Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-05

rooted denunciatiOn OF the accused, when.
even though II may eventually be proved
pure fairy tale. Is bound for the mo-
ment 10 exercise q malignant influence
upon the French people. who have not
seen Cernuschi and are thus unable 10
form a personal opinion Of the man who
launched these direct accusations against
Captain Dreyfus.
HIS APPEARANCE AGAINST HIM
Cernuschfs appearance is undeni1bly
against him. Nobody even suspects that
he Is what ne claims 10 be, scion Of The
royal Servian house. on the contrary, ono
would take him TO be a groom dressed IN
his best Sunday suit.
II was remarked that as soon as he mad
delivered his testimony, and NJ. Labor
had asked 10 have him put on oath al &c
rnorrow's session, behind closed doors
IN order that he might be punished. II
guilty Of perjury, he. left the court-rOciD
and was not seen again.
Cernuschfs testimony, which was ~
the form of letter 10 the president OF
the court-martial, Colonel Jouaust, wa
most unequivocal. He claimed that on
three distinct occasions twice in France
and once at Geneva, he was told by
high-placed foreign officer that Drey rus
had communicated reasonable documents
TO a foreign officer In the third III
stance. Cernusch said the officer showed
him documents emanlting from Dreyfus
and that this officer left France hurried
ly two days prior to the arrest OF cap
tain Dreyfus The alusion was evil
IDENTIFY 10 Colonel Schwartzkoppen, tho
military attache Of the German Embassy
il Paris in 1894, whose movements were
ccincident with those described as the
movements Of the officer OF Cernusch'
deposition Now this evidence Is ~
transeendent importance TO the prOsecu
ton, and IL is incredible. unless Cernuscnl
is proved 20 be a humbug that the gov
eminent commissioner, Major Cairiere'
should have admitted that he had re.
ceived a letter from him Offering I'M
portant testimony and thrown ii aside on
the ground Of it's coming from a pOllticD
refugee.
SUSPICIOUS FEATURE.
The deposition evoked expressions Of IN
credulity. The suspicious feature waS
the fact that although the witness sdld
he could not speak French huently, MS
letter 10 Colonel Jouaust. asking an op-
portunty TO testify, was drawn mp In per
feet French. He explained that he had
been assisted by his wife in writing the
letter.
This introduction Of a foreigner as a
bori an opportunity 10 submit the most
important request he has made through
out the triul-a request which, II granted
by Colonel Jouaust. though this Is eN-
tremely doubtful. will certainly have mo-
mentOu3 consequences.
NJ Labor announced his intention, III
view of the step taken by the prosecution
I'm calling foreign evidence. TO ask tha1
inquiry should be made through the regu-
lar Diplomatic channels as % whether me
documents mentioned in the bordereau
were actually communicated, and II so.
by whom. This involves an Application
10 the German Govern meut. which the
court-mavtial is scarcely likely TO app
prove. In any case the application means
the lengthening of the trial for several
weeks.
ANOTHER FORTNIGHTS SITTING.
The Introduction Of Cernuschi and the
other developments of the day. It is gem
orally predicted, imply another. fortnight S
sitting az the loaft. Cornuschi will be
heard tomorrow, behind closed doors
At the same time there viii probably be
an examination Of the secret dossier TO
which Captain Cuignet referred this
morning. and which VI. L1hor immedi-
ately asked TO have produced IN court.
This dossler consists of twelve or four
teen documents. and n is difficult 10 see
why. If they had any value, the general
stan have not had them produced earlier.
The general staff is not I'm the habit of
holding back documents calculated 10
prove of the slightest service to IFS cause,
MS is shown I'm the case of the note con-
corning N. Hadamard's doubts Of the IN
nOccnce OF his cousin. which was moor
rect. but was nevertheless included IN the
secret dOssier. while the important docu-
mcnt stating on the authority OF the
French Minister at Rome that an Italian
military attache paid E-terhaZy 20Vw
francs $4,000 was studiously omitted
from the secret dossier Ii is perfectly
evident that the Italian attache did not
pay Esterhazy such a sum on account o.
as the French say. his beautiful eyes,
and the document was the best evidence
that Esterhazy Is the traitor. Neyerihe-
less. the general staff carefully kept this
out Of view.
GONsE CORNERED.
NJ. Painleve. the distinguished mathe-
matican. coTnered General GOnse ON the
Iatters falsined version of NJ. Hada-
mard's remarks concerning CAPTAIN
Dreyfus. and the manner I'm which Gonse
squirmed. and his woe-begone APPEAR
ance. almost aroused pity for him.
General Roget also dpIedI'H ~ ~ 7'"
10 feel at last the cruel strokes the gene
raj staff have been receiving Of late.
He showed naught of his cruel, brazen
front to-day ON the contrary, his face
was quite Uyid when he left the stage, ar
ter very poor display, and he quilted
the courtroom as soon as The proceed
ings were over. excusing himself 10 his
brother generals-Mercier ana others OF
a higher grade-On the ground OF feeling
unwell.
The session ended with an exposure by
NJ. Hemion. chief of the Paris Detectives,
of the disgraceful tactics of the general
STAFF I'm suppressing his report I'm favor OF
Captain Dreyfus, and inserting a docu-
ment more or less unfavorable 90 him.
THE SESSION ~ DETAIL
After a brief session in camera the pub
lie sitting of the couri-martial was ie-
sumed at 7l5 o'clock this morning. The
first witness called was am Austro-Hun-
e3rian refugee named Cernuschi. This
witness asked that letter which he had
written TO Colonel JOuaust bee read This
was done. In this letter NJ. Cernuschi
said that. owing 10 political troubles, 90
had been compelled TO 1--we i'm France from
1893 TO 1897. While ne was in France,
the letter explained. a friend connected
with the foreign Office Of another country