Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-19
COL. PICQUART
Gives Valuable Testimony in
Favor Of Capt. Dreyfus.
OverthrOws Many Of the Points Here
tofore Against the Accused.
Creates Favorable imp and Drcyius'
Case Gains Ground

copyright, 1889. BY The Associate! Press
Rrnnes. Aug. lA-A severe blow {,
the military SIT IL was when the Srhnci-
der dispatch was made known. at !
o'clock, this morning. in the r,foctu-
ri"s and til. hotels. u Was j source II
jubilatinn ia The other side
Gen. Merci"r had greatly emphasized
its Importance when giving his cvi-
dcncc. His manner Was victorious ~
hc handed the alleged letter NJ CuL
Schneider to the president of the. court
martial. To be added 10 and filed with
| tins other papers connected with III,
trial. These generals at Rcnncs HAY,
NJ standing counsel to advise them
They show forensic ability in making
speeches when they ought to BE- Civ
ing evidence, but they lack lawycr-li
prudence and legal practice
Any advocate would have felt how
risky it was TO dwell on such a docu-
mcnt as an Intercepted letter from a
military attache. especially in view of
the forgeries with which the secret
dossirrs tremed. After all than had
TRANSFERRED about the letters Of military
attaches to each other, in 1874 the
attaches in seIf-dcfence were bound to
discrcdt everything in the secret dos
sisrs. These letters were supported
by police reports. Were they publish
"a. the world would read them aghast
IS at least 127 persons in all must
have seen them. the authors, real or
alleged. would find themselves on the
defensive.
.f,t.
scented themselves To Gen. Mcrciers
mind that he believed in the authenti-
city of his document and pinned his
faith to it is now laughed at every
where His best friends call him a
donkey and his enemies rejoice.
Col. Panizzardi trumps Col. Schnci-
ders denial of his alleged letter by
writing and branding as a forgery the
report that Gen. Roget said he Paniz
zardD wrote to the late Signor Ress
mann, the Italian ambassador. regard
ing the relations Of COZ SchWartZkop-
pen with Dreyfus.
Col. Schneider sends his Contradic-
ton to the Figaro from Ems ana Col.
Panzzardi makes use Of that paper in
telcCraphing from Rome to give the
lie Is the whole Of RoEct's statement
80 far as it dealt with the alleged re-
port to Rcssmann. The Figaro at
once teIegraphed both communications
to Rcnnes where they were posted in
the hotels for the edificaton of the
patrons.
The Austrian and Italian embassies
attest the genuine of the Schneider
and Pauizzardi dispatches. MERCER
feels that he has thrown the fat into
the fire and he looked depressed and
out of countenance. today. 50 did
Gen. Roget. who is a stronger man.
the tears he shed at
the close Of his deposition. yesterday.
But both were tired ana pale through
out the tiresomc Humiliation.
Gen. MERCER had laid aside his fine
and wore. this morning,
shabby alpaca suit. He looked
wrctcncd creature without his fine be-
longngs Gen. Roget, however. came
with all his gold lace and plumcs.
The Dreyfusites greatly fear for Pic
quarts life. The stalWarts among
them now guard him. He looks a man
with an unpropitious star and he has
always been unlucky, unless in having
that peace of soul that passeth all un-