Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-08-08
Jouaust-"You had relations with a WON.

lations you an officer of the general starr
Dreyfus-'.I committed no indiscretion-"
Jouaust-"Your books were well kept
You had special resources. Passing through
the Champs Elysees in 1891, you remarked
on her. / have lost heavy sums at hel
house
Dreyfus-"It is false. have never gam
bled. Never! Never!'
Denies Acquaintance With Witnesses
Jouaust-"Did you know Major Du Patty
de Clam?"
Dreyfus-"No."
Jouaust-"Did you know Major Henry?"
Dreyfus-"No"
Jouaust-"You have no motive for ami
mpsity r1tS against gaNa !hem?"
Jouaust-"And Colonel Piequart?"
Dreyfus-"I don't know him.
Jouaust-"And Lieutenant colonel Es'
Dreyfus-'I don't know him
Jouaust-".You, never wrote him?'
Jouaust-"Colonel Du Patty de Clam say:
that your writing at his dictation was les:
firm when he made you undergo a trial or
the day of your arrest?"
Dreyfus- MY writing has not much
changed
Here a on-commissioned officer who wa:
standing in front of Major Carriere crossed
the platform and handed Dreyfus his writ
ing on the day of his arrest.
Dreyfus replied by insisting there wa:
nothing to show any perceptible change II
Colonel JouaIst then spoke of the inter.
view with Du Patty de Clam, and Dreyfus
replied:
Swears He Never Confessed.
'T never confessed anything to Du Paty
de Clam"
Here occurred one of the most dramatic
scenes in the examination. Dreyfus, ire.
mendously excited, swayed to and fro fol-
a moment and then all his pent up emotion
and Indignation burst forth and he cried, In
a piercing voice, heard throughout the
court and even by those standing outside:
1T is iniquitous to condemn an innocent
Dreyfus, as he uttered the words, raised
his right white gloved hand and held 1,
aloft,. as if appealing to heaven to vindi'
Jouaust-"Did you say: IF handed over
documents 1t was to have more importan,
ones in return
.Jouaust-"Did you say: In three years
they WIN recognize my innocence?' Why
did you say three years'?'
Dreyfqs-'I asked for all means of in;
was justified in hoping that at the end Of
two or three three years my innocence would
JouaustE"Why three years?"
Dreyfus-.Because a certain time is nee.
essary to obtain light"
The Interview With Patty de Clam.
Colonel Jouaust then said:
AT the time of your condemnation Du
Patty de Clam went to see you in the
Cherche Midi prison. What passed be-
tween you?"
Dreyfus-"He asked me If 1 had no,
obtain other information. ! replied no,
and added that 1t was iniquitous to con-
denim an innocent man: l also asked him
TO beg the minister of war to seek full
light to the affair."
Jouaust-"Did you say to him, referring
to foreign military attache. that you
Dreyfus-'No asked Du Patty de Clam
to have the investigation continued. ! said
any government which has means of in
vestigation could have the foreign military
attaches questioned. If I were in its place
rather than have an innocent man con.
demned. d l would force them to speak. even N
Colonel Jouaust then said:
Coming to the day of your, degradation
what passed between you and Captain LIE
of broken monologue on my part. 1 felt
that everybody knew of the crime with
I was not the guilty party. I wished tc
make clear that the criminal was not he
whom they had before their eyes, and ]
said, lie Brun, ! will cry y,n aloud my limo,
Jouaust-"Did you not say: The minister
knows I handed over documents'?"
Dreyfus-"No. If I spoke of minister
who knew l was innocent, I referred to a
conversation l previously had with Patty
de Clam
The Women in the Case.
Earlier in the examination. Colone
Jouaust asked:
Had you relations with lady living ir
the Rue Bizet?"
Preyfus, replied; "I had no intimate re.
lations with her"
point of view, but from military point OF
view. This woman was suspected of spy.
ing. Why did you. visit her?"
Dreyfus-"I only learned that at my tria
in 1884. Major Gondrion introduced me tt
her, and as Gondiron belonged to the in.
quiry 1ard he ought to have known if she
was suspected"
Dreyfus' voice was harsh. nasal and NJ
wise sympathetic. He spoke very low a.
first and later, as he grew more used tc
his surroundings, he spoke louder. more
responded with military precision to the
first questions of the judge. who opened
with an abrupt order to stand up. Dreyfus
thereupon stood, and Colonel Jouaust con
tinued:
Your name?'
alfred Dreyfus."
Your age?'a
"Thirty-nine years"
"Your profession?"
Captain of artillery
Where were you born?"
"Mulhleuse."
Dreyfus Treated Brusquely.
Colonel Jouaust treated Dreyfus brusque
ly, almost brutally, and it was a matter o.
satisfaction to the friends of the prisoner
when the latter set the judge himself righ
on certain dates connected with DreyfuS
stay on the general staff, but 1t was elo
quent testimony to the keenness of Drey
fus intellect.
his legs stretched out, his spurs resting OF
the ground. his hands Joined and resting OF
his lap. He repelled the insinuations tha
he had relations with German officers dur
ing his stay in Alsace in fiercely indignan
terms.
After the examination of the prisoner
was ended ths court decided to sit behinc
closed doors, by five votes to two.
Madame Dreyfus visited her husband th1:
afternoon, and found him hopeful, although
much unnerved, as the rigorous examina
ton, and especially the unfeeling demeanol
displayed toward him by Colonel Jouaust
proved a tremendous strain upon him.
There are many persons who were pres
ent at the trial now under the impression
that the harshness of the presiding judge
was assumed and was intended to disarn
the enemies of Dreyfus, who are exceed
ingly anxious to interpret ordinary dis
courtesy into the grossest partialtty to
ward the prisoner. II this be the case. ant
such an explanation is quite plausible
Dreyfus is naturally unaware of 1t. ant
the effect upon his highly strung nerve.
must be very severe.
Correspondents Protest.
| A meeting of the correspondents Of for
eign newspapers was held this evening t.
protest against the manner In which they
| have been treated in the distribution o.
tickets to the trial.
The English and American press men
who are the greatest sufferers from the
| unintelligent way in which the tickets Were
allotted, took the leading part in the pro
r,bi IN, ~