Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-18


fered 100000 francs at one. time TO assume
the authorship Of the bordereau. Pressed
or his source Of information. witness
said EsterhaZy himself had said so. NJ.
Demange shrugged his shoulders and the
courtroom laughed.
Admitting" counsel then said. that
Esterhazy was the agent Of the Dreyfus
family, and that he had agreed 10 as
sumo as suggested. the prisoners guilt,
how do you explain the fact that Ester
nazy, upon several occasions, wrote
statements calculated TO compromise the
case OF Dreyfus|
with Esterhazy," replied General
, Roget, zone can never he sure OF any
thing. Qaughter) He is such an extra
ordinary fellow. l do not know what he
may be doing to-day, nor what he will
be doing tomorrow"
COURT CONVULSED.
These statements Of the Generals con-
Nulsed the court with laughter, which
seemed to irritate the witness. who was
growing nervous under the searching ex-
animation of counsel.
Turning TO Dreyfus. General Roget
cried, ia loud voice: Il know very
well that if l was accused Of an act OF
treason, which 1 had not committed |
should find arguments with which to de-
fend myself" This assertion evoked muir
murs, but the General shouted: "Why
does he deny even the most obvious
things2"
NJ. Demange shrugged his shoulders
and calculated: "Ahw
DREYFUS ENTERS DENIAL.
The prisoner, however, rose. and en-
phatically denied some OF the Generals
evidence. He said he never traced on n
rlN f4lg 10 af,sasss
zation, and never had any knowledge Of
the details of those movements, or of the
plan for the distribution of the various
units throughout the departments. Let
us, added Dreyfus. understand one an
other as TO what is meant i assert that
l did not know any Of the details of the
plans. In regard TO the circumstances
dwelt upon before you, there was no.
thing precise stated yesterday. There
was nothing but arguments"
The audience here gave vent to express
sions of assent and dissent.
II. BERTULUS.
NJ. Bertulus, the examining magistrate
was the next witness. There had been
/ liyely anticipatiOns of an interesting con-
frontauon. The Magistrate inquired into
the charges made against Esterhazy by
his cousin, Christian, and It was expect
with General Roget, who so tartly crit-
cised the magistrate yesterday But the
president of the court invited NJ. Ber-
tulus to proceed with his deposition. TIE
witness spoke in a low, husky voice
which was almost unintelligible to court
and counsel. He was Intellectually urged
20 raise his voice.
FLAW IN THE DOSSIER.
The witness had examined the secret
dossier in the Cherche Midi prison, with
Major Ravaly The petit bleu" was the
flaw in the dossier. So long as it could
not be proved that the petit bleu" was
a forgery, and the work OF Colonel Pic
quart. the case would not hold water
NJ. Bertulus declared his belief in the
honesty of Picquart and the innocence Of
Dreyfus. He declared the bordereau was
in large pieces. and not i'm little bits. He
also said IL did not reach the War Office
by the ordinary channels. He also said
his belief I'm the innocence Of Dreyfus was
also based on documents in the secret
dossier, which he had seen. But what,
above an, confirmed the witness i'm his
belief was the entire absence of a motive
which could have tempted Dreyfus to
commit such a crime.
without motive" emphatically de-
clared the experienced magistrate, there
was no crime"
INNOCENCE OF ACCUSED.
The earnestness with which NJ Ber-
tulus insisted upon the innocence Of the
accused created a profound impression
upon his hearers.
you have been told" he said. that
Dreyfus Is guilty. For myself. | believe
and believe profoundly I'm his innocence.
II / come here to tell you so, you viii
understand that II is because my con-
science tells me that I'm so doing l am
performing duty. an absolute duty.
"The Court OF Cessation has declared
the bordereau to be the work OF Ester
hazv. Now. the Court Of Cessation Is
the supreme authority in all matters Of
Justice i'm France" (Sensation)
After a brief season Of rest, NJ. Ber-
tulus was recalled ana confronted by
Madame Henry. She said;
MADAME HENRY.
"On July 18th. the day my husband call
ed on NJ. Bertulus. the Colohel. In tht
curse ~ n conversation that evening told
30 no had had a friendly and charming
rocent,ou. He described how the Mags
t,ate advauced 10 meet him. and held out
bis arms. | said TO my husband: Are you
sura OF this man. Are you sure he Is SIM
cereg' am very much afraid his kiss
WIS the kiss OF Judas (There was a
great sensation in court at this statement
az Madame Henry's) Il was not wrong
she continued, amid the breathless inter
esf az the court" This man II indeei
The Judas | imagined NJ. Bertulus SAID
he did not desire to reply TO Madame
Henry, adding: she is only woman
PICQUART.
f.-t---z, ,,f.-...... NO.. ,han called 70 the
witness stand. He protested most firmly