The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-21
BOOS AND KISSES.
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understand why. Esterhazy was not ar
rested when he brought the document
to the ministry of war.
Col. Jouaust, the other judges and
NJ Denange closely questioned Nj. Girl
belin on various points and in replying,
witness impaired some information re-
garding the petit bleu and the circum-
stances under which the secret dos
sier was communicated to Picquart.
Replying to NJ. Demange. NJ. Gribelin
admitted having mixed up Du Patty de
CLAIMS and Henry'S intrigues in favor
of Esterhazy. The admission created
THAT FALSE BEARD.
1t was by order Of Col. Henry, wit
ness added, he, Gribelin, put on spec
tacles and went to the Rue de Douai
to hand Esterhazy a letter to which
the latter was to reply yes" or nc"
1t was also Henry who ordered witness
to accompany Du Patty de Clam to
Mont SOuris park at the time Du Patty
de Clam masqueraded under a false
beard.
Witness thought it would have been
much simpler to have summoned Ester
hazy to the ministry of war, especially
as it was known Matthew Dreyfus was
about to publicly denOunce him.
NJ. Demange remarked that the de-
nunciation of Matthew Dreyfus could
not we'll have been fOreseen when these
romantic interviews with EsterhaZy
were occurring, considering Matthew
himself had not then contemplated
denunciation.
NJ. Gribelin replied that at any rate
it was known that measures were in
progress against Esterhazy.
NJ. Demange-Why then since it is
question of saving him, were false
boards and blue spectacles resorted to?
NJ. Gr1bel1n-You had better ask Du
Patty de Clam when he comes here.
Laughter). Do not imagine it amused
me. CRenewed 1aughter).
Replying to further questions, NJ.
Gribelin denied that he had ever open
ed a letter addressed to Pfcquart.
Counsel then wanted to know why
the letter signed "Sepranza" was not
sent to Picquart, since all his letters
were opened at the ministry of war.
NJ. Gribelin-As I never opened a let
ter addressed to Col. Picquart, 1 do
not know why.
QUESTIONED BY PICQUART.
Col Picquart asked permission to
question witness.
when I left the ministry of war"
said Picquart, 4 asked NJ. Gribelin to
forward my letters to the addresses he
knew. Since the latter signed ''Sepran-
"a was not sent me I must ask NJ.
Gribelin il he did not receive instruc-
tiOns from his chiefs to intercept it?'
NJ. Grfbelin-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 the employment of
secret service money should be con-
Stantly mixed UP with the DreyfuS case,
with which he added, it had nothing
whatever to do. He also denied he had
given NJ. Leblois the slightest informa-
ton regarding the secret dossier and
said the only document of the dossier
revealed and that was not by himself,
was the "Cette Canaille de d. dOcu-
ment which had been utilized by the
enemies of Dreyfus. There was also
the ''Liherateur" document, which was
delivered to Esterhazy who used it to
levy the most shameful blackman on
the government.
MAJOR TAT1TH TESTTETFS
Major Lauth followed He traversed
the ground covered by his evidence be-
fore the criminal division of the court
or cessation IN regard to the circum-
stances under which Henry commune
Gated the bOrdereau. He said that
when the bordereau reached the intel
igence department, Henry was abso-
lutely the only officer who knew the
agent who furnished it and was the
only officer known to the agent.
Henry, he explained, had appointments
with the foreign spy in question in the
evenings at or 9 o'clock at night at
various places.
So it was impossible for Henry to
hand the papers received to Col. Sand
herr the same evening, therefore he
took them home and brought them back
to the office in the morning. Very often
these appointments were kept on Sat
urday and Mai. Lauth believed the
packet containing the bordereau was
handed to Henry Saturday. September
p. and was taken to the office Septem-
Der "a.
zone morning" said Lauth, sit may
have been September "a, or another
date. though it can not matter much, I
arrived at the office and was about to
enter the room in which I usually work
when Col. Henry, who was walking in
the corridor, called to me and took me
into his room. Capt. Mather arrived
simultaneously. We had scarcely en-
tered when Col. Henry showed the
packet, and exhibiting some pieces he
had pasted together, said:
% 1t is frightful-just see what I have
found in this packet
We walked to a window and all
three began to read the contents of a
paper. which was none other than the
bOrdereau. We discussed who could be
7 must add that NJ. Gribelin entered
the room and was informed regarding
the document. At the same time the
bOrdereau was only shown to Col Sand
herr, half or three-Quarters of an hour
later, when he arrived
THE PETIT BLEU.
Next discussing the Petit Bleu, Maj.
Lauth said it reached Col. Picuuart
enclosed in a packet early in March
Incidentally the witness mentioned the
mission to Nancy on which Henry went.
and said while he was absent his wife
came to the intelligence department to
ask for his whereabouts, as she knew
nothing of his departure.
1T was the same with all officers of
the department" said Lauth. "Our
families never knew Where we were go
ing when we were sent on mission and
it was through the department that
they correspondent with US. That proves
that things were not conducted in the
fourth bureau, as alleged by Col. Pic
quart and the officers were not SO neg
Hgent and careless as he has asserted"
Witness maintained this also disposed
of Col Picquart's assertion that Henry
was in the habit of working at home
in the presence of servants. As a mat
ter of fact, he added, the officers were
very reserved before their families
Continuing, witness proceeded to speak
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