The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-19

Roget, Are at Their Wits End
Capture of Alleged AssaiIant of
Nj. Labori a Mere Incident in
View of the Sensational Proceed
ings of the Day.
RENNES, France, Aug. B.-Thls has
been a great day for Dreyfus. His
friends are in more hopeful mood than
they have been at any time since the
trial was started. Even the capture Of
the self-confessed assailant of NJ. LaboTi
, fell fiat as a sensation in the face OF the
days developments. Col. Picquart so
punctured the secret dossier that tonight
It is regarded as a tissue Of falsehoods
and forgeries. Gems. Mercier and Roget
the arch enemies of the prisoner, we're SO
discounted by the testimony of Col.
Picquart that they were unable to con-
ceal their disgust and dismay.
COL. PICQUART CALLED
Col Picquart, former chief of the intel
Iigence department of the war office, was
called to the witness stand when the
court convened and continued his deposi-
ton, which was interrupted yesterday
by the adjournment of the court for the
day. Col. Picquart practically occupied
the whole of the sitting with a presenta-
tion of his side of the case. He spoke
for five hours and his voice at the end
of that time began to show signs Of ia
tigue. His testimony was followed with
the closest attention by the members Of
the court-martial and by the audience.
Dreyfus drank in all the witness words
and scanned the faces of his judges, as
though seeking to read their thoughts.
The members of the court-martiaI took
copious notes during Picquart's testi-
mony, and 1t was quite evident that sew
eral of the explanations he gave came as
fresh light.
Regarding the correspondence of the
military attaches contained in the dossier,
witness demonstrated the insignifcance
of the information asked While Du Patty
de Clam regarded the correspondence as
convincing and as closely indicating an
officer of the second bureau, Picquart
maintained that the terms of the CORE
spondence indicated that the writer in
tended to ask a friend, and not spy, for
the information desired. Many headquar-
ters officers, he pointed out, were on cor
dial and absolutely legitimate terms with
the for eign military attaches.
Col Picquart then took up the "cette
canaiIle de D" document. He called
the attention of the court to the fact that
1t was addressed by Schwartzkoppen to
PanizzaTdi, and not vice versa, as long
believed. After giving his reasons for be-
Ecving Dreyfus was not the person refer
red to in that document. PicQuart showed
how Du Patty de Clam endeavored to
ascribe the authorship of the document
to PaniZzardi, with a view of establish
Ing connection which in reality did not
exist between the various documents in
the indictment against Dreyfus.
SHOT AT DU Patty DE CLAM
The document referring to the French
agents journey to Switzerland, of which
SchwartzkOppen is said to have been in
formed, was only slightly commented
upon by the witness, as he did not attach
Importance to it. The minute detail with
which the colonel dealt with the evidence,
the clearness of his language and his
deductions had great effect upon the audi
ence, and elected general admiration.
The former chief of the intelligence de-
partment concluded his examination of
the first portion of the secret dossier by
saying:
May I be allowed to express deep re-
gret at the absence of Maj. du Patty de
Clam. 1t seems to me indispensable that
this officer, who wrote the commentaries
on the secret dossier, should be summon
ed to give evidence here. He would give
US his "reminiscences, and 1 would help
him. Oaughter)
But" added Picquart, ''since 1 am
dealing with this question of the COM
mentaries of Maj. du Patty de Clam, per-
nit me to point out to you, gentlemen,
that this document was not the property
of any particular minister. 1t was classi-
fed as belonging to the intelligence de-
partment, and, you see, it formed part
of a well-deffned dOssier-a dossier which
oh, In OFf Al,
desk and which was abstracted from it
This commentary therefore is upon a Sc
cret dossier document which was i'm
properly removed from my department.
(Sensation.)
Continuing, the witness said: "Mentior
was made yesterday Of the disappearance
of documents. That is the case in point ,
Turning to the second portion of the
5ossier, Picquart described a number o.
documents in it as forgeries, and said the
police reports therein contained showed
nothing serious against Dreyfus He ex
planned that they embodied the theme
mostly utilized by police spies in ordel
to dupe the intelligence department. anC
asserted that the spies information wa:
mostly worthless, embroidered or false, Of
prepared in order to make interesting
reading
In the inquiry made by NJ Quesnay d,
Beaurepaire" former president Of the civi
section of the court of cassation), contin
ued Col. Picquart, "you have an excelIen
example of the sort of people who car
present in the most specious guise wha
amounts absolutely to nothing.
You cannot imagine, gentlemen, wha
people, in order to get money, If only
modest 20-franc piece, have brought t
the intelligence department in the shap
of so-called Information, which exam
ination has proved to be worthless"
DREYFUS INTERESTED.
Dreyfus displayed the keenest interes
in Picquarts protracted analysis Of tn
dossier, 10 which the whole audienc
listened with profound attention Th
members of the court-martial and tn
former ministers of war were equally in
terested. OF the latter Gems Billot ant
Zurlinden were in full uniform Gen
Mercier was attired in civilian clothes
Near them sat NJ Bertulus the examfn
ing magistrate, who gave such strons
testimony for Dreyfus yesterday. Nine
Henry, widow of Lieut.. Col Henry. wht
Yesterday taxed NJ. Bertulus with beins
Judas, was not present
Concluding his examination of the Sc
cret dossier, Col. Picquart explained hoy
he had acquired the conviction that tn
bordereau was written by Esterhazy. an,
how he ascertained that the anti-Dreyfu