The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-08

not present. as counsel desired TO question
him. and in any case he (M. LaborD wanted
Cernuschi had suffered from insanity ana
was destitute OF moral sense: The defense
mao discoVeIe1 .ndi ptTadi,Ion ns and he
was pronounced TO be altogether worthless
and unreliable. Counsel also said that al
refugee, II Cernuschi had not left Austria
| he would have been placed In an asylum for
| the insane.
| NJ. Labori then asked that letter received
from the witness Grener should be read.
| The government commissary admitted re-
ceiving the letter. but said IL was OF no i'm,
| portance Counsel thought otherwise and
read copy OF the letter which Grenier had
sent him simultaneously with the one TO
| Major Carriere. The letter referred to an
epistle from EsterhaZy showing the latter
| great interest In questions outside of his
| duties: that Esterhazy had in his possession
oMciai . doSumenisi that ne c on t Num- nm
that he had expressed supreme contempt for
the French army.
| Colonel Jouaust remarked that IL the let
ter had reached him he would not have made
use OF IT. as 1t had nothing to do with the
| Dreyfus case.
| dissent, and M. Labori retorted that he was
| of quite an opposite opinion. He said Gen.
Chamoin had handed the court letter from
| Colonel Schwartzkoppen to his government
| announcing that he was about to send the
| information regarding the real electives of
fne RUSSIAN army and this , was also rel
Schwartzkoppen had also mentioned the
Paris and Toulon maneuvers. which would
nxpan the Rnrase Il am going to the
night after the arrest of Dreyfus and NJ.
Labori declared he would be glad to hear
the generals on that point.
ARMY OFFICERS EXPLAIN.
General Roget accordingly marched to the
platform. In regard to the mobilization of
the Russian army he said a well-informed
/ OF
Revue Bleu owing to the indiscretions of a
| certain person he would not name, as he.
the general. did not wish to compromise
| him.
| Captain Cuignet confirmed General Roget,
| adding that 1t must not be concluded that
| the information furnished to the German
| general stan did not emanate from Dreyfus.
| The fact that II took a fortnight to reach
| its destination proved nothing.
General Mercier also interviewed to show
| that any information furnished by Ester
hazy could have had no value.
| Colonel PicQuart offered explanations of
the leakage I'm 1893. and General MERCER
1mped up Sad pr Of
| minister being called leakages.
| At the request of M. Labori the evidence
Court of Cessation was read. 1t described
how Esterhazy employed Ecolle to execute
sketch of a rifle which. afterward. Ester
| imaginary plan of mobilization.
| Alter further evidence on this point let
ter from ESterhazy to General Roget Was
no use was made of his Information, and
violently attacked M. Bertillon, who. ac-
se er 10 tbs ernaxy ought TO De IN an
| hazy complained of his miserable condition,
described General De Bosdeffre as a scoun-
drel and the Echo de Paris as dirty Jew
| abandon him and then prosecute him. After
repeating his threats Esterhazy wrote that
L 10 Uyar 10 mos ol fHAr <aft ta harl
| eau he could not have supplied the informa-
| ton contained in II and expressed surprise
role played by Colonel Picquart. He then
attacked, turn about, all the officers of the
| general staff.
At this juncture NJ Labor said he thought
the court had quite enough Of this edifyfng
j letter and asked that the rest of IL be not
read. But Major Carriere objected, remark
M. Labori-They all are interesting, and
would like to have them all read.
Major Carriere-They are all of the same
1 degree of interest They are all rot.
The reading then proceeded In a letter
containing long string of bitter recrimin-
alton and violent insults. particularly in re-
gard to certain members of the court
martial whose impartiality was impugned,
Esterhazy declared: IT viii say or do moth
| But I, an old and faithful servant, have
been denounced and have fallen beneath the
b,oT rs arseT haTing Deen nasey &
| erals"
After Major Hartmann had briefly refuted
| General Merciers statement that the Ger
mans always termed the hydro-pneumatic
| brake the hydraulic brake" which Hart
mann declared to be absolutely untrue. Col
Jouaust. though requested by M. Laborf to
| allow M. Defondes Lacthe to be re-ex-
| amined, refused to hear any further evil
dence and adjourned the court for the usual
brief interval.
OFFICERS LEAVE RENNEs.
The session was resumed at 1O:15 a. m,
when Major Carriere began the speech for
| the prosecution. This signal for the
military witnesses to retire, and headed by
| the generals, they bowed to the judges and
trooped out Of court, In accordance with the
orders Of the minister of war, General De
Galiifet, to start to rejoin the regiments
summing up Of the prosecution.
Major Carriere began summing UP by
reading the Judgment Of the Court of Cas-
sation and the questions referred to in the
present court-martial. The major said:
Colonel and councillors: BY Judgment.
| June 3 last, Of the Court of Cessation the
| Dreyfus case was sent before court-martial
at Rennes. L read the budget at the be-
| ginning Of the trial. 1t quashes and annuls
the Judgment of Dec; q. 1894. against Capt.
Alfred Dreyfus. and sends him before a
| court-martial at Rennes to be tried on the
following question: is Capt. Alfred Drey-
nachinatons for the benet Of fonesn
power by delivering the documents men
toned in the bordereau?
| hGQneS
is the same as that Of 1894. The trial has
been public and has been conducted with
| ali the fullness possible, to answer the re-
| quirements Of Justice and public opinion. 1t
Is my duty to discharge the task of justice
| with moderation. / have no personal opinion
to defend. 1 have carefully examined the
| documents seeking Scrupulously to ascer-
| tain the truth, without malice without pas
sion and without fear"
| Major Carriere then entered on a review
| OF the case. He defended the secret sessions
| as being necessary, while they did not injure
the diffusion of light. He traced the espion-
| age plot. recalled the discovery of the bor-
| dereau and the investigation showing the
traitor was Dreyfus, reviewed Dreyfus's
| prosecution and trial and the Judgment Of
SIMPLE AND UPRIGHT"
The proceedings" said Major Carriere,
were conducted according to the prevailing
conditions. I will say nothing more in re-
gard to the moral character of the prisoner,
the question Of his gambling or consortng
| with loose women. 1t has been said that
| We military men are not clever and are not
| tactful. Maybe tIat Is So But We are a
| simple and upright people who proceed d.
| rectly towards our duty and our acts are
| always characterized by good faith"
| The major proceeded to examine the bor-
| dereau, saying that apart from the question
| Of the handwriting, upon which even the
| experts fell out, he thought the references
| TO covering the troops and the artillery
formation were very significant. Esterhazy
| he pointed out, would have had no difficultv
| In securing the firing manual, therefore he