The Portland daily press., 1899-05-30

thers was sufficient presumption that
most serious errors and doubts existed and
that they Us ified retrial OF the case. He
h.d reviewed the different cases in which
the court could annul sentence without
trial and said that in his opinion the
court ought not to consider the idea Of
annulling the sentence but should only
consider a revision of 1t. A revision, he
contended, was imperative and In sup
port of his statement he rehearsed the
facts on which the application for re-
vision was based, among which he in
Henry and Du Psty de Clam, against
Dreyfus, their Outrageous schemes" to
force the hand Of the minister OF war and
oblige him to prosecute Dreyfus and the
convincing effects''Iof their depositions
on the court martial.
NJ. Ballot de Beaupre then reviewed
Major Count Esterhazy's . connection with
the case, as already known.
After reading II. Monnrd's defense
which concluded BY maintaining that the
material evidence Of the bordereau and
the moral evidence cropping out during
the inquiry pointed NOS to Dreyfus hut to
Esterhazy as the culprit. n. Ballot de
Beaupre dealt with the question OF
motive. He read the police report fur
nished by NJ. Guenee, the detective all
unfavorable to Drsyfus, and reports Of the
prefecture Of police, pointing out that
there had been o confusion Of Dreyfus
with others Of the same name, who had
bsen mixed mp with gambling and dis
reputable female associates. The latter
isBsr'' isBs. were not produced at the trial Of
N. Bsllot de Beaupre then pointed out
that Dreyfus could not have acted as
traitor from anger or disappointment as
he had the finest prospects Of an excellent
military career. On the other hand, Es-
terbazy, the reporter alleged. was soldier
of fortune, always begging from the
Continuing the reporter read letters
written by Esterhazy abusing France and
the French army, these producing deep
impression upon the audience. de re-
ferred to o letter written by Esterbazy to
Baron Rothschild. dated June 81, 1894, to
the effect that II his application Tor
money were refused, he would have no
resource but to kill his family and then
to commit suicide. Such. said the re-
porter. was Esterhazy's Language on the
eve Of the date when the bordereau was
"placsd." The inference to be drawn was
that Esterhazy sought in treason re-
sources necessary to carry on life OF dis
sipation.
At this point, with the evident ap-
proval Of all who listened, n. Ballot de
Beaupre quoted from M. Mornard's state
ment as follows: Although justice has
been rendered more or less impotent WITH
regard to Esterhnzy, BY the latter's &C.
quittal Of the charge Of being the author
of the bordereau. 1t is none the less the
duty of the supreme court to restore to
liberty to an innocent man unjustly con-
demned."
Prior to the adjournment, NJ. Ballot de
Beaupre read a l,tter from the British
General Talbot who in 1894 was at
tached to the British embassy in Paris,
rectifyipg the deposition of General Mar
quis de Gallifet. This letter reached NJ.
Mazeau through diplomatic channels. In
1t General Talbot said that Marquis de
Gallifet had mislnterpreted his (Talbot's)
words as he bad never had personal rela-
tions with Esterhazy IN the way of
espionage, but had simply heard that
Esterhazy' Is character was well known to
the foreign military attaches.
The court adjourned at $50 when very
few OF the public yet remained In the
vicinity. The republican guards imme-
diately returned TO barracks and and the
Gordon of police was dispersed.