The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-07

the leakage OF 1893 and General Mercier
again jumped up and protested against
| indiscretions committed In favor of a
| former Minister being called ieakages.
| At the request of M. Labori, the evil
| dence given by witness named Ecalle
before The Court Of Cessation was read;
Ecalle to excuse sketch of a rifle which
| afterwards Esterhazy said he had sent
| abroad with an imaginary plan Of mobii=
| cation.
After further evidence on this point q
| letter from Esterhazy tc General Roget
was read in which the writer complained
and violently attacked NJ Bertillon, who,
| according to Esterhazy, ought to be III
an asylum for the insane or in a prison.
| Esterhazy complained Of his miserable
4 condition, described General de Boisdeffre
as a scoundrel and the Echo de Paris
as a dirty Jew sheet" adding that it
was mistake to abandon him and then
prosecute him.
| After repeating his threat, Esterhazy
1 wrote that If he were the moral author
| of the bordereau he could not have sup
piled the information contained in it and
| expressed surprise that nothing had been
| said IN regard to the role played by Col
1 onel Picquart. He then attacked, turn
about, All the officers Of the General Staff.
/ At this juncture M. Labori said he
/ the Court had heard quite enough of this
edifying letter and asked that the rest
| objected, re1narking that the letter was
/ most interesting.
1 M. ldD0r1+--Iney are all interesting ana
| / would like to have them all read.
| Major Carriere:-They are all of the
same degreee Of interest They are all
| not.
The reading then proceeded IN a let
| ter containing a long string of bitter re-
| ordinations and violent insults, particu-
| larly in regard to certain members of the
court martial whose impartiality was
impugned, Esterhazy declared in con-
1 elusiOn.-
Il will say or do nothing to increase
J. s1off fIa4 cfr1 fOr1 TQt1f ~
old and faithful servant, have been de-
| nounced and have fallen beneath the
blows, after having been basely aban--
4 doned by the Boisdeffres, BilIots and
| other Generals.
| After Major Hartmann had briefly re-
| futed General Mercier's statement that
pneumatic brake the 'hydrolic brake, z
| which Hartmann declared to be absolute
| ly untrue, Colonel Jouaust, though re-
! quested by NJ. Labor to allow NJ. de
Fonds Laynonthe to be re-examined, re-
| fused to hear any further evidence and
/ adjourned the court for the usual brief
| interval.
! The session was resumed at 19:15 A. M,
| when Major Carriere Immediately rose
| and commenced the speech for the prose-
| eution. This was signal for the mill
| tary witnesses, who headed by the Gener-
| ais, bowed to the Judges and trooped out
| of court, in accordance with the orders
| Of the Minister OF war, General the MAJ
| quis de Gallifet, to start to rejoin regl-
ments within two hours of the beginning
| of the summing up of the prosecution.
| Major Carriere, amid profound silence
| then began his charge, by reading the
| judgment Of the Court of Cessation and
| the questions referred to in the present
| court martial.
| lors-ssBy Judgment June 8, last of
| the Court of Cessation the Dreyfus case
was sent before court martial at Rem
mes.
II read the Judgment at the beginning
of the trial. 1t quashes and annuls the
| Judgment of December p, 1894, convict
| him before a court martial at Rennes to
| be tried on the following questions
't,Is Captain Alfred Dreyfus guilty of
| having in 1894 practiced Vaccinations for
the benefit of foreign power. by deliver
| ing the documents mentioned in the Dor
| dereau2
The task of the court martial at Rennes
| is the same as that of 1894 The trial has
| been public and has been conducted with
| all the fullness possible, TO answer the
opinion. It is my duty to discharge the
| task of justice with moderation. have
no personal opinion. seeking scrupulously
/ to ascertain the truth without malee,
| Major Earriere then entered upon a re-
4 view of the case. He defended the secret
sessions as being necessary. while they dld
not injure the defusion of light: traced the
espionage plot, recalled the discovery of
the bordereau and the investigation show
| ing the traitor was Dreyfus, reviewed his
ssThe proceedings said Major Carriere,
were conducted according to the pre-
more in regard to the moral character of
the prisoner the question of his gam
bling and consorting with loose women
! 1t has been said that we military men are
not clever and are not tactful. Maybe
/ that is so. But we are simple and up
| right people who proceed direct towards
| our duty and our acts are always charac-
| fprized nv good faith
| The Major proceeded to examine the
| bordereau, saying that apart from the
! question of the handwriting, upon which
| even the experts fell out, he thought that
] the references TO covering the troops and
1 the artillery formation were very sig
would have had no difficulty In securing
! the Firing Manual therefore he could
hardly have written that it was difficult
to get, while Dreyfus could not easily
Discussing the senence about going to
the manoeuvres, which had caused SO
much controversy, Major Carriere de-
| clared it would have been Impossible for
| Esterhazy to write it,
Continuing the Major referred to the
complexity Of the .prisoner's character,
and proceeded to dilate upon the impair
| tiality with which he had examined the
| whole case, upon which, he asserted, he
| had entered with his opinion wholly un-
| formed
| Major Carriere added
| II said to myself. let's take the bull by
| the horns. 1t was Picquart who brought
| about the revision Let us study Pic
quart found his case perfectly con-
| structed and for moment hoped we
mig acquit and rehabilitate an innocent
man. 1t would have been all to our ad-
vantage and no trouble to repair a judi
| cial-error of the judges of 1894, whose
honor has never been impugned. That
| would necessarily have pacified the pub
| lie mind But closer investigation of Pic
| quarts case showed fissures. My mo-
| nentary conviction of the innocence Of
4 Dreyfus was transformed into stronger
belief in his guilt which has been con-
! firn1ed by the evidence of the witnesses,
/ and / come here to tell you, on my soul
and conscience, that Dreyfus is guilty
| and I demand the application of Article
| rs of the Penal Cade.'
| The last statements of the Government
| Commlssary caused a great deal of ex-
\ citernent in the court, which was after
wards adjourned for the day.
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