Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-09-01
The Testimony all Seems to Be
of d Minor, Corrobatory
Nature.
SUPPRESS AWKWARD QUERIES
This is the Accusation that
Lahorl Addressed col.
Jouaust.


main testified that he saw Dreyfus at
the German army manoeuvres In Al
SAGE. German declared that he had
saddIed horse for Dreyfus to follow
the manoeuvres and said Major Infre-
vile accompanied Dreyfus.
Jouaust questioned Dreyfus, who
said he could not remember whether he
had hired horses of Germans en-
ployer or not. Germans employer,
named Kuhlman, declared all thai Ger
main had said was untrue. Major In
freville declared that he never knew
Dreyfus.
Captain Lemmonnier, probationer on
the headquarters staff at the same time
as Dreyfus, deposed the prisoner told
him he was well acquainted with GER
tain German position because he had
followed the Alsatian manoeuvres.
Dreyfus replied Lemmonnier must
have mixed up his remarks. He added
he was acquainted with that part of
Alsace because he spent his youth
there.
A witness named Vlllon then told
how he overheard conversation in
Berlin cafe between two German off,
GERS, in which the remark was made
that the mobilization plans were ex-
pected from DreYfus.
Commissary Fischer testified that he
was charged 10 investigate the leakage
of documents at the gunnery school at
Bourges hut found nothing to incrimi-
nate Dreyfus.
Lieutenant Bernheim testified that
ne lent Esterhazy documents dealing
with the artillery and was unable to
get them back
Artillery Lieutenant Burgers who at
tended the gunnery course at Chalons,
testified it was easy for AN outsider to
obtain particulars about the guns. lie
sad lie himself on one occasion had
lent his firing manual TO an infantry
officer. General Roget said this wit
ness wrote M. Cayaignac, then minister
of war, 4 violent letter of resignation,
in which he declared it was dishonor to
serve in the French army
Lieutenant Bruger cried: l protest
against General Roget's words. | af-
firm / never said any such thing
Roget then said: "Well, that was the
general sense of the letter"
M. Labori and Colonel Jouaust
agreed the letter should be obtained
from the ministry of war and read in
court.
Captain Carvalho enphatically de-
clsred there were no special precautions
to keep the mechanism of the "120
short gun" secret. Moreover, he added,
from April, 1894, the artillery officers
had description of the hydro-pneu-
matte brake given them.
"Here,p said Captain Carvalho, sis an
actual copy of the manual, which l
hand over to the court martial"
Labor then had an animated discus
sion with Colonel Jouaust who, at first,
refused counsels request to read a let
ter the latter had received yesterday
evening, signed Comingue, setting forth
that the firing manual had been copied
by men referred to as "A' and "B.'
Colonel Picquart confirmed statements
made in the letter and said he thought
Major Lauth could say something on
that point, whereupon the major de-
clared he did not know dominique
Labori then asked to be allowed to
question Major Lauth, but Jouaust re-
fused. Labori cried: "YOu suppress
all awkward questions.
General Sebert testified the writer
was not an artillery officer and such ali
officer as Dreyfus could not make mis-
takes that he referred to. General Sc
bert entered into lengthy explanations
of his statements, pertinently pointing
out that an artillery officer would have
known interesting parts of the firing
manual and would not have written 1t
in Lordereau, "Take what interests you"
General Sebert, venerable gentle
man, concluded fearlessly: 81 am happy
to have had the strength to carry here
my stone towards the edifice of repara-
tion which the court is building up
with so much care and confidence,
while holding itself aloof from outside
passions"
Major Ducros deposed he commanded
the field battery and knew that Dreyfus
offered him certain information but
DreYfus never asked him question,
although he knew he possessed the par
ticulars about the hydro-pneumatic
brake.
Major Hartman of the artillery ex-
pressed an opinion that the author of
the bordereau did not know what be
was writing about, since he spoke of
i'l20 short gun when he meant "f20
long" His evidence was directed en-
tirely to show Dreyfus was not the
author of the bordereau and that the
artillery information mentioned in il
was accessible to any officers of all
arms in the spring of 1894.
The Boiler Exploded.