The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-17

ately paused, one could see the fire in
Dreyfus eyes and in his tightly
clinched jaws could be OWNED the
struggle that was going on within him.
! The captain of gen d armes, seated be-
side Dreyfus, watched him closely. The
seconds passed like hours and he spec
tators held their breath.
/ General Roget seemed purposely to
| prolong the silence in order to make
! deeper impression. 1t was a perilous
moment, but Dreyfus won the battle
| over his passions. and when Rogets
voice was at length heard again every
one knew the danger was past, and
! deep-drawn sigh of relief came from
/ the audience.
The general 'discoursed lengthily on
| the famous scene with Colonel Henry
in the Office of NJ. Berthulus. the exam
lining magistrate. and said that NJ Ber-
thulus asked Colonel Henry to inform
the witness to call and see how he
would communicate the results of his
I conversations into Blanche and "Sper-
rama" forgeries.
In reply" said General Roget, Il
said When You see NJ. BerthuluS YOU
will thank him in my behalf. Tell him
the investigation does not interest me
in any way l added that was rather
distrustful of this proposal, which,
pointed out, was perhaps trap
The general added that NJ. Cavaignac
(the minister of war; approved of his
course to NJ. Berthulus. The court next
dealt with the seizure of papers at the
house of Madame Pays. on which NJ.
Berthulus largely founded his convic-
ton of the guilt of Henry, owing to the
mention in them of the name of spv
Richard" at Cuersand Basic, where it
was well known spies were in the habit
of meeting.
Excitement of Roget.
The general tried TO refute NJ. Rer-
thulus' statement, declaring that Henry
brought these documents to the war de-
partment and that they did not contain
the mention of Basic or Cuers, as stat
ed by NJ. Berthulus.
The latter, however, has already
shown before the whole court of cas-
sation that while he was mistaken in
saying the words appeared in those
documents, they did not appear in other
papers seized at Nine. Pays residence.
General Roget, who was becoming
more and more excited, frequently
wiped the perSDiration from his brow
and moistened his lips with water. At
this point the general thought it desir-
able to make a declaration that he did
not desire il to be said that he uues-
toned the good faith of some witnesses
who had been heard. He added:
Il make this statement so that there
Sfldlt ne 10 dll1 III
order that my words may not be misin-
terpreted. Nevertheless, their testimo-
ny is open to criticism, even as our ut
terances are criticised"
Continuing, the witness said: m. !
Casimir-Perier deposed before the court |
of cessation that an ambassador called |
to make. official denial of the state |
ment that important documents were |
found at his embassy. The. ambassador, |
however, knew it was a fact. But adj |
hitting that he did not know it. there |
is nothing surprising in the occurrence, |
in view of the facility with which at !
tache "A Il don't mention his name, as
the minister has forbidden it, allowed
compromising letters to lie around. / /
read one such letter, which was very
compromising to a person whose name
I cannot mention. Why, therefore,
should not the bordereau go astray?"
Refers to the Petit Bleu.
The general insisted upon the truth
of the statement that military at
taches IA and B." under which let
tiers he referred TO Colonel Schwartz
koppen of the German embassy at
Paris, and Major PenniZardi of the
Italian embassy at the French capital
at the time, worked together almost
daily, and he quoted a passage from a
letter exchanged between them, as fol-
lows:
M. Hanotaux, the sly fellow. is glad
that the embassy is denying. The en-
bassy must deny"
In the same document, declared Cen
eFal Roget, was a name written, and
the name, he asserted, was that of
Dreyfus. The name of Esterhazy, he
added, was not found in any of the
documents, none of which could be as
cribed to him with the exception of the
petit bleu which Colonel Picquart dis
covered in an extraordinary manner.
The witness then said that he felt
great uneasiness in regard to the doc
Iment containing the words: "Cette
Canaille de D.
A certain military attache, said the
general later on in his testimony, in
formed Colonel Sandherr that there
was someone who initiated his hand
writing perfectly. The name of Du-
oois, the witness said. was in the cor
of the military attache.
Colonel Subers, the general explained, ,
was an unfortunate officer" who fu- ,
.ilely tried to sell the secret of the
;mokelesS powder used in the French +,
army. Is
If" said General Roget. no other ,
1erson can be found to whom the ini- ,
ial d can apply, to whom does it then
lpply?"
AS he made this remark the witness :
aceQ ABOUT anu looked HNeulN at the i,
prisoner, who, however, merely shrug-
red his shoulders.
Now" continued the general, 1.-The -,
furnished on this point :
" NJ. TrarieuX (former minister of :
ustice) troubled me somewhat. but L >
lon't insist" +
Roget Sheds Tears. /
Here General Roget paused, the ex- !
itement under which he was laboring ;
icing almost uncomfortable. In a +
hick. choking voice. he continued. and
ct. in the presence OF disinterested
like mine, YC-- will not allow
reference to be shown to the evidence /
f persons who have benefited by trea-
on
At this point the general broke down
nd tears streamed down his cheeks. 7
,esuming his testimony the general set =
0 work in the effort to prove the guilt u
( Dreyfus. He declared there were I
races of treason in every paragraph n
f the bordereau and that Dreyfus "
lone, not Esterhazy, could have been n
cquainted vHh the plans it contain T.
d. He criticized the deposition of Ma
lr Harlemann of the Twenty second Il
rtillery in regard to this point. $
The witness then traversed the old 1
+,-x-ioer n 1Ar0va a