The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-22

{ tultiE nothing OF the DrSEIuS case
! when General MERCER, summoned him
! TO confer with him on the subject of
! The borderedu and the suspicious i'll
| regard 10 Dreyfus. General Mercer
( Cochefort continued. asked his advice
! as to the procedure which ought to
\ be followed, and, introduced him to Du
Patty de Clam. Subsequently after NJ.
Bertillon's report, the arrest of Drey-
| fus was decided upon
AS the witness proceeded to describe
the arrest and the famous scene of the
dictation test saying that from the
| first remark dropped by Du Patty de
Clam, the prisoner displayed evident
uneasiness. The then chief of detec-
tives said. Patty de Clam, placing his
hand on the prisoners shoulder said:
Captain Dreyfus, in the name of the
minister OF war l arrest you
Protested His Innocence.
At the time of the examination of
Dreyfus. witness gained the impression
that he might be guilty, and so re-
ported when the minister of war asked
his opinion
During this formal examination,
Cochefort added, Dreyfus protested his
innocence very violently. and declared
he did not know what they wanted or
of what he was accused. Witness af-
forwards sealed up the papers De Clam
seized at Dreyfus' residence.
Replying TO the court. Cochefort
said that since his appearance on the
scene he had nothing to do with the
DreyfuS affair, which was in the hands
OF the military authorities. He had not
then seen the writing of the bordereau,
otherwise his impression might have
been modified. During the course of his
reply, witness mentioned EsterhaZy,
but his remark was inaudible.
After the remarks of NJ. Demange,
Colonel Jouaust invited Dreyfus to
speak. The prisoner replied:
NO; 1 will reply when De Clam is
here
Dreyfus' Relation With Women.
NJ. Griblin. the principal archivist of
the headquarters staff, was the next /
witness He testified with great volu-
bility and expressed the opinion that
when Dreyfus was arrested in 1894 he
was enacting a role by Systematically /
denying all the charges against him. I
eXen the most obvious and least inn /
portant things, and in declaring him /
self ignorant of matters which should !
have been known to every officer of the /
general staff.
Witness said he was cognizant of /
Dreyfus' relations with loose women. |
toned an alleged voluntary statement |
made by Matthew Dreyfus. brother of |
the prisoner, in the witness presence. !
that he had been obliged to pull his |
brother from the clutches of woman
Of this description living near the
Champs Elysees.
NJ. Griblin recapitulated the diScoV-
cry of the leakage at military head
quarters. the arrival of the bordereau,
etc, and OF the system of espionage
conducted under cover of diplomatic
by agents A, B and c.
Mixed Up Intrigues.
Replying to NJ. Demange. NJ Crib
in admitted having mixed up Du Patty
lie CLAIMS and Renrys intrigues in ia
'or of EsterhaZy. The admission ere
ited sensation.
1t was by order of Colonel Henry.
witness added, that he (Griblin) putt
IN Spectacles and went to the Rue de
)OUi to hand Esterhazy a letter, to
which the latter was to reply Yes" or
No" II was also Colonel Henry who
'rdsred witness to accompany De Clam
o Mount Souris park at the time De Z
lam masqueraded under false beard.
Witness thought il would have been
much simpler to have summoned Es- ;
erhaZy to the ministry of war. espec- {
ally as it was known that Matthew
)reyfus was about to publicly denounce
lin.
unciation of Matthew Dreyfus could
ot we'll have been foreseen when these
romantic Interviews with EsterhaZy
-ere occurring. considering Matthew I
imself had not contemplated denun- {
iation-' :
NJ. Griblin replied that at any rate it g
as known measures were il progress =
gainst EsterhaZy. =
NJ. Demange-Why. then, since 1t was !
question of saving him. were false :.
cards and blue spectacieS reSorted to? :
NJ Griblin-You had better ask Patty :
e Clam when he comes in. (Laughter) =
10 not imagine it amused me. (Re- II
ewed laughter :
Replying to further questions, NJ. -
riblin denied that he had ever opes1- :, :,
/ a letter addressed to Picquart. ~
Finding OF the Bordereau. q
Colonel Lauth followed. One morn
e" said he, lit may have been Sept.
. or another date. though it cannot &
after much, l arrived at the office. !.
nd was about To enter the room In W
hi-h / usually work, when Colonel OIL
enry. who was walking in the corri- u
,r. called to me and took me into his III
om. Captain MaJher arrived stimuli u
neously We had scarcely entered D'
hen Colonel Henry showed the packet y
and. exhibiting some pieces
. had pasted together. said:
" Tt is frightful. Just see what have -
und in this packet "
I'VE walked to a window and all
rec began to read the contents of a
tper, which was none other than the
,rdereau. We discussed who could be CT
e author. TO
Il must add that NJ. Griblin entered m
e room and was informed regarding be
c document. At the same time the c,
rdereau was only SHOWN TO Colonel ac
ndherr half or three-quarters OF an We
ur later, when he arrived ar
Little Bit of Bluster. ca
Major Lauth's extremely long depo- ~
ion was listened to in profound 81 20
ice. He protested at Picquarts al -,
cations against him in the course OF is,
2 Taverier inquiry, when Picquart AZ
presented Lauth as the instigator and -.
rhaps, also, the writer of the Henry rie
gerry. 40
/ declare" said Lauth. that if, by n oe
piring or writing it / had a share in IN,
Y way whatever in the preparation
the Henry forgery. / should have co,
owed it the day Henry committed ~,
eide. l am not even now afraid of
. razor nor the rope of lie MERCER -
quart, nor even % a broken glass iI1,
elette.'' ~ ~.
After contrOverting further state MI
nts of Picquart. Major Lauth. in n NE.
declared Henry. who knew ~
body on the newspapers held quite Co.,
of from the press campaign organ Gn,
q in response 10 the action taken by ~
friends OF Dreyfus. -,
fter a short adjournment the court -. 80
ssembled. and the judges questioned , Va
jor Lauth. They asked his opinion o :" II