The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-01
HIS CONFESSION
Captain Lebrun-R enault Reiter.
ates That Dreyfus Made
One to Him.
Reply of Dreyfas to This and
Other Witnesses Makes a
Deep Impression.
Acknowledges He Intended Sui.
eide, But His Wife Re-
strained Him.

subjects of the bordereau.
The public was admitted to the court
at $3.50 a. m. The first witness called
after the public session began was Cap
tain Lebrun- Renault of the Republican
Guard, who r~eiterates his testimony
given before the court of cessation. re.
peating the terms of the alleged comics.
sion Of Dreyfus:
Il am innocent. In three years they
will recognize my innocence. The
minister knows it. If I delivered doc.
uments to Germany it was to have
o important ones in return"
Explanation Considered Lame.
The witness explanation that he did
not refer to the confession Of Dreyfus
during his interview with President
Casimir- Perier, because he overheard a
conversation during the course of which
he was called TRAITOR" ''canaille" and
"cur," came as a surprise, for he did
not mention this in his evidence before
the court of cessation, as Maitre Labor,
leading counsel for the defense, pointed
out.
NJ. Labor also laid stress on the fact
that Captain Lebrun-Renault should
have kept his note book. in which he
asserts, he made a note of his yer
ton with Dreyfus, for four years and
have destroyed it on the very morrow
the matter was brought up in debate in
the chamber Of deputies. The captains
reply that he looked upon the copy
made by NJ. Cavaignac, then ministe,
of war. as being sufficient, was consid.
cred rather lame.
Forcible Reply Of Dreyfus.
Dreyfus, replying to the with ess, be.
gan by calmly declaring that Captain
Lebrun-R enault's statement that a Ger.
tain Captain D'Attel was present during
his conversation with Captain Lebrun-
Renault. was inaccurate.
The witness, however, maintained
that Captain D'Attel was present, where.
upon Dreyfus said that if he was pres.
ent, he, the prisoner, did not speak tc
him.
Dreyfus then raised his voice ex-
citedly, and, accompanying his words
with short, emphatic gestures of the
right hand, and quivering with emo.
ton, protested that Captain Lebrun-
Renault should have repeated to his
chiefs his utterance. which began with
a p~rotestation Of innocence, without
asking him to explain his words.
"Those are maneuvers," cried the
prisoner, (Which must fill all honest
men with indignation"
This declaration Of the prisoner made
q deep impression On'the audience.
Dreyfus spoke the last words through
his teeth and was evidently laboring
under the greatest excitement and in.
%dignation. The audience broke into
"bravos," which the gendarmes imme.
diately suppressed.
Colonel Jouaust told Dreyfus that he
had not explained why he mentioned
the term of three years, to which Drey.
fus replied:
Why He Said Three Years.
Il did not give three years as the
term. l only said l hoped that in the
course OF two or three years my limo.
cence would be recognized. And | wish
to state, my colonel, that, as nv letters
to General Gonse show. my words did
not have the evil minds have
sought to give them"
M. Labor then had General Gonse
called to the bar and asked him If he
had not used the alleged confession of
Dreyfus in opposing Colonel Picouart's
arguments in favor of a revision.
(rQnQrQI (YnnSo rop1;ol <IoA
not, whereupon NJ. Labor asked that
the letters exchanged between General
Gonse and Captain Picquart should be
read. The clerk of the court began TO
read a letter beginning "My Dear Pic.
quart" when General Gonse inter.
rupted him and asked that Colonel Pr.
quarts previous letter be read first. but
as the letter was not available for the
moment. the reading Of all the letters
was adjourned until the next session.
Forsinsttrs Testimony.
Major Forzinetti, who was governor
OF the Cherche Midi prison during the
time Dreyfus was imprisoned there and
who testified in behalf of Dreyfus. de-
claring he had never heard of the con-.
1esslon Dreyfns is said to have made.
was the next witness called. He re-.
peated his testimony before the court
OF cessation, adding that he frequently
met Captain Lebrun.R enault and Can.
tain DAttel, and that neither of them
eve alluded to the alleged confession.
The witness declared that he once taxed
Oaptaln Lebrun-Renault, before Gem
eral Gonse and other witnesses. with
saying he had spoken to the witness
(Major Forzinetti) Of the confession anal
that Captain Lebrun-R enault did not
reply.
"Whereupon," Major Forzinetti s.id.
Il seized his arm and cried: If IA
repeated AZ yours are true. Won
are an infamous liar"
Bore It For Hi Family.
Major Forzinetti, in reply to q ouss-
ton from Colonel Jouaust. detailed tha !