The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT.
Col. Jouaust Congratulates Labor On
His Return.


Rennes. Aug 22.-Following are the
proceedings in detail:
The president of the court. Colone
Jouaust. on taking his seat. turned II
NJ Labor and, amid impressive silence
READ an address, as follows:
Allow me, NJ Labor, to express Il
you tne unanimous sentiments of the
! courtmartal at the odious ATTEMPT II
which you nearly fell a victim. This
unspeakable act has excited every.
where, and especially among the mem.
Ders OF the courtmartial, the keenest
! Indignation. (Applause.) We are glad
II did not have grave consequences tc
you and that the skillful and devoted
attehtlon laVlshed upon you permit you
10 resume your duties today" CAP
| piause.)
In spite of the presidents exhortatiou
not TO fatigue himself, NJ. Labori re-
piled:
M. Labori's Reply.
Monsieur lie President: Permit me-
Notwithstanding my weakness and emo
uon. 10 say a word in reply to those
you nave done me the honor to address
10 me in such deeply touching terms.
IL was for me visitation of a particu-
larly painful nature to be struck down
at the time when this case was BEGIN
ming TO realize my beautiful dream of
the last few years, namely, to head
TINS case in all its amplitude before a
tribunal of soldiers. That was nv as
plration and that will explain to Won
my emotion and sorrow, as well as nv
JOY, today l will not revert to that.
Out WISH TO thank all. friends or ices
or indifferent people, who have hon
ored me with these signs Of sympathy.
OF which l am deeply sensible: and |
thank you, Mr.. President and members
OF the courtmartial, and also all these
eminent men. though l have not the
honor of knowing them, EXCEPT in the
course OF these long struggles in which
we have met, and in the progress OF
which the faces of adversaries end nv
smiling a little, like the faces of friends.
or, at least, like those of old acquain-
tances who have expressed their SYM
pathy. l thank you. friends and col
leagues. even the humblest correspon-
dents who have done me the honor to
write TO me without giving their ad-
dresses, because their marks of sympa-
thy, though coming from the humblest
abodes. were also the most sincere and
the most touching.
i resume my place in court rather
TO hear than to speak. If l am less
active, / shall bring no less conscien-
tiousness, no less good temper into my
work. 1t is difficult task we are all
performing. You who are the arbiters
and who will render justice-we the
auXiliaries. But all of this will help
Us on. for we shall have the sense of
duty done.
Let us now continue the proceedings
in which we have yet TO pass through
many vicissitudes. Thanks to the full
ness of these investigations. we shall
see emerged from them perfect truth
and complete justice making for peace"
IL
now had the right TO hope, and de-
clared that protests and determinations
after the success of the work of jus
tice. must be regarded inadmissible.
and that it must be known that error
has ever a larger share in human af-
fairs than treachery.'
Investigation Continues.
As the eminent LAWYER whose face
showed emotion and fatigue seated
himself, there was prolonged handicap
ping.
NJ. Grenier. former project of Beifort.
was the first witness called. He said
he considered Esterhazy 70 be an ire
sponsible parsonage. EsterhaZy, he con-
tinued, was the orderly of witness
father, who always praised his fidel--
ity and devotion. but Esterhazy even
then was a disappointed man. He was
always complaining of deception,
grumbling at fate and living in great
style, without means to uphold it. He
squandered successive legacies. The
witness said he introduced EsterhaZy
to NJ. Jules Roche, reporter of the
budget of the minister of war, who
wanted an educated, intelligent officer,
capable of explaining military techni-
calities. No one, according to NJ. Gre
nier. was better qualified for this than
Esternazy, who spoke every European
and was thoroughly posted
on military science and the general and
military history of Europe. At Ester
hazy's request. the witness made nu-
merous attempts to get him into the
ministry of war; which EsterhaZy de-
clared was necessary in order 10 enable
him to pass for lieutenant colonel.
NJ. Grenier continued that at times
Esterhazy himself attributed the re-
sistance which he encountered to var
ious people including the late Lieuten-
ant Colonel Henry, but when the wit
ness treasured EsterbaZy on this point,
he exclaimed:
1T is the last thing / should expect !
for Henry to be nasty"
Colonel Jouaust-Did Esterhazy tell |
you he believed in the innocence of |
Dreyfus?
The witness could not reply definitely |
to this question. He said his recollec- /
tions were not sufficiently exact He |
fancied Esterhazy had said so, but he /
could not swear to it.
lieutenant Colonel Rollin of the in |
telligence department was the next wit |
ness. He described the spy Lajoux,