The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-17

u was evident that he was weeping.
His were not the only wet eyes as the Regis
trar read the carefully noted expressions Of
the tortured man. some OF which are a. fol-
lows; How my agony 10 being prolonged.
They arc numbering an innocent man." oh
my heart. my brain must burst" AT last. Oh
doctor. am at the end" My reason 10 going
Oh. that It would end
The prisoners attacks OF fever. his weak.
ness. his difficulty In moving his tongue. his
inability to ind words to express his thoughts
were all set out In cold. brutal official language.
like tho report OF the trial trip ola new engine.
long sigh OF releffrom painful tension was
the only sound heard In the hall for some mo-
n,ents after the Reglstar finished reading.
Then once m ore tho spectators began to marvel.
What did 1t mean The prosecution had intro
duced this CHASTITY, heart-rending record pre-
sumaby as tending TO show the mans guilt.
yet the only possible effect II could have upon
man with spark OF compassion In his soul
was the strongest emotions OF pity and horror.
This was now 30 evident that n. Lebon made
an effort to break the overwhelming impress.
sion. which had been produced. and asked TO
be heard again. His request was granted.
He defended the treatment OF Dreyfus
and denied that 1t was inhuman.
The governor OF the island. who was re-
sponsible for Dreyfuss most extreme suffer-
lDHb. ndu lhut DIctluo Wub uoNOE
seriously Ill. NJ. Lebon spoke Of his own tele-
grams inauirlng as to the prisoners health.
saying that the replies he received we're always
reassurnK.
This grim jailer's record remains. neverthe-
less, the most impressive piece Of evidence yet
produced and tends to completely counteract
the somewhat repellent and unsym pathetic
personality which Ia Dreyfuss chief misfortune
in country where reserve counts for
coldness and lack OF emotion arouses suspicion.
Nine. Henry's black and rather insiRn ifcant
figure next went into the witness box.
Her words were few and almost inaudible.
the substance being that II her husband COM
mitted forgery 1t was In order to save the
army and the country. In regard to the rela-
tions between her hus band and EsterhaZy, she
only knew that the latter came to her
husbands house five or six times.
Her husband told her that the bordereau was
brought TO him personally by Nine. b.. a serv-
ant OF the German En- bassy. who had acted as
his agent on other occasions. and brought him
many papers
NJ. Demange said that he would not cross-ex-
anime the witness.
Gen. Roget was the next witness ard his
testimony more than that OF anyone except
Gen. Mercier made one regret the absence OF
NJ. Labori's skill In cross-examination. He adj
dressed the court in an easy and jaunty man
ner. Although Gen. Roget's testimony re-
traversed the well-known ground covered by
his previous dispositions no was even
more uneIuivocal In most OF his statements
than formerly. He began with some pride. re-
calling the fact that he had said months ago.
that II Esterhazy declared that he wrote tho
bordereau. he would not believe him. How. he
asked, had he done so. The witness said he
was more firmly convinced than ever that
Dreyfus wrote it, He repeated his version Of
the interview between Col. Henry and Judge
Bertulus. wherein the latter says that Henry
broke down. confessed his forgery and vir-
tually confessed treason. Gen. Roget affirmed
that 1t was Bertulus and not Henry who was
discounted.
Roget proceeded to declare that his convic-
ton that Dreyfus wrote the bordereau. was
confined to the fact that when NJ. Casimir-
Perier informed the German Ambassador In
January. 1895. that the bordereau had been
brought to the. French War ONCE from the
German En- bassy. the Am bassador did not i'm
mediately deny that there had been any deal
ings with Dreyfus. Roget repeatedly empha-
sized this point upon the court martial. urging
that Count Ministers silence constituted
taoit admission Of relations with Dreyfus and.
therefore. proof OF the prisoners guilt
There was ghost OF a smile even on Drey-
fuss face at this ingenious argument. Gen.
Roget added that he had seen all OF the papers
In the case and that nowhere was there trace
OF Esterhazy. He was convinced that tho
''canaille de D" referred TO Dreyfus. 1t was alb
surd to say that Dubois. q poor devil we'll
known at the War ONCE. was the man meant
After Analysing the points In the bordereau.
and arguing that only Dreyfus could have been
the author. Gen. Roget succeeded in giving
some dramatic effect to his words as he turned
TO Dreyfus. and pointing his finger at him. said:
II declare that Esterhazy never wrote the
bordereau. 1t was written by this man Drey-
fus Witnesses will come here who will give
material and conclusive evidence that he 10 the
author Of It,"
N. Demange inquired sarcastically whether
military men were more infallible than polti-
clans. dlpomatists and savants.
Roget admitted. after some hesitation. that
perhaps they were not Nevertheless. he went
on to assert as incontrovertible facts the anti
Dreyfus verson OF all the disputed points In
the case. He frequently turned toward the
prisoner. sometimes directing his words to
him and occasionally assuming an attitude to-
ward him which seemed Intentionally provo
cative.
The air OF the witness became one OF almost
undisguiaed insolence. and when ono remem-
bered the cold blooded and arrogant role
which this man had played In the whole case. II
be possible. after Dreyfus's outburst against
Gen. Mercier last Saturday. that his enemi les
might try to sting him into moments OF forget
fulness when he would commit an act that
would furnish an excuse for striking him down
In the court itseli2
But Dreyfus maintained his perfect self-con-
troll. even when Roget turned to him with q
sneer saying. 1T was Dreyius who could
have furnished full information OF the mobiliza-
ton OF the troops on the eastern frontier In
1904" and the two men stood silently looking
into each others eyes. RoRets face full Of
haunting insult and Dreyfus's pale. but con-
temptuous.
Roget finally dropped the Dreyfus case and
proceeded with a long ana venomous attack
upon Col. PicGuart whom he invariably desig-
mated as Monsieur" instead OF Colonel. He
declared that when he FIRST saw the petit beu
he found that the handwriting did not resem-
BILE that OF Swartzkoppen, who was It's alleged
author; therefore. despite PcQuart's complete
exoneration he continued TO argue that Pic
quart forged the petit beu.
Roget affirmed further that Plcquart endeav-
ored to use 100 600 francs Of tho aenrat aaryic0