The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-05
Who the officer Was.

The allusion was evidently to Colonel
Schwartzkoppen the military attache of
the German embassy in. Paris in 1894,
whose movements We're coincident with
those described as the movements of
the officer in Cernuschi's deposition.
Now, this evidence is of transcenden-
tai Importance to the prosecution, and
it is incredible, unless Cernuschi is
proved to be humbug. that the gov
eminent commissary, Major Carriere,
should have admitted that he had re-
ceived a letter from him Offering i'm
portant testimony, and thrown it aside,
on the ground of its coming from a
political refugee.
The deposition evoked expressions of
incredulity. One suspicious feature was
the fact that although the witness said
he could not speak French fiuently, his
! letter to Colonel Jouaust asking an OPP
portunity to testify was drawn up in
perfect French.
Chance For the Defense. RI
This introduction of a foreigner as
witness for the prosecution gave NJ.
Labori an opportunity to submit the
most important request he has made
throughout the trial, a request which.
if granted by Colonel Jouaust, though
this is extremely doubtful, would GER
tainly have momentous &C lsequences,
NJ. Labor announced his intention,
in view of the step taken by the prose-
cution in calling foreign evidence, to
ask that inquiry should be made
through the regular diplomatic chan
nels as to whether the documents men
toned in the bordereau were actually
communicated, and, if so, by whom.
This involves an application to the Ger
man government, which the courtmar-
tial is scarcely likely to approve. In
any case, the application means the
lengthening of the trial for several
weeks. The introduction Of Cernuschi
and the other developments of the day,
it is generally predicted, imply another
fortnight's sitting, at the least.
Closed Doors Today.
Cernuschi will be heard tomorrow be-
hind closed DOORS At the same time
there will probably be an examination
Of the secret dossiers to which Captain
Cuignet referred this morning, and
which M. Labori Immediately asked to
have produced in court. This dossier
consists of twelve or fourteen docu-
ments, and it is difficult to see why, if
they had any value, the etat major
have not had them produced earlier.
The etat major are not in the habit of
holding back documents calculated to
prove of the slightest service to their
cause, as is SHOWN IN the case of the
note concerning NJ. Hadamard's doubts
of the innocence of his cousin, which
was incorrect, but which was. neverthe-
less, included in the secret dossier,
while the important document stating,
on the authority of the French minister
in Rome, that an Italian military at
tache paid Esterhazy 100000 francs, was
omitted from the secret dossier.
1t is perfectly evident that the italian
attache did not pay Esterhazy such a
sum on account of, as the French said,
his beautiful e-res, and the document
was the best evidence that Esterhazy is
the traitor. Nevertheless, the etat ma
jor carefully kept this out of view.
General Gonse Cornered.
NJ. Painleve, the distinguished mathe-
matician, cornered General Gonse on
the latter's falsified version of M. Had