The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-18
DRAMATIS PERSONAL.
Emily Crawford Gives Her impress
sions OF the DAYS Evidence.

Copyright. 1899. by the Associated Press)
RENNEs. August 11-General Roget
NJ. Bertulus. the investigating magistrate;
the widow Of the late observation-disclosures
Henry and Colonel Picquart We're on the
stand to-day. Madame Henry. after NJ.
Bertulus had deposed, asked leave to
speak She stood up i'm % STACEY manner
raised her left hand and said: "Je dee
mande Ia parole" Q ask 10 Doe heardl-
She wanted % contradict what Bertulu5
had said regarding the friendship OF heI
husband and Esterhazy.
She would Doe "a handsome woman ala
not the yulgarity of the drinking house
she originally came from cling To her.
Subaltern officers roy0ive around her
but MERCER and the other Generals among
whom She sits seem embarrassed 10y her
presence. What she said was a TRADE
learned by heart and scarcely evidence.
II however, was not wide or some points
that Berulus brought out. She wanted o.
show that Bcrtulus could not possibly
have wrung am avowal from Henry that
he and Esternazy formed an ASSOCIATION '.
traitors. Her story coinclded with "h'l
General Roget said on this subject 80
far from Bertulus appearing 90 suspect
Henry and crushing the latter with words
Of suspicion. she said her late husband
had described that magistrate as charm
ing" She said Bcriulus even embraced
Henry when the latter was taxing n'7
leave. a circumstance which struck '"7
wife when she heard of IL as oodlns ITO
good. She jumped 10 the conclusion th'l
falsehood lay behina the KISS ana '''"'
Bertulus was a Judas.
This idea she developed In n passionate
peroration that seemed lesson learned
bv heart Madame Henry was VEN INC
the late Madame Agar, the actress a7
she INDUCED I'm this pyro OF dramatic
vengeance. --..u.,,.
BERTULUS POLITIC.
Rertulus felt that it would never do 20
argue with her. for tears We're standing
I'm her ewes and the judges We're looking
svmpathetlc. So he said that be preferred
saving nothing 70 a lady whose grief ne
respected and whose angry excitement ne
General Roget again to-day showed ex.
traordnary forensic ability DO no'
know what the military worth or l"e
generals who are acting here as witness
es. but / do not wonder az the ola Judges
OF the Court of Cessation being jealous
Of their argumentative capacity their
skin I'm turning a case inside out. IN pul-
cling lnnuendO. IN casuistrN ana III ere
CANT verbal facility. MERCER Is won
derful in these respects. blllot is not
inferior 20 him but Roget Us lhe suP9
rior OF both in forensic SKILL acuheH anu
suaeestiyeness. Roget IS very able
man. He is the SON or srH'a IIs q"
the Pvrenes and obtained his commits
sion by passing the examinations. ne is
fair rather English looking. regular in
fA,tures and cold and deliberate in man.
ner. lie speaks distinctly ana rather
slowly but does not fail into the defect
into which Madame Henry fell. OF max
Ing every syllable a long one.
Dreyfus was under Roget as an OUT
slider at the general STAFF ana seeheu TOT
,nred nv his arguments and the points he
made noints that went home 20 the MIL.
tarv Judges and were intended 70 poison
their minds Finally he could stand IL
no longer. and starting up, MS eyes gieam'
ing with anger he cried: You deal only
IN augmentation. have listened 70 you
for hours without hearing single iac'.
FAVORED ROGET
T-bera were nevertheless. some facts
10 Az, b,,t they were adduced % destroy
,he credit OF Colonel Picquart who was
renreeented. when head OF the Intelligence
Department. as playing a crooked part
a,d leeping back every piece Of informa
ton unfayorab'e 20 Dreyfus. VI. Demange
made many happy points in putting ques-
t,ons 70 General Roget. who lodged them
with presence OF mind and address and
,.bcn In n corner. with cool impud nee.
S,n, Pooet had the ear OF the court. lie
knows how 10 speak 10 specialized mill
tary minds.
The evidence Of NJ Bertu'us was. on the
whole. favorable 10 Dreyfus IN me Juds-
ment OF civilian listeners. Unfortunately
HE renutation is blown upon He belong
ed when at Nice. 20 the South railway
gang. and IS the magistrate sent 20 inyes-
,ieate their swinde played into their
hands. Roget alrdrd ~ th's 0r0 20
other dolnss Of rertu'us aud showed that
he did not respect HIM
NJ. Bertulus Is an eplcurean and has
shocked Rennes people by his rather gay
rAlafious with former actress who some ]