The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-19

words. which came as balm to the
wounds inflicted upon him by MERCER
and Roget. and the prisoner frequently
and closely scanned the faces of his
judges, as though seeking to read their
thoughts.
From the standpoint of the specta-
tors the session was the most unevent-
full one since the opening of the trial
Even the conformation at the end
lacked the dramatic force of the SINH
lar incidents which have marked al
most every previous sitting. Picquart's
deposition was fine performance.
Spoken without notes and in view of
the mass of facts adduced. it must be
ranked as a feat of memory.
The members of the courtmartial
took copious notes during Picquart's
testimony, and it was quite evident that
several of the explanations he gave
came as fresh light. Then, when Pic
quart concluded, both General Roget
and General MERCER jumped up and
asked to be heard contradictorily Colo
mel Jouaust asked General Roget to
speak first. He thereupon faced Colo
mel Picquart, who replied promptly to
MS questions, which the general deliv-
cred in theatrical manner and with
frequent gestures.
Aoi -slCiNiCi duOpleu Il QuleteF Qe-
meanor. Neither, however. said any,
thlng which could be described as dam
aging TO Colonel Picquart's evidence.
The Secret Dossier.
Colonel Picquart said: II protest alb
solutely against the allegation that /
consented to the communication of the
secret dossler TO the members of the
Dreyfus courtmartial without the pris-
oner's knowledge. L never ordered such
communication, and if it was done it
was without my cognizance
hasten to add that in my opinion
II would have been an insult to the
court to believe its members would lend
themselves to such Vaccinations
am ready, L repeat, to reply to every
question. | will only point out that all
General Roget has recounted in detail
was published in general terms in the
Gaulols, JAM Z. Having thus ex-
planned certain matters, L will continue
my deposition
Then the colonel proceeded to discuss
the phrase occurring in the bordereau.
L am going to the maneuvers.' He
said there was no question of proba-
TONERS going to the maneuvers in Sep
TENDER This. he pointed out, would
have curtailed their period of probation
In an entirely unusual manner.
After dealing with the testimony of
the experts at the courtmartial of 1894
P1cquart proceeded to examine the Sc
cret dossier, a close analysis of which,
he asserted, was particularly necessary,
owing to the weight the document had
with the members of the courtmartial
in 1894.
Wanted to See Dossier.
The colonel said it would facilitate
his explanation if he were permitted to
see the secret dossier, adding: Il have
already had it in my hands, but / fear
my memory may fail me on some
points,
What you ask" replied the president
of the courtmartial. lis impossible. The
minister's orders are absolute. The Sc
cret dossier can only be examined un-
der certain conditions"
Il regret it," answered PicQuart. but
1 Will try to refresh my memory"
The witness next explained why Ma
jor Du Patty de CLAIMS translation of
the d'AvignOn document, which has
been classed as idiotic. was open TO
doubt and why the document. if it had
any meaning whatever, was as ap-
plicable 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 Du Patty de
Clam regarded the correspondence as
convincing and as clearly indicating
an officer of the second bureau. Pic
quart maintained that the terms of the
correspondence indicated that the
writer intended to ask a friend, and not
spy for the information desired.
Many headquarters officers. he pointed
out, were on cordial and absolutely le-
Ultimate matters with the foreign at
taches.
Dreyfus Not the Person.
Colonel 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 Schwartz
koppen to PaniZzardi. and not vice
versa. as long believed. After giving
his reasons for believing Dreyfus was
not the person referred to in that doc
ument, Picquart showed how De Clam
ascribed the authorship of the docu-
ment to Panizzardi, with the view of
establishing a connection which, in
reality, did not exist between the var
ious documents in the indictment
against Dreyfus.
Dreyfus displayed the keenest inter
est in Picquart's protracted analysis of
the dossier. to which the whole aud
fence listened with profound attention.
The members of the courtmartial and
the former ministers of war were
equally interested. OF the latter, Cen
erals Billot and Zurlinden were in full
uniform. General Nercier was attired
in civilian clothes. Near them sat NJ.
Bertullus. the examining magistrate,
who gave such strong testimony for
Dreyfus yesterday. Madame Henry
widow of Lieutenant Colonel Henry,
who taxed NJ. Bertullus With being "a
Judas, was not present.
Written by Esterhazy.
Concluding his examination of the Sc
cret dossier, Colonel PicQuart explained
how he mad acquired the conviction that
the bordereau was written by Ester
hazy. and how he ascertained that the
anti-Dreyfus proofs were worthless. He
began by detailing how he first learned
of the existence of EsterhaZy and his
efforts to discover something about him.
The witness earnestly asserted that the
first occasion on which he saw Ester
hazy was when he read the address of
the Petit Bleu. He said he was not
acquainted with Esterhazy, and never
had EstefhaZy watched.