The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-19

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I foreign power 1t is known to GER
| tainty, from th& letter of an agent of
! the foreign power that the stolen plans
emanated from the Ministry of War. A
vast network of espionage had, therefore,
been organized against us, headed by
| agents belonging to the same power as
"A Colonel Schwartzkoppen, the Ger
man Military Attache), the agents Of
other Powers also collaborating.
Witness then invited the courts special
attention to this dossier, in which, he
said, would be found ample proof of the
| prisoners guilt.
| At this stage of the proceedings Drey-
J fus promptly rose and interrupted the
witness, shouting
This is a manifest lie"
| After this the witness recited in detail
/ his reasons for the belief that the agent
supplying the information was French
| Staff officer. He then endeavored to SHOW
that traffic with foreign Military Attaches
| could only have been carried on py q
! probationer in the department occupied
| by Drevfus The witness specially re-
\ ferred to the Panizzardi telegram OF
| November 2, 1894, he explained, left an I'M
preston on him that in 1884 Dreyfus was
an old friend of the Italian government.
| Another document of the dosser, ac-
| cording to Major Cuignet, showed pc
yond dispute the the bordereau actualiy
passed through the hands of Colonel
| Schwartzkoppen. This, 10 the witness
established authenticity of the bordereau
and examination of which, he pointed
out proved Sehwartzkoppen and Paniz-
! zardi had the closest relations in all mat
| ters OF espionage Referring next to the
despatch of Colonel Schneider, former
Austrian Military Attache at Paris, de-
nouneing as a forgery a letter purporting
to have been written by the attache in
which he was represented as referring to
efforts being made by SchWartzkoppen
| and Panizzardi to conceal their relations
with Dreyfus, witness maintained Cen
eral Mercer's statements on the subject
were correct and that the authenticity OF
the letter had been proved. The Intelll-
gence Department. he added, had other
documents from the same attache in its
possession.
Major Cuignot pointed out that the
Schneider document was included in the
dossier and that N. Chamoin, who had
the secret documents in his charge, had
shown it to the court in behalf of the
Ministry of War. Therefore, witness
claimed, Colonel Schneider's contradie-
ton was really addressed TO the French
Government. (sensation)
BESIDES said Cuignet, "I wish 70
point out that the Attache issuing the
denial is person with somewhat less
consequence than his allies. 1t is there
fore possible that this denial was inn
posed upon him" lRenewed sensation.)
The Major dwelt admiringly on the con-
illusions of NJ Bertllon that Esterhazy
had learned to initiate the handwriting
of the bordereau after its publication in
the "Matin@ He then reviewed the
police reports on Dreyfus.
Replying to a question of the Court.
Cuignet described the circums tances of
the discovery of the Henry forgery and
how it was that the probationers did not
participate in the manoeuvres of 1894, al
though they had long believed they would
attend.
Major Carriere, the Governments Com
mlissary, at this juncture said he thought
it desirable to remark. as the representa-
tive of the Government, that he must not
be understood to endorse all Major Cuig-
net had said with reference to foreign
ment held a diplomatic appointment in
France" Qsensation)
Replying to M. Demange, Major Cuig-
net insisted that if Henry committed
forgery sit was in the interests of the
country" To this statement. counsel re-
torted:-
You did not say that to the Court of
Cessation"
At the request of NJ. Demange. the
Majors deposition before the Court of
Cessation, relating TO Henry's motives
ana Patty de Clam's share in the prepara-
ton Of the forgery was read 1t showed
Cuignet emphatically declared before the
Court OF Cessation that he was convinced
an investigation would easily show that
Faty de Clam was the principal author
of the Henry forgery.
witness claimed ne thought he was do
ing MS DUTY lin saying all that is in my
mind"
DO you adhere asked Counsel. no
all you said before the full Court of
Cassation?"
This question greatly confused the wit
ness who attempted to explain by saying
he was only arguing at that time" and
that it was for him to judge Patty de
M Demange pointed out that in spite
of the many arguments Major Cuignet
had advanced against Patty de Clam, the
Military Judge, Tavernier. threw out the
case.
Now" AIDED NJ Demange, Major Cuig-
net has advanced as much against Drey-
fus. The court will be able to appreciate
the value of his arguments"
Counsel then asked why Cuignet had
employed the expression report" to
describe The Schneider letter and the wit
ness replied that he was justified in do
ing SO, owing to the similarity of the ex-
pressions in it with the terms usually
employed in reports.
NJ. Demange pointed out that the docu-
ment included in the dossier contained
the word report
Does the original he asked. contain
this word?"
NO. replied the witness.
Relying further, Cuignet said the docu-
metn also referred to the campaign in
favor of Dreyfus and to orders sent to
Brussels. the headquarters of the espion-
age system.
IN. Demange-the paper handed in by
General MERCER, is therefore only an ex-
tract"
The witness next aired his idea as to
| how Drevfus might have secured plans