The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-02


which he declared it was dishonor to
serve in the French Army. This decla-
ration caused scene, for Lieut.. Bru-
yere, turning to Roget, cried:
II protest against Gen. Roget's words.
I affirm that 1 never said any such
thing
Gen, Roget then backed down, say
ing: We'll, that was the general sense
of the letter." A roar of disgust came
from the audience at this apparent UNI
derhandedness upon the part of the
General, and Lieut.. Bruyere again en-
phatically declared Gen. Roget was
wrong.
Maitre Labor, leading counsel for the
defense, and Col. Jouaust agreed that
the letter should be obtained from the
Ministry of War and read in court.
The Lieutenant expressed satisfaction
at this step, while the General returned
to his seat with less buoyancy than he
left it.
The next witness, Capt. Carvelho, a
handsome young artillery officer, proved
an excellent reinforcement for Dreyfus.
Good Card for Dreyfus.
He gave his evidence clearly and
boldly, and emphatically declared that
there were no special precautions to
keep the mechanism of the "120-sh
gun secret. Moreover he added, from
April, 1894 the Artillery officers had a
| description of the hydro pneumatic
brake given them, Here" said Capt.
Carvelho, ''ie an actual copy of the
manual, which I hand over to the
| Court-Martial"
NJ Labori then had an animated dis
cussion with Col Jouaust who at first
refused counsel's request to read a let
ter which the latter had received yes
| terday evening, signed "Corningue,'
| setting forth that the firing manual had
been copied by men referred to as "a"
and "B Col Piquart, in reply to NJ
Labori, confirmed the statements
named in the letter, and said he thought
| Major Lauth could say something on
| that point, whereupon the Major rose
and declared he did not know Cor
| ningue." NJ Labori then asked to be
allowed to question Major Lauth, but
| Col. Jauaust waved him down, where
| upon M. Labor cried "You suppress
all awkward questions (Sensation.)
The Government Commissary, Major
Carriere, said: Il desire to point out
that the defense is always asking to
| speak, while | am always refused per-
mission to do so when | ask.
Col. Jouaust out of patience, retorted:
| II have heard enough Be quiet The
| incident is closed" This cavalier
treatment of the Government Commits
| sary, who, however, makes himself rid
| iculous whenever he opens his mouth,
caused general laughter.
Gen. Seberg followed He also proved
| a trump card for Dreyfus, as he de-
clared the wording of the bordereau re-
vealed professional ignorance.
He also said the man who wrote it
| was not an artillery officer and said
such an officer as Dreyfus could not
make the mistakes he referred to.
A Fearless Witness.
General Sebert entered into lengthy ex-
plantations of his statements, pertinently
pointing out that an artillery officer
would have known the interesting
parts of the firing manual and would
not have written in the bordereau take
what interests you"
The general again declared emphati-
cally that the bordereau could not have
been written by an artillery officer or
by one who had passed through the Po-
lytechnic school
This declaration made profound i'm
preston on the court, which was inten-
sified when General Sebert, who is a
venerable looking gentleman, concluded
fearlessy:
Il am happy to have had the strength
to carry my stone toward the edifice of
a.. L: ! L
up with so much care and confidence,
while holding itself aoof from outside
passions.
Major Ducros deposed that he COM
manded a field battery; that he knew
Dreyfus, and offered him certain infor-
nation. But he pointed out, Dreyfus
never asked him a question, although
he knew he, the witness, possessed most
interesting information, notably partic-
ulars about the hydro-pneumatic brake.
General MERCER here interviewed and
said that at the time Major Ducros was
speaking of, the Ducros field piece had
been rejected in favor of the Deport
cannon, and. he said, Dreyfus there
fore, could have no object in procuring
particulars Of the Ducros gun.
More support for Dreyfus was forth
coming in the deposition of Major Hart
mann, of the artillery, to express the
opinion that the author of the border |
eau did not know what he was writing
about, since he spoke of the "120 short" |
gun, when he meant the 1920 long gun. |
Dreyfus Innocent.
The major led the court through a |
maze of technical details about artil- l
lery until Colonel Jouaust asked him to |
refrain from technicalities as far as |
possible, evidently fearing that Hart
mann might reveal secrets of the SER
vice.
His evidence was directed entirely to
show that Dreyfus was not the author
of the bordereau, and that the artillery
information mentioned in it was Access
sible to many officers of all arms in the
spring of 1894.
So far as the dispositions were con-
cerned Dreyfus certainly had every
reason to. be pleased with to-day's pro-
ceedings.