The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10

anxiety and anguish 1t was evident
that he had not slept during the night
He was attired in black
Captain Dreyfus sat beside a captain
of gen farmes. and as M. Denange
refuted the arguments made in the
speech of the. government commissary
Major Carriere, the prisoner ccntinu-
ally turned his face toward Matthew
TO watch the effect 1t had upon him
Captain Dreyfus, however. did not dis
play the intense emotion with which his
heart in this critical morning must
have been burst.
Gen darmes were plentifully distrib-
uted among the audience and posted in
the gangwayS around the court room.
Ihere was a pleasant contrast in their
pretty blue uniforms, with white cord
trimmings, TO the sober attire of the
majority of the spectators. As they
watched what was going on in the
court their hands rested on the black
leather cases, in which rested big army
revolvers The silence was broken only
by the occasional rustling of a report
er's notebook sor the neigh of an artil-
lery horse Dicketed in street beside
the iycee. Now and then there was the
sound of rafting rifles or the clanlSing
sword of some officer hastily crossing
the court yard, where the troops were
stationed.
Demange's Splendid Speech.
The peroration of N. Demange was
a splendid piece of oratory His voice
Numbered through the court and echoed
outside. Officers and troopers stationed
in the court yard crowded around the
entrance to the. hall, standing on tip
toe to catch a glimpse of the speaker,
while inside the hall many of the audi
ence were moved to tears.
The speech was very skillfully ar
ranged and was devoted to demolish-
ing, stone by stone the edifice built up
by the general staff going over every
point brought up in the bordereau and
refuting the arguments of General Mer-
cier and General Roget. He began by
saying:
When yesterdays sitting was ended
/ was about to deal with what is called
the direct evidence, namely the tech
nical value of the bordereau. The pros
ecution, by taking separately each of
the notes containing information sup
piled by the writer of the bordereau, de-
duced the opinion that Dreyfus alone
could have communicated information
on the documents. If he had at his
proof Of this he should have
given it. 1t devolves upon the public
TO prove that Dreyfus pos
sessed this information. and nobody but
he. That is how the question must be
put. We are before court of justice,
with which suggestions have no place.
Demands On Prosecution.
and we must know what was the in
formation supplied. Consequently we
must have the notes delivered; other |
wise, we have to deal with a hypothe- |
sis.
That is my first objection. to which |
challenge the public prosecutor to re- |
ply"
Counsel, reniarking that the hypothe- /
sis accepted in 1894 could not now be |
proceeded to infinitely ex-
anime the theories of the headquarters |
staff, especially General Roget's, whose |
arguments he refuted seratim. He sim |
larly analysed the evidence of General |
MERCER, reiterating the arguments as |
% the utter lmprobability of an artil- /
eryman employing the correct terms /
Ised in the bordereau in connection
With artillery matters.
Counsel then reviewed the well known
acts in the case, showing that Colo
lei Schwartzkoppen, the German mill |
airy attache at Paris, supplies infor-
nation to his government years before
egarding the "120 short field. He said
nat only the internal construction of
he brake in this gun remained secret,
nut Dreyfus knew nothing about it and
skeG for no information from the Of
ontended. Dreyfps could not have be-
rayed this secret.
Ignorant of the Gun.
Regarding the practical tests of the |,
un, NJ. Demange continued. Dreyfus
ras similarly ignorant. General Mer-
ier's statement that Dreyfus attended
a ffiea . onrrld. ha cad ;+
cen proved that the only leakage re-
ulting from those trials had been fur
dshed by the spy Grenier. 1t was thus
pparent into what error all the wit
esseS supporting the prosecution had
allen. Their opinions had been most
formed and the judges must
e on their guard against it, honest
nd sincere as it doubtless was.
After refuting the imputations against ,
'reyfus based on the, firing manual
-hich, he said. were purely hypotheti- /
al. NJ. Dernange continued emphat- ;
ally: .
THE prosecution has no right to rest | !
1ntent with hypothesis. We are in a ]
ourt Of justice. The defense alone has {
lie right to say it is impossible. 1t is ]
lie duty of the public prosecutor to :
one against Dreyfus." l.,
Letters From ESterhaZy.
After showing that the prisoner had 8
ever seen the l20 short gun, counsel
lad letters fran Esterhazy proving
lat the latter attended the chalons
mp and probably witnessed the trials. l
But the prosecution" added NJ. De- t
ange, had not to choose between t
reyfus and Esterhazy. 1t had only
prove Dreyfus guilty and could not t
, so. On the contrary, we have shown S
lat Dreyfus did not possess the docu- t
ents communicated nor the informa- e
on contained in them
Dealing with the note referring to the h
lVering of troops, M. DeTnange pointed h
1t General Mercier's change of front
this subject. In 1894 the general con- a
nded that it was with reference to q
e commands of these troops that the
akage occurred, while he now as c
rted that it was regarding the mob n
cation and transportation Of troops. s
The prosecution lad thus advanced .
10 versions, which must cause the 8
dyes terrible searchings of conscience, !,
pecially as no proofs had been fur q
shed. What right had the prosecu- y
IN to advance statements without y
Counsel put it to the ;,
nscience of the judges and he had :,
ked this Of General MERCER himself. :, :,
Demange Grows Eloquent f;
to plead with great
irmth and eloquence and with close
reasoned arguments, which were fol-
we'd with breathless interest by the =
tire audience. NJ Denange declared "
did not believe in the completely of |.
,riry and Esterhazy, for Henry was :.
norable and loyal. If he had been u
2 accomplish Of EsterhaZy, Henry , W
,uld have destroyed the bordereau. ~
ssibly Henry had Inadvertently di- u