The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-09-07


| Rcnncs, Sept. J. Immediately after
the opening Of the Drcyfus trial to-day,
the president Of the court, Col Jounust,
aroused the interest Of the audience by
rcmarking:
Maltrin Labor the other day, asked that
| Information be- obtained regarding the chnrac.
ter of % certain witnrs" would not have uc.
ccdcd n the witness had not expressed similar
desire. Information which has reached me
will bc read.
The clerk Of the court accordingly
read report regarding VI. Dubrucil.
who testified August - t. the effect
that Drcyfus met n German attachc nj
the house Of u mutual friend named
IIodson. and where the cross.cxamina-
tion reflected severely on his rcputa.
tion. The report was Ia the effect that
NJ. Dubreuil never was u horse dealer,
n claimed by NJ. Labori. and that the
character of the witness was most re-
spectacle, he being held IN general cs-
TEEN.
A groom named Grrmnin then de-
posed 10 seeing Drcvfus NJ the Grrman
army mancuvcrs In Alsacr. Col. .Jounrst
questioned Dreyfus on this point. The
general effect of the testimony of the
witness was rather unfnyorablc To the
prisoner. Gcrmnin declared he saddlcd
n horse for Dreyfus To follow the ma
ncuvcrs, and he said that Nal infrc.
Vile accompanied Drcyfus. adding that
the INA jor told the witness the name of
his companion. Col. .Iouaust quest ioncd
Drcyfus, and although he did not con
found the prisoner IN any way. Drcy-
fus made n weak reply In declaring
that he could not remember whether
he hired horses Of Gcrnain's employ or
or not.
Tho next two witnesses, however,
gave strong testimony In favor of Drcy-
fus and sadly knocked Gcrmain's tcsti-
mony about. Ills employer, "A man
named Kuhlman, got mp and declared
that all Germain had said was untrue
and Maj. Infrcvillr followed aud de.
clarcd he never knew Drcyfus, ~ Ger
mains illusions tn him were basclcss.
The next witness, Capt. Carvalho, n
handsome young artillery officer,
proved an excellent reinforcement for
Dreyfus. lie cmphatically declared
that there were no special precautions
to keep the mechanism of the 'iaO
short gun secret. Moreover, he
added, from April. 1894, the artillery
officers had description Of the hydro.
pneumatic brake given them.
Gcn. sebcrt followed. lie also proved
n trump GARD for Dcyfus, IN he declared
the wording of the bordcrcau revealed
professional ignorance. lie also said
the man who wrote II was not an AR
tillcry officer, aud said such mn officer
rs Drcyfus could not make the mis-
takes he referred to. Gcn. Scbcrt per.
tincntly pointed out that an artillery
officer would have known the interest
ing parts ri the firing manual and
would not have written IN the border.
eau take what interests you"
Maj Ducros dcposcd that he com.
manded field battery, that he knew
Drcyfus and oircrcd him certain infor-
nation. hut, he pointed ont, Drcyfus
never asked him u question, although
he knew he uhc wiincssJ possessed
most interesting information. notably
particulars about the hydro. o.pncumatic
brake.
Gcn. Mcrcicr here interviewed and
said that Mt the time Maj. DucroS was
speaking Of the Ducros field piece had
been rejected in favor ~ the Dcport
cannon, and, he said, Drcyfus there.
fore could have No object in procuring
particulars of the Ducros gun.
More support for Drcy fus was forth
coming In the deposition of Maj. Hart
man, ~ the artillery, who expressed
the opinion tina, the author Of the bor-
dcreau did not know what he was
writing about, since he spoke of the
"i.0 short" gun, when he meant the
"ia0 long" gun.
so far M the dcposiiions were con.
ccrncd Dreyfus certainly had every
reason Ia he pleased with ,o.day's pro-
cecdings.