The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-02

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Lieut.. Brugefs turning to Gen. Roget
!II' II protest against Gen. Rogets words.
/ nftirm that never said any sseh
Gen. Roget then backed down, saying;
"WeIl, that was the general sense OF
A roar OF disgust came from the audi
ence at this apparent underhRn4euness
upon the part OF the general. ana Lieut.;
Brugere again emphatically declared
Gen. Roget was wrong.
MaItre Laborl, leading counsel tor tns
defense, and Col. Jouaust agreed tnat
the letter should be obtained from the
ministry OF war and read IN court; Ins !,i,s
lieutenant expressed satisfaction at THIS
step:Sghile the general returned 70 MS
seat with less buoyancy that he lett II.
The next witness. Capt. Carvalho. 9
handsome young artillery otncer. proven
an excellent reinforcement for Dreyiu US.
He gave his evidence clearly, and boldly
and emphatlcally declared that there
were rO special precautions to keep the
mechanism In the '120 short" gun Sc
cret. Moreover, he added, from April
1894, tho artillery officers had descrip-
tlOn Of the hydro-pneumatic Drake BlN-
en- them. an.
Here" said Captain Carvalho. "is an
actual copy OF the manual, whleh
hand over to the court martial.
NJ. Labori then had an animated als.
cnssIon with Col. Jouaust, who at first
refused counBel'B request to read o let
ter which the latter had received yes,
terday evening, signed "CorninRpe'
setting forth that the firing manual had
been copied by men referred to as "A
and "B."
Col. PIcquart, in reply to N. Laborl.
confirmed the statements named IN the
letter and said he thought Major Lauth
could say something on that point;
whereupon the major rose and declared
he did not know.
The Partial Court.
NJ. Iabori then asked to be allowed
to question Major Lauth, but Col. Jou-
aust refused. Counsel insisted. but Col.
Jouaust waved him down, whereupon
Nj. Laborl cried:
"You suppress all awkward ques-
tlons." (sensation.)
The government commIssary, Major
carrlere, said: "I desire to point out
that the defense is always asking to
sneak, while l am always refused per-
mission to do so when ask.
Col. Jouaus., out Of patience, retort-
ed: 81 have heard enough. Be quiet
The Incident Is closed"
This cavalier treatment OF the gov
ernment commlssary, who. however,
makes himself ridiculous whenever ne
opens his mouth, caused general laugh
ter. ,.--..,
- n
clared the wording OF the borderenu re-
venled professional Ignorance. He also
said the man who wrote II was not ar
artillery officer and said such an oth'
Ger as Dreyfus could not make the mis-
takes he referred to.
Gen. Sehert entered into lengthy ex-
plantations OF his statements, pertinent
iy pointing out that an artillery ofticel
would have known the interesting parts
oS the firing manual and would mol
have written in the bordereau take
what interests you.
The general agaIn declared emphati'
callY that the bOrdereau could not hax..
been wtitten by an artillery fottieer q
| by one who had passed through tht
polytechnic school. This made a pro
| found impression on the court, which
was Intensified when Gen. Sebert, wht
10 a venerable looking gentleman, con
cluded fearlessly:
AFearIess Conclusion.
'Iam happy to have had the strength
to carry here my stone towards the edl
fee Of reparatlon which the court Il
building up with so much care ant
confidence while holding itself alooi
from outside passions.S
MSjor Ducros depose6 that he COM
manded a field battery that he knew
Dreyfus and offered him certain Infor'
nation. But he pointed out that Dizzy.
fus never asked him a question, al
though he knew. that he (the witness,
possessed most interesting information
notably particulars about the hydro.
pneumatic brake.
Gen, Mercier here intervened ant
said that at the time Major Ducroi
was speaking OF, the Ducros' field plecI
had been rejected In favor OF the Deporl
cannon, and. he said, Dreyfus, there
| fore, could have no object in procur'
| ing particulars OF the Duoros' gun.
More support for Dreyfus was forth
coming In the deposition OF Major Hart
mann, Of the artillery, to express th'
opinion that the author Of the bordereat
did not know what he was writing
about, since he spoke OF the I'D short
gun. when he meant the "l2o long
| gun.
The major led the court through {
maze Of technical details about artll
lery, until Col. Jouaust asked him to re
| frnln from technicallties as far as posi-
BILE, evidently fearing that Hartmann
might reveal secrets OF the service. Hi
evidence was directed entirely to show
| that Dreyfus was not the author o.
the bordereau and that the artillery In
| formation mentioned In II was accessi
BILE to many officers OF all arms In tht
spring Of 1894.
So far as the depositions were con
cerned, Dreyfus certainly had every
reason to be pleased with to-day's pro
ceedings.