The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21

also Col. Henry who ordered witness To
accompany de Clam 20 Mount Souris
Park at the time de Clam masquera3ed
under false beard.
Witness thought it would have been
much simpler to have summoned Ester
hazy 10 the ministry of war, espec: ally
| as II was known Matthew Drayfus was
about t. publicly danoLnce him.
Nj Dehlange suggested that the de-
| nunciation of Matthew Dreyfus could
nos we'll have been foreseen wher,
| these romantic interviews with Est6l =
| ray We're occur ing considering
&ttkie'i himself had not contemplated
| dcB unC ;ation."
". Gil belin replied that any rate 1t
| was known measures were II ErDgreSS
Against EsterhaZy.
| FALSE Boards AND SPECTACLES.
NJ Demange-Why then. since it was
| question of saving him. We're false
boards and blue spectacles resorted to?
NJ. Grebelin-You had better ask
Patty de Clam when he comes in.
| Naughter). Do not imagine it amused
me. (Renewed laughter).
Replying to further questions NJ
| Gribelin denied that he had ever opened
| letter addressed to Picquart.
Counsel then wanted to know why
| the letter signed "SperanZa" was not
sent to Picquart since all his letters
were opened at ministry of war.
NJ Gribelin-As 1 never opened a let
ter addressed to Col. Picquart 1 do
not know why.
Col. PicQuart asked permission to
question witness.
When L left the ministry of war;"
said Picquart, Il asked NJ. Gribelin to
forward my letters to the addresses he
knew. Since the letter signed 'SperanZa'
was not sent me, / must ask NJ. Gribe-
lin if he did raNaiva inSfpIIctinnS
from his chiefs to intercept it?'
Nj. Gribelin-No. l never received
such an order.
Picquart, after protesting against
the manner in which his correspond
ence was tempered with expressed sur
prise that the question of the employ
ment of secret service money should be
constantly mixed up with the Dreyfus
case with which, he added, ii had moth
ing whatever to do. He also denied he
had given NJ. Leblois the slightest in
formation regarding the secret dossier
and said the only document of the dos
sier revealed and that was not by him.
self, was the 'cette canaille de D.
document which had been utilized by
the enemies of Dreyfus. There was
also the ''liberateur' document which
was delivered to EsterhaZy, who used
it to levy the most shameful blackmail
on the government.
COl-- LAOId FOLLOWS-
Col. Lauth followed. He traversed
the ground covered by his evidence be-
fore the criminal division of the court
or cessation in regard to the circum-
stances under which Henry commune
Gated the bordereau. He said that when
the bordereau reached the intelligence
department Henry was absolutely the
only officer who knew the agent who
furnished it and was the only officer
In 70 fha 1.s
planned, had appointments with the
foreign spy in question only at s or 9
o'clock at night at the various places.
So it was impossible for Henry to hand
the papers received to Col. Sandherr
the same evening. Therefore, he took
them home and brought them back to
the office in the morning. Very often
these appointments were kept on Sat-
urday and Maj. Lauth believed the
packet containing the bordereau was
handed TO Henry Saturday. Septem-
Der %. and. was taken to the office
September24.
lone morning. said Lauth, cit may
have been September "a, or another
date, though it cannot matter much, l
arrived at the office and was about to
enter the room in which 1 usually work,
when Col. Henry, who was walking in
the corridor, called to me and took me
into his room. Capt Mather arrived
tered when Col. Henry showed the
packet received and, exhibiting some
pieces he had pasted together, said:
1t is frightful. Just see what l have
found in this packet We walked to a
window and all three began to read the
contents of a paper, which was none
other than the bOrdereau. We discussed
who could be the author.
Il must add that NJ Gribelin entered
the room and was informed regarding
the document. At the same time the
bordereau was only shown to Col. Sand
herr half or three-quarters of an hour
later when he arrived"
Next discussing the petit bleu Maj.
Lauth said it reached Col. Picquart in
closed in a packet early in March. In
cidentally the witness mentioned the
mission TO Nancy, on which Henry
went, and said that while he was alb
sent his wife came to the intelligence
department to ask for his whereabouts.
as she knew nothing of his departure.
1T was the same with all officers of
the department" said Lauth. .'Our fam
lilies never knew where we We're go
ing when we were sent on a mission
and it was through the department
that they correspondent with u.s. That
proves that things were not conducted
in the fourth bureau as alleged by Col
Picquart and the officers were not so
negligent and careless as he has as
serted"
Witness maintained this also disposed
of Picquart's assertion that Henry was
in the habit of working at home in the
presence of servants. AS a matter of
fact, he added, the officers were very
reserved before their families Continu-
ing, witness proceeded to speak of
Picquart's orders to destroy all evil
dence of the petit bleu having been
torn and to determine the office of orr
gin by affiXing a postmark.
THE SPY CUERS.
THE spy Cuers.' said Lauth, "en-
tered into relations with the ministry
of war with. the avowed purpose of re-
venging himself on his government He
refused to accept payment beyond his
fare TO Basic. Cuers was evidently
an agent provacateur. who had been
sent to us. But we were never able to
get anything of the slightest value of |
him. 1t was said" said Lauth, that !
we bullied him to prevent him from |
speaking. I wish the person who made |
the statement to come here and repeat |
it, The truth is We bullied him. not |
to prevnt his speaking, but because he |
refused to say anything which was not |
known, and that means the same |
thing
Maj. Lauth's extremely long deposit |
ton was listened to in profound silence. |
He protested at Picquart's allegations |
against him in the course of the Ia |
verier inquiry, when Picquart repre- |
scented Lauth as the instigator and per- |
haps, also, the writer of the Henry for
gerry.
Il declare" said Lauth. that if.
by inspiring or writing it, had a share |