The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-01

Rennes, Aug. 81. "a. had a..
most trying day - has vet sone,
through The strain proved too e-rsa+
Ior MIN. and for the second time in. +bs.
course of the trial he gave vav to bi.,
Ieedinss and sought relief in tears. The
SelieTais nave branded him as a traitor
DeA0ie the court. their subordinates
nave pointed the finger of scorn ar him,
DG ne only once flinched-when the
Oiuclal report of his Treatment or, IT,.
us island was read before him. o,d 81
PICTURES OF his sufferings. mental and
PhyslcaI, was thrown vlvidlv on the
screen or MS memory. Then he hid bjss
features and wept. ---'
ne passed through another such Or
I5elal To-Day, when, after Captain 1e
ness had brought before him that ola
January morning which usbered i'm the
scene OF his degradation. Major Forseno
| etu, a man of heart, told in sin,n1e.
WorCs and unaffected manner the story
VI DreF1us struggle with the madden.
ing temptation TO take his life and the
intervention of his wife. as an angoI
pointing out the road of DUTY.
Gave Way to Tears.
Ihen again the prisoners breast
.U with emotion and tear drops
M
aIter q forced effort to remain calm as
ne spoke a few words Concerning HE
QtHlal 10 Colonel dt; Patty de Clam that
ne wrote the bordereau, he turned To
forsenetti with a look of thanks for
ms consolation so Deeded. Dreyfus
then uttered these words of heartfelt
gratitude to his wife for the collraqs
with which she inspired him:
1t is due 20 her." he cried. that
am olive today"
The prisoner could articuIate no more.
put sat down abruptly to conceal his
distress. -
The proceedings concluded a few
minutes later and he was taken back
20 MS prison, where his wife visited
him. and iE the presenre OF Mime. Drew
rus and the gen d'arrne guard he broke
Gown completely. The tension had
peen too much for him. He sobbed
convulsively, and the partner of his
sorrows joined him in a solace of tears.
Captain lie Brun-Renault and the
supporters Of his assertion of the Drey
Jus confession had an inning lasting
nearly the entire session. their deposit
tons containing little but what has al
ready been stated before the court Of
case ton.
LIE Brun-Renault Called q Cur.
Captain lie Brun- Renault introduced
the new assertion that she fact that he
had not related the incident of the con-
lesslon to President Casimir-P erier wa,s
because he overheard himself called a
"cdnaille.' Cur" and traitor while
waiting at the Elysee. He. however.
could not explain why he kent this to
himself for so long a time instead of
recounting the incident before the
court of cessation. Nor did his ex-
plantation as to why ne destroyed the
paSe of his notebook containing the
record of Drcyfus' confession sound
very convincing.
The other witnesses were a repetition
of Captain lie Brun-R enault. But a
very significant question: was put to
Colonel Guerin by &. member of the
court, Lieutenant Colonel Brcngniart.
who sits at Colonel Jouausts right
hand ana always put pointed questions.
He has thoroughly studied the Drey-
fus case, and is reputed 20 be one OF
the best authorities on the case. 1t is
certain Colonel Jouaust consults him
frequently during the proceedings.
BrJnsniart is said to be a rabid anti
Dreyfusslrd. and he today. in a quiet
tome. asked Colonel Guerin if ne thought
VI Weyl. who is a friend of Esterhazy,
also knew I'reyfus.
Never Heard OF Weyl.
The latter at once rose and declared
he had never before heard of WeyI
The point of this 1u%S tirn was that E.s-
terhazy had written to Colonel Jouaust
as announced and has undoubtedly
mentioned Weyl as a go-between for
Dreyfus. This is the person referred to
in yesterdays dispatch as ''V." mis-
take for Wv
II relations can be proven between
Dreyfus and Weyl. then ne could as
sumo Dreyfus was a traitor. The gen.
eral. if sufficient evidence of Dreyfus-
Weyl-Esterhazy connection could be
produced. can abandon the contertion
that Dreyfus wrote the bordereau and
admit Esteriazy is the author of it
This is possibly the change of tactics
on the part of the general which has
been limited at recently.
1t was reported this afternoon that
Generals MERCER. Roget and Gonse and
VI. Cavaignac. who are staying quiet
ly at the house of a friend some miles
outside Rennes, met today at General
Mercier's house and discussed the evil
dence Colonel SchwGrtzkoppen's house
keeper. NJ Batkin, could give if she
was subjected to a severe eXamina-
ton. with the result that her evidence
was not conclusive enough to justify
summoning her as witness for the
prosecution.