The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-08
TIE LARGEST AUDIENCE.
The Interest il the Dreyfus Trial
at Rennes is By No Means
on the Wane.
sAWenAUD DECLARED A PtRJuaER
u striking Incident-Indignant Spec
tatOrs-Gen. ZuPllnden ON the
stand-Lieut.-Col. Du Patty De
CLAIMS Deposition Proves to be
IN Ex-Parte Affair.

Rennes, Sept. 1.-Two hours of the
opening Of the court-martial of Capt.
Dreyfus were spent behind closed
doors.
The largest audience yet assembled
in the Lycee was present when the
open session began at $3.50 o'clock.
Senator Trarieux, former minister of
justice, at once resumed his deposit
ton, which had been interrupted by
the adjournment of the cour. Tues.
day. M. Trarieux took up the testi-
mony Of Savignaud, witness for the
prosecution, who had asserted that he
had seen letters addressed to NJ.
Scheurer-Kestner, former vice-presi-
dent of the senate, by Ieut.-Col. Pic
quart while Savignaud was Pcquarts
orderly in Tunis.
savlGnaud . Perjurer.
NJ. Trarieux declared that Savignaud
was perjurer, and that two officers
visited Savignaud before the court
martial opened, NJ. Trarieux limiting
that the officers had drilled Scavignaud
on the testimony he should give.
Savignaud replied, reiterating the
truth of his previous testimony.
Licut.-Col. Picquart then arose and
repeated his denial of Savignaud's
story.
M. Trarieux delivered his testimony
the question of the petit bleu, which,
he said. he was convinced was anthem
tic. He proceeded to comment upon
the questionable role played by Com
mandant Lauth in the affair.
A Striking Incident.
A striking incident occurred when
Commandant Lauth, a moment later,
asserted that Lieut.-Col. Picquart had
always shown the greatest contempt
for the officers of his bureau, assert
ing that on one occasion Picquart had
brought to the general staff, in the
presence of Mesdames Henry and
Lauth, q woman, Madame D., who
was the wife OF magistrate, and,
Lauth intimated, Picquart's mistress.
Lieut.-Col. Picquart arose and cried
II protest, absolutely
Indignant Spectators.
At the same time there arose from
the spectators a chorus of indignant
cries of "Canaille;" ''Cochon" and
miserable The gendarmes were
ordered to suppress the outbursts of
Indignation which had been evoked by
the conduct of Commandment Iauth in
publicly naming woman in a scan
ualous connection.
Gen. Zurlinden On the stand.
Gen. Zurlinden, formerly minister
Of war, followed Commandant Laut,,
al the witness bar. Gen. Zurlinden
spoke in justification of his action
while he was military governor of
Paris and minister of war in the mat
ter of the prosecution of Lieut.. Col.
Picquart, taking the ground that the
measure was absolutely necessary, liz
order that the court should clear up
the charge of forgery brought against
ricquart.
Moreover, Gen. Zurlinden said the
minister of justice has persuaded him
TO send Lieut.-Col. Picquart before a
military court.
The General Reproduced.
NJ. lrarieux replied to Gen. Zurlin-
den, reprcaching him with Lieut.. -Col.
ficquart's ten months in prison.
M. Labori then tackled Gen. Zurlin-
den, who admitted that the magiste-
rial inquiry showed that the petit bleu
was not tempered with when it first
arrived at the intelligence department.
and that consequently Picquart could
not have been guilty, as alleged. of dis
torting the document.
NJ. Paleoiogue Called.
/. III. Labori asked that NJ. Paleologue,
The expert of the foreign Office, be con-
suited with reference to the reading
before the court of diplomatic docu-
ments which established irrefutably
the authenticity of the petit bleu.
NJ. Paleologue, who sits behind the
judges. came to the front of the stage
and said that he did not know to what
documents NJ. Labori alluded.
The Document In Question.
1.-The document" replied NJ Labor.
"in which is recounted conversation
between M. Delcasse former prime
ministerD and Count Won Munster
Ledenburg German minister to Paris),
MISUNDERSTANDING had said Col.
Schwartzkoppen had admitted that he
sent Maj. Esterhaxy number of tele-
graphic cards or petit bleu's.
LabOri Was Correct.
NJ. Paleologue responded that what
II. Labor said was quite true, and
that the document belonged to the
diplomatic dossier As TO the petit
bleu in question, added NJ. Paleologuc.
Col. Schwartzkoppen could affirm
whether he wrote it himself, or
whether he had not seen it. but IN
any case, NJ. Paleologue said he be-
lieyed it was sent by Col. Schwartz
koppen.
This declaration by the expert of the
foreign Office created marked sensa-
lion in court
Du Patty DE CLAIMS Deposition
The deposition of Lieut.-Col. Du
Patty de Clam, which was taken by
Magistrate Travernier was then read.