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CAPT. DREYFUS
Tendency Of the Evidence Before
the Court Martial.
sERrULLUs WAS POSITIVE.
mi. Apt Hepiie. TO Wine. Henry
Pieauart Tells OF the per'ecu-
ton OF DreJfus.

SO thiH morning without incident
c,i p.equart continuing his testimony.
n. ,p,tc IN the same loud. fearless
80. and commenced by declaring that
\, tt5lrht 70 necessary 10 reply to Gen.
p.-.rs ypritable arralgnmcnt OF him.
Gsr Zurllnden. Gen. Blllot. Gen. Ro-
90, AMI Gen. Mcrcicr were present.
an Roget at the outset Of Col. Pie
guarts remarks intcrposcd and said
h. u5u.d reply to them. Col Picquart
gr..edsd 10 discuss the secret dossier
~ tss handspring " the condemnation
- pryaa. lie took up the considcra-
dan Uf the documents successfully re-
fsr-Ine Co the writer's and persons adj
Is.la.I 40 "A" aud "H." occasionally
tglung VI the 'Cetto Cahaille DE y
r16tIruing the evidence OF ycstcr-
DAVIS session Nine. Henry was recalled,
aTi standing beside NJ. Bertul-
iut Hhe said. "On july 18th. the day
I'M husband called on ~ Bertullua. the
colonel, lu the course Of a convcrHa-
t8a that evening. told me he had a
friendly and charming reception. He
described hoW the magistrate advanced
10 meet him and held out his arms.
j said TO my husband. Are you sure
of thls mang Are you sure he IL sim
lI.s was the kiss o. Judas " There
was o. great sensation In court at this
statement " Nine. Henry.
n was not wrong she continued
amid the brUlthluHB interest OF tho
court This man Is indeed the Judas
Imagined"
Rsfcrlug to the papers which br-
rived 90 the same time nH the hur-
defsiu. Mime. Henry said: Those pa
rsrs were not all torn In thousand
pieces ! was able % note that per
furHIy Letters often cumi entire. NJ.
uarigIiuH has maintained that every
thing arrived In pieces. That ~ false
Ila court here rrHoundrd with cN-
Carnations % surprise and Mime. Henry
concluded. n have nothing more 10
cay
II Hertullus said he aid not desire TO
rrpiy TO Madame Henry, adding. "Sho
4 unly a woman"
u am not a woman" exclaimed Mime.
Henry, mfiouHly u speak IN tho
name OF my husband" The incident
caused great excitement IN court.
How shall ! reply TO mndamef'
asked NJ. Bcrtullus. "shc is defending
the name of u dead man and that of
her child" tBonewcd HcnsutlouD NJ,
Hyrtuliua forthwith left the court.
Col plcuuurt was then called to tho
witness stand. lie protested most firm
~ against all suspicion uf having
caused the DISAPPEARANCE Of any dOcu-
mgut relating 20 DrcyfuH, Documents
had disappeared. but he was not con-
utgtcd with their disappearance. He
also rupolled with acorn the assertion
that h. had cndcnvOrcd TO put another
officer ia the place OF the real author
Of the hordor,uu,
II ~ true" the witness continued.
that the name Of Capt. Dorval being
mentioned 90 me as a dangerous man,
had him watched. and do you know,
N.HH ooh. col a..
ulunCedf by his own cousin" con-
unued ricquart Maj. Patty de Clam"
tslHsau0nJ
Col plcuuart then next proceeded to
upy Co the various attacks made upon
Dim These tactics" he said, ARE evil
ltHly pursued with the object u
lsissHlnE the value OF my testimony"
The colonel next outlined his con-
motion with brvyfuH at the military
gl.lgH and uitcrward at the ministry
% war; where, owing 20 tho anti
Semitic prejudice of the goucraL stan
De art appointed Droyfus TO a de-
pa7munt whore probntioncrH had no
difr,t CaEuiEauCc OF the secret duCu-
meats iir then described tho con-
tUnlii0u in the war Office when the
irugu was discovered and the relief
vzf'1gncel when Il was thought the
gu4y person had been discovered. II
VA then the witness discovered the
similarity between the handwriting "
pnjfua and that OF the borderoau and
ne had recourse to Patty de Clam,
Who was supposed To- have graphic
kh1Flcdgr" O-nughterD
Iheu the witness described what he
thtacistiltd us the Irregular steps
Taken by Gen. MERCER to accomplish
W arrest of Drcyfus." Referring to
lh. dletatlun test, the witness earn
,ss} aud rmphatically affirmed that
ne "a" np signs ~ perturbation In the
handwriting " DroyfuA on that occh-
,ill, and. moreover shortly afterward
lAV dc Clam admitted he had not
ig.nl fresh charge against prcyfus.
u9ond the borduruau." added the
witness, there was nothing against
h,,yius-ubsolutcly nothing"
~" Impression during the invcstlgn-
I'A continued Col. picquurt, was
way NE ucquittnl N the accused was
li9.ah'e ls the evidence was insult
.t.l Witness believed he had even
tAl lhe minister OF war that the con-
ssAhauon OF the accused could not
~ FelInl unless the court martial
lsl Been shown the secret documents
Mt couu
~ colonel next declared that In
',7 be 'li not know the contents OF
secret dusser, but he believed, Ike
W other of1ccrs. that IL contained
N'""h" NNNAAAHA wv INAHWAN'AH
N,l he became acquainted with its
snl however, he found that his
N'l Impressions We're entirely
u'rulcngod sensntionD
'.lua5t then recalled the vehement
t-'sh " innocence which the prls-
IN Aal not ceased 10 make during
gu lnAaes Of the degradation. The
N..a declared he was quite ignot-
lhn confession Dreyfus IL al
nv 70 have made to Capt. 10 Brun-
b, 9alnuiug Col. Picquart defended
aiat,l against The charge that he had
r1bHt directed his efforts toward the
IIl'lhuln " breyfus. lie said he
MAJ. 9 directed the investigation
MAJ 70 mat end when he became con-
mn mat the writing OF Estrrhnzy
wv hgriorenu We're Identical.
Cd -uh lhr course of his testimony
Mill tlluWt asked To be confronted
m.,I.s9 ~ l'aty de- Clam and To be per-
lsrv o deal with some OF his pccu-
v'irI when Patty de clam IN IN the
dsrs,,, NE colonel examined tho bor-
h.gV ana declared Droyfus could not
NN.lused part Of H.
Alhs the Madagascar note tho
dS disputed les value ana said he
~ NNl believe ID wna IA ron0d.nti,t
cars. l' added that N preyf,is i'm Ma
My on ptOhutiOner had asked the
hsrs Tor the note ne would have
f55, u 20 him Immediately. There
d,r.,ne u,lcquArD was unable Ia mn
rsianl the sentence I'm Inc h,rda, ~,
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