring to the Drey
fus case.
The clerk of the court read a letter in
which, after dwelling upon his services,
LajouX said it was in consequence of
exactions that the spy Cuers
had become an enemy instead of an al
~. He also described a conversation
with Cuers, in which Cuers declared
that Dreyfus had never been heard of
at army headquarters in Berlin, and
hat on the news Of the arrest of Drey-
JUS, General Count Won Waldersee sum-
noned all the German military attaches
n Europe to Berlin, and they unani-
declared that not one of them
lad ever had relations with Dreyfus
1uers added that he himself had never
heard Of Dreyfus
Lajoux then complained of his aban-
lonment by the headquarters staff and
he measures taken against him by Off
,ers of the ministry of war. He spoke
# the promises of Colonel Sandherr and |
Henry, who gave him credit for most
# the success of their work in the in
department.
After the reading of this letter M. {
4abori inquired: Can Lieutenant Col '
mel Rollin explain how a man, regard
d as a rogue and bad egg, is now re-
ewing pension Of two hundred francs
nonthly?" S
To this the witness replied: at is no
oubt in recognition of his previous SER
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