Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-02
SEIZE ZOLA'S GOODS
French Justice Again Shows Some Of Its
Devious Ways.
EXPERTS SECURE A SNAP JUDGMENT
Take Advantage Of the Absence of the
Defender of Dreyfus.
PLACE SEIZURE STAMPS ON HIS FURNITURE
Wife Of the Great Writer Will Make
Vigorous Defense.
ACE SEIZURE STAMPS ON HIS FURNITURE
DENoUNCES ACTION OF THE EXPERTS
Ofer of ZoIa's Friends to Pay on the
Alleged Judgment is Refused he
cause n Conditional Receipt
is Demanded.

Copyright, 1898, by Press Publishing CoO
PARIS, Oct. I.-(New York World Cable
gram-Special Telegram. ut is Infamous
ignoble," said Nine. Zola this afternoon az
her beautiful hotel, Rue Brussels, when 1
asked her to tell me about the scandalous
seizure Of her furniture yesterday by
"huissier" employed by the experts to levy
the judgment of their case. Nine. Zola her
self gave the following graphic description
Of the entire affair:
Every one is familiar with the now re-
nowned case of the experts against my hus-
band for having, during the Dreyfus trial,
declared that the documents they considered
authentic we're forgeries. Sooner than sub
NIT to trial then, when public sentiment
was so against him, my husband left France
| to await more favorable opportunity. In
his absence the experts won judgment by
| default of 80, 900 francs, from which we have
right to appeal.
Last week l returned to Paris. / had
| no sooner arrived than / was served with
a notice by the experts that If within twen
| ty-four hours l had not paid them 10000
| francs they would seize and sell my furni
ture to obtain it / was stupefed, but know
| ing l could count upon the devotion of
a friend asked Monsieur Mrbeau to act for
me. He Immediately offered the experts
the money, which they peremptorily re-
fused and Monday evening a huissier en-
tered my house and seized all the furniture
on the ground floor. An this because Mon
sieur Mirbeau asked for receipt that in
case my husband won his suit the money
would be refunded.
Stamp All Her Effects.
~ considered the matter settled and de-
termined to buy in my furniture should a
sale take place, when last night at dusk,
to my establishment, a band Of men again
entered my house and in the dim half light
proceeded to place the official stamps of
seizure on everything in the house. claiming
that Mondays seizure had not been suffi-
cient.
''Think of it," exclaimed Nine. zola, her
eyes filling with tears. while her voice
shook with emotion, "even my husband S
writing table and my bed. They wanted it
all, but 1 placed myself before the door
and l appealed to the commissare of police.
Although an officer Of the law, you are
man. cried DO no. let them desecrate
what is most sacred to woman / should
have been capable OF any folly at the time
to prevent the entering, but my appeal was
not in vain, in spite of the huissiers' threats
to break down the door If l did not lei
them pass. The commissaire restrained
them, but they took everything, even to
the servants brooms. Legally they have
no right to seize more than will cover the
sum Of the judgment, but their appraisers
purposely marked everything at such low
prices that the whole house would not sat
| isfy them. AS an instance, a superb Claude
, Monet is appraised at 25 francs. 1t would
bring $4,000 francs at any sale"
VIII Defend Herself.
What are you going to do?'
Madame Zola's eyes flashed. "Do?" re-
, piled this charming, brave woman, Il shal
. defend myself and my husbands interests
I When he is here content myself by sus
! tanning him with my sympathy; now mus
act in his place. II they sell me out friend
: will buy the first object put up for the sun
of the judgment, but they may take al
] my beautiful things to the public auction
hall, then I shall have trouble. To thinl
I they should SO treat a woman
n l assured Nine. Zoa of American sym
$ pathy in her trials
t "Ah, yes," she replied, "I am muc
y touched-indeed, full OF emotion over tn
kindly feeling manifested toward us from
. across the sea. Tell them it, will you not
Act as my messenger. Convey my SINGER
: thanks"
: Since the famous Conchot case, when
|. satisfy a small judgment huissier Illegal
II seized and sold for a mere trifie the entir
u furniture of the widow OF a prominer
= Partisan, no such emotion has stirred up ii
% Paris public. Oddly enough at the tin
! Maitre Labori defended the Hulssier Conch
II in the suit and lost the case Now he wi
! defend Nine. Zola against Huisser guilt
OF the same act,
ee II suppose" concluded Nine Zola,
% should not be so upset for the great eau:
i, we are defending is worthy OF more suffe
ing than even / have as yet endured.
must wait says Maitre Labori. Things a
going well for us, but it takes time. 1t
y hard to be patient"