The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
A DAY OF TOR lure
FOR THE PRISONER
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were only copies to which Captain Leb.
rum Renault replied:
II do not recollect. do not remem-
Der that phase. But he may have said
it. / talked with Dreyfus for a quarter
of an hour. The sentence / have quo
ted was that which l jotted down in
my notebook
A Judge: What did General MERCER
tell you when you mentioned the con-
fession to him!'
Captain Lebrun- Renaut: "He asked
what Dreyfus had said and then told
me to go to the Elysee and describe the
confession. But / was given no time to
mention it then"
The judge: did you go there for that
purposey
Captain Lebrun-R enault: 81 went
there for that purpose?
The Judge: 1T is a great pity you
said nothing on the subject"
Captain Lebrun-Renault: Il had no
time to speak of it."
A Judge: did the President know
why you came to the ElyseeY
Captain Lebrun- Renault 1.-THE Pres
ident was notified that l was coming For
my part / was somewhat inundated
which is easily explained. l heard my
self described as a traitor" "canaille,"
and Cur That was not encourag-
ing"
NJ Demange asked the witness if it
was really a conversation with Drey-
fms or if the prisoners remarks consis-
ted of a broken dialogue as General
Gonse had said
Captain Lebrun- Renault: "Dreyfus
spoke to me, but / did not reply
Nj. Demange asked the witness how
he could detect confessions in SEN
tence containing the words 81 am limo
cent In three years my innocence will
be acknowledged. +"
Captain Labrun- Renault: 'It is not
for me to reconcile the inconsistencies
Of a sentence in which the material fact
that documents had been communicated
was admitted. 1t is not for me to give
an explanation. 1t is for Dreyfus and
the defense TO explain. | heard this
sentence. / was only kind of phono-
graph, and / repeated it without COM
mentary." (Excitement)
Il have no impression whatever" he
said, "Dreyfus said great deal to me.
/ retained this sentence and / repeated
it when asked. If | did not mention
it in my report it was because / had
the task of conducting Drey fus from
the prison to the place of degradation,
and it was not my duty to make Drey-
fus talk" (ENcitement).
Nj. Demange: How could General
Gonse and General MERCER, on hearing
your story, believe they had to deal
with a confession and how coul1 they
send Won tn tha E1ycna ~
Captain LebrHn-Renault: II have no
idea"
NJ. Demange reminded the witness
that before the Court of Cessation he
considered the sentence 81 ne prisoner
which he had quoted to ne n Aild CT .,x-
PLANTATION or excuse.
Captain I4ebrun- Renault: "Why,
Monster be President, that is a personal
question. | have no opinion ~ express
on that point. ] am no Judge of things.
| repeat simply what Dreyfus told me.
Certain persons may consider his le-
marks as embodying confessions, others
as being explanations. That is TIE ir
| business" (Commotion)
NJ. Labor: 'Why did the witness
keep the leaf of his pocket-bo with the
note OF confessions for years? 1he
witness seems to say that it was mere
chance. | am surprised that he Wit
ness destroyed it just the day after it
was mentioned in the Chamber f Dep.
uties.
To this Captain Lebrun- Renault re-
piled that at that time he considered
that the document HE possessed was
authenticated by the copy made of it by
NJ. Cavaignac the day before it was de-
stroyed.
NJ. Labor: "The court will draw its
own conclusions"
When asked if he had any obsnrva-
tons to make, Dreyfus replied:
YES, my Colonel, there were two
rooms in the military school. / was in
the further one, and Captain Lcbrun-
Renault never left us. He alone was
with me. 1t is possible Captain DAT
tel, whom | do not know, or other Off
GERS, entered the adjoining room.''
Colonel Jouaust to Captain Lebrun-
Renault: did Captain D'Attel enter
the rooms you occupied with the ac-
cused =
Captains Lebrun-Renault: Captain
D'Attel spent five minutes In one of
the rooms. Both of them are very
small"
Dreyfus: Il do not believe Captain
D'Attel or any other officer entered the
inner ro0anL | do not remember that any
one hut Renanlt was present. As regards
the words, | will not repeat the conyersa-
tion of Captain Lebrun-Renault, nor the
words he used. | will confine myself to
repeating to the court what | said and
the explanations / had the honor to give.
My words We're as follows:
am innocent, and | will cry it alor1l
to the whole people. The Minister well
knows it,
81 have already explained to the court
what | meant 1t was the reply had
given to Colonel Du Patty De Clam when
he visited me in prison, in the course of
which / protested that | was innocent
completed that declaration by letter
wrote to the Minister, re-declaring that
/ was innocent. Colonel Du Patty De
Clam asked me whether i had not given
nnimportant documents in order to get
more important ones in exchange for
them. / replied, word for word:
" No. that / wanted the matter clear
ed mp and concluded with saying:
"'But before two or three years my
Innocence would be acknowledged
''The court will understand that in
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