The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-08

military attache at Paris, would be
unable to appear personally before the
court, and consequently he (the coun-
seD proposed that a rogatory commits
sion should be telegraphed to receive
the dispositions. The court declared it
self incompetent to grant III. Labori's
application. At 1890 a. m. the govern
ment commissioner, Maj. Carriere, be-
gan his speech closing the case for the
prosecution. He concluded his re-
marks at 11.50 a. m. The verdict is ex-
pected Monday next.
M. Paleolague, of the French foreign
office, and Maj. Carriere did not oppose
NJ Laborfs application. But the latter
pointed out that the proposed step
would involve a deviation from the US
ual procedure, in a making a long adj
1ournment necessary. M Labori then
drew up formal application, stating
that, as consideration of public policy
prevented the appearance of Col.
Schwartzkoppen and Maj. Panizzardi
before the court martial commissions
should be sent to examine them, in or
der to permit those officers to state I'M
der oath all they knew in regard to the
case.
Col. Jouaust invited Mai Carriere's
opinion and the latter referred to the
provision of the military code. M. La
| bori urged the Importance of the evil
dence of these two witnesses, whom he
would not have cited if Cernuschi had
not been called. The counsel pointed
out it was impossible to suspend the
proceedings long enough to obtain re-
plies to the questions, which he uun-
sidered indispensable.
The court retired to deliberate on the
motion, and on it's return Col. Jouaust
read the judgment. 1t declared that
the president of the court was alone
tn a inf sd 20,
interrogate Col Schwartzkoppen and
Maj. Panizzardi
M. Labori asked Col. Jouaust whether
seeing that he alone was competent,
he refused to grant the application.
Amid prolonged excitement, Col. Jou-
aust replied: II do
When Maj Carriere, at 1880 o'clock,
began his speech closing the case for
the prosecution, all the generals and
other officers, who were seated in the
witness chairs, left the court Just be-
fore the government commissary open
ed, in accordance with the orders of the
minister of war, Gen. Marquis De Gal
lifet, to leave Rennes within two hours
after the pleading bad been begun.
There was an interesting scene in the
court yard of the Lycee. where the
officers took leave Of each other, They
appeared to be in good spirits. ATaAtre
DemAnge counsel for the defence, will
probably occupy the whole Of tomorrow
In his speech for the defence, and NJ.
Labor will speak Saturday.
The clerk of the court read a letter
from Capt. Humbert to the effect that
Dreyfus had expressed a keen desire,
in 1894, to enter the statistical section
of the war office, and saying that he
met Dreyfus once carrying some vol
luminous packets of maps and docu-
ments and remarked that he was act
ing very imprudently.
Tha general declared that he gave an
order in 1894 that nothing should be
done with the various TRANSACTIONS Of
the Panizzardi dispatch. adding that he
himself was present when the packet oe
secret papers for the court-martial was
made up, and it did not contain the
Panizzardi dispatch. He had since ques-
toned the judges of the court-martial
on the subject, and not one of them was
prepared to swear that the dispatch
was not submitted to them, because
their recollections were rather vague.
This statemento of Gen. MERCER evoked
a chorus of Disguised "Oh's from the
audience.
Gen. MERCER proceeded to call atten-
ton to contradictions in Capt. Frey
staetter's statements, reading an old
letter from the captain to friend, in
which he declared his mind was made
up in 1894. before he saw the secret
dossier and another letter, from an
officer who was with Freystaetter IN
Madagascar, where the writer asserted
that Capt. Freystaetter talked of the
court-martial Of 1894, but never men
toned the Panizzardi dispatch.
After this Gen. MERCER brought up
two bad points in Capt. Freystaetter's
career. While in Madagascar he was
guilty Of an act of disobedience to his
chief and he also executed 80 natives.
NJ Carriere was called upon TO de-
liver the final speech for the prosecu-
ton, which lasted only an hour and
quarter, and which was generally char
acterized as one of the weakest and
most ridiculous orations ever heard in
a court of law. His absurd arguments,
colored by his grotesque mannerisms,
evoked continual outbursts Of derisive
laughter.
The major said in part:
Colonel and councillors:
BY judgment, June last, of the
court Of cessation, the Dreyfus case
was sent before a court martial at
Rennes.
Il read the judgment at the begin
ming of the trial 1t quashes and annuiH
the judgment of Dec. %. 1894, convict
ing Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, and sends
him before court martial at Rennes
to be tried on the following questions:
us Capt. Alfred Dreyfus guilty OF
having in 1894 practiced Vaccinations
for the benefit of foreign power, by
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