The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-18

DEFENSE !
M, Bertulus and Colonel Pioquart
Favor the Prisoner,
MADAME HENRY ON THE STAND.

the Celebrated Case.
Rennes. Aug. 1S.-The case for the
defense in the Dreyfus trial by court
martial began yesterday. General
Roget, NJ Bertulus, the investigating
magistrate, the widow OF the late
Lieutenant Colonel Henry and Colonel
Picquart were on the stand.
Mr. Bertulus. who was examining
magistrate in the early stages OF the
Dreyfus revision proceedings, and who
has long declared his absolute con-
viction Of the innocence Of Dreyfus,
was the first witness put forward by
Maitre Demange in behalf OF the ac-
cused. He declared that Colonel Du
Patty De Clam and Mile. Pays were the
authors of the blanche" and "Sper-
ANA" kilograms sent to Picquart
NJ. Bertulus then related the notable
interview between himself and Lieu
tenant Colonel Henry July IS, 1898.
shortly before Henry committed sui
eide. This, naturally, was a painful
recital for Nine. Henry, the widow,
who was much distressed and wept
silently as the dramatic scene, when
Bertulus and Henry proceeded to seal
up the seized papers, was depicted.
After recapitulating his other evi-
dence before the court Of cessation NJ.
Bertulus energetically affirmed his be-
lief in the innocence Of Dreyfus. He
declared the bordereau was in three
pieces and not in little bits. He also
said it did not reach the war Office by
the ordinary channels.
NJ. Bertulus also said his belief I'm the
innocence Of Dreyfus was also based
on documents in the secret dossier
which he had seen and the absence OF
a motive which could have tempted
Dreyfus to have committed such
| crime. without motive" emphatic
ally declared the experienced magis-
trate, there was no crime. You have
been told that Dreyfus is guilty. For
| myself | believe, and believe pro-
foundly. in his innocence. II l come
here to tell you so, you will understand
that it is because my conscience tells
me that in so doing l am performing
q duty. an absolute duty. The court
of cessation has declared the border
eau to be the work of Esterhazy Now,
the court of cessation is the supreme
authority in all matters of justice in
/ France"
The evidence of NJ. Bertulus, was, on
| the whole, favorable to Dreyfus in the
| judgment Of civilian listeners. Unfor-
| tunately his reputation is blown upon.
He belonged when at Nice, to the
South Railway gang, and, as the magis-
| trate sent to investigate their swindle,
| played into their hands NJ Bertulus is
an epicurean and has shocked Rennes
people by his rather gay relations with
a former actress, who somehow rolls in
riches.
Nine Henry, after NJ. Bertulus had
/ deposed, asked leave to speak. She
stood up in a STACEY manner, raised her
! left hand and said: "Je demande la
| parole" Il ask to be heard) She
wanted to contradict what Bertulus
| had said regarding the friendship Of
! her husband and Esterhazy. "On July
IS, the day my husband called on NJ
| Bertulus," she said, the colonel, in
! the course of a conversation that even
| ing, told me he had a friendly and
charming reception. He described how
! tho magistrate advanced to meet him
| and held out his arms. | said to my
| husband: Are YOU sure of this manP
Are you sure he is sincere? l am very
much afraid that his kiss was the kiss
! VI q d AAhelos W eAS hOl NiOuB. 1 ulS man
is indeed the Judas | imagined"
Referring to the papers which ar
rived at the same time as the bor-
dereau, Nine. Henry said:
"These papers were not all torn in a
thousand pieces. l was able to note
that personally. Letters often came en-
tire. NJ. Bertulus has maintained that
everything arrived in pieces. That is
false. I have nothing more to say"
M. Bertulus said he did not desire to
reply to Nine. Henry, adding: she Is
only a woman"
81 am not a woman" exclaimed Nine.
Henry, furiously; II speak in the
name of my husband"
The incident caused great excite
ment IN court,
Colonel Picquart was then called to
the witness stand He protested most
firmly against all suspicion OF having
caused the disappearance Of any docu.
ment relating to Dreyfus He described
the CONSERVATION in the war office
when the treason was discovered, and
the relief experienced when Il was
thought the guilty person had beer
discovered. II was then the witness
discovered the similarity between tho
handwriting of Dreyfus and that Of the
} bordereau, and he had recourse to DU
Patty de Clam, who was supposed tc
have graphological knowledge"
Beyond the bordereau," added the
witness, there was nothing against
] Dreyfus-absOlutely nothing"
The colonel next declared that II
? 1894 he did not know the contents OF
the secret dossier, but he believed, like
all other officers. that it contained
frightful proofs against the prisoner
, When he became acquainted with It,
contents, however. he found that hi
. earlier impressions were entirel,
= wrong" Continuing Colonel Picuuar
defended himself against the charg,
!, that he had always directed his efforts
towards the rehabilitation Of Dreyfus
He said he had only directed the In
= yestigatiOns made to the end when h
a became aware that the writings O
Q Esterhazy and the bordereau wer
; Identical, and that, consequently, tn
: charges against Dreyfus no longer ex
: tted,
4 Colonel Picquart then declared h
IS had never seen Dreyfus COPY the small
f est document in the war Office III
Z added: 1T was In Major Du Paty d
. CLAIMS department that the scare
' should have been made, or, rather. 1
). his private room. where he worke
II quite alone"
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