Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-08-19

utude toward me of tie members OF the
court-martial which tried Esterhazy."
lMurmurs of assent.1
When he resumed his deposition. the wit
ness said he regretted he had not been
given the opportunity to contradict his
accuSers at that court-martial.
;, ~ have almost finished my task" added
the way the bordereau came to the war
office. | have doubts in regard to the per-
son who brought the bordereau: Two
quite different persons could certainly have
delivered the bordereau in 1894. But if an
intelligent person had delivered it, he
would W. certainly. have insisted on the value
General Roget and General Mercier hav-
ing intimated desire TO speak, Colonel
Jouaust asked Dreyfus If ne had anything
negative.
General Roget then mounted the platform
ana asked Colonel P!cquart for explana-
tlons regarding the Cuenelli affair.
Colonel Picouart" said General Roget
attacked me this morning in regard to my
speech for the prosecution yesterday on
the subject of Queneili case He said he
was not present at the ministry of war
when the case was in progress. That is
quite incorrect. | ask Colonel Picqla,rt If
ne denies that he wrote Captain Marechal
an order to connect him with Galanti, that
ne wrote to the public prosecutor incosing
documents, and that he wrote to the pub
nc prosecutor second time, July Is. If
ne denies this l ask the court to send for
Marechal and the dossier in the Quenelli
affair."
Colonel Picquar1 replied that there was
no ne need to threaten to produce the dossier
IN order to make him reply.
did not say" he declared, II was
absent during the Quenelli affair. I said
was absent part of the time and that
painful duties did not permit me to partic-
ipate In 1t as l would otherwise have done"
Dld You write those letters?" asked
Colonel Jouaust.
writing letters in the case. though do not
remember exactly their terms or dates"
Colonel Jouaust then said:
General Roget asks if you deny you
land?"
'Galanti," the witness replied, was an
agent who gave us information about the
Italian forts in the neighborhood of Belle
fort Finding ourselves on the point of
peing discovered, We very naturally took
measures ,llea @ to avoid it; That is why Galanti
was sent to Switzerland
Ihen you wrote the letters?" said Gem
eral Roget land / add that Colonel Henry
was not concerned in this affair He was
sen sent to Bellefort against his will by Colo
mel Picquart.'
The witAess acknowledged writing some
letters, but wanted to know their text. He
said he would like to see them so that he
could be more precise.
fou must have seen," he said, ''how
na nncn falsehood there has been in this af-
In reply to further questions. Picquart
admitted sending documents to Bellefort
1or the use of the Quenelli case; but he
ADDED, ADDED they were handed to the public
J., General Rogets questioning was evident
~ with the view of eliciting the confession
from Colonel Picquart that IN the Quen-
ELI case he communicated to the judges
documents unknown to the defense, as ne
now now accuses the general staff of doing in
The general concluded with angrily re-
peIllng various statements of Pfcquart in
regard to his connection with the press,
and a dialogue, apparently wholly uncon-
nected with the present trial, followed.
General Mercier promptly replaced Cen
Colonel Picquart," Mercier said, "has
stated that 1 ordered him to convey doc
qments rents to Colonel Maurel: That is false;
Picquart for Colonel Maurel. I never men
| toned secret documents to him."
In reply Colonel Picquart said:
81 remember perfectly handing a packet
to Colonel Maurel.'
General Mercier next denied Colonel Pic
quarts statement relative to the meeting
of January 6, 1895. when the latter was
greatly excited at the prospect of war.
That cannot be the case" said General
osition on the subject. / don't know what
he Will say. But he could not be appre-
hensive of war that afternoon, since 1,
| myself, had no apprehensions on that
| score"
| Colonel Picquart replied that he adhered
to everything he had said. General Gonse,
witness explained. was excited because he
ward NJ. Casimir-Perier, then president of
| the republic. General Mercier next re-
ferred to Picquarts statement that the
d dAvignon document was communicated to
the court-martial of 1894 He said:
II deny 1t positively. The only docu-
| ments communicated were the Panizzardi
telegram, Patty de CLAIMS commentary, the
note of the Italian attache In regard to
the French railroads, and the report Of
Guenee."
Colonel Picquart here pointed out that
he had only expressed his belief on this
subject
General Mercier further thought It in
cumbent upon him to reply to the allega-
ton of Colonel Picquart regarding the re-
sponsibility of Patty de Clam relative to the
communication to a foreign power of note
dealing with notifications in the artillery.
This note is said to have been prepared
in General Mcrcier's department.
81 declare" he said that inquiry has
showed that the document was drawn up
not by Patty de Clam, but by Colonel Mas
son, in another department, though the
| record of 1t has disappeared"
In regard to the bordereau, General Mer-
cier reaffirmed that it reached the ministry
through the ordinary channels.
Maitre Demange, at this juncture, COM
mented upon the disappearance of Patty de
CLAIMS commentary, to which General Mer-
cier answered: THE commentary was pre-
pared for me-
Counsel, however, insisted that, although
1t was prepared for General Mercier, the
commentary was included In the dossier
and ought to be forthcoming.
The court then adjourned for the day.