The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
P|CQUARI THE ONE WITNESS
Testimony Of the First Officer to
Express Doubt Of Oreyfus' Guilt,
KNEW THE D0SSlER BY HEART
Drey fus Drank in ALI the Wltne.,,
Words, Which Game as = Balm to the
Wounds In ficted Upon Him by Mer-
cler and Roget.

RENNEs, France. Aug. 1o.-When
the Dreyfus trial was resumed in the
Lycce at 7:25 o'clock this morning,
Colonel Picquar:, ex.chief of the in
telligence department Of the war
office, was called to the witness stand
and continued his deposition inter-
rupted yesterday by the adjournment
OF the court for the day. The colonel
gave his testimony in the same loud,
fearless tone OF voice that character
lzed his manner yesterday. He began
by declaring he thought it necessary
to Immediately reply to General
koget's arraignment of him while
upon the stand. AT the outset of
Colonel Picquart's remarks Roget in
terposed and said he would reply to
them.
Continuing, Colone. picquart pro-
ceeded to discuss the secret dossier as
the main spring Of the condcmna-
ton Of Dreyfus." lie took up the
documents successfully, referring to
the writers and addresses of the let.
tiers as A and B. Among those pres
ent IN court were Generals Zurlindcn
n Billot, e~x-ministcrs of war.
Maitrc Mornard, who argued the
case in behalf of the Drcyfus family
for the revision of the prisoners SEN
tence before the court Of cessation,
was present this morning to assist Nj.
Demange of the counsel for the de-
tense.
Co!one. Picquart occupied practi-
cally the whoto Of to-day's sitting
with a masterful presentation of his
!. side of the case. He spoke for five
hours and his voice at the end of that
time showed signs of fatigue. His
testimony was followed with the
closest attention by the members Of
the court-mar.;al and by the audi
encc. During the brief suspension of
court Generals MERCER, Roget, Billot
and D~eBoisdetfre and other witnesses
~sauntered together up and down the
courtyard of the Lycee, or gathered
in little groups, animntcdly discuss
ing Picquart's evidence, which, al
though it contained but few new
facts, was SO clever!v placed before
the tribunal and vas spoken so eff
fcctively that it could not fail to re-
peat the impression he made yester-
day.
Dreyfus drank in all the witness,
words, which came as a balm to the
wounds inflicted upon him by MERCER
and Roget, and the prisoner frequent
ly and closely scanned the faces of
his judges, as though seeking to read
their thoughts. From the standpoint
of the spectators the session was the
most ~uneventful one since the open
ing of the trial. Even the confronta-
ton at the end lacked the dramatic
force of the similar incidents which
have marked almost every previous
sitting.
P%icquart's deposition was a fine per.
Torrance. He spoke without notes,
and in view of the mass of facts in
his analysis of the dossier, it must be
ranked as a feat Of memory. The
members of the our martial took
copious notes during Picquart:s testi-
money, and it was quite evident that
several of the explanations he gave
came as fresh light.
Then, whom Picquart concluded,
both General Roget and General Mer-
cier jumped up and asked to be heard
contradictoriiy.
Colonel Jouaust asked General
Roget to speak first. He therefore
faced Colonel Picquart, who replied
promptly to his questions, which the
general delivered in a theatrical man
ner and with frequent gestures.