The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18

vigorous CROSS examination and the glib and
voluble General soon became stammernR,
hesitating and exaggerated witness. He an
swered several questions put to him by the
court rtal In an uncertain and more or less
vague manner. and when NJ. Demange prodded
him with a series OF searching inquiries he soon
became confused and angry. When questioned
! in regard to his erasure OF Esterhazys name
from the petit bleu and correcting It In order
to throw susplcop upon Plcquart he had no
explanation to give. The witness was also un-
able to say why II was necessary to save Es-
terhazy II he was innocent.
Gen. Roget repeatedly answered. II don't
know" in reply to questions on points upon
| which he had dllated with the greatest assur-
ance In his original declaration.
N. DemanZe asked him how he knew that
100000 francs was offered to Esterhazy II he
would say he wrote the bordereau. Roget
replied: From Esterhazy's declaration"
whereat there was great laughter In the court
room. Later. while being questioned on the
subject Of Esterhazy's innocence. Roget ad-
mitted reRretfully that 'one never knows
| where one Is"
Finally NJ. Demange asked; Seeing that
Dreyfus is accused only on the bordereau OF
| which he is utterly ignorant. what would you
have him do beyond protesting his innocence?"
After some hesitation Gen. Roget replied:
We'll. II French officer was accused OF trea-
| son 1t seems to me he would find some argu-
ments to advance in his defence" This ended
| Roget's examination.
When Dreyfus got the usual opportunity to
speak he said that tho only fact in Gen. Roget's
| testimony was his mention OF his (Dreyfus's)
study OF maps relative to the concentration OF
troops. This. he said. was certainly true. for
| he examined them openly as a student at head
] quarters with the object OF learning all he
] could The rest OF RoRets testimony. he said.
| was solely an argument based on a hypothesis
! to which 1t would be impossible to answer.
NJ. BERTULUs SAYS DREYFUs IS INNOCENT.
NJ. Bertulus. the magistrate who made the
| preliminary examination in the Esterhazy
case. was the next witness. His testimony was
| important. but hardly a word Of it was audible
| to any one of the platform, After the witness
| had spoken fifteen minutes even Major Car
| riere. the Governments representative. said he
had heard nothing. The President asked the
| other Judges ifthey could hear what the witness
| was saying. Some Of them said they could not
and the witness was requested to repeat his tes-
| timony. He did so, speaking in a louder tone
| but the improvement was not great.
Dreyfus who sat within six feet OF the witness
| had to lean forward with his hand behind his
| ear. The witness gesticulated freely and made
| a curious figure. his arms and legs moving
vigorously. while not sound could be heard
| Many OF the spectators left the hall.
| Stenographers who were close to NJ Bertulus
| say that he repeated the evidence he gave be-
fore the Court OF Cessation. and. replying to
| RoRet's insinuations. insisted that on the occa-
| sion OF his interview with Henry, the latter
broke down and made virtual confession in
| the light OF his tBertuluss) discoveries and
| begged the witness to save tho army from ex-
| exposure and disgrace.
D The audience finally did hear n. Bertulus
proclaim: Il believe that Dreyfus Is innocent.
| believe 1t. II for no other reason. because the
| Court OF Cessation pronounced the bordereau
| the work OF Esterhazy. Indeed there Is not
the slightest evidence duplicating Dreyfus."
After the recess NJ. Bertuus was cross-ex-
amined. He denied Gen. Roget's statement
| that he had declared Esterhazy innocent. He
| had never done So That question. NJ. Bertulus
| said. had never come before him In his capacity
as magistrate.
NINE. HENRY CALLS HIM JUDAS.
As NJ. Bertulus was leaving the stand Nine.
| Henry. whose husbands character had been
| painted in the blacklist colors by the witness.
sprang forward signalled him to stop and con-
| fronted tho Judges. She bitterly reproaohed
| him for his attack upon her dead husbands
character and denied the charges Bertulus had
made. and passionately declared that instead
| OF Bertulus Wringing q confession OF treason
|
kissed him at the close OF their last interview.
Then in a fine burst Of Indignation she de-
| scribed Bertulus's alleged embrace OF her
husband as tho kiss OF Judas" adding bitter
words Of denunciation against this man." as
she repeatedly described him.
NJ. Bertulus quietly reaffirmed his original
statements.
NJ. Demangs asked Nine. Henry why Per-
tulus should kiss her husband.
| tha Drac NJ pn fr1n a nd
Major Carriere. all talked at once. and
nothing they said was distin guishable. The
incident was then closed
COL PIoouART's pEFENcE OF DREYFUs.
Then came the man for whose appearance
every one has been impatiently waiting since
the trial began. Col Picquart. As this intrepid
| self possessed man. with virle face and figure
| came to the stand he was less impressive. per-
haps. In citizens clothes than the uniformed
| Generals who had preceded him. but when his
| clear. ringing voice was heard In every corner
OF the room. the spectators welcomed him for
this. II for nothing else He spoke with the air
OF q man who had clear and definite state
ment to make. and was determined to proclaim
the truth. not caring who believed or did not
believe what he said There was none OF Gen
RoRets air OF endeavoring to persuade the
Judges to his way OF thinking. He took up all
OF the charges and insinuations which had
been made against him. answering each one
whether it involved the Dreyfus case or not
Col. Picquart began by stating how he en-
tered the General Staff. Coming to the discov-
cry OF the bordereau he described how the
handwriting OF everybody at headquarters
was examined and Lieut.. Col. Du Patty de Clam
was assigned to compare the handwriting oil
the document with that OF Dreyfus. Du Patty
. de Clam urged DreyfuS's immediate arrest.
saying that q search OF Dreyfuss house
would certainly be fruitful. but as matter Of
|, fact nothing was discovered previous to the
trial Of Dreyfus except the bordereau.
, Plcquart said that he expressed the opinion
that the bordereau was insufficient and then
Col. Henry gave his sensational deposi
ton. The witness protested theoretically
that he had never aided in the dis
appearance or non-ao1uirement OF doc
, uments relating to the Dreyfus case.
Some documents have disappeared" hi
said, but that was not my work"