Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-08
TELEGRAPHING IRREGULAR.

NJ. Paleologuo: l do not think the teie-
graph can be 'used.
NJ. Carriere; l do not oppose the mat
ter. 1t is matter for the President 10
decide. There is no legal objection. pro-
vided we respect the provisions Of the
military code, which do not permit en- IN
corruption of the trial. Such procedure
must not DO allowed 10 hinder the pre-
gress Of the trial. and must, therefore
be rapid.
NJ Labor: l think IT possible to make
the procedure l propose very rapid. The
military code provides for a suspension
Of orty-eight hours. on the other hand.
the court might shorten its sittings, re-
ducing them four hours each. In any
case. I shall have the honor of formu-
iating an application which will submit
TO the court.
I.ABORTS APPLICATION.
NJ Labor then read MS application
saying that as considerations Of public
policy prevented the appearance Of Colo
mel Schwarzkoppen and Major Psnizz@rdi
before the court-martial com missions
should be sent to examine them. in order
to permit those officers 60 state under
oath all they know with regard TO the
case. Counsel requested the court 10 have
the following questions put TO each of
the two officers:
1. On what date did you receive the
documents mentioned IN the bordefaau?
?. Are these documents in The same
handwriting as the borfereau, which you
know from n fac-simile?
3. What did these documents contain?
4. Did you receive the firing manual,
| either in the original or a copy?
5. Did you receive the graduation lar?
G. Since what date and until what date
Il
T. Was it to the same correspondent
that you addressed the petit bleu" re-
ferred TO in the conversation between
| Count Won Munster and NJ Delcasse?
g. Have you had direct relations with
| the accused?
NJ Labori urged that the Importance
Of the evidence Of these two witnesses.
whom. he declared he would not nave
cited if Cernuschi had not been called.
Counsel pointed cat that it was pos
sible to suspend the proceedings long
enough TO obtain replies 10 the questions,
which he considered Indispensable.
LABORTS PLEA FAILS.
The court retired to deliberate on the
| motion, and on its return Colonel JouaGst
delivered the judgment. he declared
| that the president of the court alone was
competent 20 appoint a commission 10 in
terrogate Colonel Schwarzkoppen and
| Major Panizzardi, and that the court
unanimously pronounced itself incompe-
| tent TO give effect TO cOunsePs petition.
NJ. Laborl asked Colonel Jouaust whc-
tner, seeing that he alone was competent,
| he refused 20 grant the application?
Colonel Jouaust replied y DO"
| DICTATION SCENE AGAIN.
NJ. Coche9erte, chief of the detective
! department, was recalled in connection
with Colonel Du Patty de CLAIMS version
| Of the dictation scene. He said he no
ticed that Dreyfus showed great pcr-
| turbatiOn after having been questioned
| by Du Patty de Clam. The witness added
/, that on a side table was revolver, and
! Dreyfus, noticing the weapon, exclaimed
Il will not take my life. l will live and
prove my Innocence"
a letter was read from Captain Hum
! bert. of the engineers, who met Dreyius
! carrying documents from the geOgraphi-
| cal department Humbert also referred
10 the desire of Dreyfus to enter the sta
| tistical section.
! In reply to the usual questions, Drey-
! fus said that Captain Humberts recoi-
| lections were not exact.
Colonel JoLaust: Did you apply to Colo
mel Sandherr with the view Of entering
| the statistical secuon2
Dreyfus No, no
Colonel Jouaust: Did you not express
/ such a desire to your comrades!
Dreyfus: No.
MERCER REAPPEARS.
! General MERCER here reappeared on the
! scene After saying that the evidence on
! CAPTAIN Freystaettcr must have greatly
| Influenced the judges, and that ne hau
! been called u forger because OF that Sfl-
| dence. he gave his version OF ORDERS tAd
! he had issued in 1924 that the PanlzzaIe u
/ telegram should not be taken into ac-
| count. He said the sealed envelopes hahd-
| ga 10 the first cOurt-martial did not con-
! tain the Panizzardi telegram.
! General MERCER then entered upon
| personal attack upon Captain Freystaet-
! Ter with a view 10 discrediung his testl-
monv. The allegations Of General MERCER
| caused so much excitement IN court that
| Colonel Jouaust requested the Geneiai
| NOT 10 enlarge on the subject In conclu-
! SION General MERCER invited the judges
| TO pay no attention TO Captain Freystaei
| feris statements, but to accord 70 the eVl-
| dence which he. himself, mad the nohoi
! TO give all the confidence ana morsI au,
| tboritv they would have reposed In IL II
| the Frevstaetter incident had never &C.
| CURED.
CERNUsCHI ONCE INSANE.
NJ Labor said ne regretted that Cernu
| schi was not present as COUNSEL deaire.
! TO question him. and IN any case NJ
| Labor wanted 10 add TO the dosSler Sei
! tain letters showing that Cernuschl nae
! suffered from insanity and was destitute
| of moral sense. The defence nad us
covered that applications had been mad'
for Cernuschis eXtradiuOn, and ne Wa'
| pronounced to be altogether WOrthiesi
and unreliable Counsel also said thar
although representing himself 70 DC
noiitical refugee. II Cernuschi had no
ieft Austria he would have been place.
I'm an ASYLUM for the insane.
NJ. Labor then asked mat letter &c
ceiyed from the witness Grenier should
he read The government commissionc
a1noitted receiving the letter. but SAID ]
was of no importance. Counsel ihongh
otherwise and read copy OF tne iet,eF
| Colonel Jouaust remarked lhal 'H
letter had reached him be would not hay'
made use OF il. as II had nothing 10 az
win the Dreyfus case This called tOrti
nurmurs OF assent and dissent. ana NJ
abort retorted that he was Of quite AZ
r5cin had handed the court letter IRON
colonel Schwarzkoppen TO his govern
,,n,,t announcing that he was about 4
rend them information regarding the rea
Effectiveness OF the Russian army Colo
mel schwarzkoppen had also menuone.
~ paris and TOulon manoeuvres. whicl
Would explain the phrase: ! am 90 ~
~ .be nanoeuvres"s This letter was writ
tor n fortnight after the arrest Of ORGY
| General Roget and captain tulshe
urged that 1t should not be CONCEDED una
,e,erai staff did not emanate from ORGY
eva az The fact that il took n fortnight
US, zach az is destination proved nothing
| AZ the request Of NJ Labor, the cyl
O e r. Court OF Cessation was read
=, 1cscribed how E5terhazy employee
tScol,o 90 EXECUTE a sketch of a rife which
forwards Esterhozy said he bad sen
abroad. with en imaginary plan OF mooiLi
ZatiOn. -