The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-09
.lever Sissemblers than an inn'
nan who is too sincere"
Letters of the Prisoner.

The writer was broken down in health
and spirits One letter written in 1897
appeals to General de Boisdeffre to
lend his generous aid in securing the
writer restoration to the liberty of
which he had been robbed.
Writing to his brother, the prisoner
said. While one or more Scoundrels
are walking free, it would be happy
release for me TO die, but it would be a
disgrace to Lu ellie and my children"
In this letter the writer urged his
brother to find the culprits, while care
fully protecting the interests of the
country.
rs not that the cry of an innocent
man." asked NJ. Demange. Yet though
General de Boisdeffre received the let
ter he did not forward it to Matthew
Dreyfus."
Honesty of Purpose.
Five ministers OF war said M
Demange. pronounced Dreyfus guilty.
while admitting it WIS impossible to
produce proofs General de Boisdeffre.
General Gonse and General Roget also
affirmed their belief in his guilt. But,
happily, they stated reasons and in
stead OF proofs only accumulated pre-
symptoms"
After pointing out that. the generals
only studied the case at the very mo-
lLSul N0eu pubic e-DerTdIlOn ndQ re-
duced the whole question to a conflict
between Dreyfus, and the army. thus
making it impossible that the generals
should not be prejudiced and probable
tiles and Prescriptions seemed to be
proofs. Nj. Demange said:
Il must acknowledge, however, the
honesty and honorable conduct of the
generals, who could not have acted
otherwise than they have done"
Counsel then ole @,.st~
ute to the honesty of purpose" mani
Tested by the generals.
The Alleged Confessions.
Dealing next with the confessions.
counsel read the report of Captain LIE
Brun- Renault of the republican guard,
who had the prisoner in charge pre-
vious TO his degradation, and maintain
ed that the exact words of Dreyfus.
which were now known, only reflected
ideas Colonel du Patty de Clam had pre-
viously expressed to the prisoner. add
ing that AL that Du Patty de Clam
maintained to the contrary, it was GER
tain that imagination had played a
much greater part than reason i'm the
acts of Du Patty de Clam"
1t was also significant that the report
drawn up by Du Patty de Clam on the
day following his interview with Drey-
fus had disappeared. Du Patty de Clam.
counsel pointed out, had evidently for
gotten other facts
M. Demange said he was SURPRISED at
The attitude of General Gonse toward
the alleged confession and added that
Captain lie Brun-Renault, who was
sent to the Elysee palace expressly to
repeat the confessions, did not mention
them. 1t was likewise Inexplicable that
General Saussier and General MERCER
took no steps to verify the so-called
confessions. which We're lost sight of
until NJ. Cavaignac sprung them on the
chamber of deputies as proof of the
guilt OF Dreyfus. The court of cassa-
lion had justly decided that they were
not confessions
The Secret Dossier.
Proceeding to discuss the secret dos
Fier. M. Demange examined the docu-
ments one after another. He said all
interpretations of the document COM
mencing doubts proof We're hypothet-
ical. but they applied much more easily
TO EsterhaZy than TO Dreyfus. 1t was
so with other documents. There was
nothing to indicate that Dreyfus was
concerned any more than anyone else.
uhe leakage ascribed to Dreyfus could
only refer to the plans of fortreSSes,
and this leakage continued until 1898.
The document containing the words
'cette canaille de d" only indicated
a poor devil, and it could be ascribed
10 man to whom another letter de-
scribed as a friend in the second bu-
READ No credence could be attached
could not be ascribed to the prisoner
Germans Were Uneasy.
The sixth document was a letter writ
ten by Count Won Munster Ledenburg,
the German ambassador to France,
from Germany to Colonel Schwalazkop-
p4en. the military attache of Germany
at Paris, containing the words las re-
CARDS Dreyfus we are easy"
NJ Demanse pointed out that the
Dreyfus case was TIE universal topic of
Germany at the time and from the
first the German officials might have
been uneasy, but had evidently re-
assured themselves. Counsel was indig-
nant because Count Won Munster Led
enburg had not expressly declared
Dreyfus was innocent; the prosecution
had deduced from his words an avowal
of his guilt.
In regard to the letters of Nov and
Nov. II sent by Major Panizzardi to his
chief. ii has been alleged that they
proved Dreyfus had relations with
Colonel Schwartzkoppen whereas in
reality Major Panjzzardi merely denied |
that Dreyfus had any relations with |
Italy. 1t was impossible 10 doubt the |
of these facts. 1t was in
credible that Colonel Schwartzkoppen |
and Major Panizzardi deceived their |
The omission of Ester |
Hays name from these letters was in |
lentional
Dcssier Is Worthless.
Concluding his examinations of the |
secret dossier. NJ. Pemange remarked |
that ne felt compelled to refer to these !
emanating from foreigners !
as General Mercier relied upon them
TO support the guilt of Dreyfus. The |
of the military attaches that |
they had no relations with Dreyfus. !
had been confirmed by the statement
OF the minister in the reichstag. who |
could not have been deceived by his |
Rttache at Paris.
II have finished" said NJ. Demange,
my examination Of the secret dossier. !
All France knows the worthlessness of
It's contents Yet it is owing to it that
the country has been distracted for
and it has been thought there
were documents and proofs in it which
night bring France to blows with a
,eghboring power. You are now ac-
1uainted with it. The secret dossier
mas been exploded.
'yol Will pardon me the loss OF time |,
[ have imposed upon you l will now
take up the circunistantial evidence"
A brief adjournment of the court WIS
here announced Counsel Was warmly
spplauded as he took his seat.
The Dictation Scene
on RESUMPTION of the session NJ. De-
mango discussed the circumstantial
evidence adduced in 1884. He said the
perturbation OF Dreyfus at the dicta-