The age-herald., 1897-11-19
WOMAN IN THE SCHEME
Plan to ExtOrt Money and PerSeCute
 the Jew.
SOME JOURNALISTIC BLAcKMAILERs
Advances Made to the Lieutenant's Wife, Who, For a Consideration, Might Have Her Husband Set
 Free.

Paris, Nov. 1S.-The allegations that Alfred Dreyfus, the former captain of French artillery, was falsely accused and convicted by a court-martial of selling French military plans to the az nts of a foreign government continues to be widely discussed in Paris and through- out France.
 A person, who is in the counsels of the family reveals thrilling romance, in which figure the gang of so-called jour nallsts' and stock -jobbers, who besst the late Max Debaud, the young millionaire conscript. Itsfs claimed that documents he was charged with selling 10 Germany were never really sold to the agents of that country, but-were prepared in im- tation of Dreyfus' handwriting to black mail him, his wife being a wealthy wo- man. and he himself being in good cir cumstaneee.
 The plot, 1t would further seem, was conceived in 1893. whan the wave of Jew batting swept over Europe. Dreyfus is of Hebrew extraction, and these jackals u f6IlSldH SOGlSLy, CdSlliiS opObe AcA funds, determined to "bleed this wealthy Jew A beautiful adventures whose house was the resort of a number of French officers and foreign diplomats. B said to have acted as the go-between. By invitation Dreyfus was frequent visitor to her house.
 In the due cou:se of time the plan for the mobilization of the French army, which had been drawn up in handwrit- ing which cleverly initiated that of Drey- fus, was produced and money was de- fllanded for its surrender. Dreyfus, how ever, it is said, refused to pay the sum demanded, knowing that the purchase of the document would be an admission of his guilt, and would furnish ground for future extoriion, and being aware of the faot that he had been intimate with this woman, who, herself was parry to the plot, would be considered part of the strongest evidence of his guilt
 Continuing tine fri: nd of the Dreyfus family exp aims that the neWspape- s, whose attaches were concerned in the plot, have constantly maintained a war f-re against Drsyfus for the purpose Of obtaining money and, in consequence, the prisoners wife and family aLe obliged to keep secluded. Attempts hays been made, it is claimed, to extort admissions against Dreyfus, and it is claimed that advances have been made to Dreyfus' wife on behalf of the p-fsIon- CT to cease prosecution of his cas- for a consideration"
 The absence of M. Schuersr-Kestner, who has forced the government to re- open the case, from today's meeting Of the senate is the subject of general com m mt.
 A report is prevalent that he was summoned th.s morning by President Faane, wlno said to him: ''The documents ln the Dreyfus case have be5n brought to my nptice I give you my word of honor that they contain irresutable proofs of guilt I beg you, therefore, to ceass tnis campaign, by which you are comrromising the republic and yourself to no purpose"
 Iater.-A follmal contradiction has been given officially to the story put in circulation as to the alleged interview today b:tween President Faure and M. Schuerer-Kestner.
 Esterhazy Was In It.
 Ioradon, e Nov. 1S.-A dispatch from Paris to the Daily Maia says that friends of Dreyfus asssrt that Count Walsing Este1dlazy was assisted in his treason by an Alsatian ss-geant- jor, who is now in Alsace, and has made a full conf ssion.