Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-17
French Generals Regard Conviction
a Foregoue Conclusion
ACCUSATION BY GEN. ROGET
,,es Of Cross-EfaminRtion Serious
psieet-Dreyus Nervous aud
DIsheartened'

v,v York. Aug. 1.-THE Rennes COR
-,,s5ndsnt Of the Times describing
w'sscday's proceedings In the trial Of
captain Dreyfus, cables;
The chances Of Drcyfus' acquitth
bssoming smaller and smaller. had
,,irmsn, been pronounced Wednesday
,i,st ID would In all probability have
~, a condemnation. The testimony
n, Gen Roget made "a visible profound
,rsrsssIon on the court. IL must be
..-.,rbsrcd that all the members Of
,ts court martial are graduates OF the
,.syiechnlc school. and from early
,5gtb have been imbucd with respect
f5- military authority and prestige
amounting TO a religion. II should also
h. remembered that General Roget. al
though not employed at the ministry OF
var when the discoveries were made
tbsfs. which led to the FIRST Drcyfua
count martial In 1894. was former SUD
chIsf Co the fourth bureau OF the gen
sraI rtln and that Dreyfus served un-
ssr bia Immediate orders AMI superviH.
i,r General Roget turned toward
ursyfua this morning and, In a ring
ms voice. with uniilnchlng ghncc' said
"prayfIa has denied any knowledge
n mans OF concentration Of troops In
c1ss M mobilization; but DrcyfuH. HIM
IN M 1888. drew three maps showing
mo gonca Of concentration of the
FrtHch army. These maps are ~ the
fourth bureau OF the general stan
Dreyfus made no reply. but turned
and spoke To- Maitrc de Mango. Gen.
Vnrpt then drank two glasses OF water
vIped hiH mouHtache, moppcd, with
white handkerchief the Precipitation
frUm hia forehead and again turning
fsraeloualy upon DFeyfua, said
"ufoyfus denied having any know
ledge " the manual ~ arms, but IN
letter from Col Jennncl. dated June y
l4. which l now hand 60 the court
CoI Jeinncl declares that he distinctly
remembers having given brcytuA
eopy uf the manual ~ arms
10 will be remembered that the zones
1f concentration and the manual OF
arms are two of the iive subjects emu
maratod In the bordorcau. and any cvl-
daupe tending 10 connect DrcytuH win
them is 81 vital Importance. The priH-
oncra face flushed with hectic excite
ment aa he declared;
1T IL frlrhtful 90 be compelled for
i've dayA 10 listen Co such charges with
out being able to defend myself, II u
vcrltablc torture 10 an innocent man,
His face became livid and waNen' he
appeared more nervous and diHheari-
cned than at any previous period N the
trial
Mnitrc de Mango seemed embarrassed
by his failure TO secure an Adjournment
until Monday. and either from Inability
or want OF mastery of the facts. made
no attempt By scrutlnlzlng crosa-qucs-
lions. ns Mnitro Labor would doubtless
have done. to slft out the truth Of Gen.
V0ggt's testimony. which. like that OF
Nefeler. Bnlot. Zurlindcn and Cavaig-
nae. Il an imprisoned pleading for the
Prosecution. All the rest of Gen, lto-
sets evidence was a violent and irrelc-
want dintrlbe against Col Picquurt.
Gen Mercler. In civilian dress, and
Gen. ZurllndUn and Gen. Billot In uni
fIm. seemed Immensely pleased when
Mne Henry testified that she had
90 knowledge OF the person whom her
late husband referred 10 In his famous
llIt letter 90 her. when he said: You
know Iu whose interests ! acted
rallNy " general oiliccr' congrat-
u1t5i Madame Henry when she dcs-
tJaded from the witness stand, and
fum their rnhient faces, Il could be
fstl TINT they regarded prcytua con-
dtnuauon as forcgone conclusion.