Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-22

lieutenant colonel.
NJ Grenier continued that at that time
Esterhazy attributed the resistance which
he encountered to various people. including
the late Lieut.. Col Henry, but when the
witness treasured Esterhazy on this point
he exclaimed
at is the last thing should expect for
Henry to be nasty
Col. Jouaust-"Did Esterhazy tell you he
believed in the innocence of Dreyfus?"
The witness could not reply definitely to
this question He said his recolections
were not sufficiently exact. He fancied Es-
terhazy said so, but he could not swear
to it.
Lieut.. Col. Rollin Next.
Lieutenant Colonel Rollin of the intelli-
gence department was the next witness
He described the spy Lajoux employed in
the department as bad spy, whom it
was found necessary to suppress.
NJ. Labor asked the witness whether he
knew Lajoux had offered to make revela-
tons IN the Dreyfus affair and the witness
replied that Lajoux wrote to the minister
of asking for assistance and referring
to the Dregfus case
The clerk of the court read a letter in
which, after dwelling upon his services La
joux sail 1t was in consequence of Henrys
exactions that the spy Cuers had become
an enemy instead of an ally. He also de-
scribed a conversation with Cuers in which
Cuers declared Dreyfus had never been
heard of at the army headquarters in Ber
lin and that on the news of the arrival of
Dreyfus General Won Waldersee summoned
all the German military attaches in Europe
to Berlin. and they unanimously declared
that not one of them had ever had relations
with Dreyfus. Cuers added that he himself
had never heard of Drcyfus.
Lajoux then complained of his abandon
,nent by the headquarters staff and the
taken against him by the officers
of the ministry of war. He spoke of the
promises fColonel Sandherr and Henry,
who gave him credit for the most success
of the work in the intelligence bureau.
After reading this letter NJ Labor In
CURED:
Can Lieut.. Col. Rollin explain how a
man regarded as a rogue and bad egg is
now receiving a pension of 200 francs
The witness replied:
at is no doubt in recognition of his pre-
vious services" Uaughter)
Then M. Labor asked if the witness as
Der 30. 1897. which was attributed to
foreign military attache.
The government commissary, Major Car
r:ere, protested against this question. say
ing it referred to affairs of state and should
not be answered except behind closed doors.
M. Labor pointed out that he had not
ramed anybody, and Lieut. Col. Rollin re-
piled that he had no knowledge regarding
nf 10 n
Mercier Assumes Responsibility.
AT this NJ. Labor called the attention of
witness to the cautious nature of his reply,
and asked him how the document came into
the possession of Gen. MERCER. Gen. Mer-
cler thought the witness was not justified
in answering. But, in reply to further
queries, MERCER declared he took the full
for the translation submit
ted to the court.
Thereupon NJ. Labor pointed out that
when the document was produced Gen.
MERCER was no longer minister of war.
and asked what right, then had he to
have in has possession a document which
was state secret
Gen. MERCER did not reply
Counsel then asked what right had Gen.
MERCER to retain possession of all the doc
rments in the secret dossier.
Gen. MERCER was silent.
NJ. Labori-I am asking for the official
responsibility, and l make note of the fact
hat it is refused. will reserve the right
10 take all the measures which 1 think
proper. tSensation.}
Counsel added that he later would ask
Col. Jouaust TO recall Gen. MERCER, and
would put numerous questions to him, to
which. however. counsel added. he could
foresee the general would refuse to reply
Prolonged sensationD
Reverting next to Lieut.. Col. Rollins ey-
Ldence and the testimonial Rollin had given
spy Guenee, NJ. Labor read the evidence
of Guenee before the court of casa tion
out that after such evidence none
Of the information which Guenee supplied
in 1894 could be maintained against Drey-
fus.
Replying to a question as to the charac-
ter of L.ajoux and the confidence which
could be placed in his statements. Gen.
Gonse handed in report giving Lajeux the
worst possible character.
Dreyfls then made a statement regarding
a passage of Rollins evidence referring to
the searches made in his Dreyfuso resi-
dence in 1874.
AHsit the Torn Note Book.
Everything said the prisoner was
seized without exception
Col. Jouaust-Scme of the pages were
missing of your notes taken at the lee
lures given by the Military College? That
mas been the subject of remark
Dfeyfus-'No, my colonel: not in 1884,"
(Sensation).
Ferret. a former secretary of the minis
try of war, who is alleged to have caught
Dreyfus prying into the work of some of
his fellow officers during their absence,
testified that toward the end of 1888 on
returning from his lunch, at an hour the
officers We're usually out, he found Dreyfus
in the fourth bureau standing with
stranger, civilian, at the table consult
ing a document which seemed to the wit
ness to be connected with the transport of
troops.
NJ Demange-''Why did you not give this
evidence in 1892"
Witness said he regretted he had over
looked It. Besides. he added, it was not
his business to suspect his chiefs.
NJ. Demange-'The court will form its
own opinions of this five years silence"
NJ. Labor asked when the witness first
mentioned these facts.
Ferret do not remember" (Mur-
murs).
NJ. Labori-''Try. 1t would be interesting
TO have an explanation