The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-01


BRUGERE PROTESTS.
Lieut. Brugere energetically. protest.
] ed against such a meaning being given
/ to his letter which was quite contrary
| to its effect Gen. Loye to whom Gen.
| Roget appealed said he had been con-
| suited by the minister of war as to
what ought to be done IN connection
| with the letter and witness read the
! report which he made on the subject to
| the president of the republic, who he
| added, Immediately signed an order
| RELOCATING Lieut.. Brugere to the terri
/ tor1al army. After this Lieut.. Brugere
| aga1n arose and emDhatically main
| tanned that he made no statement in
J the sense indicated by Gen. Roget, but
| had only alluded to some personalities
I and had not mentioned the French
| army. 1t would have been absurd to do
| so, he continued, since the French army
| consists of all citizens over 20 years of
/ age.
| M. Labor said he thought it would
be advisable to produce the letter in
| question and Col. Jouaust promised to
| ask the minister of war for the docu-
ment.
! Gait. Carvalho of the artillery also
! testified to the ease with which the 100
| short gun could be inspected. He said
| the gun was frequently operated in the
! presence of non-artillery officers who
| We're told everything they desired to
| know, including a description of the
| hydro-pneumatic brake.
! Regarding the 1885 firing manual,
! witness said copies were obtainable in
/
| and asserted that he had purchased a
| copy of the manual which he placed at
| the disposal of the court. At this
| Juncture M Labor read a letter from a
| spy named Dominique stating that
! he had copied the firing manual in the
/ room of Major Panizzardi, the Italian
| military attache at Paris in the pres
| ence of Capt Schwartzkoppen, the
| German military attache at Paris re-
| ferred to as Al and b" He said
! he was not certain whether this was
E0n Traa1 on Il naaCrc
I president to question Col PicQuart on
! the subject
Colonel Picquart said he believed it
! was the 1895 manual and that the copy
! was made in 1896, in Major PanizZardi's
| room in the presence of Major Paniz-
| zardi and another person
| Colonel Picquart added that Major
! Lauth ought to know something about
\ a certain mark on the manual All
| the manuals at Versailles garrison were
| ordered returned to headquarters in
| order to see which one was missing.
/ MIXED ON DATE.
| General de LOye admitted that he
! was not sure whether it was the 1894
| or 1885 manual and cOrrOborated Colo
! mel Picquart's statements.
( Major Lauth expressed surprise at
! the fact that Colonel PicQuart'S recol-
| lectiOnS were so vague and added that
| Picquart had relations with the spy
! "Corningue" Who he said, was a doubt
| full character.
M Labor asked to what spy Major
| Lauth was able to give good char
| acter, to which the major replied:
| why none.' Gaughter).
NJ. Labor said that Major Lauth in
| simulated that "COrningue" was trying
! to levy blackmail. Was that his idea?
Colonel Jouaust refused to allow the
| question and NJ. Labor exclaimed:
| You diSallOW every awkward QueS-
| ton" (SensatiOn).
The stir caused by this lively retort
| had not yet subsidized when the gov
| eminent commissary, Major Carriere,
nd haG IN
| defense was constantly asking leave to
| speak and that when he, the commits
sary, asked to do so he was refused the
| necessary permission, to which Colonel
L have heard enough. Hold your
| tongues. Be quiet. The incident is
| closed" prolonged laughter)
Addressing Colonel Picquart, M. La
| bori said:
when did you know that the firing
| manual was copied
| Colonel Picquart-DurinS-the summer
of 1896.
GEN. sEBERT CALLED.
M. Labor. having remarked that this
! was all he desired to ask at present,
| General Hippolyte Sebert, retired, of
the marine artillery, depOsed. He pre-
| coded his testimony by saying he ought
| not to withhold the evidence he was
able to give, as he felt it would con-
| tribute to the repatriation of a judicial
error.
The general then criticised the Dor
! deTeau from a professional standpoint,
| pointing out that the writer must have
been a low classed man, negotiating
| directly with a correspondent on whose
doles he was dependent. He said he
was probably an officer, but certainly
not an artillery officer, adding that this
| was proved by the employment of eX-
pressions an artilleryman could not
have used.
| stances showing the dense ignorance
displayed in gunnery technicalities by
the writer of the bOrdereau and amid
| profound silence General Sebert de-
. cIared that his study of the case had
led him to the conviction that the Dor
dereau could not have been written by
an artillery officer, nor by an officer be
longing to a special arm OF the service,
who had passed through the polytech-
mic school
Gen. Sebert referred to the satisfac-
ton he felt at knowing that the ex-
perts of the highest standing in hand
writing hSd confirmed his opinion and
had dismissed NJ. Bertillon'S assertions,
saying that on examination he, the wit
ness. had ample proof of the worth
| lessnesS of that demonstration. (Sen-
sation). 1T is painful for me-" added
Gen. Sebert Ito express such an opin-
ion on the man whose name is connect
ed with the application of the anthro-
pometric method which has done the
greatest service. But French science
can not give its authority to lucubra-
tiOnS so pretentiOuS as those M Ber-
tillon brought here reassert most
emphatically that the bordereau was
not written by an artillery officer, or
by an officer who passed through the
polytechnic school.
I have been sustained in giving my
evidence by my firm belief in the entire
/ innocence of Dreyfus, and I am glad 1
( have had strength enough to bring
here the stone which have to lay on
the edifice of repatriation which you
/ are constructing so carefully and con-
scientiouSly while holding alOOf from
outside passions" CExcitement).
This edifice is a work of appease-
ment and peace, which will restore the
, country to an era of concord and
union" prolonged excitemenD.
A brief suspension of the session fol-
lowed. When the session was resumed