The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-05
NEARING AN END.
This Week May SEQ tho Close Of th
Dreyfus Trial.

This Week May SEQ the Close Of the
Dreyfus Trial.
RESSEs, Sept. 5.-The fifth week Of
the Dreyfus trial began with the largest
attendance yet seen in the Lycee. The
interest in the trial grows as the denoue.
ment approaches. Six to ten days il
given as the outside limit for the
further duration Of trial.
The session opened very Interestingly
with the appearance of the witness NJ.
Cernuschi, who claims to be a membe,
of the Servian royal house. His testi
mony was in effect that a foreign gen
eral Of staff had said to him that ont
could buy anything in France, referring
to a packet of military documents he
then had in his possession. He also
said the name of Dreyfus had been men.
toned in this connection.
L.bori Will Seek to Know It All.
NJ. Labor announced when he hac
finished, that since the prosecution had
summoned the aid of foreigners, he in
tended to make formal application t.
have complete steps taken through for
eign channels to ascertain whether the
documents mentioned in the borderear
were delivered to a foreign power, ano
If SO, by whom. This announcement
if Colonel Jouaust consents t.
the application, will have most import
ant consequences. The words of NJ
Labor created a deep impression, a.
they made it evident that counsel TO,
the defense is on the warpath.
The second witness called was NJ
Andre, clerk to NJ. Bertulus, judge O:
the court Of cessation, who secured tn.
confession of the late Lieutenant
Colonel Henry. NJ. Andre deposed tina
he heard Colonel Henry exclaim:
Don't insist, l beg of you. The homo,
OF the army must be saved befor,
everything"
General Gonse Broke In.
General Gonse broke into the argu
menr, and NJ. Labor thereupon at
tempted to cross-examine him on Ger
tain points, but Colonel Jouaust refused
to allow the most important questions
Finally NJ. Labor asked why a certain
dispatch from the French ambassado,
at Rome, relative to the payment O:
money to Major Count Esterhazy by az
Italian agent, had not been included il
the secret dossier presented to thu
court.
General Gonse replied that he hat
not considered the dispatch of suficieni
Importance to be included in the secrei
dossier. Colonel Jouaust here agar
refused to allow some of NJ. Laborit
questions. NJ. Labor was fumino
with Indignation, but was obliged te
submit.
In reply to a question by Labor as t.
who compiled the secret dossier. Com.
mandant Cuignet, from the body of the
hall, shouted that he did. He had
omitted all foreign documents '.becaust
foreigners are interested in deceivino
u.s. He also added that a certain dis.
patch also was omitted, which was
against Dreyfus.
NJ. Labor insisted that all these
omitted documents be submitted to the
court behind closed doors. General
Billot said he had handed the report tc
NJ. Cavaignac, and Labor asked that
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explain what had become of the docu-
ments.
1t appears that one Paulmier was Col.
onel Schwartzkoppen's valet at Paris
and it was alleged that he had seen on
Schwartzkoppen's desk documents
signed by Dreyfus. Paulmier disap-
peared, SO the general staff could not
ascertain the truth of the matter.
NJ. Labor suggested that NJ. Helm
non, sub-chief Of political police, might
know something of the matter. He
was accordingly called and said he had
investigated and that he had actually
found Paulmier, who told him there
was not a word Of truth in the whole
story. He had never seen any paper
bearing the name of Dreyfus.
M. Labor at once called attention to
the fact that the general staff had sup
pressed N. Hennion's report of Dreyfus.
md only declared that the report had
Deen received, representing Paulmisr q