Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-24

protest absolutely against the allega-
tion that consented to the communi-
cation of secret documents to the mem
bers of the Dreyfus court-martial with
out the prisoners knowledge. l never
ordered such communication, and, if it
were done, 1t was not with my cogniz-
ance. hasten to add that, in my
opinion, it would have been an insult
to the court TO believe its members
would lend themselves to such ma
chinations. am ready, repeat, to
reply to every question. ] will only
point out that all Gen. Roget has re-
counted in detail was published, in
general terms, in the Gaulois on Janu-
airy 7th. Having thus explained GER
tain matters, l will continue my de-
positio
Then, the colonel proceeded to dis
cuss the phrase, occurring in the bor-
dereau, II am going to the ma
nauvres, . He said there was no ques-
tion of probationers going to the ma
nnuyres in September, This, he
pointed out, would have ourtailed their
period Of probation in an entirely I'M
usual manner.
ANALYSIS OF THE possIER.
After dealing with the testimony of
experts at the court-martial of 1894,
Col. Picquart proceeded to examine the
secret dossier, a close analysis Of which,
he asserted, was particularly necessary,
lowing to the weight the document
had with the members of the court
martial in 1894. -
"This dossier,' continued the wit
ness, may be divided into two parts.
The first contains three documents:
IA document known as the
D'Avignon document, the terms of
which are about as follows Doubt the
| proofs: service letters; situation dan
gerous for me with French officer; no
information for an officer of the line /;
| important only as coming from the
ministry, already somewhere else.
80 The document containing the
words 'Cette Canaille dc D.
ga document which is nothing but
| the report of a journey to Switzerland,
made in behalf of Q foreign Power"
| 1.-THE second part of the dossier, I"
continued Col. Picquart, consisted
partly of supplementary review of the
first 1t contained the gist of seven or
eight documents, one of which, 'Cette
Canaille de D. will serve for the
purposes of comparison. 1t also con-
tanned the correspondence of attaches
| IA and B. These initials, 1T should
be borne in mind, represent Col.
Schwarzkoppen, formerly German mill
tary attaohe at Paris, and Major Paniz-
zardi, the former military attache of
Italy at the French capital. ="
At this iuncture, the colonel said it
would facilitate his explanations If he
were permitted to see the secret dossier,
adding: II have already had it in my
hands, but fear my memory may fail
me on some points. :"
"What you ask" replied the presi-
dent of the court-martial, sis i'm
possible. The minister's orders are
absolute. The secret dossier can only
be examined under certain conditions. I"
81 regret it, answered Col. Pic
quart, "but ! will try to refresh my
memory"
Regarding the correspondence Of the
military attaches, the witness demon.
strated the insignificance of the in.
Clam regarded the correspondence as
convincing, and as clearly indicating
an officer of the Second Bureau, Col.
Picquart maintained that the terms Of
the correspondence indicated that tht
writer intended to ask friend, and moi
a spy, about the information desired
Many headquarters officers. he pointed
out. we're on cordial and absolutel,
legitimate terms with the Foreign
military attaches.
Col. Picquart then took up tn,
"Cette Canaille do d. document
He called the attention Of the cour,
to the fact that it was addressed BY
Schwarzkoppen, Panizzardi, and no
vice versa, as long believed.
After giving his reasons for believing
Dreyfus was not the person referred tt
in that document, Col. Picquar
showed how Patty de Clam underworld
to ascribe the authorship of the docu
ment to Panizzardi, with the view o
establishing q connection which, il
reality, did not exist between tn
various documents in the indictmen
against Dreyfus
Tho minute detail with which tn
, colonel dealt with the evidence, tn
olearness of his language and his de
auctions had great effect upon tn
audience, and ELECTED general admira
ton.
The former chief of the Intelligence
Department concluded his examination
of the first portion Of the secret dossie
by saying. MAY be allowed to ex
press deep regret at the absence q
Major Du Patty de Clam. 1t seems t
me Indispensable that this officer, no,
wrote the commentaries on the secre
dossier, should be summoned to Civ
evidence here. He would give us hi
,, "reminiscences, and would help him.
daughter
{ SENSATION IN COURT.
But" added Col. Picquart, "sinc
) l am dealing with this question of til
commentaries OF Du Patty de Clam
> permit me to point out to you, gentle
men, that this document was not tn
property of my particular minister.
j was classified as belonging to the In
telligence Department, and, as you see
: it formed part of well.defined dossie
0 "a dossier which was shut up in on
of the drawers of my desk, and whic
j was distracted from it. This con
Q mentary, therefore, is upon secre
{ dossier document which was improperl
removed from my department. tSensu
Q ton.
r Continuing, the witness said: "Mer
tion was made yesterday Of the disaI
, peafance Of documents. That is th
Q case in point.''
: Turning to the second portion of th
! dossier, Col. Picquart described
!, number of documents in it as forgerie.
and said the police reports thereon cor
. tanned showed nothing serious again.
0 Dreyfus. He explained that they en-
Q bodied the there mostly utilized b
} police spies to dupe the Intelligenc
6 Department, and asserted that the
information was mostly worthless, en-
!, broidered or false, and prepared I
IS make interesting reading.