The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-07

the wife Of a magistrate, and, Lauth
intimated, Picquarts mistress.
Lieut.. Col. Picquart arose and cried:
II protest absolutely"
At the same time there arose from the
spectators a chorus Of indignant cries
Of oh 'canaille, ''cochon" and
miserable" The gendarmes were or
dered to repress the outburse of indig-
nation. which had been evoked by the
conduct Of CommaHdant Lauth public
" naming a woman in a scandalous
connection.
After the introduction of a letter pur-
porting to fix the date OF the bordereau
as Aug 6, 1894, the evidence of Lieut.
Col Du Patty de Clam. which was ia
ken on commission by Magistrate Ia
vernier, was read. In his deposition
Du Patty de Clam began by replying to
attacks against him as soldier and cit
lien. He complained that slanderous
statements, unsupported by proof, had
been made regarding him. The deposit
ton laid stress upon the fact that the
charge against him had been dismissed,
and the sole object of his slanderers
was to malign him. He denied that n
had ever had relations with Lieut.. Hen
~ OF with the publication of articles,
or with furnishing Esterhazy with the
document liberateur"
The witness admitted that he had had
relations with Major Esterhazy. and re-
peated the explanations with reference
thereto which he gave before the court
OF cessation. With regard to the Drey-
fus case, the witness declared that he
was not connected with the facts in the
bordereau
After detailing the course of this in
vestigation, Du Patty de- Clam said that
For. F19art -
Ius had been distinctly issued. quite in
dependent of the dictation. Witness
then declared the famous scene. in thu
course OF which he said Dreyfus dis
played an emotion regarding the cause
IN Which there might be differences of
opinion; but the fact, witness assert
ea, was undeniable that NJ. Cochefert
the chlef detective of the department.
VINO was present, declared the prison.
er's agitation as an indication of his
guilt. u ms
Wlth regard to the date of the bor-
oereau, Du Patty de Clam expressed the
opinion that it must have been written
between the 18th and 3Oth of Auenst
LOS. Inc witness denied all statements
attributed to him with regard 10 the
1LcotrecI versions of the Panizzardi tel
go s.,ii, Du Faty de Clam referred to the
preparation by himself of secon5
commentary intended to show who Was
tne traltor among the officers at the
headquarters Of the general star "v-bo
must be a Captain D" "1o
regarding the interview with Cant
DreyIus, Du Patty de Clam declar ad
snat ne never said to Dreyfus: "Tha
.IIilIiser Knows You are innocent" The
inn OF war never spoke of deliver
ers. " ootaln oth-
what preyfus said was: mo M
laJoI, l 90 not wish to plead extenuatI
ing circumstances. NV counsel -.
pIolhlsed me that in three. five mr. CIV
years my innocence will be admitted
later Dreyfus said: Major. I know
your peiief. / have not opposed #
know you are an honest man, but I as
sure you, you made a mistake. Sect
what you call my accomplices and what
4 can tne cuiprits, and you will find
was Seek" 0 " nm
The deponent swore that Auar,,+t;,,,.
contained in his statement was frua
ne deposition concluded with comics NJ
letters from Madame Dreyfus showing
that mis- relations with her had ALWAYS
peen OF the most courteous nature The
court martial adjourned for the day 81
1.50 o'clock. ' at
IL is understood that as a, result ne
tnls mornings scene between Col. Ion
aust. president of the court martial and
M. Labor, leading counsel for the de-
renee, the latter wishes to retire from
the case. He is convinced that fine
judges are utterly hostile to him. and
1t is said that he has conceived the idea
OF a dramatic withdrawal at the OMEN
ing Of tomorrow's session.
A meeting of NJ. Laberi's friends will
be held at his house to determine
whether such a step is advisable M
Laooris withdrawal from the case
would be tantamount to a public de-
claration Of his feelings that the Judges
nave shown bias against Dreyfus and
MS counsel The opinion of the Drefus-
ards this afternoon appears to be on
posed to the contemplated step, which
they think the ti-Dreyfusards would
represent as an admission of the weak
ness of Capt. Dreyfus' case.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press called at the house of M. Labori.
Where the advocates secretary said he
was able to give positive denial to the
statement that Labor was about to
Withdraw now that the trial was draw
ing to a close
With reference to Coils. Schwartzkop-
pen and Panizzardi, the secretary said
that no message whatever had been re-
ceived up to the present time (6 o'clock
p. ND He thought it quite possible that
the two men were not coming in person,
but would send dispositions, in which
event the trial would doubtless end on
Monday or Tuesday of next week. 1t
is thought the closing speeches of the
counsel will begin Friday.