The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-23
Dreyfus' Trial.

the judge advocate oppose the request
and the court unanimously refused to
grant the request.
Senator Guerin's-first witness-tes
timony was unimportant. The next,
M. Lebon, minister for colonies while
Dreyfus was on Devil Island, testified
that no needless severity was shown
Dreyfus. Extreme measures were
necessary because of danger of the
prisoner being rescued. He claimed
that Dreyfus carried on irregular cor
respondence with relatives and friends.
At the close lof Lebon's testimony
Dreyfus was invited to question wit
ness. mo" he replied, 81 have moth
ing to say to man who for five years
helped make my sufferings agonizing
and barbarous. 1 am not here to COM
plain but to defend my honor"
The clerk read the detailed govern
ment report respecting the prisoner
while on DEVILS Island, and quoted
his heart rending appeals because no
letters from his wife, or word from his
children were given him; also details of
prisoners illness and sufferings.
General Roget testified, insisting
that Dreyfus, not Esterhazy, wrote the
Bordereau, as internal evidence demon
strates that it was the work of staff
officer. He cited as proof of the guilt
of Dreyfus his denials of knowledge of
secret hydraulic brake and robin shell
of which he certainly knew.
Dreyfus, permitted to speak when
Roget concluded, replied passionately,
CATER listening two hours to such
abominable things, my heart wrung, l
am incaple of thinking" The court
adjourned.
Dreyfus was in worse condition
than at any time since the beginning
of his trial.
He showed Impotence, lack OF nerve,
and constrained manner, compared
with his manner on Saturday.
Physicians think perhaps it is safe to
leave the bullet in Labori's back, as it
is lodged in the fleshy part. Labori
hopes to appear in court next week in
time to do the summing up in the case.
RENNEs, August 17-Labori passed
bad night, fever, resulting from the
X-ray operation, causing restlessness.
Physicians are now undecided when to
probe for bullet. At the resumption of
the session this morning Gen. Roget
finished his testimony which was Moth
ing but long speech closing with an
argument with M. Demange in which
the witness lost some of his assurance.
Next came M. Bertulus, the first
witness to testify in favor of the pris-
oner. Bertulus was examining the
magistrate whose seizure of papers
3 kn e
hazy's mistress, led to his belief of the
guilt of Col. Henry. Bertulus testified
to Henry's famous confession while
being examined. He told how he ex-
amined all the evidence in the case and
concluded absolutely that there was no
indication of the guilt of Dreyfus. He
gave grounds for the belief of Ester
hazy's connection with the bordereau.
The next witness was Lieut.. Col.
Picquart, who spoke clearly, with a
frank and even bold demeanor. AS
the head of the secret intelligence bur-
eau he was asked by Gen. Boisdeffre to
find a motive of treachery in the Drey-
fus affair in '96, after the prisoners
conviction. He was first led to believe
that Dreyfus was innocent when he
found postal card the pieces of which
were taken from the waste basket of
the German embassy and lore Ester
hszy's name. Inquiries fou d that Es-
terhazy was often having documents
copied His handwriting was found
stsrtlingly to resemble that in the Dor.
dereau. PicQuart reported the discov-
cries. When the war minister, Cav.
agnac, ordered an investigation Ester.
hazy's witness said Esterhazy was in
formed OF it. Shortly after this
Picquart was sent on dangerous mis-.
sion 70 Tunis. Picquart said that the
resemblance OF Dreyfus' handwriting
to that III the bordereau was only a ru-
NOR. Du Patty de Clam never seemed
able to keep himself out of the case
Witness was asked how Dreyfus could
know the military secrets which were
betrayed when he (PicquarD of the
intelligence bureau did not know them
and only could have been known in
the bureau of Patty de Clam. This
last remark caused sensation. Court
thereupon adjourned until tomorrow
when Picquart continues.
RENNEs, August Is. - Lieut-Col.
Picquart to-day exceeded his brilliant
performances of yesterday in defense
of Dreyfus. Picquart first considered
the .bordereau, maintaining that the
line, 81 am just going to manoueveres'
could not have been written by Drey
fus as he could have had no knowledge
of the manoueveres at the date of the
writing.
Picquart then took up the secret dos.
sier. Both Jouanst and Chamoin warn
ed him of his discretion in reference tC
the dossier but the warning the wit
ness barely acknowledged. Witness
claimed it was Henry who altered the
petit bleu so as to make it appear thai
Esterhazy's name had not been forged
Picquart frequently referred to his own
prosecutions in Punishment to Africd
on pretext, his return, and subsequent
arrest for forgery; 10 the efforts OF the
general of staff TO thWart inyestiga