The Red Cloud chief., 1899-09-01
Dreyfus Case Hinges on De
Clans Presence.
ALL THE OTHERS ARE DEAD.
Army stan Consplres To Keep du Fatty do
Clam Away and . ProIudIced Court
Willing Instrument In Their
Hands-Dramstic scenes
In Court Room.

the barricade behind which General
Mercier and the general staH have in
trenched themselves.
But there Is one weak point In their
aforementioned Du Patty de Clam
and the military clique know It, and
are striving to the utmost TO keep him
out of NJ. Labori's clutches. IL they
can prevent Du Patty de Clam, who
Is now called the ''sick man Of the
Dreyfus affair" from appearing at the
witness bar, they can effectually put
the silence OF the tomb between truth
and justice. NJ. Labori is Gghting
tooth and nail to drag him into court,
but Colonel Jouaust persists in lend
ing him the necessary assistance. lie
declines to send reputable doctors to
officially report o the state Of Du
Patty de CLAIMS health, which, every
Dreyfusard firmly believes. Is only
automatically affected and that he
will recover quickly enough after the
trial.
NJ. Labori hit the nail on the head
Saturday when, replying TO General
Mercicr's remarks, he exclaimed. "Al-
ways the dead, Sandherr dead, Henry
dead, Du Patty de Clam is not coming"
Colonel Jouaust Immediately cut him
short, declaring he must not make OBJ
servations, and NJ. Labori staggered
and fell back into his seat with a
despairing gesture.
Colonel Jouaust was not so particu-
lar in stopping the stream of irrele-
a n gossip which flowed from the
lips of the military witnesses who
have defled before the court during
the past fortnight. While. however,
the Dreyfusards believe Du Patty de
Clam is not seriously i'll, they feel a
secret dread, which is expressed in the
significant remark, not infrequently
heard: "Sandherr IL dead, Henry
committed suicide, and Du Patty de
Clam will die"
The conformation Of Colonel Maurel,
Captain Freystaetcr and General Mer-
cier was an instructive exposure OF
the fraud and dishonesty of the general
staff, which the absence OF Du Patty de
Clam alone prevented from being COM
plete. The defense might demand
that a commission be sent to examine
Du Patty de Clam on his sick bed. But
NJ. Labori and NJ. Demangc despair of
obtaining Il satisfactory result there
from. They wan to have Du Patty de
Clam in court and turn the screws of
the rack themselves.
Captain Freystaeter was called to
the bar. His opening statement was
grape and canister for tho MERCER
gang. He gave the lie direct to COL
oncl Maurel, who had stated that he
had only read one of the secret docu-
ments at the first trial. Captain Frey
staeter said: mot only did I read
them, but Colonel Maurel read them,
n made commentaries after each"
This was the lie direct, and Colonel
Maurel confessed himself n liar when
he objected to the use OF the term,
commentaries as used by Freystacter.
Maurel was Missed by the crowd.
MERCER was called, and first he was
Allowed to question Freystaeter, en-.
~deavoring to catch him on n question
regarding the Robin she'll, but Frey.
staeter COMPOUNDED him by answering
that he did not say the document re,
ferred to the Robin shell, but to @
shell, and the simple answe showed
up the craftiness of General Mercier
Captain Freystaeter quoted the Paniz
Eardi dispatch to the court martial
fatty co%dtradicting Mercier.
Then NJ. Labori started in on General
MERCER. Mercier saw the trap he wa,
about to get into and shifted his posi-.
ton by declaring that 1t was not du
Patty de Clam who compiled the
dossier, but the late Colonel Sandherr
Today's session tore the last shred
81 credit from Mercier, but added tn.
name Of Frcystaeter to the little rol
OF heroes who have risked everything
in the defense of Dreyfus. One need,
TO be in the very midst Of the storm o.
passion now raging in France to appre
ciate the height of moral courage Il
which Captain F~reystaeter has risen II
coming forward to the defense of tn,
truth against the army chiefs. The,
are simply furious at the thorough ex
posure, and all blame Maurel for fall
ing into the trap laid for him by M
Labor In Thursdays cross-examina
ton, although 1t Is difficult TO Sc,
what else Maurel could have done.
After the court rose and all the pub
nc were supposed to be excluded, Gen
eral Mercier accosted Colonel Mature
in the cour yard and gave him a piec,
of his mind, even going to the exten
OF calling him a blockhead. Mature
vainly protested his helplessness an,
the impossibility of warding off La
boris home thrusts in view OF Captain
'Freystaeter's testimony. Finally Mer
cicr left him in a temper.