The age-herald., 1899-08-17

did not appear in other papers seized at Madame Pays residence.
 General Roget, who was becoming more and more excited, frequently wiped the precipitation from his brow and moistened his lips with water.
 At this point the general thought 1t de- srable to make declaration that he did not desire 1t to be said that he questioned the good faith of some of the witnesses who had been heard. He said:
 ''I make this statement so that there shall be no misunderstanding and in order that my words be not misinterpreted. Nevertheless the testimony is open to crit icism even as our utterances are criti- csed."
 Continuing the witness said: "M. Cost mer-Perier deposed before the court Of cessation that an ambassador called to de- mand an official denial of the statement that important documents were found at his embassy. The ambassador, however, knew it was fact But admitting that he did not know it, there is nothing sur prising in the occurrence, in view or the facility with which attache "A q don't mention his name as the minister has for- biden iD allowed compromising letters to lie around. I read one of the letters, which was very compromising to person whose name I cannot mention. Why, therefore, should not the borderau go estray?"
 The general insisted upon the truth of the statement that military attaches "A" and "B," under which letters he referred to Colonel Schwartzkoppen of the German embassy at Paris, and Major Pennizardi, of the Italian embassy at the French cap- ital at the time, worked together almost daily, and he quoted passage from let ter exchanged between them as follows: "M Hanotaux, the sly fellow, is glad at the embassy denying. The embassy must deny"
 'In the same document" declared Gen. eral Roget was a name written twice and the name he asserted was that of Dreyfus. The name of Esterhazy, he added. was not found in any of the documents none or
 which could be subscribed to him, with inc execution of the Petit Bleue and which Colonel Piquart discovered in such an ex- traordinary manner"
 The witness said he then felt great un- easiness in regard to the document contain
 ing the words "Cette Canaille De D."
 A certain military attache, said the gen
 eral later on in his testimony, informed
 Colonel Sandherr that there was some one
 who initiated his handwriting perfectly
 '.The name of Dubois." the witness said,
 twas found in the correspondence of the military attache.
 "Dubois," the general explained, twas the
 unfortunate who futilely tried to sell the secret of the smokeless powder used In the French army.
 eff" said General Roget, mo other per- son can be found to whom the initial 'D' can apply, to whom does it. then, applyE'' As he made this remark the witness faced about and looked fixedly at the prisoner,
 who, however, merely shrugged his snoul- ders.
 "Now," continued the general, "the ex- planation as furnished on this point by M. Trarieux, focmer minister of justice, troubled me somewhat, but l do not in- sist."
 Here General Roget paused, the excite ment under which he was laboring being almost uncomfortable. In a thick, choking voice he continued: And yet in the pres ence of disinterested testimony, like mine,
 you will not allow preference to be shown to the evidence of persons who have bene- fited by treason"
 At this point the general broke down and tears streamed down hds cheeks. Resuming his testimony, the general sat | to work in an effort to prove the guilt of | Dreyfus. He declared there were traces | of treason in every paragraph of the bor- dereau. and that Dreyfus alone, not Ester hay, could have been acquainted with the l plans it contained. He criticised the depo- sition of Major Hartman of the Twenty second artillery in regard to this point. The witness then traversed the old | ground, trying to prove that Dreyfus alone | was aware of the secrets of the new artil- lery guns, of the plans for the concentra- ton of troops and of the contents of the firing manual He then endeavored to show l that Colonel Picquart had recourse to fraudulent methods, with the intent of in- eliminating some one other than Dreyfus, and declared that Picquart spent 100, ,O00 francs with the object of organizing a campaign of surveillance "of an unfortun- ate officer who was guiltless." Did you ever hear," Colonel Jouaust asked the witness, 'sof letter Colonel Henry is said to have addressed to Ester | hazy?"
 "Never," replied Madame Henry.