The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-22

sta" that the country at the time had
been on the verge OF war with Germany.
M"rclcr admitted that an explanation
OF the secret doSSicr had been prcparod.
but that he WAS unable 20 produce il, us
1t had been destroyed. He felt that he
mad right to do this. as the document
had been prepared for his personal use.
Nj. Lrbon, former minister Of the colo
MICS, after admitting that the story OF
the horrible treatment accorded to Drcy-
fuS on Devils island was correct, sod
that he had been order, Il by his supcriors
TO adopt course OF the utmost rigor.
This was the only point in the trial a.
which Drcyfus wcpt.
Nlmc. Henry, the widow Of the colonel
who, after c"nfcSsing that nc prepared
the bordcrcau and being ,rrcSt,., there
Tor had committed Suicide. testified that
her husband was firmly convinced of the
guilt OF l,rryfuS and that what he had
done was simply for IT, good OF France
General RoGrt& vvitr:lru was II vitriol-
ic diatribc against Drrytu* from begin
ming to end and WAS practically IL rcpc,i-
ton Of Mrrcicrs testimony.
Nj. Bcrtullus, the examining magistrate
who received Lieutenant Colonel iIcnry's
confession of forgery, Saih that an cX-
EauStivc examination of the ease and tho
application OF the p:ncirlr Of exclusion
tended to conyincc hin that it was not
possible for DrryCuS to have committed
the crime OF which he was accused
Coloncl iiruuari, star witness for the
defense, next testified.
Coming to the discovery of the hor-
drrcau at the time that lie waS in charge
of the secret bureau and had been or
dcrrd to investigate the Drcyfus case he
described how th" handwriting of every
Douy at headquarters WAS examined and
told how Du Patty dc Clam was assigned
to compare I he handwriting of the ducu-
mcnt with that OF Drcyfts De Clam
urged DrcyfuS' Immediate arrest and 4
search Of his housr. which was made:
but. the witness added, nothing was dis
covered previous to the first trial rN-
r"pt the bor'!crcau. i'icuu"rt said that
he expressed the opinion that the bor-
drr"au WAS Insufficient. and il was ut
that tHnrturc that Henry made his son
Hati"nal deposition to the officers Of the
court martial resulting in Drryfus' con-
Viction. In reply 10 RnErts inSinuation
that Iiruuart had tried to substitute
Dorval for Drcyrus as tho traitor, Pic
quart said that the former WAS under
strict surveillance for Il long time by or
der of GenHal ;hsrlin!oH IIr added
that it w"uN have hc,~ anposshlc for
DrryfuS to have written the hor,lcrrau
and concluded his testimony with the
statement that ii Hrryf1iS Eot the note
about Madagascar he Wa; smarter than
his chief Ni"Eiarn, who had not at that
time received il. IicQuart further tcsti-
tied that he i:St saw the secret dosSi"r in
August. 1896, at which time hc made an
exhaustive examination OF tn" documents
contained in it, lie discussed them one
Ivy one and rNpElinrd De Cinin'S Part in
manufacturing the case against DrcyruS.
Certain OF The pieces in the diplomatic
aoSSirr he demonstrated To he fuvgrrirS
Others he proved could not possibly be
construed rs pointing 10 DrryfuS' treason.
lie then startled the court by the state
mcnt that war map and other papers OF
the greatest Importance had dSnppcarcI
from the hu&"au after DrcyfuS had been
transported. Answering the ALLEGATION
that he mad selected EStrrhazy rs a vic.
tim because Of his dislike fu.. him. he
shid that he had not known Of F.Stpr-
hnHy's existence until he began IN invcs-
tigation Of The Drryfus NATTER Henry
had stated to him that he could find moth
Ing against Estcrhazy and always re-