The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-08
EVIDENCE is ALL In
FATE OF CAPT. DREYFUS WILL. BE
KNOWN NOT LATER THAN
NEXT MONDAY
SPEECHES NOW BEING MADE

SPEECHES NOW BEING MADE
Prose cution Has Had It's Say-The
Defense VIII Take Up the Testi-
mony for Dissection Today and
TX Expected to Conclude TOmor-
royv-Verdict neutrality-suspicious.
ns to What Decision VIII Be.
RENNES, Sept To-day came the be-
ginnir;y of the end in the Dreyfus trial.
With the speech of the governm n M
missaIy Maj. Carriere, the case entered
upon the final stage Of pleadings, and
the verdict will be delivered on Monday
at the latest. There is even talk Of the
trial ending tomorrow, by holding an eX-
ira session in the afternoon for NJ. La
boris speech and the de Iteration OF the
judges This, however, is cons,d r5d I'M
likely. as the government is anxious to
have the verdict withheld over Sunday
to avoid demonstrations which would
end in bioodshed on a day when the
) ~ workmen are free.
The government is not only fearful re-
garding Rennes, but is particularly con-
cerned regarding Paris and other iarge
towns, where passions have been heated
and the verdict, whichever way it Is
given, is practically certain to give rise
to trouble. 1t is understood that the
government has intimated its desire to
the present of the courtmartial, Col
Jouaust. and there is no reason to be-
lieve that he will not fall in with its
8. views.
Col. Jouaust this morning took the
most important position yet taken. and
took it entirely upon his own RESPONSE
bility, although he is undoubtedly only
the mouthpiece of the whole body OF
4 Judges His decision to exclude the
testimony of Col. Schwartzkoppen and
Mai. Panizzardi was most significant, as
1t meant that the court had already
reached conclusion, and that the plead
ings of counsel were merely waste ut
time and might be dispensed with If 1t
were not a necessity.
IN THE BALANCE.
The court has made up its mind, but
which way? This is the only vital point,
and forms the sole topic of discussion
tonight. Both sides are equally conn.,
dent that the court will decide in ac-
cordance with their views. The Drey-
fusards declare that the judges cannot
condemn Capt. Dreyfus after rejecting
the decisive evidence which SchwartzkOp-
pen and Panizzardi would have given IN
his favor The anti-Dreyfusards, on
the other hand explain today's rulings
on the ground that the judges recog-
nize that the evidence of the two military
attaches would be worthless, because
they would be morally bound to save
their agent at any cost A sample OF
this reason was given by an anti-Drey-
fusard journalist, who, when pralslng
Col. Jouausts decision, said:
'What weight could attach to the tes-
timony of SchwartzkOppen and Pan1z-
zardi? The receiver of stolen goods must
shield the thief much as he can
From the popular point of view, the
scene in court when Col. Jouaust dellv-
ers the judgment will be Invested Of it's
1 most sensational feature, owing to the
/ absence of the central figure. Capt. Drey-
4 fus will be taken to an adjacent room
Z when the judges retire to consider their
- verdict A moment before they are to
re-enter bell will be rung, and as they
take their places behind the long table or
the stage the guard will present arms and
remain at present arms while Col.
Jouaust. standing in the center of the
platform, reads the verdict.
READING OF VERDICT.
Capt. Dreyfus will not be brought back
to the court room and will not be present
at the moment of the judgment, but
when the court room has been cleared by
the gendarmes, which will be done as soon
as Col Jouaust has concluded reading.
the reading clerk will proceed to the room
where Dreyfus Is and read to him the
verdict in the presence of gendarmes.
The verdict may be condemnation, an
uneouivocal acouittal or a form Of &C
uuittal that would be equivalent TO the
Scotch verdict mot proven" The last
will be the case If the judges should pro-
nounce against him by vote OF to g.
That is he will be freed, even though
the judges in his favor should be in the
minority But this naturally would be
very unsatisfactory, as he would bear the
stigma for the rest of his days.
Capt Dreyfus thus has five chances
against the prosecutions three. Unan1m-
ity, six to one, five to two, four to three
or three to four will set him at liberty,
while unanimity, six to one or five to two
will convict him. 1t is conjectured the
case will be called to the military court
of appeals, which will be a formal matter.
The special court will only quash the ia
dictment and order new trial, should
it be established that the present court
martial erred in the matter of procedure.
This is in the highest degree improbable.
The court of cessation has the power TO
order new trial should 1t decide that
the court-martial has deviated from its
instructions. This is the final loophole
for DreyfuS, and MS frlendS Will propaplS
press this point.
Extra ordinary measures have been
taken to spirit Dreyfus away, whether
ACQUITTED or convicted. His departure
from Rennes will be enveloped in the
same mystery as was his arrival.
PUBLIC POLICY FORBADE.
When the court-martial resumed its sit
tings this morning it was noticed that the
generals were again in uniform, fore
shadowing further field operations on
their part.
Mai Carriere, the government commits
sary. opened the proceedings with the an
r~.ncement that Eugene de Cernushi thd
Austro-H Hungarian refugee, was sick and
unable to attend court today, but held
himself at the disposition Of the court al
his hotel.
= M. Labor arosa and said: 81 have re-
ceived notice that for reasons of public
policv Nal Panizzardi and Col Schwartz
koppen could not come to Rennes to tes-
tify before the court-martial But am
also informed from the same quarter thai
they would answer the questions OF
y commission sent by the court-martial
therefore move the court to direct, as
in the case of Col. du Patty de Clam, that
Col Schwartzkoppen and Maj. Pan1zzard
be examined by commission
Counsel requested the court to have the
following questions put to each of the two