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

NJ Cavaignac on the day before tt was
destroyed.
N. Labori-The court viii dr-w It's
own conclusions.
DREYFUs' VERSION OF THE AT
FAIR
When asked IL he had any observa-
tons TO make, Dreyfus replied: Yes.
my colonel. there were two rooms IN the
military school I was IN the further
one and Captain Lebrun-Renault never
left me- He alone was with me. II IS
possible Captain d'Attel, whom i do not
know. or other officers entered the ad-
l joining room"
Colonel Jouaust TO Captain Lebrun-
l Renault-Did Captain d'Attel enter the
rooms you occupied with he's ccusedT
Captain Observation-Disclosures
d.Attel spent FIVE minutes IN one OF the
rooms. Both OF them are very small
Dreyfus-I do not believe captain
d,Attel or any other officer entered the
,-ar room I do not remember that any
one but Renault vas present. As re-
cards the words, I viii not repeat the
| conversation OF Captain Leorun-fNsn-
anti nor the words he used Will con-
fna myself to repeating 10 the couR.
what I said and the explanations had
the honor to give. My WORDS were =
| follows: IT am innocent, and wlil cry
it aloud to the whole people u "
| lister we'll knows it
ct have already explained 10 the court
that 7 meant. 1t was the reply / had
given TO Colonel du Patty de Clam wnen
| he visited me in prison. in the course OF
which I protested that l was innocent
7 completed that declaration by a letter
I wrote to the minister, re-declarins
that I was innocent. ColoneI dufaty ue
| clam asked me whether / nad not gwen
| unimportant documents in order 10 set
moro important ones in nam ioI
them T replied. word for word: NO
that wanted the matter cleared up
| and concluded with saying: but pc
| fore two or three years my lnnocence
y-ouId be acknowledged The court
will understand that. in the state OF
| nervous agitation in which l naturally
found myself, 1 did not fuly express
| what was on my mind
"AIIov me-" continued Dreyfus. 10
EXPRESS the emotion and surprise l reel
| today that after five years, when l. see
a witness who, hearing SUCH WORDS oe-
ginning with a protest OF innocence re-
| ported them to his chiefs without ask
ing the most concerned person Tor an
explanation OF them. These are pro-
| ceedings in the face of which all honest
neople can only express Indignation.
| Great sensation.)
CAPTAIN Anthoine, who was present at
the degradation of Dreyfus was the
next witness. He testified that on leaV-
ing the parade ground he met Captain
d,Attel who informed him that Dreyfus
had made remarks in his presence the
meaning of which, to his mind. clearly
was: ID A formal confession that ne
, had delivered documents; CD an allega-
ton that the documents were unlmpor-
tant: 90 that the prisoners object was
70 obtain more important documents in
exchange.
Lieutenant Colonel Guerin. whom
| General Saussier ordered to attend the
degradation and report upon 1t WIS
next examined. He said: Captain
! Lebrun-Renault, when relieved from
duty, saw me and Immediately pegah
to relate what Dreyfus had said. Inc
three statements which struck him, be-
cause of their Importance, remained so
grave in my memory that / could never
! forget them. namely: % The prison
er's pride in the facings he had lost;
CD, his confession hat he had delivered
documents to a foreign power; CD, that
in three years justice would De done
him"
! NJ. Demange-How do you reconcile
! his protests of innocence with MS al
legged confession?
Colonel Guerin-That is not my busi-
ness.
M. Demange-You reported the con-
! fession to General Saussiere?
Colonel Guerin-Certainly.
M. Demange-Was it suggested that
| steps be taken to verify the alleged con-
] fession?
Colonel Guerin-I do not recollect.
: NJ. Demange-So there was no al
tempt to interrogate Dreyfus in regard
to the alleged confession?
Colonel Guerin-The case had passed
out of the hands Of the military author
tiles, the prisoner having been handed
over to the civil authorities.
One of the judges asked the witness
whether NJ. We'll, when attached to the
army headquarters, had relations with
Eserhazey, to which Colonel Guerin re-
piled that he believed NJ. We'll had
known E~sterhazey for a long time.
The judge-Do o think EsterhaZey
knew the prisoner?
Colonel Guerin-I do not know.
Dreyfus here remarked that he never
knew Esterhazey.
Major de Mitry, of the hussars, tes-
tilted to Captain Anthoine telling him
of the alleged confession OF Dreyfus.
Continuing Major Mitry said: II said
to Renault, point blank: How is it the
confession of Dreyfus was not reported
to our president and premier when you
were summoned to the Elysee?' Cap
tain Lebrun-Renault replied: L did not
report it, through a kind Of a%pprehen-
sion, because, when in the ante-room
I heard some one say who is this gen.
darme who is betraying professional Sc
crets and feeding the press? He might
smart for such indiscretions.' / replied:
'Renault you have made a mistake. In
yvA,r~ -1o4 --o,,Tl 4r@ +~II +ho 80
dent"
When called upon to reply Dreyfus
said he had never said the trial would
be revised in three years. Il do o
understand these words" said the pris-
oner. II should be very grateful to
you. my colonel. IL, in the interest Of
truth, you would make public h let