The National tribune., 1899-08-24
Col. PICQUART.

Gen. Roget for three hours gave as his
evidence vitriOlic diatribe against the
prisoner, and seemed to tempt Dreyfus to
| rise and strike him. When he had finished
Dreyfus said to Jouast: "My Colonel, it
is frightful thing that every day they
tear out my heart and soul without my
being able. to reply. II is awful torture
for an innocent man and loyal soldier.
| 1t is frightful ---frightful." = goo s-.- +
Roget declared that there was treason
| in every paragraph of the bordereau, and
| that DreyfuS alone, not Esterhazy, could
have been acquainted with the plans it
contained. He accused Picquart Of sup
pressing documents that would compro-
mise Dreyfus. M. Demange, of counsel
| for Dreyfus, scored heavily against Roget
4 in the ecrosS-eXamination, made him ridicu-
| lous, and wore him out, the best work he
has yet done.
M. Bertulus. the examining magis-
| trate who received the late Col. Henry's
confession of forgery. told of his declara-
| ton, on examining the secret dOSsier that
4 it had flaw in 1.-THE petit bleu.-which,
unless it could be proved was a forgery by
Col Picquart, would occasion the collapse
of the whole case He declared his belief
in the innocence Of Dreyfus, and regarded
| it his duty to come there and say so. His
belief was based on the documents of the
secret dossier and the entire absence of
motive that could have tempted Dreyfus
| To commit such crime.
| Col. Picquart who is primarily RESPONSE
BILE for the second Dreyfus trial, testified
| for Dreyfus in trumpet tones that rang
through the courtroom, and, with the logical
presentment OF his evidence, added much
| to its sincerity. He is finely built man,
handsome, and strong OF feature He
denied being responsible for the disap-
pearance of any documents. Beyond the
bordereau, he asserted, there was nothing
against Dreyfus; absolutely nothing He
} declared that in 1894, while he had not
seen the secret dosSier, he, as did others
believed that it contained frightful proofs
against Dreyfus. After he had seen it he
found that his earlier impressions were
entirely wrong This statement created
profound sensation. In his opinion the
department where the bordereau was dis
covered should have been searched
Maj. Patty du CLAIMS department. or rather
; his private room. This created anothe,
sensation, and then he created a third BY
wondering if it was not to avoid the risk
, of punishment that Patty du Clam ad
vanced the date of the reception of the
bordereau in the Intelligence Department
so as to make it prior to the date of his
arrival in the third department. He would
like To confront Patty du Clam awhile.
On the next day Col. Picquart took ut
the contents of the secret dossier part by
part, and gave his reasons, many especially
valuable to Dreyfuss cause, why they
2 proved nothing or proved other than Drey
| lllS pullt. MT uetdlieu Ills SUSPICIOUS Ol
EsterhaZy's conduct, and how from his
letters discovered that he wrote the Dor
dereau. He compared it with the secret
dossier this was in 1S96), and instead OF
finding matters of gravity within, found
worthless ones, one of which might apply
! Just as well to Esterhazy as to Dreyfus
Gems. Gonse and Boisdeffre refused IL
allow the Dreyfus case to be opened, anG
| he declared he would not keep the secret
for they suggested he say nothing. He
then detailed the Vaccinations agains
Y him of Patty du Clam, Esterhazy, and the
late Henry.
! Boisdeffre and Gonse followed. Despit.
Explanatory denials. their testimony was
not particularly valuable, and yet NJ
Demange did not score many points La
bori is mending rapidly, and will soon take
: hand
The Figaro on Aug. II exposed anothe,
= alleged forgery by publishing a telegram
: declaring as forgery letter alleged tl
be by him, saying that the German and
Italian attaches, SchwarZkoppen and Pa
niZZardi, were trying to make out that il
was not Dreyfus who was giving then
information, and adding that he had nc
belief in those protestalions. Next day
Panizzard! published a statement branding
as a forgery a report that Gen. Roget said
PaniZZardi wrote to the late Italian Am
bassador regarding the relations of Schwarz
koppen with Dreyfus. These two publ
cations created sensations, and have aided
Dreyfus in the public mind at least.
PARIS ANARCHISTS.
Paris was the scene of serious disturb
ances on Sunday last. Faure and Fa.
berot, well-known revolutionary anarchists
Led in riots that included street fights with
the police and the pillage and spoliation OF
lchurches. The police attempted to breal