The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-06


which is recounted a conversation be-
tween NJ. Delcasse (former Prime Min
ister), and Count Won Munster-1eden-
burg. German Minister to Paris), in the
course of which Count Won Munster Le-
denburg had said Colonel SchWartzkop-
pen had admitted that he sent Major Es-
terhazy a number of telegraphic cards or
Petits Bleus. -
M. Paleologue responded that what M.
Labori said was quite true, and that the
document belonged to the diplomatic dos
sIer. AS to the Petit Bleun in question,
added NJ. Paleologue,S Colonel Schwartz
koppen could affirm whether he wrote it
himself or whether he had not seen it;
but in any case, NJ Paleologue said he
believed 1t was sent by Colonel Schwartz
hoppen.
This declaration by the expert of the
Foreign Office created a marked sensa-
ton in court.
M. Trarieux again entered upon a long
statement in the course of which he said
Major Esterhazy was acquitted, not
| judged.
Colonel Jouaust stopped NJ. Trarieux
saying he must not speak that way of
Judges. NJ Trarieux replied that he had
not referred to Judges but to la chose
| Jugee.
Colonel Jouaust then pointed out that
NJ Trarieux was taking NJ Labori's place
| and making a regular speech for the
defence.
The following is a detailed report of
the proceedings of the court martial to-
day
The secret examination Of M. Eugene
IL Al
witness for the prosecution, occupied the
Of its convening, at $50 A. NJ, until $50
o'clock.
The public sitting of the court opened
at s45 A. NJ, with a brief exchange OF
unirportant remarks between Maitre,
Demange and General Roget. Senator
Trarieux formerly Minister of Justice,
was then recalled to the witness stand.
After desultory discussion of the char
acter of Lieutenant Colonel Picquart' $
former orderly, Savignaud, who had tes-
titled for the prosecution, which seemed
to show that Saygnaud had more or less
maligned his former master, NJ. Labori
questioned NJ Trarieux with regard to the
petit Bleu.''
NJ. Trarieux replied that he had exam
ined the aPetdt Bleu," which had been
! the cause of the accusation against Lieu
tenant Colonel Picquart. If the witness
had not known in the first place that the
genuine document had been falsified he
would not have received Picquart at his
house the day the latter was to be ar
rested The witness had not accused
Commandant Lauth anymore than others.
Lauth had not believed the document
might have been tampered with until
after he was asked to conceal the traces
of its having been torn. He must have
| yielded to the influence of the plotting
rampant at that time
NJ Trarieux vehemently defended Pic
quart against the charges of tampering
with the Petit Bleu'' the original
genuineness of which was proved by the
very use to which Picquart had put it
/ when he submitted to his superiors
the scheme of decoy letters which he pro-
posed to send to Major Esterhazy, in
which was to be introduced the exact
wording of the Petit Bleu.'
Picquart, therefore, was man of I'M
| tarnished honor when he was prosecuted
for forgery When the witness investi-
gated the real motives of the prosecution
he learned that Picquart was accused Of
| making erasures in the Petit Bleu. All
| the evidence showed that Picquart was
| not connected with the erasures which
thus constituted a new forgery and a
new device to squelch Picquart.
IT cannot believe" added the ex-Minis-
| ter of Justice, warmly, that the number
of persons who perpetrated these forgerfes
was very great. We have discovered one
source from which emanated other for
geries. 1 have not far to go to seek him =
| NJ. Trarieux's remarks brought COM
mandant Lauth to his feet. The Com
mandant, declared that he took no ex-
ception to Picquart's instructions to look
| for traces of the tearing of the Petit
Bleu;'' but that when he saw the use
Picquart wished to nuke Of the Petit
Rleu'' he opposed to project. Lautn pro-
| ceeded to accuse Picquart of the most
| profound contempt for the officers of his
| department and their home life The day
| of the Cars entry into Paris, Command
ant Lauth asserted. Picquart introduced
\ to the witness and Madame Henry a
| woman unfit to be in their society and
| whom they had since discovered to be the
| wife of a magistrate
Lieutenant Colonel Picquart sprang to
| his feet and vigorously protested against
/ the monstrous allegation
General Zurlinden followed. He ex-
plained that he deposed both in the ca
! nacitv Of Military Governor of Paris and
4 Minister of War. He had played most
prominent part in the Du Patty de Clam,
Picouart and Esterhazy cases. The pro-
ceedings In the case of Major Du Patty de
/ Clam had caused him great anxiety. The
| -,,+x,cS.s xrrishad for more light with re-
| gard to the ground upon which the revis-
| ion of the trial of Captain Dreyfus was
| demanded and the charges emanating
| from other officers of the General Staff
/ against Lieutenant Colonel Picquart. He
thought it absolutely necessary that the
! charge of orgery against Picquart should
be cleared up by the court Lieutenant
Colonel Picquart was then in the custody
| of the civil authorities, but the Minister
of Justice drove the witness to have him
arranged before a court martial not for
making an erasure in a document, which
was insignificant but for forgery.
| M. Trarieux broke In upon the deposit
tion of General zurlinden to reproach the
| witness with being responsible for ten
months groundless Imprisonment of Pic
/ quart and an unwarranted prosecution
resulting in the dismissal Of the charges.
/ After further explanation by General
/ zurlinden, NJ Labori asked permission to