The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23

! to ask General MERCER how this docu-
ment came into his possession
| MERCER, driven into a corner, feebly
evaded the question.
'Mr. President" continued Labor, 80
insist that a reply oe given. Genera
| MERCER las sworn TO repeat the whole
! truth. / must insist that questions re-
specially rendered by the defense be
answered by him. The courtmartial
unlike the court of cessation, has tc
deal with the whole range of the affair
and it is necessary that complete light
be thrown upon it. / insist that Gen
eral MERCER answer me, for it is my
right
After Mercier's shutting collapse, NJ
Labor sank back into his armchair
great beads of perspiration standing
on his forehead, but his countenance
was radiant with the impression he had
made.
Will Recall MERCER.
Counsel added that he would latel
ask Colonel Jouaust to recall Genera
MERCER, and would put numerous ques
tfons to him, to which, however. coun,
sci added. he could foresee the genera
would refuse to reply. prolonged sen
sation)
REWRITING next to Lieutenant Colone
Rollins evidence and the testimony
Rollin had given Spy Guenee. NJ. Labor
read the evidence of Guenee before the
court of cessation, pointing out after
such evidence none of the information
which Guenee supplied in 1894 could be-
maintained against Dreyfus.
Replying to a question as 10 the char
acte1- of LajouX and the confidence
which could be placed in his state
ments, General Gonz handed in a re-
port giving Lajoux the worst possible
character. DTeyfus then made a state
ment regarding a passage of Rollin' S
evidence, referring to the searches made
in his (DreyfusO residence in 1894.
Everything, everything" said the
prisoner, was seized without excep-
ton
Colonel Jouaust-Some of the pages
were missing of your notes taken al
the lectures given by the military col
leSe. That has been the subject of re-
mark?
Dreyfus-No. my colonel, no; not in
1894. (Sensation.)
Ferret, a former secretary of the
minister of war. who is alleged to have
caught Dreyfus prying into the work of
some of his fellow officers during their
absence. testified that towards the end
of 1893, on returning from his lunch, at
an hour the officers We're usually out,
he found Dreyfus in the fourth bureau,
standing with a stranger. a civilian, at
the table. consulting a document which
seemed to the witness TO be connected
with the transport of troops.
NJ. Demange-Why did you not give
this evidence in 1894?
Witness said he regretted he had
overlooked it. Besides, he added. it
was not his business to suspect his
chiefs.
.sVile Insinuations."
NJ. Demange-The country will form
its own opinions of this five years 81
lence.
NJ. Labor asked when the witness
first mentioned these facts
Ferret do not remember. (Mur-
murs.)
NJ. Labori-Try; It would be interest
ing to have an explanation.
Ferret-It was about year ago.
The prisoner protested against such
statements, which, he said, were moth
ing but vile insinuations,' collected by
former minister of war. Great SEN
sation.)
Il never went into my Office" con-
tinued Dreyfus, 'at any other time
than the hours of duty. 1 declare it
was impossible, or at least most diff
cult for a civilian to enter the office
of the ministry of war;
Dreyfus added that while his wife
was at Houlgate, Normandy, in Au-
gust or September, 1894. he happened
to go to his office at noon, though the
usual hour was , o'clock
Colonel Jouaust questioned Dreyfus
relative to his hours of, duty and The
difficulty of introducing a stranger into
the offices, after which General Gonz
asked for permission to speak, in order
to complete his evidence. He said he
received a letter yesterday evening
from NJ. Lechatelier, chief engineer of
the department of roads and bridges, in
which Lechatelier said:
During six or seven years 1 had a
permit for the ministry of war, and
went there at least hundred times. l
did not have to show my permit more
than ten times. On another occasion
[ was accompanied by a friend, who
without any other formality
than opening the gate and saluting the
sentry" Gaughter)
General GonZ read another letter of
similar import, and Dreyfus said:
THE rule was strict. The letters only
prove that certain persons did not OBJ
serve it,
NJ. Demange-It also proves that
since the ministry of war was so easily
others besides officers could
EASILY procure information. (Murmurs
IF dissent.)
The Efforts of a Brother.
The clerk of the court read a letter
from NJ. Scheuerer-Kestner. excusing
himself for being unable to attend the
session of the. court. The letter re-
erred to the steps of Matthew Dreyfus
% secure the rehabilitation of his
brother, and described the writer's in