The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-08

down" amid which the door opened
and Captain Alfred Dreyfus. preceded
and followed by gen d'arme, emerged
Z INTO the court room. His features were
deathly pale. and his teeth were set
with determined, but not defiant bear
I lnS- He walked quietly with almost
! an elastic step. and assembled the three
steps leading to the platform in front
OF the judges. There he drew himself
Up erect, brought his right hand sharp
/ ~ To the peak of his military cap, Civ
ing his military salute. showing that
{ his years of incarceration on Devils
island and terrible anguish of body and
mind had not impaired his sOldierly in
stinct and bearing.
The prisoner then removed his kept
and took the seat placed for him. fac
J Ing his judges. just in front of his
counseTs table, and with his back to
\ the audience. Behind him sat a gen
| d'arme. holding a sheathed sabre in his
hand. Dreyfus. in a new uniform of
/ captain of artillery, dark blue, with
red facings, fixedly regarded the judges
with immOvable features. and without
stirring hand or foot scarcely even
moving his head during the whole pro-
| ceedings-
Three Notable Absentees.
AT the court proceedings on the roll
call of witnesses. the most notable alb
sentees were Estehhazy, Du Patty de
! Clam and Mile Pays. Dreyfus half
turned his head towards the seats of
the witnesses, especially when the clerk
of the court called EsterhaZy. But
when no response was received. Dreyfus
returned TO his previous attitude, look
ing straight in front of him at Colonel
Jouaust. Altogether about 100 wit
nesses will be called on both sides.
Major Carriere, the governments
commissary, then said that in view of
the official mission of General ChanoinO
and II. Paleologue TO furnish the court
with all the necessary explanations re-
specting the secret dossier, their deposit
lions as witnesses would be dispensed
with adding that consideration of the
dOssier would probably occupy fsur
days.
The court afterwards retired to delib-
crate upon the case of the absent wit
nesses. the soldiers in the court room.
| in response to the word of command
from the lieutenant in charge. carry
ing and presenting arms, the judges
/ leaving and re-entering TO the rattle of
rifles as the line of soldiers brought
their weapons. like a piece of ma
chinery smartly to the present" and
then dropped their butts heavily TO the
ground.
-DreyfUS was withdrawn into an inner
room during the courts retirement. On
the final return of the court. Major Car
rieTe said he thought the absence OF
Esterhazy ought not to prevent the
trial proceeding
Let him come or not he said, 'it
matters nothing to US"
Declares His Innocence.
After the court had decided not to
adjourn on account of the absence of
certain witnesses. the clerk of the court
was. ordered to read NJ. D'Ormes Che
x-iI1as.f hill nf Indictment Of 1904 which
he did in a loud voice. Dreyfus in the
meanwhile listening unmOved as the
old charges against him were read
Colonel Jouaust then handed the
prisoner a long slip Of cardboard upon
which the bordereaux was pasted.
DO you recognize this document"
Dreyfus replied with a passionate
outburst: mo. my colonel, am inno-
cent. l declare it here as L declared it
in 1894. I am victim his voice here
was choked with sobs. which must have
stirred every spectators in the court
The voice of the prisoner did not seem
human. 1t resembled the cry of a
wounded animal.
/ He ended his reply with the words:
Five years in the galley, My wife. my
children My God. 1 am innocent; in.
nocentI"
Colonel Jouaust said: Then you deny
it?"
] DIeN luS ItHiltQ- les lily SOiOnCi-
| Colonel Jouaust then read the Dor
/ dereauX and afterwards asked: In 1880
/ you were at Borgess."
/ Dreyfus replied: Yes, my colonel"
Contents of the Bordereaux
Jouaust-The 12O brake was then
/ being made and you were in a position
I to know the construction of the brake?
! Dreyfus-I knew the principle of it.
/ O.-Had you any information respect
/ ing its workings? A.-No. I did not
know the details, never having worked
/ it.
! Odd you have the brake at the
military school? Al don't remember.
! Jouaust-At the beginning of 1894 you
/ entered the general staff? Ayes. my
colonel.
Jouaust-Have you talked on gun 40
and its brake?
/ Dreyfus. who then had regained his
composure. spoke distinctly and in a
way which carried conviction with it.
Answering the last question. he said:
NO 1 never had any knowledge of
/ this gun while / was in the bureau Of
the general staff
! Q.-The second document of the bor-
dereaux relates to mobilization Had
you any knowledge thereof? A.-No.
was not in that part of the bureau deal
ing with mobilization.
| Q.-You had to dc with transports.
Now, when the regulations concerning
/ the conveying of troops in 1894 were
modified there We're difficulties in in
surfing the transportation of troops. and
provisional measures were taken which
were changed in the following spring.
Did you know of these difficulties2 A.
| I had no knowledge of this question IN
1894 1 had certain documents concern
ing the provisioning and conveying or
| troops
Q.-You had papers in your possession
! intended for print? Ayes. L some
times made a mistake in the bureau 10
which they should be sent
Q.-You had these papers twice? A.
1 did not have any confidential docu-
ments-
Q.-You must have known the con-
tents OF these documents? Al never
asked for them from any one
The Third Document
| O.-The third document relates to ar
tiIlery formations. You ought 10 be ac-
auainted with these matters? A--No
| Q.-Najor Morin-Milon sent you spe-
cial documents from the 18th to the
10th of July, 1894, a month before the
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