The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-20
How Dreyfus Is Living.

WHY WAS preyfris suddenly treSiea VII
more severity. and what has eeeh las
mode of his life az the date OF the ehaASs
and aftsrUaTdS2 These are qassSio'.S
with which AZ. Jean Hess deals n ne
fresh contribution 10 she columns O -
Matin. and ne gives some very ihteteSea.,7'
and. indeed, extraordinary. detAas- -
increased vigilance. 10 use a very tA4I-
word. was Instituted according 10 his SN-
PLANTATION. because certain Eaglsh ana
American newspapers HAD announces 'as
escape Of TIE prisoner n. Andre LeSeh'
then minister OF the colonies. took trlsASs
and after long consultations NJ. Denisl
" as sent cut in charge Of the Ties du 50
Tut in general and OF Dreyfus IL parsieu-
ls.r Soon afterwards 4 really terrible
system was inaDguFated. Whsch Nas re
laxed in some degree only after the lapse
OF several monthS- The writer describes
NJ DeDiel as having entertained a Won
derful iGsa OF his mission. During his
voyage out 10 Guiana he awed hts fellow
passengers By re3es teddy eNclalminE: I
am the bearer Of a state secret. Hardly
mad he set foot on Devils Island when the
wretcaed Dreyfus Vas compelled 70 pass
his nights on a plank couch WITH his feet
il. irons. and this in spite OF The protests
OF the governor OF the colony and other
officials who pointed out that this WAS
simply a useless ssgraVa1on OF the un-
happv mans punishment. Appealed 20 ~
numerous kilograms. IL Andre Lehon
backed NJ Deniel. so that further rsnon-
STRANGE was vain. preytus Was forced Tor
weeks TO lie in a cramped position. his
ankles being placed in rings affixed % the
boards and kept in a firm position oy
means OF the iron rod passed throusn
them.
Not content with this. NJ Denial had a
watch tower built OF his house n the lie
Royale, whence he could see the hut IN
habited BY DreyfuS and he had them.
moreover. connected by telephone. so that
the keepers Of the eN-captaIn OF artillery
were necessarily piled with questions.
There were several alarms and NJ. Deniei
jumped out OF bed and flew 10 boat on
the slightest provocatiou. Everybody, Ia
deed, with the exception Of one or two
Officials. IS practically captive in the Hes
du Salut All their letters 10 and from
friends II home are read IN special 6u-
reau at Cayenne. and passages are elm
mated II they are deemed indIscTeet OF
dangerous.
Day and night. continues NJ. Jean Hess,
Dreyfus is confined as il IN u cell. lie 3
watched throughout by a turnkey. who
sits on a chair in a little sentry-boN. The
man locks himself in and IS IN his turn
locked in from outside. so that he cannot
get out If he would. In point Of fact n
all OF the six turkeys were in a plot "a
bring about the escape OF the prisoner
they would yet be fooled by others. rs
for the furniture OF the tiny dwelling. a
is reduced TO the simplest expression. Al
ter sleeping for two months in letters on
the plank couch, Dreyfus was provided
with one Of the beds used BY the cOlolla
troops. a mosquito curtain being added
He has a small table. a chair and cook
stove. but no wardrobe or chest CT draw
ers, his books. linen and provisions beins
slowed on d half dozen shelves. while his
clothes are hung up on PEGS. This Is how
his days are spent
'At a. III. the keeper opens the large
window looking out on the court yard
and he can emerge 20 take the arr and q
watch the sky. At 10 o'clock he must bg
back in his cell. in which ne is shut uT
till II. by which time ne has had his
dejeuner. From II 10 the window Is
again open. and then all the doors ar,
/ fastened with padlocks until on the FOL
lowing morning. So matters go on from
J day TO day except when the mail boat
I which passes by the isle IS expected. OF
/ these DAYS Dreyf us cannot enter the Cour
! yard Why NJ Deniel alone knows. ~
/ this solitary life. never seeing anyth M
I hut this chamber. which is a tTifie iarsel
/ than a cell. never walking beyond thi'
WdiltI court yarn. NHl'H y Only q iitti'
I bigger than a room. with no amusement
out of doors but 70 wait for the clouds
as they speed along. with a perpetual feel
ing that one Is beng watched by an arm
ed warder who never speaks. who never
answers. and that. too in the climate o.
Guiana the most energetic character
would sucCumb, the besl-halanced mind.
would become unhinSed, the most robust
constitution would be shattered. Wei
this regime has not broken Dreyfu,
a q"