The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-17

General Roget next spoke of the arrest
at Beifort of Guenelh, declaring Picquari
cooked up the allegations of spying
i against Guenelli in order to attract to
himself the approval Of his superiors.
The witness then dwelt upon the al
legged devices of Dreyfus to procure in
formation from the various Bureaux in
regard to the mobilization and concen-
tration of the troops pointing out that
| while Intelligent and Industrious. Dreyfus
was "far too inquisitive in matters
which did not concern him, to the detri-
ment of his proper duties.''
Replying to a question of the Court,
General Roget said that. so far as he
knew, Dreyfus had only been given an
imaginary task as a test.
The prisoner listened intensely to the
the witness. whose self-control com
trasted markedly with HIS excitement OF
yesterday
M. Demange asked Colonel Jouaust,
President of the court martial to request
| General Roget to repeat the explanations
which he had given before the Court OF
! Cassation in regard to the part played
| in the affair by Major Du Patty de Clam
whereupon the witness traversed the old
| ground in regard to Patty de Clans steps
| to warn Esterhazy of the campaign said
/ to be organizing against him. The Cen
| eral said he believed the forged sSper-
anza, letters were either written by Patty
de Claim or instigated by him. Witness
| said he had not acted against Patty de
Clam because he saw nothing culpable
] In what he had done to save Esterhazy.
With reference to the Document Liber-
! ateur." which. If Is perhaps necessary to
plain. was a document forged in order to
secure the release of Esterhazy when he
was court marttaled. General Roget said
| he only knew how 1t reached the Minister
| of War, adding that its disappearance
from that ministry was mystery. But,
he said. doubtless Patty de Clam could
explain the matter.
Counsel for the defense here wanted to
know how. under such circumstances.
Patty de CLAIMS Intervention in behalf Of
Esterhazy could be explained. But the
witness could only attribute it to Patty
de Clam's moral conviction of Ester
hazy's innocence
In any case" said the General, "the
General Staff must be entirely disasso-
ciated with the part played by Du Patty
de Clam in this matter"
Certainly replied NJ. Demange.
Il attach great Importance to this
point" was the Generals next remark
M. Demange agreed to this but added
what / would like to know is, how an
innocent man like Esterhazy was thought
to need this kind of help?" Laughtero
'It is certain / should not have done
it,'' answered the witness, which caused
renewed laughter.
General Roget then added that although
he would not have intervened himself to
save Esterhazy he did not consider the
course followed as being reprehensible.
M. Demange then questioned the witness
as to what he thought of Esterhazy's at
tempt to obtain from an agent a deelara-
ton that he had nothing to do with the
affair, to which the General replied that
he knew nothing Of such an attempt.
But when NJ Demange read General
Renouard's s report on the subject, Roget
admitted that Esterhazy's attempt was
certainly curious proceedings for an
innocent man to undertake.
Counsel thereupon invited the special
attention of the court martial to the wit
ness reply. Then he took the General to
task for playing. yesterday, the part of
general accuser, particularly towards
Colonel Picquart. During the course of
his remarks M. Demange referred to the
document known as the petit bleu and the
erasures in it, The General admitted the
erasures might have been made with the
view of giving the document suspicious
appearance. But he intimated Picquart
made the erasures and reinserted the
name of Esterhazy after taking the pho
tograph exhibited before the Court of
Cessation.
Counsel insisted the Justification oc-
Cured after the petit bleu left Picauart's
hands and demanded further explanations
from the witness. The General. however
said he was unable to testify as to who
falsifed the document or as to why it was
done. But he did not think it was done
with the view of compromising Picquart
At this juncture there was a little spar
ring bout between NJ. Demange and Major
Carriere, the representative of the Gov
ernment in the case. The former desired
information in regard to the espionage
meeting at Basle, Switzerland. and the
recall, on account of peculation, of an
agent named Lajeul, who was correspond
ing with, certain foreign agent. Major
Carriere objected TO the discussion of the
subject at this stage, for. he said. it would
be contrary to the spirit of discipline for
the General to discuss these details. The
President of the Court upheld the protest
of the Government representative and M
Demange continued his examination of
General Roget.
How was it you know" counsel asked
the witness, that 600,0 600 francs was Of
fered Esterhazy if he would confess to
being the author of the bordereau?"
II heard it," the witness replied from
the Court of Enquiry which tried Ester
hazy, and from Esterhazy himself"
"Ahl' exclaimed counsel. 1T was Es-
terhazy who said it. Just so!' (Laugh-
ter.)
why was his residence searehed?" NJ
Demange then asked, and the General
answered.
"Esterhazy, at one time. had the docu-
ment containing the words .cette canaille
de D. and might, therefore, have had
Others
You admit, tflen.'' asked NJ Demange,
that he might have had interesting doc
uments?1
when one is conducting an inquiry,
said the witness. one must expect any
thing and search accordingly
Admitting counsel then said that
Esterhazy was the agent OF the Dreyfus
"a, rd Ha4 J, ho