Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-01
SENSATION IN PARIS
Lieutenant Colonel Henry
Commits Suicide.
CAUSE Of THE RASH DEED
Forgery Of Document ou Which Dr-, fu-
Was Convicted Traced to Ill. Hand.
Culprit Conresscs and Then
Ends His Life
(By Telegraph.)

| 'ieHiS VINO mad been arrested on The.
discovery that h. was the author of an
important letter that figured in III.
| l'r'AiuS c:iSe. has committed suicide
II "rpe:rs that as soon US NJ ,,ayaj.,
nae assumed lii" officer. OF minister, , f
| war he charged til. Official i,lrt,, Il,
| iiak" Il thorough research ,,i Tn, pr.y
JUS ease. ana il WAS this inquiry wht..h
| resulted III the discovery of uocuil,at, s
! iateiH read in the Chamber of Dep,lt .cs
ny NJ. SaNaiS'ic. Sh"win: that pro +
ri the Suilt OF Dr.yfus was. for...u
When Colonel Henry NILS SUNNI, u.lI =,
| ~" ministry for war ANA questioned l,v
~. ,aNaisi,ac in tlc presence OF Gen
! cial Goisdcifrr and others H.. at hrs,
affirmed ,h" authenticity Of the inrril,
mating document l:ut when liscrr,-
| ;'iltitS We're pointed out. he at first aJ-
| n,iitr" adding Sentences and lin..ll,
! confessed To fahricatnG the Who'll, l.t
| Ter 1t is affirmed. however, that whi,.
| th,s discovery has not changed Al
Cavai&hac'S belief in the culpab.lity If
! l'feSius tn" minister is determined To
punish all the guilty parties. no mat
| ten what their rank ~ position may Ne
| Colonel Henry confessed to having.
! committed forgery. owing to tn, NJ
s"!utr necessity for finding PROOFS
AGAINST Dreyfus. 1t is understood
| ihat the document in question is ,.l..
| letter which has hitherto been alie..,
70 have been written by tn. German,
| military a,tache to tbs. Italian military
| atiache in October. 1876
! 1t is also said that when the intern.
| E'ti"h in the !'reyfus caS,. was cnlllns
| uf III the Chamber Of Deputies this lrt-
! ter was secretly communicated f., m.
| cau!lnlarti;.l ana Was the chief e>-
drncS upon which DreNfus was conyi..
c'. ne anu DreNtuS papers are Lu.aD-
founded at The turn OF events. while. on
| the other hand. the papers which l.;ly,
been supporting tn" proposition to 10
| open tie ease are juhil;nt They ,oiy
urtna!ld the immediate. release. Of Col
"iitl l'Ir'lu;'rt. Who is imprisoned ,,ll
chi'ri;es connected Indirectly with liz
Dley us 5. annlr, and they also insist
| i,4t . 'eNicH- '.sst'.@ 11ieyr.t1 lr,:,i.
II IS reported that at tod:,y's cabins,
| 'e"'lnS the ministers admitted thai +,
| REVISION Of the Drryfus trial was alb,
| iuteiS unavoidable and Il public. III.
'1.u'ifemeht that the ministry has de-
| rided to initiate such a ,rvision i
| pccteu soon
10 r. M,--General LeNlouton Debnis-
n'hFc. chisl OF the general stan al ~
rrthrh army. has rendered his resign,
.'"il 10 The government General ~,
o'lsaehfr. in his letter. of resignation
| eAh!alh ms that he resigns owing IN nis
| MISPLACED confidence in l.irntenan, CHI
~. iithrN, which led him L. present
| a. genuine What was forged evidence
| w. t;iVal Snar. HE minister ar u..,r -,
| !chlS. asked General D.hois,leffre Ia -,
| matter" 90 ~ '''c
'ri!ertl Drhoisleifre thanked NJ
!'Shlc Tor proof Of his esteem tut
persisted in his resignation Ea ,.i,, H.,
replaced therefore, by Genera, ~.
''ouafu director OF the mililar, ro;ln.,
N"i'1ri fieHry Was attached To The
war otrart!nent when Ioreyf,ls was CO..
20. an" ne WAS one of The prominent
"''n !, VII" testified unfavurably 1u
Al. lola during th,. !itt.r,s scn,,:,,.; :,
trial on the charge. of lib,,Iin., ,,,iii,
officials ''''''ta'S
EY THE RAZOR ROUTE:
fAiilS. Aug 3l-Licut,.,,anl t,olona,
, iiehry eur his throat with :, raznr, ~.
nag concealed in his valise.
DuflnS the recent ZoI. trial U.,r,.
accused Colonel Puuart of. falsrvin.
tGicSfins. y duel followed i'm ,y,inI
fichfH was wounded
ne next scene occurred in the Cham.
Der or Deputies. where Colonel I,;ur,,t
proclaimed the letter forgery and as
s"'t. was arrested, while Henrv.s
pointed Colonel Piu,,art's s,,ccass,,.
me Intelligence department
IL is how evident that Henry fnr.,aa
ne letter with the express object of
PlrilNzing Colonel Piuuart's efforts =,
sAlost Major l:sterhazy ana 10 set a
lat
YER VAS written in bad French n r,ct
Which first led it to be reu:,r,,3 ~,
spurious as
1T Is said that if the c;,binc, le.i1,.s
upon revision of the Dreyfus case NJ
',na'snac. minister at war will rcsi.n
ne r-"i lieutenant Colonel Hen
- ilE"Wii was most painful ,Vh,n
ne saw it was almost useless IN 49,,
iul'h"r. his tongue grew TOO thick rnr
ms mouth. and h.. WAS ,ln:lb!. 70 snail,
II was feared that he would hav,. an
apop'eptic stroke. After he was ;,r,.a.,
su ne was permitted to visi, his wife |
while on the way to the fortress a, |
Mont Valericn. The officer accompany
ing nm was under orders no, ia las.
siSnt or him for q moment and thc,r |
i",e, ne could hot see his wife. alone !
~ tnree proceeded To his bedroom 10 |
s,, NE necessary clothing. Henry ,ien
s,aHprd ms wife in his arms and cx- /
Tree from every sting"
ms exclamation is much comment. d |
upon as going TO show that he NAV pos
siblN nave forged the letter under on, |
d"rS from his superiors
lieutenant Colonel Henry was a ma
SAINTS son. He was born on forzy in
Marn2. in 1913. ana enlisted in a 700;
regiment. as his brether'S substitute. IN
i"o''. lie had good military record
!of bravery and memorable. disc:,;in,
re was prisoner Of war i'm 1870 ana
was "",,hde': in the Algerian cam
pa'sh, RE retained much OF the rough
ana ready manners of a non-com1n,e
stoned officer. He was lacking in ,.du
cation. spoke no foreign languages :..,G
owed his promotion primarily To his
reputation for blunt straightforward
ness.
STORMY CABINET sITTINC;S.
PARIS. Aug. 3l.-The cabinet VAS
he'd two stormy sitlings. under t.,
presidency II Nj. l';ture. 1t finally ros,
tween and o'clock having appar
emily failed to arrive at a decision ON
me question of revising the Dreycus
fentcnce, Tor the customary official no g
'aS not issued
colt is possible. however. looking to tic
sASlted state of public feeling that the
aNGernment deems it advisable to pro
u. cd cautiously and to conceal its DE-.
ons for the present.
Delcasse, minister OF foreign ;.f-