Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-03


but the mead or the bureau could %
asked whether any such request was
made"
TINS practically ended the session,
Wnlcn was one OF the most interesting
and undeniabIy the most favorable 10
DreyIus yet neld Tne military wit
nesses followed the evidence with all
eyes and ears exchanging condolences,
nlcn, judging from the expression on
their faces were evidently far froE
agreeable.
RENNES, September 2.-There was a
large attendance and a big number Of
generals at the Lycee this morning at
the. opening of the last session of the
fourth week OF the second trial by
courtmartial OF Captain Alfred Dreyfus,
charged with treason. The interest
centered in the testimony of Major
HarImann, Of the artillery, which was
interrupted by the adjournment Of the
court yesterday The major, VINO has
done great service for the Defense, re-
sumed his important deposition regard
ing artillery matters and the bringing
out OF points and phraseology in the
bordereau indicating that the writer
could not be Dreyfus. The witness
wished to enter into the question of the
Robin shell, but on Gen. Deloye OBJECT
ing to a statement on the subject in
open court, Major Hartmann asked to
be allowed TO give it behind closed
doors, saying it would only take him a
few minutes to call attention to the
point he had in mind. The president Of
the court, Col. Jouaust, decided TO hear
this part of the witness testimony in
camera at the end of to-days session or
at the beginning of Mondays session.
In response to questions from Maitre
Labor and NJ Demange, counsel for the
defense Major Hartmann said any Of
ficer attending the Chalons camp could
have obtained
SUFFICIENT INFORMATION
to write notes on the covering of troops
and Madagascar matters.
NJ Labor then recalled Gen. Mer-
ciers attack on Capt. Freystaetter, on
the latter's declaratio that the secret
dossier communicated to the court of
1894 contained a document concerning
a shell for which Gen MERCER called
the captain liar. Major Hartmann af-
firmed that it was quite possible that
particulars about a certain shell should
have leaked out in 1894.
An interesting conformation between
General Deloye and Major Hartmann
followed, the General declaring he did
not believe the Major was keeping
strictly TO the truth. Deloye then pro-
ceeded to point to what he said were
inaccuracies in Major Hartmann's tes-
timony. He insisted that Dreyfus, IN
the course of conversation with artil
lery officers, could have secured infor-
nation on the subjects mentioned in
the bordereau, TO which the Major re-
torted that if any artillery officer had
been questioned by Dreyfus he would
already have come forward to say so,
as matter of strict duty.
Gen. DelOye, questioned by NJ. Labori
and NJ. Denange, said the inventor of
the Robin she'll told him Dreyfus never
asked him for particulars about his
shell except upon a minor part. The
General added he came as a technical
witness to show Dreyfus could be gull
ty, adding that it was not his business
to say whether he believed him inno-
cent or guilty He could only say that
Dreyfus's contention that it was impos-
sible for him to know certain matters
referred TO in the bordereau was I'M
true.
NJ Labori asked General Deloye if
he knew whether the documents which
could have been
BETRAYED BY A TRAITOR,
especially by the writer of the border
eau, were important, whereupon the
General turned to counsel and excited
ly cried:
Don't ask me! Don't ask mel"
These ordinations created a sensation
in court which was doubled when Cen
eral Deloye added there was sufficient
in the b0rdereau 70 establish that the
traitor knew the importance of the doc
uments he was giving up. The witness
added.
when l read the bordereau 1 was
dismayed'
Major Hartmann in reply to General
Deloye, reiterated that the author of
the bordereau was ignorant of artillery
matters for ''if he meant the "I20"
hydraulic brake ne gave particulars of
what was long known, while If he
meant the "120 short he employed a
wrong expression.
Gen. MERCER here mounted the stage
and remarked that the writer Of the
borderead might very well employ the
term hydraulic brake. because that was
the term used by the Germans for such
brakes.
This ended The deposition OF Major
Hartmann. who certainly was a very
valuable witness for the defense, al
though the eject Of his testimony was
somewhat weakened by Gen Deloye's
theatrical statement In reply to NJ
Labori
THE NEXT WITNESS.
H. Hayet. a member Of the institute.
took mp the bordereau from a grammat-
zeal point Of view, declaring it to be his
conviction after studying closely the
STYLES of Dreyfiis and Esterhazy that
the latter wrote it. The witness enter
ed into an Interesting analysis Of the
phraseology Of the b0rdereau, pointing
cut that certain phrases in il were met
with in Esterhazys letters but never
in those OF Dreyfus He then traced
the influence exercised on EsteThazy By
his linguistic requirements. notab
traces Of German construction.
The government commissary. Major
Carriere. asked 81. HaTet if he had been
present at session of the court before
Re testified " Havet said ives At
which the Major. with great severity,
said:
you have been. guilty Of a grave
breach of judiciary discipline"
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