Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-18
the witnesses reply. Then he took the
general to task for playing yesterday,

general to task Tor playing yesterday,
| the
PART OF GENERAL ACCUSER,
particularly towards Col. Picquart.
During the course of his remarks M.
Demange referred to the document
known as the Petit Blu and the eras-
ures in it. The general admitted the
erasures might have been made with
the view of giving the document sus-
picious appearance. But, he intimat-
] ed Picquart made the erasures and re-
inserted the name of Esterhazy after
taking the photograph exhibited be-
fore the court of cessation.
Counsel insisted the Justification oc-
! Cured after the petit Bleu left Pic
| quarts hands and demanded further ex-
plantations from the witness. The gem
eral, however, said he was uunable to
testify as to who falsified the docu-
ment or why it was done, but he did
not think it was done with the view of
compromising Picquart.
At this iuncture there was a little
sparring between NJ. Demange and
Major Carriere, the representative of
| the government in the case. The for
mer desired III formation in regard to
| the espionage meeting at Basic, Switz-
erland, and the recall. or account of
peculatlon of an agent named Lajoul,
who was corresponding with certain
foreign agent. Major Carriere OBJ
jected to the discussion of the subject
at this stage, for, he said, it would be
| contrary to the spirit of discipline for
| the general to discuss these details.
The president of the court
UPHELD THE PROTEST
Of the government representative and
M. Demange continued his examina-
! ton of Col Roget.
How was it you knew counsel
asked the witness, that 100000 francs
was offered Esterhazy if he would con-
| fess to being the author of the border
| eau?"
Il heard it." the witness replied,
from the court of enquiry which tried
Esterhazy, and from Esterhazy him
self"
All" exclaimed counsel, "it was Es-
terhazy who said it. Just so. Oaugh-
ter.)
"Why was his residence searched?"
M. Demange then asked, and the gen.
eral replied:
Esterhazy, at one time, had the doc
| ument containing the words 'Cette can
allie de d. and might, therefore, have
had others"
You admit, then" asked NJ. De-
mango, that he might have had inter-
esting documents?"
when one is conducting an enquiry"
said the witness, che must expect any
thing and search accordingly
Admitting" counsel then said, "that
Esterhazy was the agent of the Dreyfus
| family, and that he had agreed to as
sumo, as suggested, the prisoners guilt.
| how do you explain the fact that Ester
nazy, upon several occasions, wrote
statements calculated to compromise
the case of Dreyfus?"
with Esterhazy," replied Gen. Ro-
get, zone can never be sure of any
thing (Laughter). He is such an ex-
traordinary fellow / do not know
what he may be doing nor what he will
do tomorrow"
These statements of the general
convulsed the court with laughter
| which seemed to irritate the witness,
who was growing nervous under the
searching examination of counsel.
Turning to Dreyfus, Gen. Roget
cried in loud voice:
81 know very we'll that if l was
accused of
AN ACT OF TREASON
which I had not committed l should
find arguments with which to defend
myself
This assertion evoked murmurs, but
the general shouted:
"Why does he deny the most obvious
things?'
NJ. Demange shrugged his shoulders
and calculated:
"Ah."
The prisoner, however. rose and en-
phatically denied pointblank some of
the generals evidence. He said he
never traced on a map any plan of
concentration or mobilization, nor ev-
err had any knowledge of the details Of
those movements nor of the plan for
the distribution of the various units
throughout the departments.
LET u.s. added Dreyfus, under
stand one another in regard to what is
meant. | assert that l did not know
in its details of the plan of eoncentra-
ton. In regard to the circumstances
dwelt upon before you yesterday,
there was nothing precise stated.
There was nothing but argument
The audience here gave expressions