The Portland daily press., 1899-08-17
Gen. Roget Uttsrs Iiairibs against
Dreyfus.
His .Testimony" Chiefly
Invective.
Decision Against Postponement
May Be Revised.

Rennes. France, August f6-The SEQ
ond trial by court martial of Capt. Drsy-
fus was continued today. Major Carriere,
the representative Of the government. re-
fused to agree to the adjournment Of the
case untn Monday applied for BY Nj. De-
mango. counsel for the prisoner, and
Capt. Drsyfus owing to the murderous
attack upon Maitre Labor, leading coun-
sci for the defense. The feature Of the
days proceedings was the story Of the
suiTsrings OF Dreyfus on DEVILS Island.
Dreyfus wcpt when the clerk read doc
ument recounting the details Of his incar-
ceration. The proceedings opened with
the application of NJ. Demange for an ad-
iournment This was followed by the
deposition OF III. Guerin, the former
minister Of Justice who, however, only
repeated the evidence he had given be-
fore the court Of Ia ssstiop. III. Lebon, the
former minister Of colonies, big red
bearded man, then testified in justifica-
tion OF his Instructions to treat Dreyfus
vigorously declaring that extreme strin-
gency only dated from the time he
thought an attempt would bs made to
rescue the prisoner.
Col.Jouast askrd Dreyfus II he had any
questions to put to the witness and he
replied in an emotional voice "No am
here TO defend my honor. do not wish
TO speak of the atroeious suffering
which for five years I, Frenchman ana
an innocent man, suffered on the lie Du
Diatle'' The story Of his life ON the
island as published In newspapers recent :
ly was read IN sympathetic voios BY the
clerk Of court.
As the story proceeded and iucidents Of
his life ON the island were brought before
him, Drsyfns's eyes grew dim and tears
rlistened in them. Then they slowly
trickled down his ohesks. Drsyfus could
stand 1t no longer and for the first time
during his trial gave way to his emotions
and silently wepb,
1hs faces of the audience expressed
sympathy with the prisoners emotion
and even the captain of gen d'armes sit
ting beside Droyfus turned and gave him
q lock Of unconcealed COMPASSION. Gan.
Mercier, who with HI. Lebon, Was seated
in the front row of the witnesses listened
to the reading of the report unnoved,
while Col. Jouast followed it with an air
of bored tolerance. NJ. Lehon afterward
EbtuEucu W Vic tNADu anu HuQ6u lew
more words In justification of his corduct
and then Col. Jouast had the next wit
ness brought in. AL eyes we're turned
toward the door on the right Of the stage
and moment later the form OF "A woman
dressed In deep mourning appeared In
the doorway and accompanied by an
officer advanced to the platform. II was
the widow of Col. Henry, the French
officer who committed suicide In prison
after confession to forging certain docu-
ments In the case. With hand upraised
she took the oath to tell the truth. She
is of medium height and has a common
cast OF features and certainly could not to
described as attractive. She at once put
herself at ease leaning forward with
hands resting on the rail OF the witness
stand. In an attitude Of complese self
possession she gave her evidence and ao-
companied the words with frequent
gestures. Her evidence, however, was Of
little weight. She admitted the frequent
visits Of Esterhazy to her husband and
declared her husband told her he had
forged one document ''in order to save
the honor Of the country" She gave her
evidence In q very matter of fact manner
and was in no wise the sympathetic figure
the -Dreyfusites have TILED to make
her.
Gen. Rogsts In drsss uniforms followed.
His evidence was u vitriolic diatribe
against Dreyfus from beginning to end.
Gen. Rogets traversed the old ground
giving his reasons for his convictions OF the
guilt Of Dreyfus. He declared there was
no charge against Esterhazy, with the ex-
ceptlon OF the resemblance OF his hand
writing to that of the bordereau. Ester-
hazy said he wrote the bordereau under
orders of Col. Sandhsrr. "But," declared
Gen. Rogets, 81, who knew Col. Sand
herr well declare that 1t Is false. Col
Sandherr was absolutely incapable Of
such an order. Esterhnzy has also eaid
the document was stolen from an embassy
say the intelligence department. ever had
any relations with porter of that en-
bassy. 1t is possible Esterhazy has some
surprises for us between now and the end
of the trial. They won't disturb me any
more than other surprises"
Referring to the question of the COM
piicity Of Henry nnd Esterhazy the wit
ness saic: "If Henry had bean the accom-
plice OF Esterhazy how can IL be admitted
that he brought the bordereau which
might have caused him TO be suspected to
the intelligence department" Gen. Roget
while testifying constantly turned TO-
wards the prisoner to see the impression
made by his deposition which was
virtually speech for the prosecution.
A certain military attache said the gen.
eral later in his testimony informed Col.
Sandherr that 1t was some one who int-
lated his handwriting perfectly. The name
of s.Dubois'' the witness said was found
In the correspondence of military at
taches. aDnbois," the general explained
was on. .'unfoTtunate'p who vainly tried
to sell the secret of smokeless powder
used in the French army. II, said Gen.
Roget, no other papers can be found tc
whom the initial .sDn can apply to whom
does it then apply. AS he made this re-
mark the witness faced about ana looked
fxedly at the prisoner who, however,
merely shrugged his shouldera But
continued the general. 1.-THE explanations