The times., 1898-07-31
THE DREYFUS CASE.
The Convict's Report of His Inter-
view With Major Du Patty

Today has been fertile in incidents, pro-
life of documents altering the complex
ion of the Dreyfus case. This mornings
Steele and Aurore contained the follow
ing:
Nine. Dreyfus, having written to NJ. De-
mango Dreyfuss counseD. has received
from him the following reply:
Paris. July II. 1895
Madame: I am deeply affected by the
letter which you do me the honor of writ
ing to your wish; but l should be depart
ing from what l consider my duty in adj
dressing to the minister OF war a reply to
his speech. l hope, however, to allay
somewhat of your painful anxieties by
communicating to you the letter which
have sent to the minister of justice, and
the copy of a note by your husband
which l have iuclosed with II. That note
l have handed to the minister of justice
in it's integrity, but l suppress in the
copy that l send YOU certain words and
phrases. These omissions in no wise de-
tract from the interest of this document
for you, but 1 was obliged to make them
from considerations which you easily
understand. Receive, madame. etc."
Here is the letter of NJ. Demange to NJ.
Sarrien:
July 9, 1898.
Monsieur Ie Garde des Sceaux: At
this moment, when Nine. Dreyfus is beg
ging you to obtain the annulling of the
verdict of the court-martial condemning
her husband on the ground of illegality
at the trial, 1t is my duty to inform you
that the documents dated March and
April, 1894 which were read at the tri-
bune of of the chamber by the minister
of war, and which helped to form his
conviction, were known neither to NJ.
Dreyfus nor his counsel / affirm thai
1 knew and that the court-martial can
have legally known. only the document
called the bordereaux, the sole basis of
the accusation, but not even referred to
by the minister of war In his speech. l
feel it my duty also to send you a, copy
of a note which / received from my
client, Capt. Dreyfus, on December 81,
1894 The significance of this note VIII
not escape your sagacious mind Re
ceive. ETC. EDGAR DEMANGE."
Major du Patty came today, Monday,
December 81, 1894, at $50 p. M, after the
rejection Of my appeal, to ask me, on
behalf of the minister, whether / had
not perhaps been the victim of my i'm
prudence, whether 1 had not meant mere
ly to lay bait-and had then found my
self caught fatally in the trap. l re-
piled that had never had relations with
any agent or attacne-tnaI nad unuer-
taken no such process as batting, and
that I was innocent He then said to
me on his own responsibility that he was
himself convinced of my guilt. first,
from an examination of the handwriting
of the document brought up against me,
and from the nature of the documents
enumerated therein; secondly from in
formation according to which the disap-
pearance of documents corresponded with
/ my presence on the general staff; that
finally a secret agent had declared that
! a Dreyfus was a spy-without, however
affirming that Dreyfus was an officer.
asked Major du Patty to be confronted
| with this agent. He replied that it was
| impossible. Major du Patty acknowledged
| that I had never been suspected before
| the reception of the discriminating docu
| ment.
| then asked him why there had beer