The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

bordereau in his hands for the previous
twenty days"
M. Defond Lamotte, by this, intended
to show that du Patty de Clam purpose
ly used the words new plan in the
circular order by what the witness de-
scribed as arguing in a vicious circle
to back up his contention that an ofh-
| Ger of the ministry wrote the bordereau
and that the officer was Dreyfus."
ROGET CATCHES A TARTAR.
General Roget then rose to reply to
| NJ. Defond Lamotte, but found he had
| caught a Tartar. He did not succeed
| in shaking the witness' testimony, while
| Defond Lamotte took the unprecedent-
| ed cours of actually questioning Cen
| eral Roget and getting the better of him
once or twice. The two men stood ex-
| changing heated arguments, totally lg-
noring Colonel J%ouaust, who was twice
obliged to ask them not to speak at
each other and to remain calm. Cen
eral Roget especially was excited, par
ticular1y when he found that he was
making no impression on his opponent,
who. on the contrary, scored off him.
Roget was unused to this treatment, as
hitherto he has had his own way and
been allowed to bully witnesses.
Finally, on Roget declaring that
Dreyfus might ave written: Il am GO
lHS 10 TIE HldueuNeTS DecduSe lie COulO
have asked special permission, which
is invariably granted, M. Demange ask
ed him if there was any proof that
Dreyfus did ask such permission. To
this Roget replied: Il do not know;
no trace has been found of his appli-
cation" This answer brought a no
rus of "Oh!" from the audience, be-
cause had Dreyfus asked, traces would
easily have been forthcoming.
panat thor cold tbot Dro1,f,,c poirbt
have asked verbally, in which case no
trace of his application could be found.
''Quite So" rejoined M. Demange,
"but the head of the bureau could be
asked whether such request was made.
This practically ended the session,
which was one of the most interesting
and u~ndeniably the most favorable to
Dreyfus yet held. The military wit
nesses followed the evidence with all
eyes and ears. exchanging condolences,
which, judging from the expression on
their faces were evidently far from
agreeable.
), PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
The following are the proceedings in
detail:
When the Dreyfus court-martial re.
assembled this morning, Major Hart
manu., of the artillery, whose deposition
was interrupted yesterday by the ad-
journment of the court, assembled the
witness stand and completed his testi.
mony, referring to his examination OF
the paragraphs Of the bordereau re.
lating' to notifications in artillery for
nations. He indicated that Dreyfu!
could not have had the information con.
tanned in the bordereau.
Discussing the firing manuel, Majol
= Hartmann showed that it was widely
: distributed in August, 1894, and, there
= fore, could have been borrowed by al
offcer of any arm Of the service at
tending the gunnery school. But tn
= comments in the bordereau, in the opin
, ion of the witness, could only be at
tributed to a ~non-artillery officer.
. Members of the court-marrial the1
questioned Major Hartmann, who diff
fered with them as regards the mean
ing of sentences in the bordereau, am
2 the witness proceeded to show how Els
I terhazey could have supplied the in
formation indicated in the bordereau.
+ Replying to further questions, tn
o major said that while he was connect
ed with the artillery technical depart
q ment he never saw Dreyfus.
General Deloye here advanced agai
o and remarked that Major Hartmann
D evidence did not give him the impress
sion that it wholly accorded with tn
v real facts. (Sensation.)
t Continuing, the general proceeded t
t refute Major Hartmann's arguments
v He asserted Dreyfus could have casu
ally distracted information from til
g conversation of officers acquainte
s with the details of the gun and tn
t brake. The witness did not doubt tina
S if an artillery officer had been aske
for information by Dreyfus he woul
have come forward to say so, "as
e would have been his strict conscientiou
duty" (Commotion.)
It AT the conclusion of his teStimoo
major Hartmann asked if the artiller
It department of the war office had NJ
!, investigated the leakage at Bourge
# and General Deloye replied: t~Thel
e have been many inquiries into man
n leakages, but the artillery departmer
mas never inquired into them. In RI
= gard to Dreyfus, it was asked to dc s.
supplied information, but that
J. ALL"
le Replying to Colonel .~Iouaust. Gene
% Deloye said he had made an inquiry {
le Bourges relative to what Dreyfus migl
nave divulged concerning the Rob-
shen and Robin at that time declare
1t Dreyfus had never asked him for sue
he information.
l. AT this stage OF the proceedings the
ar was an animated discussion betwee
" General Deloye and NJ. Labori. WI
closely questioned the director of ART
lery.
or NJ. Labori-Can General Delove &c
le anything in regard to the importan,
" of the documents the traitors, partic,
er larly the writer of the bordereau, ma
have delivered?
lg General Deloye, speaking with gre,
emotion and extending his arm towar,
ne counsel for the defense-Don't ask M
el Don't ask me! There is sufficient ey
he ldence in the bordereau that the trait