The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-20
WAS AN ANTI-DREYFUS DAY.
THE PRISONER had THREE OFF,
GERS APPEAR AGAINST HIM.

1heIn DreW the Lie from the zap
tain-Ohicers of the Court Closely
Followed De BOisdcfTre's Testi-
mOny-COnse Another Who Doesn't
Believe Esterhazy.
Rennes, Aug. 19.-No special incident oc-
| CURED this morning when the trial of
| Capt. Dreyfus was resumed at the Lycee.
| The first witness called was Mai. Cugnet
| formerly attached to the ministry of war
| Maj. Cuignet was not in uniform, as he
| is not at present attached to any corps.
Maj. Cuignet prefaced his testimony by
stating that while on headquarters staff
| he gave Dreyfus a general scheme for
the mining of railroads. owing to the
.atter's persistent requests for such infor-
nation Dreyfus, the witness said, took
| copious notes, and when his house was
! searched these notes were not discovered
He does not know what became of them.
After launching the above declaration,
which he apparently considered to be
weighty evidence of the treachery of
| Dreyfus, Mai. Cuignet proceeded to re-
count in detail the task which Gen Gonse
assigned to him in May, 1893, of clossify
ing the documents in the Dreyfus, Ester
hazy and Picquart cases. THE first ques-
zion I will ask here" said the witness,
lis this, is Dreyfus guilty? My convic-
ton of his guilt is based on three grounds:
First his confessions to Capt. Lebrun-
| Renault
Second the technical nature of the con-
tents of the bordereau.
] iyI Of ho min paf
of the secret dossier.
''I will add to these three points the evil
dence of the expert Bertillon daughter as
indirect proof Of the means emp.oyed by
| the Dreyfus family to secure the pris-
| oners rehabilitation. I protest that a
campaign has been undertaken against
justice truth and our country"
The majors outburst of heroics evoked
| cynical smiles and indications of dissent,
which were also shown by the assembled
! generals.
The witness next spoke of the secret dos
sier of the war ministry containing infor-
nation relating to the interview between
| M TrareuX, former minister Of justice,
and Count Terneli, the Italian ambassa-
dor, (which country said Cuignet, ben
Gifted by the treachery" Regarding the
confessions said to have been made tC
Capt Lebrun-Renault, the witness sale
he stll believed they were authentic.
Continuing, the witness reasserted that
the bordereau was written by Dreyfus al
the end of August. and incidentally the
major protested against Col. Picquart's in
! situations against Du Patty de Clam He
| then returned to the secret dossier Of the
| war office, from which he declared the
! court was sure to draw important deduc-
| tions. THE first portion of the dossier,
| he said, SHOW that in 1898 there was a
I L.. .fs-Nr -
| We have had proofs of the plans Of forti-
| fcations reaching the hands of a foreign
| poWer." The witness then invited the
| courts special attention to the document,
which he said would be found ample proof
OF the prisoners guilt.
Al this stage of the proceedings Dreyfus
| rose and interrupted the witness, shouting
| That is a manifest lie"
Cuignet on the Dossier.
Another document of he dossier, accord
ing 10 Mai Cuiguct, showed beyond dis
| pute that the bordereau actually passed
| through the hands OF Col. Schwarzkoppen.
| This, to the witness, established the au-
| then1icity of the bordereau, an eXamina-
| ton OF which he pointed out, proved
| Schwarzkoppen and Panizzardi had the
| closest relations in ali matters Of esDion-
| age Referring next 10 the dispatch Of Col
| Schneider. former Austrian military at
| tache at Paris, denouncing as a forgery a
letter purporting to have been written by
| The attache, in which he was represented
as referring 10 efforts being made by
| Schwarzkoppen and Panizzardi to conceal
| their relations with Dreyfus, the witness
| maintained that Gen. Merciers statements
on The subject were correct ana hat the
authenticity Of Ike letter had been proved.
| The intelligence department, he added had
| other documents from the same attache.
Mai. Cugnet said he noticed the inn
portance of Col. Schneider's report had
| not escaped the court, nor those who are
fighting so hard for the rehablhtatlon oil
| Dreyfus."
II heard it said" the witness continued
| " that an emphatic denial has been ad-
| dressed TO US alleging that the report is
| a forgery. ! do not know what truth
| there is in this denial 1t IS said to be
dated from Ems, and we in France know
! that teegrams from Ems are not always
| authentic I will simply point out that
| the document in question was handed "a
| the court by NJ. Hamon, representing the
! minister of war, and that the document
| is included IN a portion of the secret dos
| sier the authenticity Of which has never
been questioned, and that it is, therefore
to the French government to when the
! denial is addressed.
'sI beg to add that II this denial to the
| French government Is maintained we are
| in a position to prove beyond dispute the
| authenticity of the report in question. The
| author of this report is, know, Of very
| inferior position, compared with his
friends. Perhaps he cannot do otherwise
| than deny; but he must know that this
document Is not the only one of his which
we have in our hands. l cannot enumer-
ate them, but we have particularly a
! letter from his government, written on
official paper asking him to OBJ
| tain official information regarding
a vessel of the French navy,
and another letter In which he is
asked to request the French government
officially for three cavalry sabers Of a cer-
| tain pattern. These sabers were asked for
and granted through the intermediary OF
the third bureau.
Quoted Dinner Talk.
FINALLY we have a memorandum Of
the toast proposed by him al the farewell
| dinner to his comrade and friend, Agent
"a" (Schwarzkoppen). The author Of the
report now alleged 20 be false referred
to It several times in the midst of his
| toast In order 10 recall 10 him the terms
| OF his toast. and to show that our docu.
ments are authentic, ! Will recall only