The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02

officer German saw in Bois de Bou-
logne was Dreyfus for the simple rea-
| son that he did not know Dreyfus.
/ Germain on being recalled asserted
he certainly thought Major DIM
frevilles told him the officer referred to
was Dreyfus - -
Important German Position.
Captain Monnier of the Headquarters
staff, who was a probationer on the
staH at the same time as Dreyfus, de-
posed that while they we at the
school of war in 1894 Dreylus, in the
course of conversation referring to
the covering of troops in the Vosges
region and the movements necessary
Tor the invasion of Alsace, said he was
well acquainted with a certain position
to which the Germans attached great
Importance as means Of checking a
French advance. This position witness
continued, was westward of Mulhau-
sen, and Dreyfus said he reached this
opinion after following the German
maneuvers ON horseback.
me prisoner, at this point, quietly
pointed out that the position mentioned
by Captain Lemmonier was situated in
a totally different locality from where
ne (the pr1soner) is supposed to have
followed the maneuvers. Dreyfus adj
ded:
captain Lemmonier must have con-
FUSED 1t with a position which I de-
seribed from knowledge acquired when
traVerSing the whole district on horse
back while a YOUTH The prisoner re-
lterated that he never attended the
maneuvers in question.
Triple Merchant Testifies.
M. Villon, tripe merchant, and an
otner OF the friends of NJ. de Beaure-
pare, declared that when in Berlin |
during 1894 he overheard conversation
of some German officers who were
in an adjoining room. One
OF the officers, witness said, expressed |
Indignation that a French officer should |
De guilty OF treason, and his companion /
replied:
1T Is good thing for us. You know
we We're getting the plan of mobilize
ton from Dreyfus."
AT the request of NJ Demanre. NJ I
V1llon detailed the alleged conversation
ana said he had not mentioned the
in 1894 because Dreyf1Is
mad been arrested, and, knowing him
10 be guilty, witness foresaw he would
De convicted.
Special Commissary Fischer of The
eastern military railway system de-
posed that he was ordered to investi-.
gate a leakage in the -gunnery school
1T Bourges, and, he added, the results
II the inquiry did not seem to incrimi-
late Dreyfus.
Fischer asserted that he was not long
N finding out that a former artillery
nan named Thomas had communicated
. a foreign power documents affecting
ne national defense. Thomas, he adj
led was sentenced to death for at
empted murder in 1885, but the SEN
ence was committed to penal servitude |.
or life.
Esterhazy Got Information.
Lieutenant Bernheim testified that
While in garrison at Rouen he furnished
1sterhazy with information and docu-
lents regarding the. artillery, IN wnic.l
lsterhazy was much interested The
fitness was never able to recover the
comments. He supposed at the time 8
nat Esterhazy was anxious to increase ,
Is military knowledge :
Replying to NJ. Demange, Lieutenant :
'ernheim said he had not testified at :
ne Esterhazy trial because his testi-
lony was then considered to be of no '
reat value. .
Lieutenant Brugere, the artillery re- +
srve. the next witness called, said it
as perfectly easy for any officer to
losely inspect the '120 Short gun.
borrower, he added, detailed explana-
ons ana information regarding the
ohS nede give " lHt@ Objects present
hen the gun was fired. On two occa-
ons, witness said, when the gun was
red, he noticed the presence of
roup of ron-artilIery officers. T
His Letter of Resignation. T
General Roget asked Lieutenant Bru-
ere if he was not the officer who wrote I,
: Cavaignac. then minister of war. n
olent letter rendering his resignation, b
Id declaring it was dishonor to serve c
the French army. (SenSation.) h
Lieutenant Brugere energetically pro- "
sted against such a meaning beirg Q
ven to his letter, which was quite "
ntrary to its effect.
De Loye, to whom General Roget ap- o.
,aled, said he had been consulted by !.
e minister of war as TO what ought "
be done in connection with the let +,
T. and witness read the report which
, made on the subject to the presi-
mt of the republic, who, lie added
lmediately signed an order RELOCATING
eutenant Brugere to the territorial III
my. tC
After this Lieutenant Brugere again 81
use and emphatically maintained h
at he made no statement in the sense G.
dicated by General Roget, but had 81
ly alluded to some personalities and ii
d not mentioned the French army. m
would have been absurd to &c So ne al
since the French army con-
its of all citizens over 20 years Of age.
Gun Easy to Inspect.
Captain Carvalfo of the artillery also "
stified to the ease with which the '120 ~