The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-06

Major Esterhazy's avowals to be of
| any value.
M. Labor sought to question Gen.
Roget more closely on his statement
that none of the generals of the General
Staff had any relations with Major Es-
| terhazy, but Col Jouaust declined to
| allow further discussion.
Row in the Court.
| This led to another scene between the
President of the court-martial and
| counsel for the defense, M. Labori de-
| claring that Gen. Roget, who came
more as public prosecutor than as a
witness, refused to reply to probing
| questions.
A little later M. Labori pushed the
question on Gen. Billot on'what is
known as the liberatin document.
Gen. Zurlinden then came upon the
platform dressed in the uniform Of his
rank and with his inseparable eyeglase
He spoke few words respecting the
General Stairs belief in Major Ester
hazy.
M. Demange asked Gen. Roget his
opinion of Major Esterhazy.
II have an absolute conviction" re-
piled Gen. Roget, amid cries of "Oh!"
from the audience, that Major Ester
hazy is stranger to treason
Gen. Roget delivered a short discourse
lin reply to the statement of M. des
Fonde Lamothe on Saturday that the
phrase in the bordereau Il am going
to the manoeuvres'' showed that Drey-
fus could not be the author of the Dor
dereau Gen. Roget maintained that
M. Lamothe was wrong.
Dreyfus Speaks.
Capt Dreyfus arose and in a clear
voice emphatically insisted that the
circular Of May H. 1894, announcing
that the probationers would not go to
the manoeuvres was written in the
clearest language which the court would
see if it were read. He reiterated that
he had never asked to go to the man
oeuvres, for he was absolutely convinc-
ed that such request would not be
granted.
NJ Deffes, reporter for the Temps,
testified that he saw Major Esterhazy
in London and that the letter confessed
that he was the author of the border
eau. The witness added that he raised
the question of the letters of Nine
Boulance and brought away the
"Uhlan" letter
M. Trarieux, formerly Minister of
Justice, was the next witness called. He
made a long deposition in favor of
Dreyfus, reviewing the history of the
case and his own part in connection
Herewith. NJ Trarieux is an excellent
speaker with good presence He has
irongray hair and mustaohe, and a
clear, resonant voice, which could be
heard outside the courtroom.
NJ Trarieuxs deposition closed the
public session. He made very telling
speech, describing how his original be-
lief in the guilt of Dreyfus was first
shaken and then completely changed to
conviction of innocence by subsequent |
developments and the noble conduct of |
M. Scheurer- Kestner, formerly Vice |
President of the Senate
The letters exchanged between Gen. |
Gonse and Lieut. Col. Picquart also |
strengthened his conviction
Plot against Picquart.
M. Trarieux spoke of the machina-
tons against Picquart and said he ac-
cused nobody. He believed, however,
that the chiefs We're deceived. M Trar-
ieux recounted converse ton with a
foreign ambassa dor, who declared, in a
tone of the greatest sincerity that Drey-
fus never had relations with him nor
with any officer of his country, while
the ambassador added, he possessed
documents proving the guilt of Major
M, Trarieux delivered very impress
sive passage, recalling the execution of
The English Admiral, Byng, on the
charge of treason who was afterward
found to have been unjustly con-
demned. M. Trarieux said that French
men might we'll dread to have such
bloodstain upon their history as, through
the execution of Admiral Byng, mars
the history of England
TrarieuX said that Gen. Roget and
Capt Cuignet We're wrong in the con-
clusion they had drawn from the cor
of agents "A" and "B"
that Dreyfus was guilty. He reiterated
that the ambassador to whom he had
referred had affirmed that
Major Esterhazy was the traitor: and
he former Minister of Justice declared
IN an emphatic tone, which made deep
upon his hearers that no
parallel ought to be drawn between a
model officer like Dreyfus and Major
who had not even the soul
If a Frenchman.
M. Trarieux, on abiding to the Dor
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