Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-18
VICTIM OF A PLOT
DTeytus Suffered for
Others Vi||ainy'
TESTIMONY OF COL PIcQuART
He Discovered Prisoners In
noCence After Conviction.
LIPS SEALED BY HIGH OFFICIALS
He Boldly Accuses Esterhazy of
Writing the Bordereau.
LIPS SEALED BY HIGH OFFICIALS
ON THE STAND ALL DAY

! RENNES August 1S-Whcn the second
trial by court-m&rtial of Captain Alfred
| Dreyfus. charged with treason,
| sumed in the Lycee at 1:25 this morning
| Colonel Picquart. former chief of the INTEL
| lgence department of the war office, was
| called to the witness stand and continued
| his deposition, which interrupted yes
| terday by the adjournment of the court for
| the day
The colonel gave his testimony in tho
| same loud. fearless tone of voice that char
| acterized his manner yesterday. He began
| by declaring he thought it necessary to
ply to General Rogets arraisnElent of him
| while the stand.
| AT the outset of Colonel Picquart's re-
| marks Roget nterposed and said he would
| reply to them.
| Continuing, Colonel Picquart proceeded to
discuss the secret dossier as being the MAIN
spring of the condemnation Of Dreyfus. He
took up the documents successfully. refer
| ring to the writers and addresses Of the
| letters as IA and "B."
| Among those present in court were Gem
| erals Zurlinden and Billot, former minis
| ters of var
| Maitre Mornard, who argued the case in
| behalf of the Dreyfus family for the revis-
| ion of the prisoners sentence before the
| court of cessation. present this morn
| ing to assist NJ Demange of counsel for
| the defense
| The Evidence in Detail.
Following is the esidence in detail:
| Before resumng his position Colonel Pic
| quart said:
| Il think it necessary to say few words
| with reference to the veritable speech for
| the prosecution delivered by Gen. Roget
| when referring to the Quenelli case"
u. S.J.,,,t Nr
| here interposed, saying:
| 'Is it personal matter?"
Il shall be very brief, colonel" replied
| Picquart. Il am, moreover, ready to reply
| to all questions the court may ask on the
| subject
For the moment I shall conflne myself
| to the following explanation: The Quenelli
| case occurred between May 30 and July H.
| 1896 at which period, account of a fam
| lily bereavement, l was able to pay very
| little attention to my official duties In
| my absence Col. Henry acted for me-
| Moreover, L devoted most of the month of
| July to journey Of the headquarters staff.
| which also prevented me from attending to
| my ordinary duties. | was therefore, able
| to give only very intermittent attention to
| the Quenelli case Besides this, Queneli
! was a returned convict, who had contra
| vened decree of expulsion and had been
caught red-handed in another criminal act.
| He was. at first sight, not particularly
interesting parsonage"
| At this point Gen. Roget arose and saidi
II wish to be allowed to reply"
You shall.'' said Col Joaaust.
Witness Denies Allegations
Colonel Picquart continuing, said:
Il protest absolutely against the allega-
| ton t 1T l consented to the communication
n n7..t1 mt To ha 1l,arS Z tha
| Dreyfus court-martial without the prison.
ers knowledge | never ordered such COM
munication, and if it done it not
with my cogniZance.
II hasten to add that in my opinion it
| would have been insult to the court to
believe its members would lend themselves
to such macbinatbns.
Il am ready, L repeat to reply to every
question. l will only point that all
General Roget has recounted in detail was
published in general terms in the Gaulois
January I.
Having thus explained certain matters,
will continue my deposition"
Then the colonel proceeded to discuss the
phrase occurring in the bordereau II am
going to the maneuvers." He said there
was question of probationers going to
the maneavers in September. This he
pointed out. would have curtaied their
period of probation in entirely unusual
manner After dealing with the testimony
of the eXpeHtS at the court-martial of 1894,
Picquart proceeded to examine the secret
dossier a close analysis of which, he as
serted, particularly necessary owing
to the weight the document had with the
members of the court-martial in 1894
Contents of the Dossier
This dossier," continued the witness.
may be divided into two parts. The first
contains three documents:
''One-A document known as the d'Avig-
non document, the terms of which are
about follows:
Doubt the proofs: service letters; situa-
ton dangerous for me with French officer;
no information from officer of the line;
important only coming from the minis
try; already somewhere else
''Two-the document containing the words
'cette canaille de D.
''Three-A document which is nothing but
the report of a journey to Switzerland
made in behalf of a foreign power.
THE second part of the dossier" con-
tinued Picquart, consisted partly Of a sup.