The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-18
INNOCENCE OF DREYFUS
ASSERTED BY BER7ULUS
The Magistrate Says the Highest Court Of Justice Has
Taken the Stain From His Name-Pcquart Says
Dreyfus Never Wrote the Bordereau - Du
Patty de Clam and Esterhazy Are
the Men.

Il attach great Importance to this
| point" was the generals next re-
| mark.
M. Demange assented to this but
added:
| Caused a Laugh.
What I would like to know is how
| an innocent man like EsterhaZy was
thought to need this kind of help?'
! Laughter).
1T is certain / should not have done
it, answered the witness, which caused
| renewed laughter.
| General Roget then added that al
| though he would not have intervened
himself to save Esterhazy, he did not
consider the course followed as being
reprehensible.
| NJ. Demange then questioned the wit
ness as to what he thought of Ester
| Hays attempt to obtain from an agent
| a declaration that he had nothnp to do
with the affair. to which the general
| replied that he knew nothing of such
an attempt But when M. Demange
read General Renaud's report on the
| subject, General Roget admitted that
Esterhazy's action was a curious pro-
| ceeding for an innocent man to take.
Counsel then invited the special at
tention of the court martial to the wit
| ness reply. Then he took the general
, to task for playing yesterday the part
OF general accuSer particularly to-
wards Colonel Picquart. During the
| course of his remarks, NJ. Demange
referred to the document known rs the
petit beu and the erasures on it. The
general admitted the erasures might
have been made with the view of CIV
ing the document suspicious appear
ance. But he claimed PicQuart made
the erasures and inserted the name of
Esterhazy after taking the photograph
exhibited before the court of cessation.
. ,,,s- 1.,+. too,
occurred after the petit bleu left Pic
quarts hands and demanded further
explanations from the witness. The
general, however, said he was unable
to testify as to who falsified the docu-
ment or when 1t was done, but he did
not think it was done with the view of
compromising Picquart.
Little Sparring.
At this juncture there was a little
sparring between NJ Demange and
Major Carriere the representative of
the government. The former desired
information in regard to the espionage
at Basic, Switzerland. and the recall
on account of peculaton Of an agent
named Lajout. who was corresponding
with a certain foreign agent. Major
Carriere objected to the discussion of
the subject at this stage, for he said it
would be contrary to the spirit of dis
ciplne for the general to discuss this
subject. The court upheld the conten-
ton of the governments representative
and NJ. Demange continued his eXami-
nation of General Roget.
How was it you knew counsel
asked the witness. that 60o, 900 francs
were offered Esterhazy If he would
confess to being the author of the bor-
dereau?"
Il heard it." the witness replied,
from the court of inquiry which tried
Esterhazy and from Esterhazy him
self"
"Ah," exclaimed counsel, ut was Es-
terhazy who said it. Just So" Naugh-
teri.
why was his residence searched?"
NJ. Demange then asked, and the gen.
eral remarked: "Esterhazy at one
time had the document containing the
words 'Cette canaille de D., and
might have had others
You admit then" asked NJ. De-
mango, that he might have had inter
esting documents?"
When one is conducting an in
quiry," said the witness, he must eX-
pect anything and search accord
ingly"
Esterhazy was the agent of the Drey-
fus family and that he had agreed to
assume as suggested, the prisoners
guilt, how do you explain the fact that
Esterhazy, upon several occa sions.
wrote statements calculated to compro-
mise the case of Dreyfus?''
with Esterhazy." replied General
thing" Uaughter). He is such an
extraordinary fellow. / do not under
stand what he may be doing to-day CT
what he will do tomorrow"
Roget Irritated.
These statements of the general con-
vulsed the court with laughter, which
seemed to irritate the witness, who
was growing nervous under the search
ing examination of counsel. Turning
to Dreyfus, General Roget cried:
Il know very well that If l was ac-
cused of an act of treason, which
had not committed, | should find argu-
ments with which defend myself"
This assertion evoked murmurs, but
the general shouted:
Why does he deny the most obvi-
Gus things?"
NJ. Demange shrugged his shoulders |
and calculated. All
The prisoner. however. rose and en-
phatically denied point blank some of |
the generals evidence. He said he |
never traced on a map any plan of |
or mobilization, nor ever |
had any knowledge of the details of |
these movements, nor of the plan for |
the distribution of the various units |
throughout the details.
Let u.s." added Dreyfus, under |
stand one another in regard to what Is |
meant. ! assert that / did not know |
in its detail the plan of concentration |
In regard to the circumstance dwelt |
upon before you yesterday, there was |
no precise statement. There was moth
ing but argument"
The audience here gave vent to ex-
pressions of assent and dissent
Magistrate Bertul!us.
Then came the witness who proved |
to be splendid reinforcement for
Dreyfus. 1t was NJ. Bertulus. the ex-
lmininG magistrate who received the
late Lieutenant Colonel Henry's con-
'ession of forgery. In almost inaudible
tones, owing to hoarseness. Bertullus |