Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
PIt0UART ON STAND,
The Colonel Tesiidesin Deylus Case
at Great length.
ROGET REPLIED TO.
The Secret Dossler Was Reviewed In
Detail and The Documents ADJ
dressed as 81" and ''B"
Gone Over.

Rennes. Aug. IS The second trial by
courtmartial Of Captain Dreyfus waa
resumed at 7.25 o'clock this morn
ing without incident. Colonel PicqnaFi
continuing bis testimony. lie spoke In
the same load. fearless tone and com
menced by declaring that he thought ii
necessary TO reply to General Rogets
veritable arraigument OF him General
Zurlinden. General Btllos General Ro.
get and General Msrcierwere present at
the outset Of Colonel Picquart's re-
marks. Gen MERCER said he would re.
ply TO them. Colonel Pioquart pro.
eeeded TO discuss the secret dossier as
the mainspridg Of the condemnation Of
Dreyfus He took up the consideration
Of the documentssuccossiyely referring
10 the writer's and persons addressed as
"a" and "B," occasionally treating Of
the "cette ganailie'de az 6hguuneht. III
Maiire Monard. who, as Is known,
argued the case in behalf Of the Dreyfus
family FOR revision OF the prisoners
sentence before the cous, Of cessation,
was present % assist NJ Demange,
counsel for tbe- defenef friuw1Gg y
the evidence 10 pat Ccaon,l Rih4uFt
said. LlUlllJ ut JII
'1proiest absolutely against the ale
cation. consented TO the commomca!
ton Of the secret documents 10 a mem
Der Of the Dreyfus courtmartial. with
out the prisoners knowigdgo | mover
ordered such communication. and If
done II was not with my cogniZance. =
After dealing with TIM testimony Of
experts in the courtmar,ial 81 1894,
Picquart then proceeded to examine the
secret dossier. close analysis Of which.
he asserted, was particularly necessary,
sowing 10 the weight the document
had with members Of tho courtmartial
In 1894 This dossier. continued the
witness. may be divided into two parts.
The first contains three documents:
/. A document known as the d Avig-
non document, is in terms about as
follows:
doubt proofs service letters situa.
ton dangerous men with French OH
ciers; no information from officer line.
important only coming from ministry,
already somewhat else
.. - document containing tho words,
"Cette canaille de D."
3. A document which Is nothing bnt
report Of a journey 20 Switzerland
made in behalf Of a foreign power.
THE second partof the doEsier, con.
tinued Picquart consisted chiefly Of a
supplementary review Of the first 10
contained the gist Of seven or eight doc.
uments. one Of which 'Cette canaille de
D will serve for the purpose for com.
parison. II also contained correspond.
ence attached, Aand b. These initials
should be borne In mind 10 represent
Colonel schwartzkoppen. formerly Ger.
man military attacho at Paris. and
Major Panizzardi. a former military at
tache Of Italy at the French capital
At this iuncture the colonel said no
could facilitate the eHplanationi If he was
permitted TO see the secret dossisr. add
ing. Il already had IL in my hands. but
fear my memory may fail me on come
points iI #
What you ask. replied tho presi-
dent Of the courtmartial. is impossi.
bic. The ministers orders are absolute.
The secret dossier can only be examined
under certain conditions
II regretit, answered Picquart but
Twill try 10 refresh my memory"
The witness next explained why Maj.
Patty du CLAIMS translation Of the
D'Avignon document. which he Chased
~ idiotic. open TO doubt. and a docu-
ment. IL IL is Of any meaning whatever.
that it was AZ applicable 10 Estirhazy as
Dreyfus Colonel Picquart then took
up the 'cet.A canaille de d - document.
He called attention to the fact that Il
was addressed by Schwartzkoppen 70
Panizzardi and not vice versa, as long
believed. After giving his reasons for
believing that Droyfus was not the per-
son referred TO In that document, Pic.
quart showed how Patty dc Clam en-
deavored TO ascribe the authorship Of
the document TO Panazzardi in the view
Of enabling connection which In rcali.
~ did not exist. between the various
documents In the indictment against
Dreyfus.
Picquart concluded by saying Du
Patty de Clam should DO summoned 20
give the evidence he gave in his "Remi.
nisences He said he was not acquaint.
ed with Eseterhazy and never had him
watched
Piqumts testimony occupied the en-
tire session ......
The Pope's Eneyclleai.
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