Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-20
DAY.,
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACED
-, cav that to the Court Of Casa.

. .no renuest OF NJ Demangc, the
.,..o,.s deposition before the Court OF
|. ~,ssa,,on. relating 10 Henry's motives
"A pa,v de Clans share in the prepara-
49,, ~ tbe forgery. was read. 1t showed
,bat cuignct emphotlcally declared before
the Court OF Cessation that nc was con-
"a on Investigation would easily show
80, po,v do cam was the principal au-
thor OF the Henry forgery
v,,,ncss claimed he thought he was DO
a., re- duty lin saying all that was in
he mind
"Do YOU adhere. asked counsel. TO
or 90, said before the fun Court of Cas-
sationT
,rti. question grcatlr confused the wit
ress who attempted TO explain by saying
DO was only arguing at the time" and
TINT II was not for him TO Judge Patty de
clam
when Dreyfus was asked II he wished
20 reply 20 this witness. he declared he
had never asked Major Cuignet for docu-
uents. except by the desire OF his chief.
Major Berlin
AN the details which Major Cuignet
has given on this subject" said the pris-
oner. "sprang out Of his own magma
ton. and are due to the same state Oh
mind which prompts unreasoning Di.''
ness even against On innocent man
PATTY DE CLANS PRESENCE NANA
ED.
The name Of Major Du faty oe , ca
was then called. whereuPo!i LAW 81, a.,
riere said Patty dc Clam had been orlcpii-
lv Informed that HIS presence was NUTS
-, % fine court martial, and II was
boped he would be able to como as soon
az nossIble- but the government commits
s,oner had heard nothing from him since
this notification was sent
Az tho request Of NJ. Demange. 1t was
decided 70 notify Patty de Clam that the
court-martial was ready TO hear his de-
POSITION.
DE BOISDEFFRE.
General de Boisdefrre. formerly chief or
the general stan OF the French army,
then advanced TO the witness-stano, ana
took the customary oath 10 tell the truth
The General remarked that In view 81
the exhaustive evidence already given ne
vrouId try TO be brief. He hurriedly re-
viewed the leakage in the Ministry or
war. the discovery Of the bordereau, the
arrest and trial Of Dreyfus, and the lat
ter's alleged confessions. before the cere-
mory Of degradation, TO Captain Iebrun-
Renault
W3tness said be believed the confess
sions were genuine. He next referred 10
Colonel PicQuarts appearance In the IN
tenigence Department although the VII
ness had hesitated to appoint him, be-
cause he thought Picquart too selt-conh-
aen, and not sufficiently deferential to-
ward his chiefs.
cit has been said" continued General
de Boisdeffre. that q second package Oh
papers was shown the judges Of the court
martial Of 1894 ! positively assert that
so far as J am concerned / never or
dered Colonel Picquart to convey eny
envelope TO Colonel MaureL'
CONTRADICTION OF PICQUART.
The General next described the inter
view between himself and Colonel Pic
quart. when the latter hrst mentioned
Esterhazy, without. however, connecting
him with the Dreyfus affair. Witness
discredited Colonel Pcquart's statement
that the latter asked him (witnes0 not
TO mention the investigation to General
Gonse.
General IL Boisdeffre. whose evidence
was attentively followed. especially by
the members Of the court martial, then
related the incidents Of his interviews
with PicquaTt. how he sent Picquart 10
see General Gonse, and General Gonse
s,lbsequent letter 20 the witness advislpS
, continuance OF the Investigations re-
pardiur Esterhazy, but adding that he
affair must not be mixed up with the
prevfus affair As Colonel Picquart per-
sisted in trying TO hurry matters, ana
was neclecting his other duties, the wit
ness proposed 10 the Minister OF war 10
send him. not in disgrace, on a mission
10 Tonklng. but the Minister OF War the
General asserted, found another mission
Cor him.
sCHEURER- * ESTNER INTERVIEW
TION.
Everything, the General added, went
quietly for a year, until Nj. Scheurer-
Kestner interviewed. This was Followed
bv the denunciation Of Esterhazy oy
Matthew Dreyfus. and the inquiry INTO
Esterhazy's proceedings. -,
AT that time" the witness SAID
was convinced of the guilt of Dreyius'
and this conviction is as strong to-day
as ever" (Sensauon)
.'ESTERHAZY ALWAYS FIBBlNG.
81 regard 1t as an abominable crime"
continued tho General, "to have endea-
vored 10 substitute for him a man OF
straw however disreputabe he may nave
been and whatever his offence which IN
any case could not lessen the gullt OF
Dreyfus. My conviction is the same as
al the commencement Of the affair rs
terhazy. il is true at a certain pyscho-
logical and well-chosen moment assert
ed that he had written the bordereau,
but he has made many other statements.
He is always telling lies. What is GER
tain Is that ne could never have delivered
the documents enumerated In the borde-
reau."
Then the witness briefly referred TO the
trial and acquittal Of Esterhazy, and che
latters threats to proclaim himself a
tool OF the Generals staff, after which
the General alluded TO the Henry forgery
and NJ. Cavaignacs interrogatlons Of
Henry.
DE BOIsDEFFRES RESIGNATION.
you know the result" said he. appa-
reutly much moved. II will not tell YOU
what ! suffered at that moment. AS soon
- everything was ended i rendered my
resignation. but was asked 10 withdraw
n 1 was told every one was liable 20
mistake. but / replied that while every
. one was liable TO err every one had not
had the misfortune as / had, 10 assert 10
a Jury that document was genuine when
an reality IL was forged; that every one
ought 10 stand by his word, ana that
when a man happened 10 experience such
misfortune. there was nothing left Tor
him but 10 go away, and from that mo-
ment have held aloof" (Sensation)
LEAKAGE AFTER DREYFUS CON
DEMNATION.