The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-24


the. court Of cessation would Be read.
The clerk Of the court. lccordlngly,
read EGteThaEyfB deposition. - publish-
Cd IN April last The reading occupied
an hour. during which the audience de-
voted most Of its attention 70 II. La
bori. whose appearance denoted no de
intuition Of energy. The palloF which
was noticeable IN his face yesterday,
was replaced BY rudy glow, though
there were signs that he was suffering
occasional eKcruciating tWinges.
After brief adiodrnment. II. Labor
asked that three letter. addressed by
ESterhaEY 70 the prelident Of the re-
public should be read.
After the letters had been read. Gen.
G0nse said he desired to reply TO Ester
hays statements. During the course
Of his observations, the general said
EsterhazyS allegation that he was the
right-hand man Of the general stan
was absolutely false. The Mont SOur1B
Interview, Gonse continued, occurred in
July, 1898. But" he added, ''as Major
Du Patty de Clam and Lieutenant Coli
0nei Henry. Ieet General De IjoIsdeilfe
and myself In the dark In regard to
their movements, e va 6nly by chance
heard Off ft6udis w erIbelln.
After this 81. Labod said he desired
to know II General GpnSe did not eon-
slider himgelf In some measure respon-
Bible for the proceedings Of Patty de
Clam, The general replied In the mega
tive and added that he was conscious
that he had always done his duty. The
witness admitted, however, that Patty
de Clam was not altogether innocent Of
q share in the appearance oe the "Dixi"
article which appeared In the Libre Pa
role and gave the public the GTst infor-
nation regarding the character Of the
secret doSsier and the intrigues against
Colonel Piequart.
When General Gonse was asked what
he thought Of Patty de CLANS interviews
with Maitre TeEenas, EsterhaEy's coun.
sci. General Gonse replied: ''EsterhaEy
was q sort Of special prisoner. He re-
tRlned hiB liberty. not because he was
under the protection Of the general
stan, but because General sauSsier so
ordered It."
n. Laborf remarked that General
SausSIer acted IN this manner because
he had been deceived by the headquar-
ters stan in this regard to Esterha4y,
adding: THAT Is a point which Il Is
very important TO emphasize" Great
sensatfon.)
General De BoiSdeffre at this point
took the occasion to redefend himself.
II ask leave" he said, ''only to tell the
court that give the most absolute con-
tradiction to EsterhaEy's evidence"
The evidence Of Mile. Pays, the friend
Of EsterhREy, given before the court Of
cessation, was then read by the clerk
OF the court as the witness did not APP
pear when her name was called.
General Lebelin de DIonne. governor
Of the military college. then testified
to Dreyfus'a character at college. The
prisoner. he said. displayed great intelIi.
Gence, but he'd deplorabie temper. He
recalled q remark Of Dreyfus that the
people Of AlaSce-Lorraine would be
much happier under German rule than
under the rule OF France.
The prisoner. referring 70 the recrimi-
nations mentioned by General De
Dionne explained that during his first
year ct the military college he attain
ed very high marks, that the second
year he almost held his place, when, he
added. he heard that q member OF the
examining board had declared at q
board meeting that, without knowing
the pupils, he put mark s opposite the
name Of DEeyfuS. simply because they
did not want a Jew on the headQuar-
tOrs stan. The prisoner thought that
his protests against this would. there
fore, be readily understood. Regarding
his alleged remarks about Alsace-LoF-
rRine. Dreyfus declared that the state
ment was the very opposite Of his real
sentiment.
n. Lanquety, a mining engineer Of
Boulogne, who told the court Of cas8a-
ton that he had seen Dreyfus at BruS-
sells during the summer OF 1894, follow
ed. The witness said that he could not
now swear to when he saw DreTfuB
there.
The prisoner. rising, declared that It
was In 1856. at the time Of the Amster-
dam exhibition. adding. that was the
only time he visited Brussels. u met
you, II. Lanquety," said Dreyfus, ''at
q restaurant In the st. Hubert arcade.
We exchanged words" n. LanQuety
admitted that the prisoners statement
Was true.
The court adjourned for the day at
u:40 a. m.