The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-30
DREYFUS TRIAL TESTIMONY
CONTINUED from Third Page.)

Thomas did not notice his arrest, anu
consequently, a letter addressed to
Thomas was intercepted and reply
was sent. This letter asked for plans
of shell. The headquarters stan CD
tained the plans and sent them TO
Thomas correspondents The latter re-
piled, thanking Thomas and enclosing
bank notes, which were credited to the
funds Of the headquarters staff.
Whatever has been said TO the con-
trary, witness maintained that the leak
age at Bourges could not be ascribed to
Dreyfus. This also was the opinion Oh
Colonel Sandherr, who frequently had
recourse to the witness intimate knoWl-
edge of this question in the futile ef-
forts to discover evidence against Drey-
fus. The witness described the various
leakages. He especially referred to
very serious case designated as leak
age of st. Thomas Aquinas, in which
a clerk of the Church of st. Thomas
Aqninas, Paris, was mixed up in espl-
onage and serious leakage in the min
istry of marine.
The witness recalled how information
of the leakage of 1894 was received, pfl-
marily. The name mentioned was that
of a man, forty-five years OF age VINO
wore decorations, and used to convey
documents to the embassy, which the
witness described as a house with
large garden. This personal description
did not bear the slightest resemblance
to Dreyfus, but resembled much more
closely another officer, whose name had
been mentioned and who could no longer
be prosecuted or convicted.
The witness then referred to the spy
Guanee's denunciations, to the effect
that officers of the headquarters staff
were guilty of treachery. But the col
onel explained, it was very difficult to
accept Guenee's statements as gospel.
He regretted Guenees death, as, he sad,
the court would have been edited by
his testimony in regard to the manner
in which many things were fabricated.
Referring next to what he styled the
"huge undertaking of Richard Cuers,
Lajouk & Co." the colonel declared that
the object was nothing less than re-
cruiting German spies for the service of
the French government. He said the
organization would have been of the
greatest utility in the event of war, and
said regrets were frequent during the
last war in regard to the lack of spies.
Cuers, he pointed out, spoke French ad-
mirably, and, therefore, it could not be
maintained that only German could be
spoken at the interview at Basile be-
tween Cuers, Henry and Lauth.
One of Cuer's special services, contin-
ued the witness. was furnishing Ger
many with false information. He,
therefore, was sometimes Obliged to say
that he had succeeded in suborning
\, off ap6 in thic C1arca
was induced to declare that he had
obtained the collaboration of an officer
of the headquarters staff. Proof of this
could be found at headquarters in the
dossier of false documents delivered to
Germany "These documents" added
Colonel Cordier, g are no doubt in all
the better order because the archivist,
M. Gribelin, wears blue spectacles.'
Gaughter)
Colonel Jouaust called the witness to
order and the remark was withdrawn,
witness declaring, amid peals of laugh
ter: ut escaped me, Monsieur lie Pres
ident, I withdraw the spectacles."
Corder then described the events
prior to the arrest of Dreyfus, and
showed that only single real leakage,
namely, the plans of the fortresses, had
occurred at the time of his arrest. The
document known as /" 'cette Canaille
de. D. he explained, was contem-
poEaneous with this leakage.
1T has been said" continued the wit
ness, "that I made mistake on this
point, and COMPOUNDED the document
with another containing the initial
alone. I should like very much to see
the document, in order to assure myself
that it had not been tempered with. 1t
is not, however, of any Importance, eX-
cept to show that General Roget's evil
dence concerning me is false from be-
ginning to end" (Sensation)
General Roget asked leave to speak,
but Colonel Cordier continued, show
ing how the leakage Of plans of fort
ress was facilitated by the carelessness
of the headquarters staff, and main
tanning that the leakage was still oc-
curing when the witness left the war
office.
Reverting to the manner in which
the suspicious against Dreyfus crystal
Iized, the colonel described the efforts
to pry into the prisoners life, and said
that the information at first received
was very bad and constituted strong
proof against the prisoner. Later, how
ever. it assumed quite a different as
pect. 1t was admitted that before his |
marriage Dreyfus was not "unimpeach-
able morally, nor was he entitled to
wear a wreath of orange blossoms"
(Laughter.) But" Cordier added, |
"after his marriage Dreyfus was quite |
different The witness also said that |
while Dreyfus boasted of his con-
quests, he, Cordier, was of the opinion /
that those who boosted the most ac-
complished the least" Laughter.)
Dreyfus, he continued, Dragged a
great deal, and, probably, now repent
ed having done SO, and Dreyfus' in
uuisitiveness, according to Witness was
probably explained by his knowledge
that he would not long remain on the
headquarters staff, and desired to OBJ
tain all the information which might be
useful to him in after-life.
The colonel then paid tribute to the
memory of Colonel Sandherr, who ex-
amined the immense mass of docu-
ments relating to espionage, and I'M
earthed the s. 'cette Canaile de D."
document, which seemed to the witness
to date back to antiquity.
In 1894 the witness regarded as in
sufficient the sole proof against Drey-
frs. namely the bordereau He did not
believe the prisoner was guilty, but the