The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-18

was corresponding with certain foreign
| agent. Major Carricre objected to the dis
cussion OF the subject at this stage. for,
he said, 1t would be contrary to the spirit
Of discipline for the general to discuss
these details.
The president OF the court martial up
! held the protest of the governments rep
resentative and NJ De Mango continued
his examination of General Roget.
How was It you knew" counsel asked
\ the Witness that 600 900 francs were Of
! fered Esterhazy II he would confess tc
being the author of the bordereau?"
Il heard It," the witness replied, from
the court of inquiry which tried Esterhazy
and from Esterhazy himself"
"Ah," exclaimed counsel, ut was Eser-
hazy who said it. just So" Daughter)
why was his residence searched" De
Mango then asked.
The general answered, "Esterhazy at
one time had the document containing
the words 'Cette canaile de D. and
might therefore have had others"
You admit, then" asked De Mango
that he might have had interesting doc
uments2'
when one is conducting an inquiry, said
the witness, "he must expect anything and
search accordingly"
Admitting counsel then said. that
Esterhazy was the agent of the Dreyfus
family and that he agreed to assume, as
suggested, the prisoners guilt, how can
you explain the fact that Esterhnzy upon
several occasions wrote statements cal
culated to compromise the case of Drey-
fus?"
with Esterhazy." replied General Ro-
get. 'one can never be sure OF anything.
u.aughter) He is such an extraordinary
follow. / don't know what he may be do
ing today nor what he Will do tomorrow.
These statements of the generals con-
vulsed the court with laughter, which
seemed to irritate the witness. who was
growing nervous under the searching ex-
animation OF counsel.
Turning to Dreyfus. General Roget cried
in a loud voice: II know very well that
II was accused of an act of treason which
/ had not committed / should find argu-
ments with which to defend myself
This assertion evoked murmurs, but the
general shouted: why does ne deny
even the most obvious things?"
NJ. De Mango shrugged his shoulders
and exclaimed: "Ah."
The prisoner however rose and en-
phaticaly denied point blank some OF the
generals evidence. He said he never
traced on a map any plan of concentra-
ton or mobilization, nor ever had any
knowledge of the details OF these move
ments nor OF the plan for the distribution
OF the various units throughout the de-
partment
LET u.s." added Dreyfus. understand
one thing In regard TO what is meant
assert that ] did not know In its details
Of the plan OF concentration. In regard to
the circumstances dwelt upon by you yes
terday. there was nothing precise stated.
There was nothing but argument"
The audience here gave vent to express
SiOus OF assent and Dissent
NJ. Bertulus, the examining magistrate,
was the next witness. There had been
lively anticipations OF an interesting con-
formation. The magistrate inquired into
the charges made against Esterhazy by his
cousin, Christian and 1t was expected
that NJ. Bertulus would be confronted with
~ Roget who SO tartly criticised the mag
istrate yesterday. But the president OF
the court invited NJ. Bertulus to proceed
with his deposition.
The witness spoke In low. husky voice.
which was almost unintelligible to the
court and counsel He was urged to raise
bis voice.
NJ. Bertulus described how Major Rayary
asked his assistance In examining the se-
cret dossier at the Cherche MI prison
ind how after he had learned the contents
OF the documents he declared to Major
Ravary that there WAS flaw In the dos
sier which would occasion the collapse OF
the whole case. The witness explained
that he meant the petit-bleu. It must be
proved. he told the major, that the petit
bieu was forgery and the work OF Colo
uel Picquart and that as that was not
proved the case could not hold.
Continuing, NJ. Bertulus recapitulated
the evidence he had given before the court
OF cessation. his investigation into Patty