The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-17
ROGET SCORES DREYFUS


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the savage and atrocous treatment
! which has been spoken Of"
Colonel Jousaust, addressing Dreyfus,
asked: Did you receive the letter just
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Dreyfus replied: yes, my colonel"
What impression did it make on
you?"
Il understood nothing of what it con-
tanned" answered the prisoner. (Sen-
sation).
Made Them Weep.
Al this juncture some time was occu-
pied in reading a long report from the
minister of colonies to the minister of
war, giving the various reports of the
governor of French Guiana. Passages
describing the dread the prisoner ex-
pressed to doctors when he feared he
was losing his reason caused an i'm
mense impression. Tears were even
seen to glisten in the eyes of General
Billot. the former minister of war.
At the conclusion of the report NJ
Lebon asked leave to explain. He said:
II do not dispute the accuracy of
the report, but it is partial. Reference
has been most carefully made to the
precarious health of the prisoner. But
the doctor never made a communica-
ton to me on the subject. l do not
hesitate to say that if he had done so
l should have given orders to have the
prisoner treated as all invalids should
be treated. 1t was with deliberate in
tent that I have been treated as an
eXecutioner."
Colonel Jousaust, turning to Dreyfus.
then remarked:
Have you anything to say in re-
gard to this deposition"
he
colonel. ] am here to defend my hon
or l do not wish to speak here Of the
atrocious suffering, physical and men
tai. which for five years I, French
man and an innocent man. was sub
jected to on the Isle du Diable."
The prisoner uttered the words in a
loud voice and with tremendous ener
gy, which created a profound sensa-
ton.
The audience had not recovered from
the emotion caused by the scene when
Nine. Henry. in deep mourning, APP
peared in court and entered the wit
ness box amid profound silence. Colo
Jousaust, addressing the witness. said:
I'VE thought, madame, that your life,
in common with your husband. had
placed you in a position to give inter
esting information. | beg you to tell
the court what you know
Nine. Henry depOsed that towards
the end of September, 1894, after din
ner one evening her husband told her
paper had been handed him as being
very important. The witness added
As he did not return I retired about
IL o'clock, and | asked him when he
returned why he was later than usual.
He undid a narrow. transparent roll
of paper and said: There is a serious
matter which ] have been requested to
investigate this evening" Shortly af-
tEAp1 aric hp he
ing papers and a letter which he had
just pieced together He placed them
all in his hat in order not to forget
them in the morning. He left on horse
back, as customary, the following
morning, saying he had to see Colonel
Sandherr as soon as possible"
What was his impression on seeing
the bordereau?' asked Colonel Jous-
aust.
The witness replied that Colonel
Henry did not know the author of it,
but said perhaps Colonel Fabre or Col
onel d'Abbeville knew. Continuing,
Nine. Henry said:
when my husband returned from
the Cherche Midi prison after taking
Dreyfus there. I asked why he was on
duty and he answered: I have just
carried out the most painful task an
officer can have. I have taken to the
Cherche Midi an officer accused of the
frightful crime of treason Without
naming Dreyfus, he added I beg you
not to speak of it for some time. He
is an unfortunate fellow"
I'm the letter your husband wrote
you before his death" said Colonel
Jousaust, "he used the words, What
misfortune to have met such
wretch"
To this the witness replied: NO, he
did not say that. He said, You know
very well in whose interests ! acted
meaning that he acted in the interests
of the country. He used to say to me,
For SO years I have never acted ex-
cept in the interest of the country"
Henry Forger.
Nine. Henry then remarked: you
know his sentiments, gentlemen. He
committed forgery on account of Col
onel Picquarts proceedings, and it was
in order to save the army compromised
by the dishonesty of it's enemies"
profound sensatiOn).
Did you ever hear" Colonel Jous-
aust asked the witness, "of letter
Colonel Henry is said to have addressed
to Major Esterhazy?"
Never" replied Nine. Henry. On
leaving the witness box Nine Henry
looked sternly at the prisoner
General Roget followed. He traversed
the old ground, giving his reasons for
his conviction of the guilt of Dreyfus.
He declared there was no charge
against Esterhazy with the exception
of the resemblance of his handwriting
to that of the bordereau. Moreover, the
witness added, there has been a new
fact since the judgment of the court
of cessation, namely Esterhazy's con-
fession that he wrote the bordereau
But, he added. Esterhazy advanced and
withdrew his confession internationally.
If Esterhazy had rendered services to
the intelligence department there would
have been no trace of them in the cash
book. But no money had been paid
EsterhaZy. though even supposing he
worked out of pure benevolence he
would have paid. Yet there was no
trace of such payment. Esterhazy had
said he wrote the bordereau under the
orders of Colonel Sandherr.
Declares II False.
But" declared General Roget. Il
who knew Colonel Sandherr well de-
clare it is false. Colonel Sandherr was
absolutely incapable of such an order
| add that il is inadmiSSib'e because