The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-20

ious to increase his knowIege, and that
1t was necessary for him to continue the
general scheme, in order to properly carry
out the work entrusted to him. I re-
piled I did not see the necessity Of giv-
ing him the scheme, and that in any case
he had better apply to his own chief, Maj,
Berth. Dreyfus pretended Bertn would
not impart any information. Day after
day he peStered me, so that finally having
no reason to distrust him, 1 began giving
him explanations. Dreyfus displayed the
keenest interest and took copious notes.
When, later, his house was searched,
these notes were not discoverable I do
not know what became of them. But 1t
is difficult to believe they were destroyed.
considering the Importance he seemed to
attach to the information, and the per-
sistence shown In procuring it,
After launching the above declaration,
Which he apparently considered to be
weighty evidence Of the treachery Of
Dreyfus, Maj. Cuignet proceeded to re-
countin detail the task which Gen. Come
assigned to him in May $685. of classify
ing the documents in the Dreyfus, Ester
hazy and Picquart cases.
The first question l viii ask said the
witness, is, rs Dreyfus guilty.? My
conviction of guilt is based on three
grounds:
First, his confessions to Capt. Lebrun-
-Renault
Second, the technical nature of the
contents of the bordereau.
Third, the results of the examination
of the secret dossier.
PROVOKED LAUGHTER.
'T will add to these three points the
evidence of the expert, Bertillon Qaugh-
teri as indirect proof, the means en-
ployed by the Dreyfus family to secure
the prisoners rehabilitation.
Il protest that campaign has been
undertaken against justice, truth and our
country"
The majors outburst of herofcs evoked
cynical smiles and indications of dissent,
coupled with marks of assent from the
assembled generals.
The witness next spoke of the secret
dossier of the war ministry containing
information relating to the interview be-
tween M. Trarieux, former minister Of
justice, and Count Ternielli, the Italian
ambassador, (which country" said Cuig-
net benefited by the treachery."
Regarding the confessions said to have
been made to Capt. Lebrun-Renault, wit
ness said he still believed they were au-
thentic, adding, 'ff people do not believe
the confessions to Capt. Lebrun, Renault,
they will believe no human testimony"
Continuing the witness reasserted that
the bordereau was written by Dreyfus at
the end of August, and incidentally the
major protested against Cor Picquarts
insinuations against Paty de Clam. He
then returned to the secret dossier of the
war office, from which, he declared, the
court was sure to draw important de-
ducttons.
1.-The first portion Of the dossier,' he
said, Shows that in 1893 there was a
constant leakage in the ministry of war.
We have had proofs of the plans of forti-
fications reaching the hands of foreign
power. 1t is known to a certainty from
the letter of an agent of the foreign pow
er that stolen plans emanated from the
ministry Of war.
"A vast network of espionage had,
therefore, been organized against US,
headed by agents belonging to the same
power as "a (Col. Schwartzkoppen, the
German military attache), the agents of
other powers also collaborating
Witness then invited the courts special
attention to this dossier, in which he said
would be found ample proof of the pris-
oner's guilt
GIVEN THE LIE DIRECT.
At this stage of the proceedings Drey-
fus arose and interrupted the witness,
shouting:
'"That is a manifest lie.'
After this the witness recited in detail
his reasons for the belief that the agent
supplying the information was French
staff officer. He then endeavored to show
that traffic with foreign military attaches
could only have been carried on by
probationer in the department occupied
by Dreyfus. The witness specially refer
red to the Panizzardi telegram OF Nov.
2, 1854, which, he explained, left an i'm
preston on him that in 1894 Dreyfus was
an cid friend Of the Italian government.
Another document Of the dossier, ac-
cording to M. Cuignet, showed beyond
dispute that the bordereau actually pass
ed through the hands of Gel. Schwartz
koppen.
This, to the witness. established the au-
thenticity of the bordereau, an eNamina-
ton Of which, he pointed out, proved
chwartzkoppen and Panizzardi had the
closest relations in all matters Of espion-
age.
Referring next to the dispatch of Col.
Schneider, formerly Austrian military
attache at Paris, denouncing as forgery
letter purporting to have been written
by the attache, in which he was repre-
sented as referring to efforts being made
by Schwartzkoppen and Panizzardi to
conceal their relations with Dreyfus, wit
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