The record-union., 1899-09-01
LIGHT THROWN
ON DREYFUS CASE.
Story Published by a Jewish Paper
at Atlanta, Georgia,
Alleged to Have Been Told by a Former
German Government Official.
Says He Was a Document Trans
lator, and Never Heard the
Name OF Dreyfus Mentioned in
Connection With French War
Office Merchandise.

ATLANTA (Ga), Aug. 81. - The
Jewish Sentiment" in it's regular
weekly edition tomorrow will print q
story bearing with almost startling di
rectnesS on the Dreyfus trial. Several
statements apparently new to the now
celebrated case are given, together
with names of those who are said to
be in possession of information which
will throw new light ON the trial.
For the first time, it is believed, the
mode of carrying documents from the
French War Office to the German Gov
eminent is given. 1t shows that dolls
We're used as the means of conveyance,
and that the papers went first to Eng
land and then to Germany. The identity
Of the Yelled Lady is also made
known.
The story which the Sentiment" will
print comes from a man who was en-
ployed several years ago by the Ger
man Government as document transla-
tor and maker of relief maps, and who,
after quitting Germany, served in the
United States during the war with
Spain. He shows his discharge papers,
which denote that he was a staff Off
Ger.
The informer says he was born in
Denver, Col. The story, after some
introductory remarks, reads:
L was translator he says, "of doc
uments at the great staff headquar-
ters at Koniggratzerstras No. 9, Ber~
lin. I never heard the name of Drey-
fus mentioned in connection with
French War Office merchandise ship
ped to the above address via Belgium
and London. 1 translated the informa
tion regarding gun No. 20 The orig
inal document never left the French
War Office, and the copy could only
have been written out through the di
rect agency or connivance of a chief OF
department. Dreyfus was unknown at
the German Secret Service Bureau i'll
person or by name from 1890 to 1894
This l most solemnly affirm.
THE plans, specifications and details
of gun No. 20 of the Robinschell and
of the French war vessels Jauregibery,
Charles Martel and Lazar Carnot, to-
gether with the plans for mobilization,
were purchased through Germanys
Embassy in Paris, presided over by
Prince Hans Heinrich Pless, and as
sent by Postoffice money order and tel
egraph in payment for the merchan-
disc. These payments were made in
two parts through Mr.. Franz, a doll
manufactures of Sonnenburg, Germany,
and Alvin F1orschuets, bank director
of Sonnenburg. The medium of women
was employed in transacting the busi-
ness
II met Count Esterhazy several times
in person at dinners given by Baroness
Delden, who was Esterhazy's sweet
heart. He furnished much of the in
formation. These documents were
never received at the Embassy-alw
at church, public function or a prf-
vate dinner party. The French spies
We're always on the alert, and only
through such means could their watch
fulness be circumvented.
THE Baroness is the party referred
to in the Dreyfus trial as the Yelled
Lady She received from Prince PIess
a regular pension. Every six months
remittances are made anonymously to
Baroness Delden through the Credit
Lyonnais of Paris. 1t is we'll known
at German headquarters staff that the
amounts are forwarded by Prince Hen
ry Pless. The Credit Lyonnais is in
nocent of the purpose for which the
money is used. 1 mention this fact be-
cause the records of the bank will cor
roborate my statements
II am also in a position to name the
Postoffices in England where the money
was paid to the agents of Germany
employed in France.
Mr.. Franz used to send dolls to
Paris to be dressed In the body Of
these dolls important documents were
concealed, and they were sent first to
| village Postoffice in England, and
forwarded from there to Sonnenburg
and then to Berlin