Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-19


the ministry; already somewhere else.
"Two-The document containing the
words, 'Cette canaille de d
'Three-A document which is moth
ing but the report Of journey to
Switzerland, made in behalf of a for
eign power.
'-The second part of the dossier,'
continued Picquart, consisted partly
of supplementary review of the first.
1t contained the gist of seven or eight
documents, one Of which, 'cette canaii,e
de d. will serve for the purpose of
comparison 1t also contained the cor
respondence of attaches A and b.
These initials, it should be borne in
mind, represent Col. Schwartzkoppen,
formerly military attache of Germany
at Paris, and Major Panizzardi, the eor-
mer military attache of Italy at the
French capital.
At this juncture the colonel said 1t
would facilitate his explanations if he
were permitted to see the secret dosier,
adding: 81 have already had 1t in my
hands, but fear my memory may fail
ME on some points"
What you ask" replied the president
of the courtmartial, sis impossible.
The minister's orders are abso Ute
The secret dossier can only be exam
ined under certain conditions.
II regret it" answered Picquart, "but
/ will try to refresh my memory" The
witness next explained that Major Du
Patty de CLAIMS translation of the
D'Avignon document, which has been
CLASSED AT IDIOTIC,
was open to doubt, and why the docu-
ment, if it had any meaning whatever,
was as applicable to Esterhazy as to
Dreyfus.
Regarding the correspondence of the
military attaches, the witness demon
strated the insignificance of the infor-
nation asked for. While Patty de Clam
regarded the correspondence as con-
vincing and as clearly indicating an Of
ficer of the second bureau, Picquart
maintained that the terms of the cor
respondence indicated that the writer
intended to ask friend, and not spy,
for the information desired Many
headquarters officers, he pointed out,
were on cordial and absolutely legiti-
mate terms with the foreign military
attaches.
Col. Picquart then took up the ''cette
canaille de d." document. He called
the attention of the court to the fact
that it was addressed by Schwartzkop-
pen to Panazzari, and not vice versa,
as long believed. After giving his
reasons for believing that Dreyfus was
not the person referred to in that docu-
ment, Picquart showed how Patty de
Clam endeavored to ascribe the author
ship of the document to Panazzardi,
with view of establishing connec-
ton which, in reality, did not exist, be-
tween the various documents in the in
dictment against Dreyfus.
The minute details with which the
colonel dealt with the evidence, the
clearness of his language and his deduc-
tons had great effect upon the audi
ence and elected general admiration.
The former chief of the intelligence de-
partment concluded his examination of
the first portion of the secret dossier
by saying: May l be allowed to ex-
press deep regret at the absence of Du
Patty de Clam? 1t seems to me indis-
pensable that this officer, who wrote
the commentaries on the secret dossier,
should be summoned to give evidence
here. He could give US his reminis-
eences, and l would help him.
Uaughter)
But added Picquart, ''since I am
dealing with this question of the COM
mentaries of Major Dn Patty de Clam.
permit me TO point out to you, gentle
men. that this document was not the
property of any particular minister.
1t was classified as belonging to the in
telligence department, and as you see it
formed part of well-defined dossier-
a dossier which was shut up in one of
the drawers of my desk, and
WHICH WAS ABSTRACTED
from it, This commentary. therefore.
is upon secret dossier document which
was improperly removed from my de-
partment." (Sensation.) mention
was made yesterday of the disappear
ance of documents. That is the case
in point
Turning to the second portion Of the
dossier. PicQuart described number