The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25
Nothing Startling Transpiring in the Court
Martial of Dreyfus.
STAFF OFFICERS IN A PANIC.
of the Charge
Esterhazey a in
Blast the Private Characte Defendant-Genera
ionze',o oadE Stand-Panizzardi
rmi,t o Testify-zA Dying
Testm

[Or DrSyIuS.
Dreyfus, which harmonized with those
of the generals who have already testi-
fled; but the witness was unable TO
give single specific fact to subStan-
tiate his impressions.
Major Dreviell, employed in the Ger
man section of the war office, testified
| to long string of similar insinuations.
He referred to Dreyfus' alleged boast
| fulpess of his money and his irI egular
| attendance at the office.
| After Dreyfus had rebutted one or
| two Of this witness statements Major
du Chatelet was called. He described
| the alleged condolences Of Dreyfus in re-
| gard to women and gambling.
| Maitre Demange expressed surprise
/ at the fact that the witness had not
| mentioned this at the cour-martial Of
| 1894, to which Major du Chatelet re-
| piled: What! Here was a man ac-
| and you think you ought to have re-
| tailed his condolences in regard to Wo-
! men and gambling? Nonsense!'
| Dreyfus briefly corrected some of du
| Chatelet's statements and then du
| Brieul who described himself as a pri-
waite gentleman, took the stand. He
| testified as to how he was introduced
| to Dreyfus by a certain NJ. Bodson, at
! whose house the witness afterwards
dined in company with Dreyfus and a
! German attache, whose name he did not
| remember.
! greatly astonished at the suspicious
| familiarity between the attache and
| Dreyfus and that, perceiving they dis
| approved of his presence, M. du Brieul
ceased his visits to M. Bodson, when
| the latter asked the reason for this,
saying. according to the witness, that
Dreyfus was a friend and even a
| lover of his wife, and asking witness
| advice as to how to get rid of her. Wit
ness asked M. Bodson if he had proofs
and Bodson replied: Proofs! Yes,
have even proofs enough to drive
Dreyfus ont of the French army"
| Witness, however, was unable to
learn to what M. Bodson referred.
M. Labori, after questioning the char
| acter Of M. du Brieul, asked the gov
ernment commissary if he had made
inquiry ON the subject from the police
| of Coutance, to which Major Carriere
| replied: THAT is a strange request"
M. La'bori 'Everything is strange IN
this case and the evidence of this wit
! ness is by no means least strange"
| Being pressed to describe more clear
ly the alleged German attache, M. du
Brieul replied that he did not know his
name, but was told he was attached to
the German embassy.
M. Labori: WAS he a military or a
civil attache?''
M. du Brieul: II do not remember.
do not know. Let Maitre Labori put
himself in my place Oaughter) and he
will see the difficulty Of remembering
the name of a stranger he met thir-
teen years ago."
his name I should not come here to
testify. So, here is another Beaure-
paire witness, who knows nothing. yet
| testlfies against the prisoner without
being able TO substaniate his allega
tfons. The court will draw its own
| conclusion"
Dreyufus protested excitedly against
the evidence of M. du Brieul, who is a
Partisan friend of M. de Beaurepaire
but Colonel Jouaust exhorted him to
be calm, promising the prisoner q
| chance to reply.
This arrived shortly afterwards and
DreyfuS thundered out: Il won't speak
here of Monsieur or Madame Bodson
except to say that my relations with
| Nine. BOdson ceased in 1886 or 1887
since when I have never seen her.
wish simply to assert that the witness
is lying. 1 never dined at M. Bodson's
| with any civil or military attache. The
| matter must be cleared up. People
must produce definite facts here and moi
mere tittle-tattle. The name Of the per.
! son with whom I am alleged to have
| dined must be ascertained. 1t must be
, known here who is lying and who i:
. | speaking the truth" (Great sensation,
The government commissary: II
must be understood that I must refuse
| to undertake the inquiry Maitre Labor
suggests with reference to II. d,
| Brieul.''
NJ. Labori: The government com
: missioner must not think anyone in
tends to be disrespectful to him; but
) | have received information that tn,
1 AnthOrlfipS
able to give interesting information i,
| regard to NJ. du Breul. If I write t.
, | the public prosecutor he will not repl.
20 me, but, If the government commits
sfoner refuses my request, will appl,
! | to the president who is here solely con
cerned with the demonstration of tn
: truth. will beg him to be the inter
| pretor or this respectful request.
know better than anyone how mucl
. greater than mine is the position of tn
| government commissioner
: M. du Brieul having supported M
E Labor's request, Colonel Jouaust an
|, | nounced that he would carry it out
3 he could legally do so.
When this incident concluded the tria
9 again became utterly monotonous.
MAJOR LEROND TESTIFIES.
Major Lerond, professor at the mil
= itary school, described his relation
| with Esterhazey and Picquart. tellin
, | how Esterhazey attended to artiller
manoeuvres of 1894 and 1896 and touch
, ing upon Picquart's subsequent in
. quiry as to whether, in 1894, Esterhaze
could have obtained secret document
relating to new inventions, to which in
lquiry the witness replied in the mega
. tive. The major added that, durin
this interview. PicQuart, said he, spok
8 in behalf Of the minister of war Thj
( Colonel Picquart afterward denied.