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the weapon, exclaimed:
81 will not take my life. 1 will live and
prove my innocence
Gen Mereier here reappeared on the
scene. After saying that the evidence OF
Capt FreyStaetter must have greatly IN
f1uenced the judges, he referred to the at
tacks on himself made by the revisionist
newspapers, saying that in consequence
of Freystaetter's assertions he had been
described as a forger.
Gen. MERCER invited the judges to pay
no attention to Capt Freystaetter'S state
ments, but to accord to the evidence
which he himself had the honor to give all
the confidence and moral authority they
would have reposed in it If the Frey
staetter incident had never happened.
Maitre Demange said he agreed with
Gen. MERCER that the Freystaetter Incl
| dent could be dropped without tnjuring
the case Of Dreyfus
The reports of the experts were next
read showing that the tracing paper on
which the bordereau was written was
similar to the paper used by Esterhazy,
! and official records were produced, show
| ing Dreyfus was wrong in regard to the
number of proba toners in 1894.
The prisoner admitted that his recollec-
lections were perhaps not precise
OPENING ARGUMENT.
After other testimony of a minor char
acter Maj. Carriere began his speech
summing up for the prosecution. This
was a signal for the military witnesses
to retire, and, headed by the generals,
they bowed to the judges and trooped
out of court in accordance with the or
ders of the minister of war, Gen. de
Gallifet, to start to rejoin their regf-
ments within two hours of the beginning
of the summing up of the prosecution.
Mai. Carriere began his summing up by
reading the judgment Of the court OF
cessation and the questions referred to
the present court-martial. The major
said:
Colonel, and members of the court
martial: BY a judgment June 3, last, OF
the court of cessation, the Dreyfus case
was sent before a court-martlal at flen-
of the trial. 1t quashes and annuls the
Judgment of Dec q. 1894, convincing
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus and sends him be-
fore a court-martial at Rennes to be tried
on the following question:
rs Capt. Alfred Dreyfus guilty of hay
ing. in 1894, practiced Vaccinations for
the benefit of a foreign power. by del1v-
ering the documents mentioned in the
bordereau?
1.-THE task of the court-martial at Rem
mes is the same as that of 1884, The trial
has been public and has been conducted
with all the fullness possible to answer
the requirements of justice and public
opinion. It is my duty to discharge the
task of justice with moderation. | have
no personal opinion to defend l have
carefully examined the documents, Seek
ing ScrupulOuSly to ascertain the truth,
without malice. without passion and
without fear"
Maj. Carriere then entered upon a re-
view of the case. He defended the Sc
cret sessions as being necessary, while
they did not injure the diffusion Of light
He traced the espionage plot, recalled the
discovery Of the bordereau and the in.
vestigaton, showing the traitor was
Dreyfus and reviewed Dreyfus' prosecu-
ton and trial and the judgment of 1894.
1.-The proceedings" said Maj. Car
riere, were conducted according to the
prevailing conditions. I will say no hing
more IN regard to the moral character
Of the prisoner, the question of his gam
bling or consorting with loose women
1t has been said that we military men
are not clever and are not tactful. May
be So But we are a simple and up>
right people, who proceed direct towards
our duty, and our acts are always char
acterized by good faith
The major proceeded to examine the
bordereau, saying that apart from the
question of the handwriting, upon which
even the experts fell out, he thought that
the references to covering the troops and
the artillery formation were very signih-
cant. Esterhazy, he pointed out, would
have had no difficulty in securing the fir
ing manual before he could have written
that it was difficult to get, while Dreyfus
could not easily have obtained it.
DEMANDS CONVICTION.
Discussing the sentence about going to
the maneuvers, which has caused so
much discussion, Maj. Carriere declared
it would have been impossible for Ester
hazy to write it. Continuing, the major
referred to the compleXity Of the prts-
| oner's character and proceeded to dilate
upon the impartiality with which he had
examined the whole case, upon which,
he asserted. he had entered with his
| opinion uniformed. Maj. Carriere con-
tinued as follows:
81 said to myself, let US take the bull
! by the horns 1t was Picquart who
brought about the revision. Let us study
| PicQuart l found his case perfectly con-
structed. and for moment hoped that we
might acquit and rehabilitate an innocent
man. 1t would have been all to our advan-
tage and no trouble to repair a judicial
| honor has never been impugned. This
would necessarily impair the public. mind
But closer investigation of Picquart's case
showed assures. My momentary convic-
ton of the innocence of Dreyfus was
transformed Immediately to a stronger
belief in his guilt. which has been con-
! Hrmed by the evidence Oh the Witnesses,
and come here to tell you on my soul
and conscience that Dreyfus Is. guilty,
and demand the application of article
| 76 of the penal code"
When Maj Carriere had concluded
Col. Jouaust ordered the adjournment Of
the court. Dreyfus arose quickly and
apparently not detected. AS the prisoner
was passing counsels table M. Labor
stopped him and whispered: Courage"
Dreyfus smiled and nodded, and as he
proceeded M. Jaurez, the Socialist leader,
and number of others seated on the
benches before which Dreyfus passed
repeated M Labori's word of encoura ge-
ment.
The most elaborate police measures will
be taken during the last days of the
trial Eight gendarmes will be distributed
in the court room. Twenty gendarmes
and a detachment of infantry will be
stationed in the court yard, the cordons
| Of the Lycee will be strengthened and
placed further back, detachments of gen.
| darmes will be posted on the squares and
l bridges, and will patrol the principal
streets of Rennes. The garrisons of
neighboring towns will be held In readi-
/ ness to be dispatched here at a moments
notice. If a cry is raised or a threaten
ing gesture made by anyone in the audi
ence. before or after the verdict, the Of
fender will be arrested and taken before
the president of the court Col. Jouaust,
and will then be sentenced to punish
ment, the minimum penalty being two
years ia prison.