The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-17

ARD: THURSDAY morn
anti-Dreyfusard press for year past.
| me most interestiIg part of his testi-
mony was his attack on Colonel Pic
quart which will undoubtedly lead to
the conformation Of the two men,
| Vindictiye Accusations.
| He treated Dreytus without mercy
| both in words and attitude. In fact it
| seemed at times as though he would
| provoke the prisoner into striking him.
! The generals manner was most pas
| sionate. In his. uutDurst at the end of
MS testimony he uttered the most
| ruthless attacks with the air of one
delivering a pleasant Sunday school
ADDRESS, leaning over the front of the
| witness rail, slipping from a glass of
water, wiping his lips and hopping his
| brow with perfect dissatisfaction But
again and again he would half turn in
his chair and, pointing his finger at
| Dreyfus, would repeat some cruel ac-
| cusatlon, at the same time fixing his
| eyes on the prisoner, his head inclined
forward like that Of a cobra waiting
| the moment to strike. Dreyfus was
not anected and steadily returned his
gaze, sometimes throwing a glance at
| the president of the court as appealing
| Tor permission to reply. Once, when
|
darts, stopped and deliberately paused,
| one could see the fire in Dreyfus eyes
| and in his tightly ctinched jaws could
| be OWNED the struggle that was going
| on within him. The captain of gen
| darmes, seated beside Dreyfus, watched
| him closely. The seconds passed like
| hours ana the spectators held their
breath. General Roget seemed purpose
| ly to prolong the silence in order to
| make deeper impression. 1t was a
| perilous moment, but Dreyfus won the
battle over his passions and when Ro-
gets voice was al longth heard again
every one knew the danger was past,
and deep drawn sigh of relief came
from the audience
The general discOursed lengthily on
the famous scene with Colonel Henry
in the office of M. Iertulus, the exam
lining magistrate, and said that NJ. Ber-
| tulus asked Colonel Henry to inform
the witness that he was a friend of
the army.
In reply said General Roget, Il
said, When you see VI. Derlus you will
thank him in my behalf. Tell him the
| investigation does not interest me in
any way. ] added that l was rather
distrustful of this proposal. which l
pointed out was perhaps d trap"
Tried to Rcfute 1t.
The general added that NJ. Cavaignac,
course to Nj. BertillOn. The court next
dealt on the seizure of papers at the
house of Madame Pays, on which NJ.
Bertulus largely founded his convic-
ton of the guilt of Henry, owing to
the mention in them of the name of a
spy Richard at Cuers and Basic.
where it was well known spies We're in
the habit of meeting.
The general tried to refute M. Bertu-
LUIS statement, declaring that Henry
brought these documents to the war
department and that they did not con-
tain the mention of Basic or Cuers as
stated by M. Bertulus.
The latter, however, has already
shown before the whole court of cassa-
ton that while he was mistaken in say
ing the words appeared in those docu-
ments, they did not appear in other pa
pers seized at Nine. Pays residence
General Roget, who was becoming
more and more excited, frequently
moistened his lips with water. At this
point the general thought 1T desira BILE
to make a declaration that he did not
desire 1T to be said that he questioned |
the good faith of some witnesses who |
had been heard. He added:
II make this statement so that there |
shall be no misunderstanding and in or |
der that my words may not be misin- |
terpreted. Nevertheless, their testimo-
ny is open to criticism, even as our ut |
terances are criticised"
Continuing, the witness said:
m. Casimir-Perier deposed before |
the court of cessation that an ambas- |
sador called ITO make official denial of |
the statement that important docu-
ments were found al his embassy The |
ambassador, however. knew it was a |
fact. But, admitting that he did know
it, there is nothing surprising in the |
occurrence, in view of the fact that |
attache "A q don't mention his name,
hn oiDiS hA oil
lowed compromising letters to lie
around. / read one such letter. which |
was very compromising to a person
whose name l cannot mention. Why,
therefore, should not the bordereau go
astray?'
The general insisted upon the truth
of the statement that military attaches
"A" and "B" (under which letters he
referred to Colonel Schwartzkopf of the
German embassy at Paris and Major
Pennseardi of the italian embassy at
the French capitaD at the time worked
together almost daily, and he quoted a
passage from a letter exchanged be-
tween them as follows:
IN. Hanotaux, the sly fellow, is glad
that the embassy is denying. The en-
bassy must decide"
In the same document, declared Gen.
eral Roget, was name written, and
the name, he asserted, was that of
Dreyfus. The name of Esterhazy. he
added. was not found in any of the
documents, none of which could be as
cribed to him with the exception of the
Petit Blue which Colonel Picquart dis
covered in an extraordinary manner.
The witness then said that he felt
great uneasiness in regard to the docu-
ment containing the words: "Cette
canaile de D." The military at
tache, said the general later on in his
testimony, informed Colonel Sandherr
that there was SOmaOne who initiated
his handwriting perfectly The name of
Dubois, the witness said was in the
correspondence of the military attache.
Colonel Subers. the general explained,
was an unfortunate officer" who fu-
tilely tried to sell the secret of the