The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
PROVEN I0 Be A TRAITOR
Esterhazy Practically Makes
This Admission in the
Dreyfus Case.
EOID A SECRET SESSION
L.bori Puts Series of Questions
Tending to Show Unreliability
Of Major ESterhazy.

Tending to Show Unreliability
Of Major ESterhazy.
illnesses Testify to His Confession Of
Writing the Bordereau-Roget Ad-
mits That He Got Letters From
Him Since the Trial Began-For-
eign Testimony to be Admitted.
Rennes, Sept. Determination of the
,cret espionage dossier was the sole
lsypatiou Of the Dreyfus court-mar-
n during it sitting in secret, the de-
hon having been reached, in view of
Il message from Gen. de Gallifet,
Inister Of War, to hear the rest Of
IA evidence of Ceruschi in open court.
Nhen the open session of the court
sartial began NJ. Labori presented
rmal application to the court for an
s1er upon Major Carrere, the Govern
Sent C0mmisSary, to request that in
rested foreign governments, through
.blOmatic channels, communicate to the
surt various documents relating TO the
srdereau. LabOri said he thought this
|ep would worry nobody and that it
saS in conformity with precedents.
Major Carriere replied that he did
81 think the Government could ask
|hother Government for the restora-
'bn of documents. He suggested that
Ae defense should obtain and submit
IA papers semi-officially to the court.
Il saw no objection to hearing Col.
'hwartzkoppen and Sig. Panizzardi
4 they consented to come.
DOL JouauSt said the court would
ride the matter later, and meanwhile
|bceeded with the taking of evidence.
The first witness who was called to
& bar was the reporter, Basset, whom
|& Matin sent to London to interview
dior Count Ferdinand Walzin Ester
~. The witness deposed that Ester
NY confessed to him that he wrote
e bOrdereau under orders from Col.
'1ndherr who was then Chief of the
|&cret Intelligence Bureau.
The order, Esterhazy said, was to
'ltch the traitor at the headquarters
n the General Staff, whom Esterhazy
|8erward said was Captain Dreyfus.
Major Carriere here burst out with
N extraordinary protest against Major
terhazy's insinuations against Col.
.Hndherr.
n protest" he cried. sin the name
As memory Of Col. Sandherr against
fze inSinuatiOns introduced against
AIm."
". Labori, however, ignored this pro-
'st which he styled "a ridiculous pre-
sntiOn"
y. Labori then called upon Gen. Ro-
to testify regarding letters he had
Eeived from Esterhazy since the
ening of the trial.
Zen. Roget looked the ghost of his
Rmer assertive self. His face was
ewOn and showed little of that
lting spirit which first characterized
appearance upon the stage. He re-
fd that he only opened one letter
'n Major Esterhazy, which he had
warded to Col. Jouaust. Gen. Roget
Ped that he had declined to receive
Ter letters.
Labori then asked Col. Jouaust
have the letter read.
Ol Jouaust at first declined. but M.
bori insisted so firmly that Col. Jou.
after wrangling awhile, gave way
consented that the letter should
read later.
len. Roget then read the one Ester
y letter which he admitted having
ned. In this letter Major Ester
y said he could not prove the exist
Of the alleged syndicate organized
the interest of Dreyfus and COM
med that the General Staff had re-
I'd to give him fair hearing.
Labori then put series of ques-
s intended to bring out the fact
the General Staff had made use
Aa1or EsterhaZy even after he was
wn to be unreliable.
'en. Roget said he had not confessed
or Esterhazy's avowals to be OF
value.
Demange asked Gen. Roget his
Ion of Major Esterhazy.
have an absolute conviction" re-
! Zen. Roget, amid cries of "Oh"
the audience, "that Major Ester
is stranger to treason"
en' Roget delivered a short dis
sc in reply to the statement that
phrase in the bordereau 81 am going
BE manoeuvres'' showed that Drey-
could not be the author of the bor-
au Gen. Roget maintained that
Anothe was wrong.
h. Breyfus arose and in a clear
emphatically insisted that the cir
Of May II, 1894, announcing that
Practitioners would not go to the
ceuyres was written in the clear
shguage, which the Court would
It was read. He reiterated that
peyer asked to go to the manoeu-
Tor he was absolutely convinced
such n request would not have
granted.
l'eites, reporter for the Temps,
ned that he saw Major Esterhazy
pnuon, and that the latter had con-
mat he was the author of the
ereau.
Irarieux's deposition closed the
session. He made very telling
ore the session closed the judges
the request of Maitre Labor
iOfeign attaches be called to testl-
behalf Of Dreyfus.
10 DO just Now iu the Garden.
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