Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-08-18
THE DREYFUS CASE
A Man Claims That He Shot At
torney Labor But Is Not
Believed.
DREYFUS' NEW LAW YER
Colonel Pioquart Concludes His Testimony
and Generals Roget and Meroier Are
Somewhat Shaken and Confront
the Witness.

department. His name is GlorOt, ma
tive of the department of Cotes du
Nord, and he has confessed.
Glorot was arrested because he said
yesterday: Il am the man who shot
Labori." The police, it is now believed,
think the prisoner only lunatic or
drunkard, desirous Of attracting atten-
ton, and the so-called confession may
turn out to be nothing more than an
empty boast. The police, however, are
investigating recent movements of the
prisoner.
Rennes, August 1S.-The red and
white facade Of the lycee was bathed in
sunshine at 5:45 o'clock this morning,
when Captain Dreyfus crossed the ave-
nue. de la Care and entered the building
for the second public session Of his trial
by court martial. Stringent police pre-
cautions had been taken, but barely
twenty persons had gathered to witness
the crossing. The session opened at $3.50
with precisely the same formalities as
on Monday. Reading to the court Of DR..
Ransom's report relative to finding a
document in the lining of Dreyfus
waistcoat was begun. On Dreyfus be-
ing shown by Colonel Jouaust the docu-
ment found in the lining of his waist
coat by penitentiary official, he ad-
mitted keeping it as a souvenir copy of
the bordereau. He owned this calmly
and without any trembling voice, and
then listened calmly to the reading of
DR.. Ransom's report
When the second trial by court-mar-
tial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, charged
with treason, was resumed at the lycee
at 1925 this morning, Colonel Picquart,
former chief of the intelligence depart
ment of the war office, was called to
the witness stand and continued his
deposition, which was interrupted yes
terday by adjournment. He gave his
testimony in the same loud and fearless
tone of voice that characterized his
manner yesterday. He began by declar-
ing he thought it necessary to imme-
diately reply to General Roget's verita-
stand. At the. outset of Colonel Pic
quarts remarks Roget interposed, and
said he would reply to them. In conclud-
ing, Colonel Picquart proceeded to dis
cuss the secret dossier as being the
handspring of the condemnation of
Dreyfus. He took up the documents
successively, referring to the writer's
and addresses of letter as "a" and
3D."
At the conclusion of Colonel Pic
quarts deposition Generals Roget and
Mercier rose together and asked to be
confronted with the witness. The con-
frontation, however, only lasted a few
minutes, and did not prove sensational,
having reference to comparatively mi
nor points. After Picquart reiterated
his statements, the court adjourned
from 11:40 a. m. until 2. The deposition
Of Colonel Picquart occupied the entire
session.
| Colonel Picquart practically occupied
the whole of to-day's sitting with a
masterful presentation Of his side Of the
case. He spoke five hours, and his voice
at the end of that time began to show
signs of fatigue. The testimony was fol
lowed with the closest attention by
members of the court-martial and by
the audience, and during brief sus-
pension of the court Generals Mercier
Roget, Billot and DeBoise and different
other witnesses gathered in groups, an.
imatedly discussing Picquart's evi.
dence, which, though it contained but
few new facts, was so severely placed
before the tribunal and was spoken sc
effectively that 1t could not fail to re-
peat the impression made yesterday.
During the deposition Colonel Pic
quart said his suspicious were aroused
against Esterhazy because Of his i'm
moral life and eagerness to get into tn
war office. He finally secured a sampl
of Esterhazy's handwriting, and wa
struck with the similarity to the Dor
dereau. He then began an investigation
Continuing, he said: when I saw be
yond doubt that the handwriting Of tn
bordereau was Esterhazy's, and seeln
the documents mentioned therein nigh
have been supplied by Esterhazy; tina
the words, I am going to maneuvers
could perfectly apply to Esterhazy, an
that Esterhazy had secret advice at tn
disposal of a copy of the document,
document so voluminous as the 'f1rin
manual resolved to consult the sc
cret dossier and see what part OF tn
treachery might be ascribed to Drey
fus and assure myself whether the do:
sier contained anything indicating E!
terhazy. frankly admit was stupefie
on reading the secret dossier. I expec
ed to find matters Of gravity therei
and found, In short, nothing but a do
ument which might apply just as mue
: to Esterhazy as to Dreyfus; an unin
portant document mentioning D'Agll
non. and document which seemed al
surd to apply to Dreyfus, namely, Get
canaille de D'A document Lastly,
recognized the report appended In Il
! handwriting Of Gonse, which appear
:, to be worthless as a second document
Dreyfus drank in all of witnes
words, which came as balm to woun
inflicted upon him by Mercier and r
get, and the prisoner frequently al
closely scanned the faces Of his Judge
). as though seeking to read the
thoughts.
From standpoint Of spectators, t
3 session was the most uneventful Q
= since the opening Of the trial. Even I