The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03

at Bourges relative to what Dreyfu
might have divulged concerning tn
Robin shell and Robin at that time de
ciared that Dreyfus had not asked hin
Tor information except when he aske,
how the spindles of spinning mill
could be made TO work faster.
Replying to M. Demange General d
Loye said he regarded himself solel,
as technical expert and Therefore
only had to demonstrate the possibilit,
OF the prisoner being guilty withou
saying whether he thought him limo
cent or guilty.
NJ Labori asked General de Loye il
ne would undertake the responsibility
Oh commenting on the terms of the
pordereau. The general replied that il
was not within his province and that
IL was not for him to express an opin-
ION on every argumnet. He desired tc
remain on scientific ground. He mere
~ declared that the impossibility urged
by Dreyfus did not exist. AT this stage
OF the proceedings there was an ami
! mated discussion between General de
Loye and NJ. Labor, who closely ques-
toned the director of artillery.
M. Labori-Can General de Loye say
| anything in regard to the Importance
OF the documents the traitor may have
delivered?
Traitor Master Hand.
General de Loye, speaking with great
emotion. and extending his arm to-
wares counsel for the defense, said:
Don't ask me; don't ask me. There
10 sufficient evidence in the bordereau
that the traitor is a master hand, q
selgneur. He knows the Importance Of
documents he is delivering. Informa-
ton has the value of official documents
It is like notes of the Bank of France
inf ti@,,
god. When / read the bordereau l was
shocked" prolonged excitement in
court.)
NJ. Labori-How does General de
Loye explain the words in the border
eau, some interesting Information"
General de Loye-Great heaven, yesi
1t was interesting decentralization
nation concerning the troops. Why, it
was of the greatest possible value
Counsel asked Major Hartmann to
give an opinion on this point, and the
major pointed out that if the writer of
the bordereau was a master hand"
'seigneur" he was ignorant of mill
tary matters, for if he referred to the
hydraulic brake of the 100 gun he was
communicating matters long known,
while if he referred to the 120 short
gun, the expression was not correct.
Dreyfus Replies to De Loye.
When asked if he had anything to
say, the prisoner rose and, holding a
paper in his hand, said:
General de Loye has said that the
artillery department placed firing man
uals at the disposal Of the second bu-
reau. The bordereau, in announcing
the despatch of this manual, states that
1t has been placed at the disposal of
the probationary officers. There is here
an important inaccuracy. The proba
TONERS of the headquarters staff never
attended thes3 firing manuals. l be-
lieve it is the officers holding perma-
nent positions in the staff who are
l see on the margin the names
of such officers"
General de Loye. in reply, said the |
error mad been made in the second bu- 1
reau and not in the artillery depart |
ment.
General MERCER then reappeared in |
the witness box and attempted to re-
fute Major Hartmann's arguments. He
accounted for the use of the expression |
hydraulic brake, in the bOrdereau by
The fact that Germans used the ex-
preston to designate similar brakes.
Therefore, he added it was natural
hat the correspondent of the Germans
should employ the term
The Work of Esterhazy.
NJ. Louis Hanet, member of the
institute and professor of the College
If France, furnished further expert evil
lence. He said that an examination OF
lac bordereau from a standpoint of
grammar Technology, vocabulary and
yratax, enabled him to definitely de-
lare that it was absolutely impossible
or the bordereau to be the work of 1
)reyfus. but it was certainly the work i
f Esterhazy, who used tracing paper.
Major Carriere asked NJ. Havel if he |
lad not been in court before testify {
ng, and after the witness had admitted !
his to be the case, the government I
ommissary said he did not wish to {
raw any conclusions therefrom, be- I
Ond pointing out that he had been
uilty of a grave breach of judiciary $
iscipline. {
Colonel Jouaust-Had you been cited
Or the defense when you entered the G
curt? r
NJ. Havel-I was only cited in the last +
ew days. 7
Colonel Jouaust-very we'll; that will
brief suspension followed, and
fter the resumption of the session ii
'as noted that NJ. Cavaignac, former
linister of war, was in court, sitting
eside General de Boisdeffre.
Esterhazy Is Discussed.
| Y
The letters exchanged between Gen d
raj Gonse and Colonel Picquart rela- G
We to Esterhazy were read, as already t
ublished. /
Gonse, in these communications, urg- r
/ caution, while Picquart replied that I
Mess he acted quickly they would be /
+
NJ. Labori pointed out that during c
icquart's Investigations, while urging
aution, General Gonse never men
oned the alleged confession of Drey
Is.
General Gonse tried to explain this ]
y saying he advised Picquart to sep
rate the two cases, saying Dreyfus
ad been convicted, and they could not
open the question of his guilt or in u
ocence, but the general said he told v
icquart he ought to investigate who =
ere the traitors. Referring to the cor I
,spondence with Picquart, General s
onse exclaimed: IL
When one procures the handwrit-
g of man, one can get him hanged" II
4aughter)
Could Hang Man. t
General Gonse referred to well known 7!
wings Of French judge, Laubarde = =
ont: Give he four lines of mans .
and I'll have him hang :,
Continuing, General Gonse said Il
When a man intends to publish an !. !.
hers letters, he asks what the writ u
S meaning was. That is but fair. u
ut without doing so, Picquart handed :,
y letters; to NJ. Scheurer- Kestner u
ithout my knowledge or consent I,
lese letters have been discussed u
erywhere, and have been published a
a book which can be found at every l
ok sellers entitled, 'Gonse-Pilate "