The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-23
NJ. LABOR| RESUMES HIS
PLACE IN THE COURT ROOM
Leading Counsel for Dreyfus Again at the Helm-His
Appearance the Signal for Applause President
Jousaust Welcomes Him Sympathetically
Witnesses Testify as to Ester
hazy's Bad Character.

quest the witness made numerous at
| tempts to get him into the ministry of
| necessary in order to enable him to
| pass for lieutenant colonel.
Lieutenant Colonel Rollin of the in
| telligence department was the next " it
ness. He described the spy Lajoux,
| employed in the department, as bad
spy whom it was found necessary to
| suppress.
NJ. Labori asked the witness how he
| knew Lajoux had offered to make rev.
| elations in the Dreyfus affair, and the
| witness replied that Lajoux wrote to
the minister of war asking for assist
ance and referring to the Dreyfus oase
| The clerk of the court received a letter
in which, after dwelling upon his ser
| vice, Lajoux said it was owing to
Henrys exactions that the spy Cuers
had become an enemy instead Of an
ally.
After the reading of this letter, NJ.
Labori inquired: Can Lieutenant
| Colonel Rollin explain how a man re-
| sarded as a rogue and a bad egg is
| now receiving a pension of 200 francs
| monthly?"
The witness replied: "It is no doubt
in recognition of his previous service"
! Uaughter)
Then M. Labori asked if the witness
assumed responsibility for the report
of Nov. 30. 1897. which was attributed
to foreign military attache.
| The government commissary, Major
| Carriere protested against this ques-
| ton. saying it referred to affairs of
state and should not be answered ex-
cept behind closed doors.
| M. Labori pointed out that he had not
| named anybody and Lieutenant Colonel
| Rollin replied that he had no knowledge
| regarding the transaction of the docu-
ment in question
NJ Labori called the attention of the
| witness to the cautious nature of his
| reply, and asked him how the document
| came into the possession of General
| MERCER.
General Mercier thought the witness
! was not justified in answering.
Mercier Is Silent.
| Counsel then asked what right had
General Mercier to retain posse ssion
| of all the documents in the secret dos
J sier. General Mercier was silent.
| M. Labori-I am asking for the official
responsibility and l make note of the
| fact that ii is refused l will reserve
| the right to take all the measures
which think proper (Sensation)
Counsel added that he would, later.
ask Colonel Jousaust to recall General
| Mercier and would put numerous ques-
| tions to him, to which. however, coun-
| sci added. he could foresee the general
would refuse to reply. prolonged SEN
| sation.)
Dreyfus then made statement re-
! garding a passage of Rollins evidence
referring to the searches made in MS
! OreyfusD residence in 1894.
| 'Everything. everything said the
| prisoner, was seized without cs-Scep-
! ton"
Colonel Jousaust-Some of the pages
! were missing of your notes take at the
! lectures at the military college? That
/ has been the subject of remark.
Dreyfus-No, my colonel, nor Not in
! 1894. (SensationD -
! Ferret. fomerly connected with the
| office of the minister cf war, WHO Is
alleged to have caught Dreyfus prying
into the work of some of his fellow
! officers during their absence, testified
! that towards the end of 1888 OF retur:-
! ing from his lunch. at an hour the Of
fees were usually out, he found Dl ley-
| fus in the fourth bureau, standing with
| a stranger a civilian, at the table crn-
| sulting document which seemed to
the witness to be connec.ed with :he
! transportation of troops.
NJ Demange-Why did you rot give
| this evidence in 1894?
Witness said he regretted he had
, overlooked it. Besides, he added, 1t
was not his business to suspect his
| chiefs.
NJ Demange-The country will form
its own opinions of this five year, sill
| ence.
Does Not Remember.
NJ Labori asked when the witness
first mentioned these facts.
| Ferret-I do not remember. (MUr-
| murs)
NJ. Labori-Try. 1t would be interest
ing to have an explanation.
/ Ferret-It was about a year ago.
The prisoner protested against such
statements which he said were nothing
but vile insinuations' collected by a
former minister of war. Great sensa-
| tion.)
Il never went into my office" con-
tinued Dreyfus, "at any other time
| was impossible, or, at least, most diff
cult for a civilian to enter the office of
the minister of war"
Dreyfus added that while his wife
was at Houlgate. Normandy, in August
or September. 1894. he happened to go
| to his office at noon, though the usual
hour was o'clock
| Colonel Jousaust questioned Dreyfus
relative to his hours of duty and the
difficulty of introducing a stranger into
the offices, after which General Gonse
| asked for permission to speak in order
to complete his evidence. He said he
| received a letter yesterday evening
from NJ. Lechatelier, chief engineer of
the department of roads and bridges, in
! which Lechatelier said:
During six or seven years l had a
permit from the ministry of war and
went there at least a hundred times. l
did not have to show my permit more
than 10 times. On another occasion, !
was accompanied by a friend, who en-
tered without any other formality than
opening the gate and saluting the SEN
try" daughter)
| General Gonse read another letter OF
similar purport and Dreyfus said: ''The
rule was strict. The letters only prove
that certain persons did not observe
it,
NJ. Demange-It also proves that since
the ministry of war was so easily en-