The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-17

the acquittal of the accused was proba-
bic, as the evidence was insufficient
Witness believed he had even told
the minister of war that the cOndem-
nation of the accused could not be Sc
cured unless the court martial had
been shown the secret documents which
1t had been agreed to submit to the
court The colonel next declared that
in 1894 he did not know the contents
OF the secret dossier, but he believed,
like all other officers, that it contained
frightful proofs against the prisoner.
When he became acquainted with its
contents however, he found that his
earlier impressions were entirely
wrong. prolonged sensation)-
PicQuart then recalled the vehement
protests of innocence which the prison
er had not ceased to make during all
phases Of the degradation The witness
declared he was quite ignorant OF the
confessions Dreyfus is alleged to have
made TO Capt. Lebrun Renault.
Continuing Col PicQuart defended
himself against the charge that he had
always directed his efforts towards the
rehabilitation of Dreyfus, He said ne
had only directed the investigation
made to that end when he became
aware that the writings of Esterhazy
and the bordereau were identical and
that consequently the charges against
Dreyfus no longer existed
AFTER DU PATTY DE CLAM
During the course of his testimony
Col. Picquart asked to be confronted
with Major Du Patty De Clam and to be
peculiarities,' when Du Patty De Clam
is in the witness box.
Next the colonel examined the Dor
dereau and declared DreyfuS could not
have disclosed part of it.
Regarding the Madagascar note, the
witness disputed its value and said ne
did not believe it was a confidential
note. He added that if Dreyfus in his
capacity. of a prObatiOner, had asked
the witness for the note he would nave
handed it to him Immediately. There
fore he, Picquart, was unable TO I'M
derstand the sentence in the bordereau
reading:
This document was very difficult to
obtain"
Col Picquart then declared he had
never seen Dreyfus copy the smallest
document in the war Office. In the op1n-
ion of the witness the department.
where the bOrdereau was discovered
ought to have been searched when the
discovery was made This he explain
ed, was the department in which Du
Patty de Clam worked and that was
the department which was working on
the plan of the concentration of the
troops and the Madagascar expedition.
He added:
1T was in Major Du Patty de CLAIMS
department that the search should
have been made, or rather in his priv
ate room, where he worked quite alone"
(Sensation).
ness, had been guilty of grave i'm
prudence in having contrary to the reg
ulatiOns, had confidential documents
copied by single secretaries, non-com-
missioned officers and even private sol
diers, whereas the custom was that
such work was done solely by officers
Later on, the witness said he Won
dered if it was not to avoid the risk
of punishment that Du Patty de Clam
advanced the date of the reception of
the bOrdereau at the intelligence de-
partment, so as to make it prior to the
date of his-Du Patty de C1am'S-ar-
rival in the third department. (Sensa-
tiOn).
At 11:45 a. m. the court adjourned for
the day.
ANOTHER FORGERY.
Paris. Aug. IA special edition Of
the Figaro, just issued, exposes an
other alleged forgery in the DreyfuS
case by publishing the following tele-
gram from Ems:
THE letter of November 80, 1898, at
tributed to me and reproduced in the
Figaro OF August 16, 1899, is a forgery.
''(Signed), SCHNEIDER"
The foregoing refers to a letter al
legged to have been written by the
Austrian military attache at Berlin de-
claring Dreyfus had relations with
Germany. 1t was mentioned in the
testimony of Generals MERCER and
Roget.
A GLOOMY VIEW.
London, Aug. 1.-THE correspondents
of London papers in Rennes are almost
unanimous in taking a gloomy view,
of the prospects of Capt. Dreyfus. They
seem to believe it likely that he will be
found guilty.
The representative of the Daily Tele-
graph says that unless the German
government reveals the name of the
real traitor it is quite on the cards that
the same verdict will be rendered as
in the previous court martial.