Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-05

using its rights with the utmost mod

using its rights with the utmost mod
Grafton"
Colonel Jouaust: mo you are not.
beg YOU not TO drown my voice whom L
am speaking. Your very tone is want
ing in moderation Moreover, l consid-
en- the question unimportant."
There were prolonged murmurs OF as
sent and dissent at this declaration by
Colonel Jouaust.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DOSSIERS.
NJ. Labori said lie was surprised that
General Gonse had included incorrect
Information in the secret dossier and
asked General Gonse who made UP the
secret dosser
General Gonse: 81 composed one of
the secret dossiers by means of annex
ed documents communicated to the
ministry. but the minds Of all the war
ministers were made up before they had
any cognizance of the documents"
M. Labori: Does General Gonse as
sumo responsibility for those secret dos
siers to July 1882"
General Gonsc: Yes; / had charge
of It,"
NJ. Labori How happens it, then,
mat telegram from the French am
bassador ut Rome sent by the Foreign
Office to the War Office referring to
payments to IIsterhazy by an Italian
sier?"
General Gonse: There were plenty
of others. All were not included, but
only the most important"
NJ. Labor: WAS the information of
the French ambassador at Rome of less
Importance than the garbled conversa-
ton of ri. Painlove?"
JoUAUST TO THE RESCUE.
Colonel Jouaust: Il will not put the
NJ: Labori-Why was information
against Drcyfus always included in the
lcsterhazy?
Colonel Jouaust-I also refuse to put
that question.
NJ. Labori-All right. think the
question itself fully answered the pur-
pose.
,Commandant Cuier vho made up
the secret dosser, + to CoIonnI
Jouaust. explained "a on,jtted
everything cmanatn. Foreigners
as interested and m.soa IS" ia France.
NJ Laoort commented i'll Il surprised
way uDon the fact that alleged fresh
proofs against Dreyfus were still
spoken of and demanded that ali
proofs be produced once for all.
replying to NJ. Labori, Commandant
Cuignet declared that there were docu-
ments relating to Dreyfus in q dossier
connected with espionage in the Intel
ligence Department
M Labori said he must Insist that all
these documents must be produced nj
The secret session Of the ,lrt-martial
at which NJ. Cernuschl is to be cX-
amined
ANOTHER SPY HEARD, FROM.
M. Malt, who was on the staff of. the
Temps, testified that Spy Guenee in
formed him that the War Onlce had In
lisputaDle proof of the guilt of ORGY
fuS ana mentioned Il snapshot photo
graph representing Dreyfus conversing
with military attache at Brussels.
NJ. Temps, q special commissary of
the railway police, dcposcd that he
photographed the bordereau by order
or Colonel Sandherr. He had not man
lpuiated the plate with Il view to con-
ceaiing marks upon the documents.
ANGRY THREATS.
When the fac smile of the bordcreau
was published he tried to induce the
witness to implicate Colonel Picquart
IN the Dreyfus revelations. NJ Temps
detailed successive steps in his inyes-
legations. showing how Lieut.. Colonel
Henry and Commandant Lauth. had
brought pressure to bear to make him
implicate Lieut.. Colonel Picuuart, and
their angry threats when the witness
report did not suit them They accused
the witness of being influenced by
some one.
Replying to NJ Demangc. NJ. Tennis
Esterhazy in connection with the re-
port. EsterhaZy had been seen at n
foreign agents residencc, which had
two exits, and had other suspicious re-
iations Witness had found corrobora-
tion of this.
ANOTHER STATEMENT DENIED.
Detective Hennion testified regarding
the assertion TO the effect that Paul
mier. the valet of Colonel Schwartz
koppen, the German military attoche
had seen plans Of fortresses signed by
Dreyfus on his masters table. Al
liennion furnished typewritten re-
port on the subject. showing that Paul
mier never saw nor ever said hn had
seen such documents
NJ. Labor pointed out that the head
quarters staff had alleged that the de-
,ectiVe only reported that Paulmier had
disappeared and that his address was
unknown. Probably. NJ. Labori sug-
gcsted. the gentleman at headquarters
merely misunderstood the report of the
detective.
ALWAYS THE CASE"
NJ: Labori much regretted this report
could not be found, and added amid
much eXcitement:
But this is always the case. 1t is
always impossible to get at the bottom
of interesting incidents, owing to docu-
ments being missing"
Colonel Jouaust announced that there
would he q sitting In Camera to-mor-
row morning.
Upon suggestion of counsel for the
defense the court-martial therefore
adjourned for the day at l1:4O o'clocl;
a. nl
REFUGEE a FRAUD.
Vienna, Sept. 1.-The Neue Treie
Presse declares that no such family as
Cernuschi. The alleged descendant of
Servian royalty, who testified a Rcnnes