The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-22

| quart evidence tnat the surveillance
Of Esterhazy cost but little
Questioned as to the alleged indiscre-
| ton of Colonel Picquart in showing
Matre Leblois the secret dossier, wit
ness admitted that when he saw NJ. Lee
blois in Picquart's office, in the autumn
of 1896, while the secret dossier and the
dossier of the carrier pigeon service
| We're lying on Picquarts table, they
had not been removed from their envel-
opes. The envelopes, he explained,
were OPEN but that was customary.
When questioned concerning the
"libateur" document Gribeln admitted
he still wondered how it came INTO
Esterhazy's hands and could not under
stand why Esterhazy was not arrested
when he brought the document to the
| ministry of war.
Colonel Jouaust, the other judges and
M. Demange closely questioned NJ.
| Gribelin on various points and, in re-
plying, witness impaired some Informal
ton regarding the petit bleu and the
circumstances under which the secret
dossier was communicated to Picquart.
Replying to M. Demange, NJ Gribelin
admitted having mixed up Du Patty
CLAIMS and Henry's intrigues in favor
Of Esterhazy. The admission created a
sensation.
1t was by order of Colonel Henry,
witness added, that he (Gribelin) put
on sDectacles and went to the Rue de
| Douai to hand Esterhazy a letter, to
Whlch the latter was to reply yes" or
no" 1t was also Henry who ordered
witness to accompany Du Patty de Clam
to Mont Souris park at the time Patty
| de Clam masquerade under a false
beard
| Witness thought it would have been
much simpler to have summoned Ester
| may to the ministry of war, especially
as 1t was known Matthew Dreyfus was
about to publicly denounce him
M. Demange remarked that the de-
nunciation of Matthew Dreyfus could
not well have been foreseen when these
romantic interviews" with Esterhazy
We're occurring, considering Matthew
himself had not then contemplated
denunciation.
NJ Gribelin replied that at anv ra ia
it was known measures were I'm nro-
sress against Esterhazy.
M. Demange--"Wh then, since II
was question of saving him, were
false boards and blue spectacles re-
sorted TOP"
M. Greblin-"You had better ask
Patty de Clam when he comes here.
tLaughter). Do not imagine it amused
me- Renewed laughter).
Replying to further questions, M.
Grebelin denied that he had ever OPEN
ed letter addressed to Picquart.
Counsel then wanted to know why
the letter signed "Speranza" was not
sent to Picquart, since all his letters
were opened at the ministry of war.
M. Gribelin-"As l never opened a
letter addressed to Colonel Picquart, I
don't know why"
Colonel Pioquart asked permission to
question witnesses.
When I left ministry of war; said
Picquart, II asked NJ Gribelin to for
ward my letters to the addresses he
knew. Since the letter signed "Speran-
za'was not sent me- I must ask M
Gribelin if he did not receive instruc-
tons from chiefs to intercept it?"
M, Gribelin-"No, never received
such an order"
Picquart, after protesting against the
manner in which his correspondence
was tempered with, expressed surprise
that the question of employment Of |
secret service money should be con-
stantly mixed up with the Deryfus case,
with which, he added it had nothing to
do. He also denied he had given NJ.
Leblois the slightest information re- |
garding the secret dossier and said the |
only document of the dossier revealed.
and that was not by himself, was the
'Cette Canaille de d" document. |
which had been utilized by the enemies
of Dreyfus. There was also the lib
erateur" document, which was delivered |
to Esterhazy who used it to levy the
most shameful blacknlail on the gov
ernment."
Major Lauth followed He traversed
the ground covered by his evidence be-
fore the criminal division of the court
of cessation in regard to the circum-
stances under which Henry commune
Gated the bordereau. He said that when
the bordereau reached the intelligence
department Henry was absolutely the
only officer who knew the agent Hen
ry, he explained, had appointments
with the foreign spy in question only in
the evenings at or o'clock at night,
at various places, so 1t was impossible
for Henry to hand the papers received to
Colonel Sandherr the same evening.
Therefore he took them home and
brought them to the Office in the morn
ing. Very often these appointments
We're kept on Saturday, and Major
Lauth relieved the packet containing
the bordereau was handed to Henry on
Saturday, Sept, %. and was taken to
the office on Sept. "a.
cone morning" said Lauth'it may
have been Sept. "a or another date,
hough it cannot matter much, l ar
lived at the office and was about to
enter the room in which usually
worked when Colonel Henry, who was
Walking in the corridor, called to me
md took me into his room. Captain
Mathon arrived simultaneously We
lad scarcely entered when Colonel Hen
y showed the packet received and ex-
libiting some pieces he had pasted to-
sether said: 1T is frightful Just what
have found in this packet" ;
1--WE walked to window and all three
'egan to read the contents of a paper,
which was none other than the border
au. We discussssed who could be the ,
uthor.
II must add that M. Gribelin entered
he room and was informed regarding {
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