Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-08-22
slish of his comfortable house and trav-

relish of his comfortable house and trav-
| els"
The witness. continuing, said Dreyfus was
| Well acquainted with the scheme for the
concentration of troops and could trace it
| TONERS could.
Witness. then detailed the work of the
| Inherent bureaus and proceeded to dem
| onstrate that the probationers were cog
| INFANT of the plans for the transportation
ana concentration of the troops and how
Dreyfus was ordered to draw up a report
| on the German artillery, comparing it with
the French artillery, and having access to
all the necessary documents.
In regard to the Madagascar note, Drey-
fus, Juncke claimed, told the witness his
cousin and produced him interesting in
| formation.
Captain Juncke then spoke of the ef-
forts of Dreyfus to secure the firing man
| ual and discussed the theory that Henry
the bordereau. Such a supposition. the
| captain declared, was utterly impossible.
,sst Later the witness corroborated the state
marking the petit bleu with the view of
| proving its genuineness.
Ihe monotony of the session at this
tulus. Captain Juncke was describing Incl
dents with Mile. Pays, said to have oc-
CURED cur IN the magistrate's office. one even
ing m when Esterhazy and his mistress. both
IN the highest spirits, discussed what they
should drink, and, he added. Mile. Pays
removed her bodice NJ. Bertulus rose sud-
denly, and, in a loud voice. asked permis-
sion to speak.
Colonel Jouaust-"You will have an op-
portunity later"
NJ. Bertulus-"I wish to speak at once"
colonel Jouaust-"You will have an OPP
portunity In your time, sir. You will have
it presently: Sit down.
captain Juncke proceeded and his ac-
count of what occurred on that occasion
was punctuated with laughter from the
| audience.
Al, Demange asked Captain Juncke why
M grfyEn t1,r tf..,~
information of the character which he ad-
duced to-day as proof against Dreyfus, and
why he had told the court of cessation
| Dreyfus to lead to the belief that he was
traitor. This someM hat confused the
of t. bs ADDED ahat ne he had abered
| to to-day's statements about the charac-
| ter of the prisoner.
Dreyfus ranfg after being asked the usual
4 will not speak to the witness of pri-
Eate condolences he has made to me- If
| Captain Juncke's ideas of honor allow him
| to diyul ge private conversation, mine do
not. l have clean hands. and / will keep
them clean. But there are a number of
first in regard to all the losses it is said
| sustained at the club at Mans. l declare
" was never member of the civil club
at Mans, never visited it and consequently
never sambled there. l am convinced that
| the members of the club are very re-
Spectacle and ask You simply to have an
speaking the truth
In regard to the lectures in the offices
OF the headquarters staff at which 1t is as
serted | was present. they occurred In De-
cember, 1875. | was absent at that time
and consequently did not attend the lee
The prisoner then proceeded to show that
IN July, 1884, the probationers were in
formed by an official circular that they
army, the nrst year in August and Sep
tember, and the second year in October,
November and December, all at period
when there were no maneuvers Regarding
the officers directing the dispatch of troops
at various points, Dreyfus dwelt upon the
fact that he. at that time. was on a mission
and was not at the maneuverS at all.
We must be precise" he added, land
I'm August, 1884," continued Dreyfus,
the second year probationers knew def
nitely that they were to go to various regi-
ments in October, November and Decem-
per and that, consequently, they would
Il do not KNOW" he proceeded, ''what
gossip the witness had retained in regard
to the Siam and Madagascar. 1 did not
should have greatly desired to partici-
pate in any expedition. 1t is the natural
have 6ad 81 fnr Sxery eeer But never could
there" Ao No"1'i'
Regarding the plans for provisioning and
superintended the printing of them. turn
about with the other probationers. The
sntire en- work did not devolve upon him, and
ne only saw small portion.
When Dreyfus had finished speaking,
coroner Jouaust invited NJ Bertullus to.
SPEAK, .Pe IA. and the latter literally sprang up
ways against the witness box and speaking
slowly and distinctly. he turned to the
"!lness, captain Juncke, and said:
Monsieur lie president, l will not do Cam
tain Juncke the honor to reply to the mar
ticuIars with which he has regaled the
sSuFf regiaIdngg the visit to my office July
ed court OF cessation. I am here There
tore, have not been punished and. there
10 d9re; e. my explanations satisfied the judges
NJ Bertullus admitted he left the office
WIN Win the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry and
thIp Hhaptaia @ JrnGke and accompanied them to
tne end OF the gallery adjoining the Office
because he was peculiarly Interested in
IN rneir investigation, which. he added, had
The magistrate greatly desired to k,o,r
what special papers they We're hunting for
out oid not succeed in learning. in spite of
all IBIS, his efforts + to extract the Information.
point IS clear, and, In regard thereto. T
declare Captain Junck's wish was the
father to the thought and he is wrong in
was traitor. My conviction on this point
has been unshaken since July 2, the dav
l arrested him, because at the bottom Of
presence OF traitor, of the sole traitor and
that In Esterhazy was the KEY to the triai
from which France is perishing That Is
why l arrested him, and this conviction.
gentlemen. has become more profound in
proportion as I proceeded with the case
against Esterhazy. I never could have said
ne was not traitor. I did not saw so he
cause l think Esterhazy is a traitor and
| Will maintain so again and again to
General Gonse-'I wish to saw a word >,
eral." seh-
General Gonse-"I should not have inter.
vened II l had not heard Captain Juncks
evidence contradicted. Captain Junck's ac-
count of his conversation with NJ. Ber-
tulus and Colonel Henry in the corridor of
the magistrates office is perfectly correct
as reported to me. These gentlemen called
on me and repeated the conversation they
had with NJ. Bertulus and all CAPTAIN
Junck told you he informed me of when
leaving M. Bertulus. The latter said:
know EsterhaZy. Now, he Is a flash
ing fellow, nobody, man of straw, but
nothing in it
Colonel Jouaust, addressing NJ. Bertullus.
said: Did you use those words?"
M. Bertulus-"1 will not contradict Gem
eral Gonse, who was not there. But as
sert and maintain that Captain Junck's
wish was father to the thought. I use the
most polite form of expression"
1t was thought the incident was closed,
but To,ooh2 SolGnel Pieauart jumped to his feet
Colonel Picquart insisted and, referring
to the petit bleu in order to demonstrate
how valueless was Captain Junck's evil
dence, said the court had only to compare
the captains evidence with the results of
to see the contradictions between him and
Major Lauth. The court, he added, then
would see the utter valuelessness of Cap
tain Juncks statements. (Sensation.)