The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-20
telligence department and to elicit Wig
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mark, as the representative of the'goyeru-
ment that he must not be understood to
| indorse all Maj Cuignet mad said with
reference to a foreign military officer,
Who at the present moment held a dlpio-
matic appointment in France" (Seusa-
ton).
Replying to NJ. Demanee. Maj. Cuignet
| insisted that if Henry committed forgery
1T was in the interests Of the country"
| 10 this statement, counse! retorted: "You
did not say that to the Court of Casa
ton"
+ At the request of NJ. Demange, the ma
! jor's deposition before the Court of Casa
tion, relating to Henry's motives and Du
Patty de CLAIMS share in the preparation
| OF the forgery, was read 1t showed that
! Cuignet emphatically declared before the
/ Court of Cessation that he was convinced
| al investigation would easily show that
Du Patty de Clam was the principal author
| Of the Henry forgery.
The witness claimed he thought he was
doing his duty "in saying an thai is In my
mind" DO you adhere asked counsel.
10 al you said before the fun Court of
Cassation?"
This question greatly confused the wit
| ness who attempted TO explain by saying
he was only arguing at that tine ana
that it was not for him to judge Paty de
Clam
When Dreyfus was asked If he wished
to reply to this w ness he declared he had
never asked Maj Cugnet for documents
! except by the desire OF his chief Mai.
! Reru IAN the details which Mai. Cuig-
| net has given on this subject said the
| prisoner, ''sprang out of his own imagin-
alton and are due 10 the same state of
mind which prompts unreasOuing bitter
ness even against an innocent man" The
name of Du Patty De Clam was then call
ed, whereupOn Maj Carriere said Patty De
Clam had been Officially informed that his
presence was necessary to the courtmar-
tial and it was hoped he would be able to
! come as soon as possible, but the govern
ment comm issary had heard nothing from
him since this notification was sent. At
the request of NJ. Demange it was decided
to notify Du Patty De Clam, that the court
martial was ready 10 hear his deposition.
De BOisdefTre i'm the Box.
Gen. De Bosdeffre, former chief of the
general staff of the French army, then
advanced to the witness box and took the
customary oath to tell the truth. The gen
eral remarked that in view of the ex-
haustlye evidence already given he would
try to be brief He hurriedly reviewed
the leakage in the ministry of war, the
discovery of the bordereau, the arrest and
trial of Dreyfus and the latter's alleged
confessions before the ceremony of degra-
datiou 10 Capt. Lebrun Renault. The
witness said he believed the confessions
were genuine He next referred to Col
Picquarts appearance in the Intelligence
department, although the witness had hes
itated TO appoint him because he thought
Picquart too self-confdent and not suffi-
ciently deferental toward the chiefs.
1T has been sad' continued Gen. de
Boisdefre, that a secret package of pa
pers was shown the judges of the court
martial of 1894 l positively assert that.
so far as I am concerned, never ordered
Col. Pcquart to convey any envelope TO
! Col Mauriel"
The general next described the inter
view between himself and Col. Pcquart
when the latter first mentioned Esterhazy,
without, however, connecting him with the
Dreyfus affair The witness discreditel
Col. Picquart's statement that the latter
asked him not to mention the inyostiga-
ton to Gen. Gonse.
Gen. de Boisdefre whose evidence was
attentively followed. especially by the
members of the courtmartial. then related
the Incidents of his interviews with Pic
quart. how he sent Pcquart 90 see Gen.
Gonse, and Gen. Gonse's subsequent let
Ter to the witness, advising a continu-
ance of the Investigations regarding Es-
terhazy, but adding that il must not he
mixed up with the Dreyfus affair. AS
Col. Picquart in trying to hurry mat
ters, was neglecHng his other duties, the
witness proposed to the minister of war
to send him, not in disgrace, on a mis-
sion to Tonking, but the minister of war,
the general asserted, found another mis-
sion for him.
Hard on ESterhazy.
Everything, the general added, went
quietly for a year, until VI. Scheurer-
Kestner intervened. This was followed by
the denunciation of Esterhazy by Mat
thieu Dreyfus and the inquiry into Es-
terhazys proceedings
"At that time" the witness said. "I was
x.fi n .l,fe
conviction is as strong to-day as ver."
(SensatiOn.) Il regard it as an abomia abe
crime" continued tre general, TO have
cndeavored 10 substitute for him a man of
straw however. dsr5 Dutable he may have
been and whatever MS of1ense wE!ch in
any case would not lessen the guilt of
Dreyfus My conviction is the same as at
the commencement Of the affair. Ester
ha2y. II is true at a certain psychological
and singularly well chosen moment con-
| fessed to having written the bordercau,
but he had made many other statements.
He is always telling es. What is certain
, is that he could have never delivered the
documents enumerated in the bordereau." d"
Then the witness briefly referred T. the
triaf and acquittal Of EsterhaZy and his
threats to proclaim himself of the general
stan after the general alluded to The Hen
ry forgery and NJ. Cavaignac's interroea-
tions of Henry. You know the result -
said he apparently much moved. II win
not tell you what suffered at that mo-
ment. AS soon as everything was ended, /
rendered my resignation. but was asked
to withdraw IL. l was Old every one could
make mistake, but / replied that, VIII le
every one was liable 10 err, every one had
not the misfortune, as ] had. to assert TO
jury that a document was genuine when
in reality it was forged; that one ought
to stand by ones word, and that when a
man happened to experience such a mis-
fortune there was moth ng left for him but
to go away, and from hat moment have
held aloof." (5ens9t.on)
The Leakage Continued.
Replying to the court Gen. De Bois-
deffre admitted that The leakage a. the
headquarters continued after the condem-
nation Of Dreyfus. it eased for a year,
but in 1895 a paper was discovered prov
ing the communication 70 foreign gov
eminent of a document belating to the
distribution of the artillery aud showing
that a foreign government was perfectly
acquainted with the changes made.