Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-08


Tense must suhmi: to the necessities Of
public policy which arc. have no druhJ
similarly understood by the government
Of Inc republic. shall therefore. 10
glad il you Will ask NJ. P"leolaSua IT,
in this ease. the telegraph must not
be employed | think sucl, a method
would be exreeii:igly rapid ana | am
convinced that the president II the
c"urt-mGlrtial itself viii NOT refuse 10
ALLOW the defen:c u ascertain N"
truth.
Counsel at'lel that he would max" 4
formal application t. this effect;
NJ. PALEoLot;t.ls.S VIEW.
Colonel Jouaust. president os The
court invited the opinion of NJ Palco-
loSua. who replied:
III is clear tha, Considerations Of pub
lie policy stand in the way of foreign
military alta hes appearing III a t'Tencil
court To testify il, regard to facts o:
which they rad cu.,niZancc III their dip
lomatic capacity. & oanel Schwartz
kcrren ara Major Panizzarli will not
attend the court martial
AS regards the dispatch IF L commits
sion. | believe the foreign office will not
oppose il. But must max" all reser-
voti"ns regarding: the us" Of th.. :al,.-
graph. DO nor know if That would ~
Il regular proceeding.
NJ. I.ahrri: isn't, coulicrs can be en-
ployed."
NJ paleo!ogue: Il do not think chat
the telegraph can be used.
Major ,s1rIcre: Il 10 not oppose the
appointment - commission. ii is :.
| matter for the president to decide.
There is no legal objection prnvil!n.
We rcslcrt the provisions Of the milf
| tary code Which Ga net permit an inter
rup ion Of the trial Such procedure
| must not be allowed to hinder tho pro-
-ress Of the trial ard must therefore.
| BE rapid.
COULD BE DONE oUlCKlY.
| NJ. Labor: II think it possible. to
| make the proc.cC,ure l propose Very
| rapid The military co&e provides for
| 4 suspension of forty-ei"h. hours. On
| the other hand the court might short
| en- its sittinss. reducing them four
hours each. In AIRY case. shall nave
| tn@ hour If formulating an application
| which will submit to the COURT
NJ. Labori then read his application
| saying that as considerations of public
i policy prevented the appearance Of Col
| .nel Schw:irtzkoppen and Major Paniz-
zardi before the cnurt-martial, commits
siun> should be sent 10 examine thnm.
| i'll order 20 permit those officers To
state under oath all they know With
| regard to the ease. Counsel requested
| the court TO have the following ,lues-
| t!cns put to each nt the two officers
| !'irst-On what date dil you receive
| the documents mentioned in the borle-
rcau?
| same handwriting us the horlrrral.
| which you know from !, fac snilr?
| 1Eird-What did these documents
| contain?
| Fourth-Did YOU receive the firms:
manual either in the original or 4 copy?
E'itth-Did YOU receive the graduation
| bar?
SiXth--Since What date ana until what
date did you receive those documents:
Sevenlh-'Was il 70 the same CORES
| pendent that you addressed the peti,
| bleu referred to IN the conversation be
| @asSc?
icight h-Havc You had direct rela-
lions With the accused?
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
NJ Labor urged the iml,ortanca Of
the evidence Of these two witnesses.
whom, he declared. he would net nave
cited if Cernuschi had not been called
counsel pointed CUT that it waS !,ns;S!-
l'lc TO suspend the proceedings long
enough TO obtain replies To the ques-
iions which ne considered inds,en-
sable.
The court retired To deliberate on the
motion. and. on its return Colonel Jou-
;'llst read the judgment. lie declared
that the president OF the court alO.le
was competent = appoint 4 commission
To inte:ruSate Cnlnnei acknowledgment
and Major Paniz@ardi. and thar the
court unanimously pronounced itself in
competent To give effect to counsels
motion.
NJ. Labor asked Colonel Jouaust
whether seeing that he alone VAS COM
petcnt. he refused to grant the nppli-
cation?
Colonel Jouaust: Il do
NJ. Cochefort. chief of the detective
department., was recalled in connection
With Du Patty dc CLAIMS version of the
d!ctatlon scene. He said he noticed
Dreyfus showed great perturbation af-
ter having been questioned by Du Patty
de Clam.
II WILL PROVE, MY INNOCENCE.
The witness added that on 4 side
table was Il revolver and Dreyfus, no.
tlclns the weapon. exclaimed:
Il Will not take my life. I Will live
and prove my Innocence
"A letter was read from Captain Hum
pert OF The engineers. who met Drcytus
carrying documents from the geocr:,ph
zeal department.
Humbert also referred to the desire
or Dreyfus to-enter the statistical sec
ton.
In reply to the usua: questions. Drey-
fus said that Captain Humbert's re-
collections We're not exact.
Colonel Jouaust: Did You apply TO
Colonel Sandherr With !, view OF enter
ing the statistical section?''
Dreyfus:"No, no.
Colonel Jouaust: did you not ex-
press such desire to your comrades p,
Dreyfus: NO
General MERCER reappeared on the
scene After saying that the evidence.
OF Captain Freystataetter must have
greatly influenced the judges and that
ne had been called a fcrgcr because
or That evidence. he gave his version Of
orders that he had issued in 1891, that
he Panizzardi telegram should not bn
taken into account. He said the scaled
envelope handed to the first court mar