The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-22
JUDGE CAFFEE IS NOT A CANDIDATE;
THROWS BOUQUETS AT JOHNSTON
lie breaches Harmony to the Warning Factions and incidentally
Laud the Present Chief Executive.
measured tones, and his frankness seemed
10 favorably impress the judges.
Great Interest Here


Great Interest Here
Great interest in the proceedings was
manifested when the name of the next wit
ness was announced, former onief of the
detective department, Coohefort who was
present when Dreyfus underwent the die
tatlon test in Du Patty de CLAIMS office.
M. Cotnefort declared that he knew alb
soiutely nothing of the Dreyfus case, when
the minister OF war, General Mercier, sum-
moned him to confer with him on the SUBJ
Ject OF the bordeceau and the suspicious
IN regard to Dreyfus. General Mercier,
Cochefort continued, asked his advice as to
the procedure which ought to be followed,
and introduced him to Patty de Clam.
Subsequently, after NJ. Bertillons report,
the arrest of Dreyfus was decided upon.
The witness proceeded TO describe the
arrest and the famous scenes of the die
tatton test, saying that from the frst re-
mark cropped by Patty de Clam the pris-
oner displayed evident uneasiness. Then
the ex-chief of detectives, Patty de Clam
placing his hand Gun the prIsone4"s S snoulaer
said:
Captain Dreyfus, in the name of the
minister OF war, l arrest YOU"
AT the time of the eXamina uion of Drey-
lus witness gained the impression that ne
might be guilty, and so reported to the min
lster OF war, VINO asked his opinion.
During the formal examination. Cochefort
Stuueu, OISyiuS protested MS innocence
very violently and declared he did not know
what they wanted or of what he was ac-
cused.
NJ. Gribelin, the principal archvfst of
the headquarters staff, was the next wit
ness. He testified with great volubility and
expressed the opinion that when Dreyfus
was arrested in 1894, he was enacting a
role by systematically denying all the
chargest against him, even the most olb-
least a n nd in
ciaring himself ignorant of matters which
should have been known to every officer
of the general staff.
Dreyfus' Private RelA tions
The witness said he was cognizant of
Deryfus' relations with loose women. In
support of this assertion, he mentioned an
alleged voluntary statement made by
Matthew Dreyfus, brother of the prisoner,
in the witness presence, that he had been
obliged to pull his brother from the
clutches of a woman of this description,
living near the Champs Elysee
member of the courtmartdal referred to
M. Gribelin's statements concerning the
use Colonel Picquart made of the secret
service funds and the witness admitted the
truth of Picquarts evidence that the sur
veillance of Esterhazy cost but little.
Questioned as to the alleged indscretfon
OF Colonel Picquart in showing Matre Le-
blois the secre dossier, witness admitted
that when he saw NJ. Lebleis In Picquarts
office, In the autumn of 1896 while the Sc
blois the secret dossier, witness admitted
pigeon service were lying on Picquart's ia
bic, they had not been removed from their
envelopes. The envelopes, ne explained,
were opened, but that was customary.
Dreyfus Gambler
Captain Junck followed. He said he was
a probatoner simultaneously with Drey-
fl hnt In bar dom rty anti ne
office. He saw the prisoner great deal
and held conversations, in which, he al
legged Dreyfus spoke of great sums he had
lost in gambling and of intercourse with
loose women.
zone day." the witness proceeded, when
we were visiting the Concourse Hippique,
we met three immoral women who bowed
to us. Dreyfus returned their greeting
and I said to him:
"'Well, for a married man you have nice
acquaintances.'
HE replied that they were old friends
of his bachelorhood and, pointing to one
of them said her name was Valtesse and
that she had a house on the Champs Ely
see where she gave nice parties where
pretty women were to be met and where
there was much gambling. Dreyfus also
boasted of his large means and spoke with
great relish of his comfortable house and
travels"
The witness continuing, said Dreyfus
was well acquainted with the scheme for
the concentration of troops and could
trace it on any map, as most other proba-
TONERS could.
Witness then detailed the work of the
different bureaus and proceeded to dem
onstrate that the probationers were cog
nizant of the plans for the transporta-
tion and concentration of the troops and
how Dreyfus was ordered to draw up
report on the German artillery, and hav-
ing access to all the necessary documents.
In regard to the Madagascar note, Drey-
fus, Junck claimed, told the witness that
his cousin had procured him interesting
Cagytain Junck then spoke of the efforts
of Dreyfus to secure the firing manual
and discussed the theory that Henry might
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