The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-05
A CRUCIAL. POINT REACHED
CALLING OF n FOREIGNER TO TIES.
1IFY AGAINST DREYFUS.
The Intention of the Defense In thu
NIatter-Germany May be Asked to
Forward Evidence if Labori's Request

| Forward Evidence if LnbOri's Ieeuuesl
| ger as Trial Nears an End.
Rennes, Sept. 4.-As the end of the
| Dreyfus court-martial trial comes
within sight the French government is
beginning to display a fear that the
verdict may give rise to troubles and
orders have been received by the in
fantry regiment and the cavalry regi-
ment, already within hail of Rennes, ia
hold themselves in readiness to march
on the town and at the first sign of dis.
order to occupy all strategic points and
to repress manifestations in their in
ception. The local anti-Dreyfusard or
gans by their antiforeign articles,
have already signalled out foreigners al
enemies of the country and there is lit
tie doubt, that foreign journalists will
be the victims of the violence.
Today's session opened rather badly
for Captain Dreyfus, as surprise was
sprung upon the defence by the advent
of an Austrian political refugee, Eugene
Cernuschi, who came out with a fiat
footed denunciation of the accused
which, even though it may eventually
turn out to be a story in line with other
evidence, will have lasting effect, ii
is thought, on the judges Nobody sus-
poets Cernuschi is what he claims to be,
One would take him to be groom
dressed in his best Sunday suit. It
was remarked that as soon as he had
delivered his testimony and Maitre La
bori had asked to have him put on oath
in session behind closed doors so he
might be punished, if guilty of perjury,
he left the court room and was not seen
again.
Cernuschi in his testimony, which was
in the form of letter to the president
of the court martial, Colonel Jouaust,
was most unequivocal. He claimed
that, on three distinct occasions, twice
in France and once at Geneva he. was
told by foreign officer that Dreyfus
had communicated reasonable docu-
ments to a foreign power. In one case
the witness said that an officer showed
him documents elnanating from Drey-
fus and that this officer left France
hurriedly two days prior to the arrest
of Captain Dreyfus. The allusion was
evidently to Colonel Schwartzkoppen,
the military attaohe of the German en-
bassy in Paris, whose movements were
coincident with those described as the
of the officers of Cernuschi's
This evidence is of transcendant inn
portantance to the prosecution and 1T
Is incredible unless Cernuschi is proved
to be humbug, that the government
commissary, Major Carriere, should
have admitted that he had received
etter from him offering important tes-
timony. The deposition evoked express
sions of incredulity. One suspicious
feature was the fact that, although the
witness said he could not speak in
French fluently his letter to Col. Jou-
aust was drawn UP in perfect French.
He explained that he had been assisted
oy his wife in writing the letter.
This introduction of a foreigner as
witness for the prosecution gave Mai
re Labori an opportunity. Maitre La
oori said his intention, in view of the
'tep taken by the prosecution in calling
oreign evidence, was to ask that an
inquiry should be made through the re-
,ular diplomatic channels as to wheth-
r the documents mentioned in the bor-
lereau were actually communicated,
md if so by whom. This involves an
application to the German government
which the court martial is scarcely
likely to approve. In any case the ap-
,lication means the 1engthening of the
rial for several weeks.
The introduction of Hernuachi and
he other developments of the day, it Is
redcted, imply another fortnight's sit.
ing at the least M. Cernuschi will ba
card tomorrow behind closed doors.
It the same time there will probably
e an examination O1 lHt SSCICI uoS-
er to which Captain Cuignet referred
mis- morning, and which Maitre Labori
sked to have produced in court. This
ossier consists of twelve OF fourteen
ocuments and it is difficult to see why,
they had any value, the etat major
ave not had them produced earlier.
he etat majors habit of holding back
calculated to prove of tho
ightest service to their cause as is
aown in the case of the note concern
lg NJ Nadamard's doubts of the in
ocence of his cousin, which was in
,rrect but was nevertheless included
the secret dossier; hile the impor-
mt document stating on the authori-
of the French minister in Rome
lat an italian military attache paid
sterhazy two hundred thousand
ancs was studiously omitted from the
,cret dossier. 1t is perfectly evident
lat the Italian attache did not pay
sterhazy such sum on account OF,
, the French say his beautiful eyes;
i'd the document was the best evil
.nce that Esterhazy is the traitor.
evertheless, the etat major carefully
ept it out of view.
Laborer Killed at Waromss.
Middletown, Sept. Al. Mcintosh, a