The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-31

NJ. De Beaupre said that if in 1894 the
officers of the court-martial had thought
IL was their duty TO show Dreyfus the
documents concerning him. the judges
not being lawyers had erred though
acting in good faith.
M DE Beaupre then entered at length
into consideration of the arguments of
the anti-revisionists, who, he said. con-
tend that even if the document "Ce
cainaile de d should be shown not to
refer to Dreyfus. it would be no reason
Tor revision. because the document was
not responsible for the conviction of
Dreyfus. The Vaccinations of Colone!
Du Patty du Clam and Lieutenant Colonel
Henry, 1t had also been argued gave no
ground for revision, because they had
also been disavowed by General Gonzee.
assistant chief of the general staff and
by his superior. General Boisdeffre.
NJ. De Beaupre created a deep sensa-
ton by solemnly declaring that he had
become convinced that the bordereau
was written by Major Count Ferdinand
Waslin Esterhazy.
NJ. De Beaupre read a fresh report
drawn up by NJ. Maneau, procurator gen.
eral, on Saturday last. in view of the re-
cent developments. enumerating ten fresh
facts in favor of Dreyfus, viz:
Ten Fresh Facts.
"a The Henry forgery
90 The changing of the date of the
bordereau to August instead of April
90 Contradictions of the handwriting
experts.
t4 Inc absolute identity or the OdUer
upon which the bordereau was written
with Major EsterhaZy's letter paper.
90 The sentence Am starting for the
maneuvers," which could not have beea
written by Dreyfus.
90 The police report withheld by the
court-martial.
"a Lieutenant Colonel Henry's weeping
confession in Burtulu's office.
90 The FaniZzardi dispatch.
49, Official documents proving that
Dreyfus had no relations with foreign
embassies.
QO) A document demonstrating that
Dreyfus never confessed guilt.
NJ. Maneau's report concluded with an
expression in favor of retrial of Cap
tain Dreyfus.
NJ de Beaupre amplified his Indictment
of Major Esterhazy saying that one new
fact, from a legal point of view, was the
discovery that the bordereau was written
upon precisely the same paper as that
used by Major Esterhazy. The judges in
1894 did not know this, and NJ. de
BeauDre declared that on his soul and
conscience. according to his conviction,
He deplored the attacks of the revisionists
upon the army, but said that the honor of
the army was not dependent upon the
retention of an innocent man on Devils
island NJ. de Beaupre concluded.
Asked For New Trial.
II do not ask you to proclaim the in
nocence of Dreyfus. but cried he with
Viction and a high sense of my duty and
responsibility that | say there is reason
to grant revision of the trial of 1894. and
send Dreyfus for retrial before another
court-martial whose task VIII be to give
a decision with full knowledge of the
facts.
My report is ended, said NJ. de Beau
pre-. while cries of bravo" and other
marks of approval filled the court room.
Amid great excitement NJ. Maneau, the
procurator general. began his address to
a1..s. 41,s.s III.
in the date of the bordereau constituted
a new fact apart from numerous other
new facts and declared that the bOrdereau
was really the work of Major Es,erhaZy.
NJ Maneau dwelt upon the strangeness of
the general staff's protection OF Ester
hazy and the latter's ambiguity
Wants the Truth.
NJ Maneau congratulated himself that
he had been able, despite the campaign or
insult and abuse to pursue unIalteringly
the revelation of truth and that now the
point was being made plain since the
pre-, had found himself in accord with
the conclusions that the speaker. NJ.
had previously reached.
Il have been accused of bias, said the
public prosecutor. but my only desire has
been to reach the truth while the ma
iority of my critics refuse all acquaint-
ance with the truth
M. Maneau protested his love for the
army. in whose interest it was to be re-
lieyed of the presence of those who were
of 1t. Discussing the facts of
the case NJ. Maneau declared that the
bordereau was the only document that
ought TO be considefed. as it was the only
one that had been produced at the trial
of Captain Dreyfus in 1894. The speaker
next dwelt upon the changed date of the
bordereau and asserted that it was the
work of Major Esterhazy-
The court adjourned at o'clock with
out incident. NJ. Maneau will continue his
speech tomorrow.
Collapse of the Charges.
The news that NJ. Ballot de Beaupre
had directly ascribed the authorship of
the bordereau to Major Esterhazy pro-
duced condition of stupefication upon
members of the League of Patriots in the
precincts of the court They made no
attempt to conceal their chagrin.
1T is the collapse of our charges"
shouted Maurice Barres, the novelist and
deputy from Charmes-Sur- Moselle- The
generally bitterly denounced
De Beaupre. whom they accused of hav-
ng solo himself.