The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-24

RENNEs August S.-AIaitre Labor,
lBadins counsel for the defense. and
Madame Labor were present In court
when the trial Of Captain Alfred DEey-
fuS was resumed At the Lycee at esq
this morning. As II. Labor was en-
tering the court he was informed by .
newspaper man that General Roget
yesterday received documents from
lfeIVr Count Esterhaxy, who Is now tn
London. Counsel was much lntereSt-
"a, and cleaned all the Information pos
ofhIe. On the arrival in court Of Gen
erai Roget It was noticed that he car
Eied a bulky envelope containing the
documents.
The session began with the teSti-
nony Of minor Witnesses, including
Comptroller Roy and Major Dreviell.
The latter deposed that Dreyfus. while
on the general stan. could have had ae-
cess unpercieved to documents during
certain hours of the day. The pris-
oner. replying. admitted he was present
during those hours. but explained that
his presence was connected with his
duties.
u. Duhrieul, describing himself as q
private gentleman. proved himself an
entertaining witness, and, moreover,
gave u. Labor the first opportunity Of
making few plonts in favor OF Drey-
fus. II. Dubrieul told a gossip story
Of meeting Dreyfus at the house OF an
acquaintance. n. Bodson. In 1854, when
preyfus was a lieutenant, and to aes-
ing the latter in conversation with a
man described to the witness as a
German attache. This was the sum Of
his testimony. which was dotted with
faShes OF unconscious huulor, Is when
he said he told his acquaintance that
be could not frequent his house II the
German visited him. The acqualnt-
ance. Il appeared. replied, excuSing the
fact, by saying the German was not his
but his Wife'E friend, which caused a
general laughter In court, which be-
came louder when n. Dubrieul later
remarked that he had no prejudice
against Dreyfus for visiting his ae-
auaintance, or, rather, his aequaint-
anee's wife. adding: III every oHicer
who IS in his love with his neighbOF's
wife Is dismissed from the army. there
will be very few. OF them left"
n. Labor took n. Dubrieul In hand,
and aseertaIned that he only knew the
visitor was a German attache because
he was told 90, and he did not know
whether he was military or a civil
attache. He did not even know his
name. In fact, the whole story was Of
the hlmsiest description. Moreover. a
foreign military attache would have
had nothing to gain by cultivattng the
acquaintance Of simple lieutenant,
as Dreyfus was then.
Dreyfus, when he arose TO reply to
this witness. spoke in n quiet, conVlne-
Ing voice, denying that he had any re-
;ations with a German attache, military
or civil
II. Labor finished with N. Dubrieul
by asking for the production Of his rec
ord in the law courts, which counsel
limited was discreditable.
The prisoner was very indignant dur
ing n. Dubrieui's deposition, and once
tried to interpose. but the president Of
the court, Colonel Jouaust, waved him
down, telling him he might reply when
II. Dubrieul had finished, which he did
as the witness uttered his concluding
words, requesting an inquiry, ''because
II must be known here who is lying and
who Is speaking the truth" The state
nent of the prisoner caused a deep
Impression.
The next witness, Captain valdant,
testified to seeing Maltre Labor In
Colonel Picquart's once at the begin
ming Of 1886, and Captain lie Rond. OF
the artillery, who followed him. spoke
Of the notorious ignorance Of Ester
hay In artillery manoeuvers. showing
that he could not have dlvulEed what
was in the bordereau. Captain lie
Roud also deposed that Piequart in o.
tober. 1885, connecting ESterhazy with
espionage. Colonel Picquart confronted
The witness, and denied the allegation.
Esterhazy was called as the next
witness but there was no response. and
the court ordered the reading of his
evidence as given before the court OF
eassation. When the deposition had
been finished. n. LabOri asked that Es-
terhazy's letters to the president OF the
republic be read. in which ESIerhazy is
said to have threatened, II the scan
dai continued, that his sovereign, the
emperor, would intervene.
General Gonse here asked to be all
lowed to respond to Es,erhazy's testi-
nony rs given before the court OF cas-
sation. and declared that EsterhaEy's
statements that he was the instrument
of the general stan was an absolute le'
The general traversed Esterhazy's evil
deuee, contradlcuns statement after
abatement. and declaring that Esterha-
~ could only have had relations with
Major Patty de Clam and the late
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