The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-09-02

channel. by which informstlon
reached the Office. The ordinary
channel the witness said, by which
Information was received was q very
clever spy attached to the intelligence
department who had a habit of visit
ing great houses, but who preferred
the company of servants to the com
:pany of their masters.
COrdier then described the method
of piecing documents and showed how
h bordereau was pasted together by
Henry, who was usually entrusted
with such work. Referring to the spy,
dubbed ordinary channel" Cordier
said the former did not directly re-
ceive documents from the embassy
from which they were distracted. \
woman served as intermediary and the
Ordinary channel" having been closed
it was found necessary to negotiate di-
rectly with the woman, with whom a
rendezvous vas usually made in
churches. Such was the situation at
the moment OF the reception of the
bordereau. Cordier said he ascertained
that leakages were occurring at Bour-
ges. Witness recalled the fact that an
officer named Thomas was sentenced
for treason in 1894. A letter addressed
to him was intercepted and n reply
sent. This letter asked for the plans
of a shell. The headquarters staff OBJ
tained the plans and sent them to
Thomas correspondents. The latter
replied, thanking Thomas, enclosing
bank notes. Whatever had been said
to the contrary witness maintained
that the leakage at Bourges could not
be ascribed to Dreyfus. This also was
the opinion of Sandherr.
Colonel Cordier then described
various leakages. He especially re-
ferred to a very serious ease designut-
ed us "the leakage of st. Thomas .Aqui-
nas,'' in which a clerk of the church
of st. Thomas, Aquinas, Paris, was
mixed up in espionage and a serious
leakage in the ministry Of marine. Wit
ness recalled how information of the
leakage of 1894 had been received pri'
marily. The name mentioned was that
of a gentleman AS years of age, deco
rated, who used to convey documents
to an embassy, which, witness de-
stribed as a house With a large garden.
Cordier emphasized the fact that the
description did not bear the slightest
resemblance to Dreyfus, but resembled
IlluSI lllolC SloSGtS oAoliSA INV
whose name has been mentioned, but
who could no longer be prosecuted or
convicted. Referring to what he styled
the huge undertaking of Richard
Cuers, Lajoux & Co.," the colonel de-
clared the object was nothing less than
the recruiting of German spies for the
service Of the French government.
One of Cuer's special services was
furnishing Germany with false infor-
nation. He, therefore, was sometimes
obliged TO say he had succeeded in
s%uborning a French officer, and, in this
way, Cuers was induced to declare he
officer of the headquarters staff. Proof
Of this could be found Mt headquarters
in the dossier of false documents dcliv-
cred to Germany.
Cordicr then described events prior
to the arrest of Dreyfus, and showed
that only a single real leakage, name
ly, the plans of fortresses. occurred at
the time of Dreyfus' arrest. Gordier
declared that the leakage of the plans
of fortresses. was facilitated by the
curelessness of the headquarters staff
and maintained that the leakage was
still occurring when witness left the
war office.
Cordier declared that at the famous
dictation scene before, Dreyfus' arrest
there was an arrangement Of mirrors
and witness and another listener were
concealed behind n curtain. If Drey-
fus looked in the mirror, it was be
cause he saw another head there.