Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-01
WHAT WILL COME NEXT
COLONEL pny Oh CLAM IS ACCUSED
a.. ~plaboiicni worker" of ia
d,,l.l rro' wholesale "s''s"'-
aot. Likely to Come

a., 1T Ia now insiuuatcd
a., An. ,uiclde Of Lieut.. Col henry'
, ~. ,s,e, !, the Intelligence department.
me ~, ,n', r,sneh ministry for war, was
OF wv NJ 4, By the Ffenoh army eu-
.ons,,, any case the suicide oc-
tno'','- Iii, after the prisoner had
lived ! viat from an onieer OF the
,,i .,an who on leaving ordered
w.. .oa,,y on duty before Col iicnry's
~. =, ssransmcnt not 70 disturb the
,.,n.r AZ Ne had a lot Of work to
III recalled tina, a similar oppor-
,,,nv 10 commit suicide was AFFORDED
!, prsyfus who. however. declined TO
tidi 10 w.
(, ts generally believed that the rost
s,hs eeuefal stan ~ the French army
81 Inflow the example of Gen. boislci-
=" mo chief OF stan. and ~ zen.
ssas the uudcr chief and tender thr'f
ippears ihai the minister q war
n cavaiauhc. 10 cppvinrod thst SNh
u,nf, had accomplicrs N the tpffefl
- ,he fnrriniuaflng document. ana
,t.,c are persistent reports that Col
"a, IA clam viii shortly b. strcft,i'
I, itla connecticut u IL reported that the
,rfririrr of justics, NJ Safrien. has AL
faiy taken tteps to grant Drcyfus
al rmnc zoia. In his famous "iac-
,use" letter. which led To his trial ana
carvittlon o. the charge Of Nbeing
ulIitar, officers. said. Il accuse Lieut..
an Patty IA Clam " having been the
dIahoilchi worker Of n judicial error
unoonsciously I am ready 20 believe.
ana then having defended his ncfafi-
sus dolnra Tor the pest three years by
The most absurd and culpahle machi-
rstionn. 1 accuse Con Nercier fwho
vas minister for war whom Drcyfua
vas tfirdi N being tho ace lmpllcc At
ls,s, though weak Intelligence. In the
greatest inlauity N the century. ac-
frse Oer niilot tnlnirtcr Tor war dur
lrr the late Druyfus agitation % hav-
ne IN ME- hands the certain proofs of
me innocence ~ nreVru- and ~ having
suppressed them. thus having rendered
himself runty N treason nrnlnrt hui
nanl,y md Justice. for political rca-
ftn and IN order a. save the compfo-
missed stnn. I accuse Gen. Boladeffrc
dhe chief u the general ntnnD and
Gen. Come che assistant chief " the
general rtafn ~ being the accomplish
81 the same crime. the one through re-
rrioui anlr'0rity doubtless. the other
perhaps through the esprit de corps
which mstss the war once sacred and
unassallahle hrlc accuse Cen. De
rrNleur Hrd NH. ignvnry OF having
rase frtitiops invostiea,lon. where
by mean an inquiry ~ the most mon
ftrous rnrtlhiity. accuse the three
experts IN hand writing, the men Rel
hommc. Nnrienard and counrd. ~ hav-
irr drawn mp false and fraudulent re-
ports. unless medical examination
fhan prove them % he victims of dis
fifo ~ slrh' or Judgment. accuse
Ne officers Of tho war office ~ having
wrnnIgrd a prcar campaign In order TO
bad puhllc onluion nHtray
'Finnlly I accuse the first court mar
ial Of having condemned n man on a
document kept secret. ana I accuse
me second court martial of having
covered this ilicgoiity by order and u
committing IN ~ turn, the judicial
crime y knowingly acauittlng a guilty
prison." ...
After long trial In February last
n 2ola vns sentenced TO one years
imnilsnrmcnt AVID to pay nne ~
apo finrcs for those alleged llhels. and
N nurcnx. manager Of the Aurort.
Nnf sentenced 10 four months imprls-
mint ana 60 pay a.0oo francs frs. ON
- W1Yfto md from tho court house
elrInr the trial N. Zola was continually
haoici by mpha. and AT lts conclusion
nuuwly escanod personal violence.
when Tho French authf heard the YER
aei. he exclaimed They are eanni-
hla"
Cen nolssdcnre. the chief Of the gem
,fal stan u the French army. who has
'uit ferigned. IL understood 10 be In
hIgh favor NJ ~. Petersburg. lie
ralncl considerable popularity by hla
.iuiude In defense OF the army during
Ne Iola trial, and at one time was
ngkei npon M noVibly aiming at
nllinry dictatorship.
Pfirce Henry u Orleans. who II cred
N,e With hoping for military move
h,ni lrni the French republic. also
uied 90 make CAPITAL out OF the trtti.
e showed himself daily In the han OF
w court house and one day embraced
..lpr Esiefhnzy. another French
emeer implicated In the scandal, cry
w NNe iarmee," which aroused en-
h.ala.ln among hls orloanlst friends,
60 ~ .h..h did not otherwise excite the