The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

III eNcdihSN'
Lieutenant Colonel Guerin. whom Cen
eral Saussier ordered to attend the degrc-
dation and report upon it was next exam
med. He said:
Captain Leblun- Renault, when reliev
cd from duty, saw me and immediately
began to relate what Dreyfus had said,
The three statements which struck him,
because of their Importance remained 50
craven in my mfmory that / could never
forget them, namely: first, the prisoner
pride in the facings he had lost; second,
his confession that he had delivered doe
uments TO foreign power; third, that III
three years justice would be done him,
NJ. Demange: How do You reconcile
his rrotestS of innocence with his alleged
confession|
Colonel Galerfn: "That is mot my bust
ness.
M. Demange: "You reported the con-
fession to General Saussiere|
Colonel Guerin: Certainly"
NJ. Demange: WAS it suggested that
stems be taken to verify the alleged con-
fession!
Colonel Guerin: 81 do not recollect."
NJ. Demange: $50 there was no at
tempt to interrogate Dreyfus in regard
to the alleged confession
colonel Guerin: THE case had passed
out of the hands Of the military authori-
ties, the prisoner having been handed
over to the civil authorities"
One of the judges asked the witness
whether NJ. Weyll, when attached to the
army headquarters, had reratlons with
t,sterhazy, to which Colonel Guern re-
nlied that he believed NJ. Weyll had
known Esterhazy for long time.
The Judge: do You think Esterhazy
knew the prisonerV
Colonel Guerin: II do not know"
Dreyfus here remarked that he never
knew Esterhazy.
Major De Mitry, of the Hussars, tes-
titled to Captain Anthoine telling him
of the alleged confession of Dreyfis.
Continuing, Major De Mitry said:
| II said to Captain Lebrun-Renault,
point blank:
elbow is it the confession of Dreyfus
was not reported to our President and
Premier when you were summoned to
the Elysee?
Captain Lebrun-Renault replied:
81 did not report it, through kind
Of apprehension, because, when in the
ante-rim | heard some one say, who
is this gendarme who is betraying pro-
| fessional secrets and feeding the press
He might smart for such indiscretions.
81 replied: 'Renault, You have made a
mistake. In your place | would have
told the President
When called upon to reply, Dreyfus de-
clared he had never said his trial would
be revised in three years.
4 l., Al Ir,
said the prisoner Il should be very
grateful to you, my Colonel, if, in the
interest of truth, you would make public
the letters which | wrote to the chief
of the Headquarters Staff. 1t would
| then be seen in what terms | asked that
an investigation would be made"
Major Forzinetti, who was Governor
of the Cherche- Midi prison, while Drey.
fms was confined there, followed. He
testified that while in prison Dreyfus
| seemed to have the bearing of an limo
cent man, and always asserted his limo
cenee. The witness added that he told
! General De Boisdeffre that he believed
| Dreyfus was innocent.
Replying to NJ Demange, the Major
said Colonel Du Patty De Clam asked
him to surprise Dreyfus in his sleep in
order to disturb him and catch him of
his guard by throwing the light of a
bright lamp in his face.
The witness also recalled the despair
OF Dreyfus after his conviction and the
regrets he expressed at not having re
| signed. Dreyfns, the Major also said
talked of committing suicide.
When Dreyfus rose to reply he adj
mitted that after his degradation he in
tended to commit suicide, but he added
that if he succeeded in enduring the tor
ture inflicted it was owing to his wife,
who made him understand his duty
(Commotion.)
Major Forzinetti corroborated this
He said Dreyfus' statement was quite
correct.
At 1925 a. M, the court adjourned
for the day.