The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-18
DRAMATIC INCIDENTS
Of the Dreyfus Trial as Related by
Emily Crawford.


Copyright, 1899, by Associated Press.)
Rennes, Aug. 1S.-General Roget, NJ.
Bertullus, the investigating magistrate,
the widow of the late Lieutenant Col
Onel Henry, and Colonel Picquart were
on the stand yesterday. Madame Henry
after M Bertullus had deposed, asked
leave to speak. She stood up in a
STACEY manner, raised her left hand
and said:
"Je demande la parole,'' q ask to be
heard). She wanted to contradict what
NJ. Bertullus had said regarding the
friendship of her husband and Ester
hazy. She would be a handsome wO-
man did not the vulgarity of the drink
ing house she originally came from
cling to her. Subaltern officers revolve
around her, but MERCER and the other
officers among whom she sits seem en-
barrassed by her presence. What she
said was a TRADE learned by heart,
and scarcely evidence. It, however,
was not wide of some points that
Bertullus brought out. She wanted to
show that Bertullus could not possibly
have wrung an avowal from Henry
that he and Esterhazy formed an as
ISOLATION of traitors
Her story conceded with what Gen
eral Roget said on this subject. So
far from BertulluS appearing to suspect
Henry and crushing the latter with
words of suspicion she said her late
husband had described that magistrate
as charming" She said Bertullus
even embraced Henry when the latter
was taking his leave, a circumstance
which struck the wife when she heard
of it as bOding no good. She jumped
to the conclusion that falsehoOd lay be-
hind the kiss and that Bertullus was a
Judas.
This idea she then developed in a
passionate peroratiOn that seemed
lesson learned by heart. Madame
Henry was very like the late Madame
Agar, the actress, as she INDUCED in
this piece of dramatic vengeance. Ber-
tulluS felt that it would never do to
with
in her eyes and the judges were look
ing sympathetic. So he said that he
preferred saying nothing to lady
whose grief he respected and whose
angry excitement he pardOned-
General Roget again showed extraor-
binary forensic ability. 1 do not know
what the military worth is of the gen
erals who have been acting here as
witnesses, but I do not wonder at the
old judges of the court of cessation be-
ing jealous of their argumentatiVe ca
pacity, their skill in turning a case in
side Out,in puzzling innuendO to casuis-
try and in elegant verbal facility.
MERCER is wonderful in these re-
spects. BillOt is not inferior to him,
but Roget is the superior of both in
forensic skill, acumen and suggestive
ness.
Roget is a very able man. He is the
son of a gen d'arme and obtained his
commission by passing the examina-
TONS He is fair, rather English look
ing, regular in features and cold and
deliberate in manner. He speaks dis
tinctly and rather slowly, but does not
fall into the defect into which Nine
Henry fell, of making every syllable
long one.
Dreyfus was under Roget as an out
slider at the general staff and seemed
tortured by his arguments and the
points he made, points that went home
to the military judges and We're in
tended to poison their minds Finally
he could stand it no longer and starting
up, his eyes cleaning with anger, he
cried:
You deal only in augmentation. I