The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-09-09

ne eAD0ftlereau under ORDER
from .Colonel SaIdherr, who was then
chief Of the secret Intelligence bureau.
The order. Esterliazy said, was to
catch a traitor Mt the headquarters of
the general staff, whom EsterhaZy aft
EDWARDS snid was Dreyfus.
ltOEct'a Hrayatio Gone.
Labori then called upon Roget to
testify regarding letters he received
from Esterhazy since the opening of
this trial Roget looked The ghost OF
his former ;ssertive self. His face wa
rev and showed little of the
fighting spirit which at first character
lied his appearance upon the stage.
He replied that he only opened one LETT
ter from Esterhazy, which lie had for
warded to Jouaust. Roget added that
he declined to receive other letters.
Labori asked Jouaust to have the let
tiers read. @
Jouaust at first declined, but Lnbori
insisted so firmly that Jouaust, after
wrangling awhile, gave way and con-
sented that the letters be read. Jouuust
explained that he opposed reading the
letters because they only contained
personal attacks upon various parties
III III +lS<t. IL ttlSE SIpIoIlSd
ton of the trial.
Roget then read the lssterluzy letter
which he admitted having opened. In.
this letter E%sterhazy sad he could not
lrove the existence of the alleged syn
dictate organized in the interest of
Dreyfns and complained that the gen
eral staff had refused to give him a fair
hearing.
Iatiori then put a series of ques-
tfons intended to bring out the fact
that the general staff made use of lEs-
terhaZy even after he was known to be
unreliable.
Roget said he had not considered Is
terhazy's avowals of any value.
Jouaust Aids Roget.
Labori sought to question Roget
nor closely III his statement that
none of the members of the general
staff had any relations with Esterhazy,
but Jouaust declined to ai.ow further
discussion.
This led to another scene between
president and counsel, Labori declar-
ing that Roget. who came more as a
public prosecutor than as Il witness,
refused to reply to probing questions.
A little later IaDori questioned Gem
eral Billot OH what is known as the
liberating document
General Iurlinlen then came upon
the platform. He spoke n few words
respecting the general stntf's belief in
Esterhazy.
Demange asked Roget his opinion of
Esterhazy. Il have an absolute con-
viction," replied Roget, amid cries of
oh" from the audience, that Ester
haZy is u stranger to treason
Roget then delivered a short dis
course in reply to the statement of De
Fond-Lamotte Saturday that the
phrase i'll the bordereau, Il am going
10 the maneuvers," showed Dreyfus
could not be the author of the bor-
dercau. Roget maintained Lamotte
was wrong.
Dreyfus arose and emphatically in
sisted that the circular of May II, 1894,
announcing that prohationers were not
to go to the maneuvers was written i'll
the clearest language, which the court
would see if it We're read. He reiter-
ated he never asked to 90 to the ma
neuvcrs. for he was absolutely on
WINGED that such u request would not
be granted.
Detres. reporter for the Temps, testi-
fed he saw EstethaZy in London and
the latter confessed he was the author
of the bordereau.
Traricux Favorable 10 Drcyfus.
TrarieuN, formerly minister of JUS
tice, made a long deposition III favor
of Drcyfus, reviewing the history OF
the case and his w part in connec-
ton Herewith. TrarietlN's deposition
closed the public session. lie made Il
very telling speech, describing how his
original belief in the guilt of Dreyfls
was first shaken, and then completely
changed to a conviction of his inno-
ccnce by subsequent developments and
the noble conduct of Scheurer-Kestner,
formerly vice president of the senate.
Letters exchanged between GonZ and
Picquart also strengthened his con-
viction. TraricuN spoke of the machine
atoms against Pieqnart. He said he
accused nobody. lie believed, how
ever, the chiefs were deceived Ira
rieuX recounted Il conversation with Il
foreign ambassador, who declared, in a
tone of the greatest sincerity, that
.Dreyfus never had relations with him
nor any officer of his country. while
the ambassador added hat he
possessed documents proving the
guilt of Esterhazy. Trarieux
delivered Il very impressive passage,
recalling the execution of the English
Admiral Dying on the charge. of trea-
SON. who afterwards was found to have
been ~uniustly condemned. rraricux
said Frenchnen might well dread to
have such a b%Ioodstain upon their his
tory as, through the execution of
Dying. mars the history of England.
TrarieuN said Roget and Cuignet were
wrong in the conclusion they had
drawn from the correspondence Of
agents a. and "B," that Dreyfus was
guilty. He reiterated that the amhns-
s;tlor to whom he previously referred
affirmed that Esterhazy Was n traitor,
and the former minister of Justice de-
clared in an emphatic tone. whichmade
Il deep impression on his hearers, that
no parallel ought 10 be drawn between
an officer like Dreyfns and l;sterhazy,
who had not cventhe soul of II French-
man.
An Invitation to Germany.
Traricux alluded to the bordereau,
and was interrupted by Carricre, who
sdiu tnai WHY III opHuseu uiTect OIL
cinl application to The foreign govern
ments mentioned in the bordarenu. yet,
if by il side wind the documents could
lie produced he certainly would be per-
snnally much pleased. This is prnc-
tically an invitation to Germany to vol
unteer to communicate the documents
i'll question.
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