The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24

speak, but as he was not preseats -the
evidence which he gave before the court
| of cessation would be read. The clerk of
the court accordingly read to an inatten-
tive audience Este1hazy's deposition rs
| published in April last.
The reading of Esterhazy's deposition
| occupied an hour. during which the audi
| ence devoted most of its attention to NJ.
| Labori whose appearance denoted no di-
| minution of energy. The pallOr which
| vas noticeable in his face yesterday was
| replaced by a rudy glow, though there
| were signs that he was suffering OCCASION
q excrueiating pains.
After a brief adjournment NJ. Labor
asked that the three letters addressed by
Esterhazy to the president of the republic
| should be read.
The following are passages from those
| letters, which were published early in
| April last:
| In the first letter he Q1sterhazy) said:
| my house is ilustrious enough in the
| annals of French history and in those of
| the great European causes for the govern
| ment of my country to take care not TO al
| low my name to be dragged i'm the mud.
| 1 address myself therefore, to the supreme
| head of the army and to the president of
| the republic, and 1 ask him to put an end
| to the scandal, as he can and ought to do.
An Esterhazy Fears No One
"If I should have the sorrow not to be
| listened to by the supreme head of my
| country, my precautions are taken for my
| appeal to reach the ears of my herladic
! chief, the sovereign of the Esterhazy fam
lily, the emperor of Germany. He is a SOL
der and will know how to set the honor Of
soldier, even an enemy, above the mean,
| equivocal intrigues of politics. He will dare
to speak out loud and strong to defend the
| honor of ten generations of soldiers. 1t
is for you, as president of the republic, to
| judge if you should force me to carry the
| question into that region. An Esterhazy
fears not anything or anybody If not God"
In his second letter Esterhazy said:
II am at bay and compelled to use all
the means at my command. A generous
woman, who warned me against the plot
woven against by friends of Dreyfus.
| with the assistance of Colonel Picquart,
has since been able to procure for me,
| among other documents, the photograph of
| paper which she succeeded in getting out
| of that office.
This paper. stolen in a foreign lega-
| ton by Colonel Picquart, is most compro-
missing for certain diplomatic personages
| If neither obtain support nor justice, and
| if my name comes to be renouncedl this
photograph, which is today quite safe
abroad, will be Immediately published"
The Document a Protestation
"This document is protection for me-
since it proves the scoundrelsm of Drey-
| tc O da for ,pNr l,o
cause its publication with the fac-similes
| of writing will force France to humilia tie
herself or declare war. You who are above
empty quarrels in which my honor is at
| stake do not leave me under the obligation
| of choosing, but in two alternatives equally
| terrible. Compel Pontius PLATE of politics
to make a clear precise declaration in
| stead of maneuvering in order to retain
| the votes of friends of Barbaras.
"Al letters that l have written will
| shortly reach the hands of one of my rela-
| tives who has had the honor this summer
to receive two emperors. What will the
whole world think when it learns of the
| cowardly cold cruelty with which have
| been allowed to struggle in my agony with
| out help. without advice. My blood will be
| upon your heads"
| General Gonse said he desired to reply
to Esterhazys statements. During the
| course of his observations the general said
| Fsterhazy's allegation that he was the
| right hand man of the general staff was
| absolutely false.
| The Montsouris interview, Gonse contin-
| ued. occurred in July, 1898. But" he as
serted, "as Major Du Patty de Clam and
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry left General
| Boisdeffre and myself in the dark in re-
| gard to their movements it was only by
chance 1 heard of it from M. Gribelin.
| ANONYMOUS letters received in October,
| 1897 announced that a campaign was being
| organized against Esterhazy 1t was pro-
posed to send Esterhazy an anonymous
letter telling him to keep quiet and do
nothing, but the minister of war refused
to sanction it,"
The general positively maintained that
Esterhazy was never instructed in regard
to what he should say at the inquiry con-
ducted by General Pelueux, and Gonse
said the assertion of Esterhazy on this
subject was utterly devoid of truth
Prisoner Aids Witness
NJ. Lanquity. a mining engineer of
| Bologne, who told the court of cessation
that he had seen Dreyfus at Brussels
during the summer of 1894, followed. The
| witness said that he could not now swear
| to when he saw Dreyfus there.
| The prisoner, rising, declared that 1t
| was in 1886 at the time of the Amsterdam
exhibition, adding that was the only time
he visited Brussels. II met you, M. Lam
guilty." said Dreyfus, ''at restaurant in
| the st. Hubert arcade. We exchanged a
few words
NJ. Lanquity admitted that the prison.
| er's statement was true.
| The court adjourned for the day at LAO