The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
Patty DU CLAM ARRESTED
Charged With Being the Insti-
gator of Henry's Letter.
EXCITEMENT RUNS HIGH
People No Longer Talk Calmly About
the Henry Suicide-Said the Minis
ter Has Ordered Retrial of
the Dreyfus Case.


New York. Sept. IA special to the
Herald from Paris says: EVERYWHERE
people are discussing the new phases
OF the Dreyfus affair. on one hand
those convinced of Dreyfus' guilt insist
the confession does not alter the case:
on the other hand, Dreyfus' supporters
declare a revision of his trial is now
inevitable. In all quarters there is an
air OF hesitancy. The affair has be-
come sort of nightmare. People can
no longer talk about it calmly. Upon
one thing, however, Frenchmen of all
shades of opinion are united, that Hen
rvs rascality does not necessarily in
criminate the general staff or acquit
Dreyfus. What, however, il does do is
TO show the affair needs a far more
searching probing than it has yet re-
ceived.
Henry was a man who had risen from
the ranks. He was said to be the very
type OF a non-commissioned officer
Thls, according to French ideas, mean,
a man who is a disciplinarian first.
last and all the time. His accusers saw
ne thought it his duty. in the interests
of the country, to bring the Dreyfus
agitation to an end. and he accordingly
fabricated a document to convince the
chlet that Dreyfus was indeed the in
dividual spoken of in the letters and
SO forth upon which that officer was
convicted.
that the suicide of Henry, chief of the
intelligence department of the French
ministry OF war, was connived at by
French army authorities. In any case,
the suicide occurred shortly after the
prisoner had received a visit from an
of1cer of the general staff, who, on
leaving, ordered the sentry not TO dis
turb the prisoner, "as he had a lot of
work to do" 1t is recalled that a SINH
lar opportunity was afforded Dreyfus
VINO, however declined to profit by it,
1t is generally believed that the rest
OF the officers of the general staff of
the French army will follow the exam
pie OF General Boisdefrere, chief of the
stan, and of General Gonz, under chief.
and tender their designations. 1t ap-
pears that the minister of war NJ
CaVaignac, is convinced that Henry
had accomplices in the forgery, and
there are persistent reports that Colo
mel Patty du Clam will shortly be ar
rested. In this connection il is re-
ported that the minister of Justice. NJ.
Sarrien, has already taken steps to
grant Dreyfus a re-trial.
Boisdefrere, chief of the general staff.
of the French army, who has Just re-
signed, is understood to be in high ia
vor at st. Petersburg. He gained con-
siderable popularity by his attitude in
defense of the army during the Zola
trial. and at one time was looked upon
as possibly aiming at a military die |
tatorshlp. Prince Henry of Orleans
who Is credited with hoping for a mill
tary movement against the French re-
public, also tried to make capital out |
of the trial. He showed himself daily
in the hall of the court house and one |
day embraced Major Esterhazy. an |
other of the French officers implicated |
In the scandal, crying, "Vive la armee." |
which aroused enthusiasm among the /
Orleanist friends.
All the newspapers are full of COM
inent. The Patrie makes the stupefying
declaration that the discovery of the
forgery is proof that other documents
concerned in the case are genuine The
Patrie's last edition says that the min
lStry OF war officials are convinced that
the forgery was committed at the in
of Commandant Patty du
Clam, who was the object of special at
tack by Zola for his melodramatic an
tics with Dreyfus when that officer was
imprisoned awaiting trial.
Du Clam, according TO the Patrie. Is
looked on as mad by his colleagues, a
curious recommendation for a man
charged with such grave duty as the
of evidence brought
against prisoner charged with trea-
son.
The Lanterne says the man who pur-
sued Picquart with his testimony from
the assiZe court to the binet of the
Judge d'instruction is a miserable for
ger. who has not hesitated to commit
4 crime in order TO further some scheme
Of the general staff.
The Petit Republique says: THE
of Forger Henry opens up n
of the agedy with which
France has been lighting for years in
darkness"
The minister for war this afternoon
{ eceived in audience General Renouard.
iirector of the military college, who has
accepted the office of chief of the gen.
eral staff, vacant owing to the resig-
lation of General De Boisedefrere The |
after bade farewell to the officials of
ais bureau this morning. Colonel Henry |
eft letters addressed to the minister |
or war. and General Boisedefrere pro-
ested that he had not realized the |
gravity of the act which he committed.
solely for the good of the cause"
Later-Patrie announces that Patty Du
lam has been arrested for completely