Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-17

while intelligent and industrious. ORGY
fus WIS 'fur too luuuisltiNy 10 matters
which ala not concern him, TO the dctr-
meut % hiH proper dutles.'
In the course Of the trial. Gen.
Roget said
with Estcrhazy one can never be-
sure OF anything daurhtcD. lie iH
such an extraordinary fellow. do
not understand what hc may bee dUluE
today or what ho Will do tomorrow
These statements OF the general cone
vulerd tho court with laughter which
seemed to irfitate the witness who was
growing nervous under the searching
examination Of counsel.
Turning Co uruyfur Gen. Roget cried
IN n loud voice ~ know very well that
% I was accused Of an act OF treason,
which I had not committed, ! should
myself"
This assertion evoked murmurs. but
the general shouted. "Mhy does he
deny even the most obvious things
NJ. de Mango shrugged his shoulders
and calculated "Ah.'
pREYFUs SPEAKS.
The prisoner however, rose and om-
phatically denied point blank some Of
the generals evidence. iie said DE
never traced On 81 map any plan uf cone
centrution or mobilization, nor ever
NNl any hNuM I'Ah' OF lN. N'lhli" COS
these movements, nor ~ thr plans Tor
the distribution uf tho various units
throughout the details
"tD U.S." added Droyfus. under.
stand one another boo regard 90 what lH
meant asserted that did not know iu
itH detail the plan of concentration. lu
regard Co the circumstance dWvlt upon
before yuu yesterday there was goo
precise abatement There was nutha
| Ink but argument"
The audience hurc gave vent 10 gN-
prcsHlonH OF assent and dissent
NJ Bertullus. the vNnmiuln- murI1-
] tratp. was tho next witness. There
| had been lively nntlclpntluuH OF nn Iu-
| torestlng conformation. The mlEis-
/ tratc Inquired into the charges made
/ against Eatcfhuay hy his cousin Chris
/ tian. and n was expected N. HeriulIuH
/ would BE- confronted with Con Roget
| who no turtiy criticized the magistrate
/ yesterday. But the president OF the
/ court invited ~ UouulluH Co proc
coed with HE disposition.
SAYS DREYFus Is INNOCENT
NJ. Bertunus then related the notubl,
/ interview between himself and LIuut
/ Col Henry. july ls. lhHs. shortly before
| Henry committed suicide. This natuE-
/ ally was % painful recital Tor Nine.
/ Henry. The widow. who was much disc
/ trcsuUd and went silently uH the drama
/ tIc scene when Nm. B'riulIuH and
Henry proceeded tu zeal uu the pa-
| pprs. was depleted. The mHglHtrnto rec
| peatel tho whole story with emphasis.
| and 10 had great eject upon the audi
/ cnco,
~ Bcrtullus said hla belief 10 the In
| nocpnCr 0f DreyfuH was based ou dugu-
mrutH 100 the secret duHHinr which be
! had seen. hut what above ull cone
| nrmed taD witness lu DIE belief was the
| entire absence OF motive, which
/ could have tempted prcyfus 90 commit
! such u crime.
without q motive" omphatically
/ declared th' experienced magistrate,
there ,taH no crime"
The varnvHtnDrH with which N ucr-
/ tullua dWelt upon the Innocence NJ tho
accused created q profound impression
| upon hif hearers,
| ''vou hove been told be- said. "thnt
| Drcyfus o. guilty. For myself, believe
| profoundly In his innocence
CONVICTION LOOKED FOR.
London. Aus 1.-THE correspondents
| OF London papers IN Ncuncu nrr almost
| unanimous In taking a gloomy Wow %
1 the prospects Of Captain prCyfuH They
seem to believe it likely that he VIII be
found guilty
The representative NJ the Daily Tclc-
graph says that unless the German
| government reveals the name of the
real traitor Il is quite on the cards that
the same verdict win be- rendered as
Ia the previous court martial
French Court AdIourns I'll Tomorrow.
Rcnnes. Aug. i7-Th, court adjourn
cd after partly hearing col Plcquart.