The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-08-19
lRScLVTECy PURE

part ot we'll defined dossier
"a doss'er which was shut up in one Of
the drawers Of my desk, and which ,o.
aostracted from it. This commentarv
therefore. Is upon secret do..;ar do.
u;nent which was improperly removsd
from my department" (Sensation.
Continuing. the witness said: "Nen.
t'on was made Thursday Of the disan-
pearance OF documents. That ia ~.
case in point"
ss'osd . Nsmbsr Of rorssrisa
Turning to the second portion OF the
dossier rcquart described a number ~
documents In it a. forgeries and said
the police reports therein contained
showed nothing serious against Drev.
fua He explained that they em.
bodied the theme mostly utilized by
police spies In order to dupe the intelli.
eence department. and asserted that
the spies information was mostly worth.
less. embroidered or false or prenared
in order 70 make interesting reading.
In the inquiry made BY NJ. Quesnay
de Beaurepaire former president OF the
civil section Of the court Of cassation,
continued Picquart .'you have an ex.
cellent example OF the sort OF people
who can present in the most specious
guise what amounts absolutely TO moth.
ing.
''Iou cannot imagine. gentlemen.
what people. in order TO ge, money, il
only a modest 2u.franc piece. have
brought to the intelligence department
In the shape OF sc-called information
which examination has proved to be
worthless"
Dreyfus displayed the keenest inter.
est in Picquart's prosracted analysis Of
the dossier. TO which the whole au-
a,ence listened with profund attention.
Concluding his examination Of the
pcret dossier. Colonel Picquart ex.
planned how he had acquired the con.
viciion tina; the bordereau was written
by Es,erhazy and how he ascertained
tha; the anii.Dreyfus proofs were
worthless. He began by detailing how
ne first lear I'd Of the existence OF Es.
terhazy and his efforts 10 discover some
thing abont him.
The witness earnestly asserted that
the first occasion on which he saw Es.
terhazy's name was when he read the
address OF the petit bleu. He said he
was not acquainted with Esterhazy and
never had Esterhazy watched. Pre-
vious 10 this efforts had been made TO
prove the contrary and TO show Pic
quart knew Es,erhazy before the dis
covery of the pe,i; bleu.
DsdaS Want II Investigated.
Describing his interview with Cen
eral Gonse. Sept. Is. after having con-
tidei to Gonse his suspicion OF Ester
hazy. Picquart said:
when l asked General Gonse for
permission TO continue the investiga-
ton, insisting on the danger of allow
ing the Dreyfus family to proceed with
their investigation alone. the general
replied that il was impossible. i'll his
opinion. and in the opinion OF General
Boisdeffre and the minister OF war, TO
reopen the affair When | pressed the
point, in order to make General fonse
understand that nothing could preren.
its rcopening il it could be believed
Dreyfus was innocent. General Ionse
replied: ii,
III you say nothing. nobody Will
know :.
General replied. what you tell
me is aboninable. do not know what
| shall do. but won't carry this secret
with me-" 0reat sensation.
II at once left the ROOM. added the
witness. That il what occurred.
know nv account is disputed. but
nositively swear it," Colonel Picquari
emphatically smote the bar in front OF
tho witness box and looked in the direc'
ton of the generals.
At the conclusion OF Colonei nc,
quarts deposition. Generals Roget ana
Mercier rosc together and asked 70 DC
allowed to be confronted with the Wit
ness. The CONFORMATION. however. ohi!
lasted few minutes and did not prove
sensational. having reference to com
paratively minor points. -.
After Pioquart had reiterated M m
statements, court adjourned at li:4o
The deposition Of Colonel Pcquar
occupied the entire session.
Labost Not 90 Well.
RxxxEs, Aug. l0.-Maitre Laoor' !, y
not 20 well. He had ovsrtirsd himself
and was only allowed to exercise 10
AaN an hour, which he spent IN tn
Garden. His wound is no worse, but u
q suiRering from nervousness.
,.ys reed VIII Reign soon.
PORTLAND. Me-, Aug. ~. = hon
AnosT, Allen. Speaker Reeds privat
secret secretary. wa. here during the .,., day an ~,
Reed will resign in the course OF ie, .,
DAYS. early enough to allow s the spec''
sicct,on to be called for November.
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