The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-02
Army Officers Come Forward and
Testify in Favor Of Captain
Dreyfus.
Some Declare 1t Impossible He
Should Have Written the
BOrdereau,
Because Of the Palpable Errors
Contained Therein So Other
Testimony.

RENNEs. Sept. 2.-Immediately after
the opening of the Dreyfus trial Colo
mel Jauaust aroused the interest of the
audience by remarking:
"Maitre Labor, the other day, asked
that information be obtained regarding
the character of a certain witness. |
would not have acceded if the witness
had not expressed a similar desire. In
formation which has now reached u
will be read"
The clerk of the court accordingly
read a report regarding NJ. Dubreuil,
the Partisan friend of NJ. De Beaure-
paire, showing him to be a reputable
citizen.
A groom named German then de-
posed to seeing Dreyfus at the German
army m~anoeuvers in Alsace. The gen.
eral effect of the testimony of the wit
ness was rather ~unfavorable to the
prisoner. German declared he saddled
a horse for Dreyfus to follow the
manoeuvers. and he said that Major
Infreville accompanied Dreyfus, adding
that the major told the witness the
name of his companion.
Colonel Jouast questioned Dreyfus,
and although he did not confound the
prisoner in any way, Dreyfus made a
weak reply in declaring that he could
not remember whether he hired horses
Of Germans employer OF not.
The next two witnesses however, gave
strong testimony in favor Of Dreyfus,
and sadly knocked Germans testimony
about. His employer, a man named
Kuhlman, got up and declared that all
German had said was untrue and
Major 1nfreville followed and declared
he knew Dreyfus, 50 Germans
illusions to him were baseless.
Roget Backed Down..
Lieutenant Bernheim testified that he
lent Esterhazy documents dealing with
artillery and was unable to get them
back. and Artillery Lieutenant Bru-
gere, who attended a gunnery course at
Chalons, testified that it was easy for
IN outsider to obtain particulars about
the guns. He said that he. himself. |
had on one occasion lent his firing man.
ual to an infantry officer. General Ro
get asked to be confronted with the
witness and said the latter wrote NJ.
Cavaignac, then minister of war, q VIC.
lent letter of resignation, in which he
declared it was a dishonor to serve in
the French army. This declaration
caused a scene, for Lieutenant Brugere,
turning to General Roget, cried:
II protest against General Roget's
words. affirm that l never said any
such a thing"
General Roget then backed down,
saying:
Well, that was the general sense of
the letter."
A roar Of disgust came from the an.
dience at this apparent ~underhanded.
ness upon the part Of the general, and
Lieutenant Brugere again emphatically
declared General Roget was wrong. NJ.
Labor and Colonel Jouaust agreed that
the letter should be obtained from the
ministry of war and read in court. The
lieutenant expressed satisfaction at this
step, while the general returned to his
seat with less buoyancy than he left it.
The next witness, Captain Carvalho,
a handsome young artillery officer.
proved an excellent reinforcement for
Dreyfus. He emphatically declared
there We're no special precautions to
keep the mechanism Of the "l20 short
gun secret. Moreover. he added, from
April, 1894, the artillery officers had a
description of the hydro-pneumatic
brake given them.
Here" said Captain Carvalho, sis
an actual copy Of the manual which l
hand owe. to the courtmartial."
Could Not Have Been Dreyfus.
General Sebert followed. He also
proved a trump card for Dreyfus, as he
declares the wording of the bordereau
revealed professional ignorance. He
also said the nan who wrote it was not
an artillery officer and said such an of.
icer as Dreyfus could not make the
mistakes he referred to-. General Sc
bert entered into a lengthy explanation
OF his statements, ~pertinently pointing
out that an artillery officer would have
known the interesting parts of the firing
manual, and would not have written in
the bordereau take what interests
you"
The general again declared that the
bordereau could not have been written
by an artille-y officer or by one who
had passed through the Polytechnic
school. This made a profound impress |
sion IN the court. which was intensified |
when General Sebert, who is a veneer
able looking gentleman, concluded fear
lessly:
II am happy to have had the strength
to carry here my stone towards the
edifce Of PREPARATION, which the court is
building up with so much care and con-
fdence, while holding itself aloof from
outside passions"
Believed to he Murder.
LENA, Wis, Sept. Prank Coy was