The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17


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colonel. L am here to defend my honor.
do not wish to speak here of the afro
clous. suffering, physical and mental,
WHICH for FIVE years l. a Frenchman and
an innoeent man, was subjected to on the
lie du :Diable.n3 - !" ~ g.
The prisoner uttered the: words in a
loud. voice and with tremendous energy,
which created profound sensation.
The audience had not recovered from
the. emotion caused by the scene when
Nine n Henry in deep meprning, oS appeaRFed app" R
amid profound silence. - '
Colonel Jouaust, addressing the witness,
said: I'VE thought, madame, that your
life in common with your husband .had
placed you in a position to give interest
ing information. l beg You TO tell the
court what you know
Madame Henry deposed that toward
the end of September 1894. after dinner,
one evening, her husband told her a paper
had been handed him as being very I'M
portant. Witness added: LAS he did not
asked him when ne returned why he was
later than usual He undid narrow,
transparent roll of % paper and said
Here IS d serious matter which / have
been requested TO investigate this even
ing. Shortly afterward he re-entered
the room holding the papers and a letter
which he had Just pieced@ together he
placed them all in his hat in order not TO
forget them in the morning. He left on
horseback, as customary, the following s
morning, saying he had to see Colonel
Sandherr as soon as possible"
What was his impression on seeing
the bordereau?' asked Colonel Jouaust.a
The witness replied that Colonel Henry
did not know the author of it, but said
perhaps. Colonel Fahre or Colonel dab
Continuing Nine Henry said: When
my husband returned from the Cherche
Midi Prison after taking Dreyfus there
/ asked why he was on duty and he an
sWered: I have Just carried out the most
painful task an officer can have. L have
taken to the Cherche Midi an officer ac-
cnsed of the frightful crime of treason,
Without naming Dreyfus he added: I
beg you not TO speak of it for some time.
He is an unfortunate fellow "
before his death" said Colonel Jouaust
che used the words, What a misfortune
to have met such. a wreteh?'
To. this the witness replied; No. he
very well In whose Interests 1 acted. ;
meaning. that he acted In the; interests of
the country, He used to say to- me, For
thirty-three years have never acted ex-
cept in the interest of the country
Nine. Henry then remarked: saYou
know his sentiments, gentlemen, He com-
Picquart:s proceedings. and it was in or
der to save the. army, compromised by
the dishonesty of its enemies" Profound
sensation.9
Did you ever hear" Colonel Jouaust
asked the. witness. ."of a letter Colonel
Henry is said to have addressed to
Never" replied Nine. Henry.
Mnp.2, Henry. before concluding ra-
turned to the subject of the forgery She
evidently thought she could exoncrate
was justified. in the interest of the coun-
try, in inserting in the secret dossier new
and convincing material, proof of which
had reached him verbally few days be-
Turning to NJ. Demange the witness
added, You understood what 1 meant %
No" promptly replied counsel for the
In answer to, a question, Of Colonel
know the name of the person who had
given her husband this verbal informa-
On leaving the witness box Nine. Henry
looked sternly at the prisoner.
General Roget followed. He traversed
conviction of the guilt of Dreyfus He
declared there was no charge against
EsterhaZy, with the exception of the re-
sembiance OF his handwriting, to that Of
added, there had been a new fact since
the Judgment of the Court of Cessation,
namely Esterhazy's confession that he
wrote the bordereau But he added Es-
terhazy advanced and withdrew his con.
fession intermittently. If Esterhazy had
rendered services to the intelligence de-
partment there would have been traces
Of them in the cash book. But no money
had been paid Esterhazy, though even
supposlng he worked out Of pure benevo,
lcnce he would have been paid. Yet there
was no trace OF such payments. Ester
hazX had said he wrote the bordereau un-
der the orders of Colonel Sandherr
But declared General Roget, Il, who
knew Colonel Sandherr we'll declare Il Is
false. Colonel Sandherr was absolutely
incapable of such an order. I add that it
is inadmissible. because Colonel Sandherr
was the last person to know of the eX-
istence of the bordereau, which was re-
ceived in the ordinary, way. This bor-
dereau was handed to Colonel Henry and
was brought by him to the intelligence
department 1t was shown to others by
Colonel Henry after he had pieced il to-
gcther: Colonel Sandherr only saw it
later.
"Esterhazy has also said the document
was stolen from an embassy and brought
by porter. 1t is false to say the INTEL
ligence department ever had any rela lions
with a porter Of that embassy 1t is pos
sible EsterhaZy is preparing some sur
prises for us between now and the end
OF the trial. They won't disturb me any
more than other surprises"
Referring to- the question of the com
plicity of Henry and Esterhazy, the wit
ness said If Henry had been the ac>
complice Of Esterhazy, how can 1t be ad-
mlttcd that he himself brought the bor-
sdercau, which might have caused him to
be suspected, to the intelligence depart
ment?"
General Roget spoke for three hours
without adducing any new facts, only re-
iterating in the most forcible terms what
has been banded about In the anti-Drey-
interesting part of his testimony was his
attack on Colonel Picquart. which will
undoubtedly lead to the conformation OF
the two men, Re treated Dreyfus with
In fact. 1t seemed at times as though he
would provoke the prisoner into striking
him. The generals manner was most
passionate. In his outburst at the end
of his testimony he uttered the most