New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10

| Of the troops The prosecution had thus ad-
| vanced two versions. which must cause the
| Judges terrible searchings OF conscience. 90
| peciay as no proofs had been furnished What
! right had the prosecution 10 advance statements
| without corroboration? Counsel put IT to the
| conscience Of the judges and he had asked this
! OF General MERCER himself.
| Continuing to plead with great warmth and
eloquence and with clear. closely reasoned ar
guments which were followed with GREATNESS
interest by the entire audience VI. DemanRe de-
clared that he did not believe In the completely
Of Henry and Estcrhazv for Henry was hon
orable and loyal. n he had been the accomplish
of Esterhazy. Henry would have destroyed the
| bordereau. Possibly Henry had inadvertently
divulged information to Esterhazy. under the
impression that ne conversing with an nom
orable, straightforward man Ike himself and
discovering in 1895 that he had placed his hand
in a traitors, he committed a crime upon which
counsel declined to enlarge, since the perpetra-
tor had already paid for II with his life
EsTERHAZY DENOUNCED.
What other explanation could be given Of the
suicide Of this man. with whom the whole army
sympathized? Even after the discovery OF the
crime Henry had spoken OF scoundrels. Was
one Of these not Esterhazy and the other We'll.
the latter having unconsclousy betrayed nfor-
nation? General Sausser had every confidence
in Henrys loyalty and Esterhazy might have
received Information from Henry or We'll. who
were unconscious nformers
! loyal soldier. General Billot. had moreover
said that the traitor not alone. In his
mind he connected the names Of Esterhazy and
Dreyfus. Counsel did not profess to clear up
the matter but he wished it to be cleared up.
hqz
and We'll. VI. Demange did not fear whatever
light could be thrown on the Three men
were in the Intelligence Department-Henry
Eserhazy and We'll. Esterhazy had even placed
the others under pecuniary obligations. ana all
these We're closely bound together.
Replying 20 the hypothesis deduced in the
note relating to the modification Of the artillery.
NJ DemanRe pointed out that the Information
could have been obtained by Esterhazy at the
Chalons Camp. while. regarding the Madagas-
| car note. Dreyfus had never had possession Of
IT, though one % his most bitter prosecutors,
Colonel Du Patty De Clam. had it in his office.
LACK OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Returning to the firing manual counsel
showed how Esterhazy secured a copy Of it, and
pointed to the fact that his government had
asked Colonel Schwarzkoppon for supplement-
airy information. which showed that the original
Intelligence was incomplete. and supplied by an
incompetent person. not artileryman The
memorandum to Colonel Schwarzkoppen asked
for the firing manual which must. therefore,
have been offered. and for the graduation bar.
which Esterhazy had obtained from friend
and kept
Had all these proofs existed against Dreyfus,
how strong would have been the case for the
prosecution But their hypothesis were not
even probable while the theories OF the defence
were all supported by documents culled from
the secret dossler
Dealing with the last line Of the bordereau. Il
am going to the manpuvrcs." counsel produced
note, written by Dreyfus. proving that he
knew in May 1894. that he would not attend
the manpuvres with his regiment
TILT WITH CARRIERE.
Counsel dwelt upon the importance Of the
fact that The prohationers absolutely knew they
would not attend the manUuvres though Ger
tain individuals cherished the hope that OK
ceptions might bee made in their favor. only
che actually applied to General -" Boisdeffre
for PERMISSION but the latter did not promise
anything VI. Demange protested against the
Government Commissincr's assertion that 1t
had been agreed that the prohatoners should
attend the manpuvres as officers OF the Head
quarters stan. and said he wished to know If
Major Carriere adhered to his statement on the
subject
Major Carriare recalled that General De Bots
denre had declared that he had promised TO DO
his best to satisfy prohationers.
NJ Demange-And YOU call that an agreement.
Major Carriere- Certainly
NJ Demange- Then we do not agree as to the
meaning Of the word in the French language.
Continuing NJ Demange exclaimed. Hear
what the author II the bordereau writes. J am
going 10 the manpuvres' Is that only a belief?
Isn't II rather a certainty? Well gentlemen.
have shown you that Drcyfus could not have
written that ON the contrary, Estorhazys
regiment was at the manruyres regarding
which information was supplied
NJ Demange continued. speaking Of he
manruvres. WAS Esterhazy there | DO not
know. But what Is certain is that Dreyfus. If
ne was the author of the hordereau. could not
! have written AT the end of August. I am going
+, the manauvres since he knew the proha-
toners were not going think have shown
that when all the points Of The accusation are
examined they vanish.
CAUTION To TIE COURT
so much for the technical value Of the bor-
| doreau have argued foot 10y foot with my
! honorable friends on the other side and have
! shown H. fallacy If the mental proc 'ss where
| bv they reached the point that they were able
| 10 affirm IN their soul and conscience" mat
| Droyfus vas guilty. | might therefore, say
with pride that I have demolished the case OF
! the prosecution. But am not entitled 10 DO SO
merely say to the court, he careful You
must be certain. and before YOU can say Drey-
fus Is guilty you must. on your souls and con-
sciences be able to declare that there is no
! doubt tnat no one but he had the documents
| enumerated in the bordereau. But You do not
know. what the documents are That is my last
word on this portion Of the case have now to
/ deal with the material evidence.
After the usual brief adjournment Of the