The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-09

presence restrains his sobs and his emo
| tions.
| "Ah, gentlemen, I would rather de-
| fend guilty men who are clever dissem-
| blers than an innocent man who Is too
! sincere"
Other letters of the prisoner were read,
| all breathing the same desire to live to
see his honor disclosed. though the writer
| was broken down in health and spirit.
! One letter, written In 1897, appealed to
Gen. de Boisdeffre to lend his generous
aid in securing for the writer restoration
| to liberty of which he had been robbed.
| Writing to his brother the prisoner said:
| "While one or more scoundrels are walk
ing free, it would be happy release for
me to die, but it would be g. disgrace to
Lucille and my children"
In this letter the writer urged his broth
er to find the culprits, while carefully
protecting the interests of the country.
"Is not that the cry of an innocent
man?" asked NJ. Demange, adding: "Yet
| though Cen de Boisdeffre received the
| letter he did not forward it to Matthew
| Dreyfus.'
| PANIzZARDI INCIDENT.
In regard to the letters of Nov. and
Nov. Ii, sent by Maj. Panizzardi to his
| chief, it had been alleged that it proved
| Dreyfus had relations with Col. Schwartz
| koppen, whereas, in reality, Maj. Paniz-
zardi merely denied that Dreyfus had
any relations with Italy 1t was impos-
| sibfe to doubt the authenticity OF these
| facts. It was incredible that Col
| Schwartzkoppen and Maj Panizzardi de-
| cefved their governments. The omission
| of Esterhazy's name from these letters
| was intentional.
| Concluding his examination Of the Sc
cret dossier M. Demange remarked that
| he felt compelled to refer to these docu-
ments emanating from foreigners, as
| Cen Mercier relied upon them to support
| the guilt Of Dreyfus. The statements Of
| the military attaches that they had no
! relations with Dreyfus had been con-
flrmed by the statement of the minister
in the reichstag, who could not have
| been deceived by his attache at Paris.
al have finished" said M. Demange,
my examination of the secret doss1er
All France knows the worthlessness of
its contents Yet it is owing to it that
| the country has been distracted for
| months, and 1t has been thought that
| there were documents and proofs In 1t
which might bring France to blows with
| O. neighboring power. You are now ac-
| ouainted with 1t. The secret dossier has
been exploded
''You will pardon me the loss OF time L
have imposed upon you.
II will now take up the ctrcumstantial
evidence"
| A brief adjournment Of the court was
| here announced. Counsel was warmly
| applauded as he took his seat.
CIRCUMSTANTIALE EVIDENCE.
| On resumption of the session NJ De-
| mango discussed the circumstantial evil
| dence adduced in 1884, He said the per-
| turbation Of Dreyfus at the dictation
scene had nothing to do with producing
| the idea of guilt in the minds of those
| present. Col. -du Patty de Clam, M.
| Cochefort and M Gribelin were all con-
vinced beforehand of his guilt, as a re,
suit of evidence which they considered
unimpeachable, so much SO that they
| wished Dreyfus to blow out his brains,
| but Dreyfus declined because he was in
| nocent.
| M Demange successfully showed the
| hollowness of the stories Of Matthew
Dreyfus' attempt to corrupt Col. Sand
| herr, the late Lieut., Col Henry 8
Theatrical denunciatiea of Drev
| traitor at the court-,nartiai of 1894, and
the reports of the detectives. fIe pointed
! out how the prosecution had advanced
as proof the alleged statements of in
dividuals who were not in any war office,
| but whom they carefully abstained from
| producing for examination, especially
| dwelling upon Henry's statement in 1894,
| which has since been admitted to be
| false, that a certain war office employe
| informed him that Dreyfus was the cul-
| prit
NJ. Demange then showed the emptiness
of the gambling and tbert1ne charges
against the prisoner, and said the SIM
plest actions Of Dreyftls. were miscon-
strued, even his legitimate desire to OBJ
| tain knowledge being imputed as a
crime.
Could a spy have maintained the haugh,
| ty demeanor Dreyfus always showed to-
wards his comrades?
After demonstrating the falsity Of the
| evidence of M de Beaurepaire's witness
es-Mueller, Dubruell, Yiilon and Cernu-
schi-counsel said the only proof left was
| the bordereau. Who could have sent it?
| Who wrote it? Complete light could only
! be shed on 1t by the production of the
| notes enumerated in the hordereaU. This
| had been said by Gen. Zurlinden himself.
But counsel asked the court to remember,
with reference to these notes, that all
| Gen. DelCve could say was that it was
not impossible that DreYfus might have
possessed them. This was all he could
say upon a question Of high treason. M.
| Demange added.
"You will find this phra ase In the mouth
Of a witness entitled to; your entire re-
spect, ard it is upon the strength Of such
statement that Dreyfus Is to be proved
guilty. I will not attemptAto obtain such
light on the documents. but, since theories
have been formulated, will suggest one
I will seek to show that you must put
aside even the technical value Of the bor-
dereau and the last effort of the prose-
| cution I will seek to combat the cir.
cumstantial evidence it has invoked
| At the request Of NJ. Demange, the
court, at this juncture, adjourned until
| tomorrow.