The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-01
HENRY A SUICIDE.
Believed in Paris He Cut His
Throat on Advice Of
Superiors.
TO SAVE HIS ACCOHpLIcEs
Patty de Clam May Be Ar
rested and the General
Staff Likely to Resign.
TO SAVE HIS ACCOMpLIcEs
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[By Cable to The Associated Press.l
PARIS. Sept. 1, 1S9s.-It is now insinz1-
ated that the suicide of Lieutenant
Colonel Henry, the Chief of the Intelli-
gence Department of the French Ministry
for War, who cut his throat with razor
while in custody al the Fortress of Mont
Valerien. after having confessed to hav-
ing forged one of the documents which
apparently established the guilt of Albert
Dreyfus, the former Captain of French
Artillery, now undergoing Imprisonment
for life, after having been convicted by .
secret court martial of selling important
French military plans to the agent of q
foreignment government, was connived
at by the French Army authorities. In
any case. the suicide occurred shortly
after the prisoner had received visit
from an officer of the General Staff, who.
on leaving, ordered the sentry on duty
before Henry's place of confinement not
to disturb the prisoner as he had lot
of work to do It is recalled that SINH
lar opportunity to commit suicide was
afforded Dreyfus, who, however, declined
to profit by it.
It is generally believed that the rest
of the general staff of the French army
will follow the example of General Bois-
deffre, the chief of staff, and of General
Gonse, the under chief, and tender that
designations.
The Minister of War, NJ Cavaignac. is
apparently convinced that Colonel Henry
had acconplices in the forgery Of the
discriminating document, and there are
persistent reports that Colonel Patty du
Clam will shortly be arrested. In this
connection it is reported that the Minister
of Justice, M. Sarrien, has already taken
steps to grant Dreyfus a retrial
The medical examination made of the
remains of the late Colonel Henry shows
that his death was Instantaneous.
The Minister for War. this afternoon,
received in audience General Renouard,
Director of the Military College, who has
eral Staff, vacant owing to the resigna-
ton of General Boisdeffre The latter
bade farewell to the officials of his bureau
this morning.
Later in the day La Patrie'' an
nounced that Colonel Patty du Clam had
been arrested for completely in the Drey-
fus forgery.
President Faure returned to his home,
at Havre. this afternoon.
M. Emil Zola, in his famous 81 accuse"
letter, published in the 'Aurore,' which
led to his trial and convection on the
charge of ibelling military officers said
Il accuse Lieutenant-celoneI Patty de
Clam of having been the diabolical worker
OF a Judicial error, unconsciously, / am
ISduS 10 DeIcV6, ana OF them naN1QR Qt-
Tended his nefarious dcsngs for the past
three years by the most absurd and culpa-
Die Vaccinations | accuse General Mer-
cier (who was Minister for War when
Dreyfus was tried), of being the accom-
plice, at least. through weak intelligence.
in the greatest iniquity of the century. /
accuse General Billot minister for War
having in his hands the certain proofs of
the innocence of Dreyfus, and of having
suppressed them, thus rendering himself
guilty of treason against humanity and
for. iral 1se,re IN r4f~-
der to save the compromised staff. l ac-
euse General Boisdeffre (Chief of th9
General Staff and General Gonse assist
ant Chief of the General StafD, of being
the accomplices in the same crime, the
doubtless. the other perhaps through
makes the War once a sacred and
unassailable ark l accuse General de
Pellieux and Major Ravary of having
made a hagitious investigation, whereby
/ mean an inquiry of the most monstrous
partiality. l accuse the three experts in
handwriting, the men Belhomme, Varin-
ard and Couard, of having drawn up false
and fraudulent reports, unless medical
examination shall prove them to be VIC
Tins of a disease of sight or of judgment.
accuse the officers of the War Office of
having organized a press campaign in orr
der to lead public opinion astray. Finally,
/ accuse the first court martial of having
condemned a man on a document kept
secret, and I accuse the second court
VI tl4NAiis CQ4SIGDl lDlS 1lleS14lly
by order and of committing in its turn
the judicial crime of knowingly acqnit-
ting a guilty person.
After a long trial, in February last,
M. Zola was sentenced to one years inn
prisonment and TO pay fine of three
thousand francs for these alleged libels.
and NJ. Parreux. the manager of the
s.Aurore. was sentenced to four months
imprisonment and to pay three thousand
francs fine.
ON his way to and from the Court
House during the trial, NJ Zola was con-
tinually hooted by mobs, and at its con-
clusion narrowly escaped personal vio-
lence. When the French author heard
the verdict, he exclaimed
They are ecannibalSin
General Boisdoffre, the Chief of the
General Staff of the French army who
has just resigned is understood to he in
high favor at st, Petersburg. He gained
considerable popularity by his attitude in
defense of the army during the Zola trial
and at one time was looked upon as pos
sibly aiming at military dictatorship.
Prince Henry of Orleans, who is cred-
tied with hoping for military movement
against the French Republic, also tried
TO make capital out of the trial. He
showed himself daily in the hail of the
court house and one day embraced Major
Esterhazy, another of the French officers
implicated in the scandal. crying 'vive
/ FArmee!" which aroused enthusiasm
among his Orleanist friends but which
did not otherwise excite the crowd pres
ent to any degree.
FFeslueHt rdufe. Wn1le the case was on
trial. openly patronized General Bots-
deffre and the result namely. the convic-
ton of NJ Zola. was looked upon as a
great triumph for the army.
There We're seven thousand Civic
Guards and other officers on duty in and
about the Court House when the ver-
dict was rendered.
M. Zola was defended by NJ. Labori
and AZ. Perreux was defended by M.
Clemenceau. The trial began on Febru-
AIRY and ended on February 23.
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