Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-09-04
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FALSEHOOD
Snb-Chlef Hennions' Report Sup
pressed In office of
General Staff.
EVIDENCE IN DREYFUs CASE
Expected to Be Finished Before
Lone-Dreyfus
Freemdson.

RENNEs, Sept. 4. six to ten days is
given as the outside limit of further
duration of the Dreyfus trial. The first
witness today was NJ. Cernusohi. His
letter to Colonel Jouaust, offering testi.
mony, stating that having been mixed
up in political troubles in Austro-Hur
gary he had been obliged to seek re-
fuge in France, where he had a friend
who was high official in foreign
Office of central European power
This friend, the witness said, told him
certain foreign agents of France might
denounce him, the first named men
toned being that of Dreyfus. Another
foreign general of the staff similarly
warned him. One day, the witness
said, when he was visiting the latter,
he saw him take from his pocket a
voluminous packet containing military
documents. The officer said that in
France one could buy anything, adding;
"What is the good of the Jews if you
don't use them ?"
Being asked if he had ascertained the
name of the traitor in this case, Ger
nusohi replied: mo, because the Off
Ger had already said Dreyfus was his
informant"
Major Carriere, representing the gov
ernment, asked that the court hold a
further examination of this witness be.
hind closed doors. Labori then an
nonnced that since the prosecution had
summoned all the foreigners he intend
ed to make formal application to have
complete steps taken through the for
eign channels to ascertain whether
documents mentioned in the bordereau
were delivered to foreign power and
if so By whom. M. Andre, clerk to M
Bertullus, judge of the court of cassa-
ton. who received the confession of the
late Lieutenant Colonel Henry, deposed
he overheard Henry exclaim: Don't
insist, beg you. The honor or tte
army must be saved before everything
The next important witness was the
well known mathematician, M. Pain
leve, who tore TO pieces Bertillon's sYs-
tenn.
A commissary OF the secret police
named Tomps was called by the de-
fense. Lieutenant Colonel Henry, he
as erted, tried to induce hi to attri-
buie to Picquart communication of
the bordereau to the Matin, IN which
the bordereau was first published. The
witness was asked if he ever investi-
gated the Paulmier affair, which was
as follows: Paulmier was valet of
Schwsrizkoppen, the German military
attache at Paris. 1t was alleged he saw
on Schwarlzk0ppen's desk documents
signed bv Dreyfus. The general staff
had declared that an effort be made to
get at the truth of this story, but Paul
mier disappeared and therefore, al
though the general staff could not
prove the story, it could not be dis
proved
To the question regarding this case
Tomps replied he had not investigated
the affair, whereupon Labori suggested
that M. Hennion, sub-chief politica
police, may haye been entrusted with
the inquiry.
Jouaust called Hennlon, who was
present in the court room: "COme here
and testify Ienni0n declared he &C
tually found Paulmier, who told him
there was not word of truth in tht
whole story. lie had never seen any
paper bearing the name of Dreyfus
IIabori called attention TO the fact
that the general staff suppressed Hen
MONS report in favor of Dreyfus anG
OILY declared the report had been re
ceived representing Paulmier as un
traceable. Commandant Cuignet anC
Captain Junck insisted that only the
report that Paulmier could not bt
traced had been received by tie Office
of the general staff. Hennion said ht
forwarded the report to the genera
staff. giving Paulmier's emphatic de
.nial of the whole story.
DREYFUs A FREEMASoN
PARIS, Sept. 4.-The anti-Dreyfu!
press seem to think it struck a fata
blow at the defense this morning wheI
it printed proof that Dreyfus is Free
mason The idea is that this will in
sluence the Catholic judges, two at leas
of whom are active partisans of thel
faith. There is no doubt this is NOR
or less true. 1t ie also reported that /
Dreyfus is condemned the cabinet will
either resign as matter of form or asl
vote of confidence from the ehambe
as preliminary to the arrest OF the wa
office conspirators against Dreyfus ant
i'icquart on a criminal charge of con
spiracy.
The Transvaal Muddle.