Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-01

i the 1lauan ana 1erIndH embassies, re-
spectively. The letter is said to have
been copied from the French firing
manual made in Panizzardrs room,
with Schwartzkopen present.
Trying DAY FOR DREYFUs.
Review of the Evidence of Lebrun-
Renault and the Accompanying
\ Scenes.
Rennes, France, Sept. 1.-Dreyfus had
the most trying day he has yet gone
through Thursday. The strain proved
too great for him. and for a second time
in the course of the trial he gave way
4 to his feelings and sought relief in
tears. The generals have branded him
as traitor before the court, their sub
| ordinates have pointed the finger of
scorn at him. But he only once finched
| when the official report of his treat
! nent on Devils island was read before
hin and the pictures of his sufferings,
mental and physical, We're thrown viv-
idly on the screen of his memory. Then
he hid his features and wept.
He passed through another such a cri-
sis Thursday when, after Capt. Lebrun-
Renault attended and witness after wit
ness had brought up before him that
cold January morning which ushered in
the scene of his degradation, Maj. For
lzinetti, man of heart, told in simple
words and unaffected manner the story
of Dreyfus' struggle with the madden
ing temptation to take his life, and the
| intervention of his wife, as an angel,
pointing out the road of duty. Then
again the prisoners breast heaved with
RI ;n1-
his cheek.
He rose, and after a forced effort to
remain calm as he spoke a few words
concerning his denial to Col. Du Patty de
Clam that the wrote the bordereau, he
turned to Forzinetti with look of
| thanks for his consolation so needed
Dreyfus then uttered these words of
| heartfelt gratitude to his wife for the
courage with which she inspired hin: :
| .It is due to her." he cried "tha. 1 am
alive today" The prisoner could artic-
| ulate no more. but sat down abruptly to
| conceal his distress.
The proceedings concluded a few min
| utes later, and he was taken back to
| prison, where his wife visited him, and
in the presence of Nine. Dreyfus and
the gendarme on guard, he broke down
I completely. The tension had been too
1 much for him. He sobbed convulsively
i and the partner Of his sorrows joined
4 him in solace of tears.
Capt. Lebrun-Renault and the sup
porters Of his assertion of the Dreyfus
Il confession had an inning lasting nearly
the entire session, heir dispositions con-
tanning little but what has already been
Z stated before the court OF cessation.
4 Capt. Lebrun- Retiault introduced the
! new assertion that the fact that he had
not related the incident of the confess
sion to President Casimir- Perier was
because he overheard himself called
"canaille," cur" and traitor" while
waiting at the Elyse. He. however,
could not explain why he kept this to
himself for so long time instead of
recounting the incident before the
court of cessation. Nor did his expla-
nation as to why he destroyed the page
of his note book containing the record
of Dreyfus' confession sound very con-
vincing.
When asked If he had any observa-
i tions to make at the conclusion Of Capt.
|Lebrun-Renault's testimony, Dreyfus
replied:
Yes, my colonel. There We're two
I rooms in the military school, | was in
the further one and Capt. Lebrun-Re-
nault never left me. He alone was with
line. 1t is possible Capt. D'Attel, whom
did not know, or other officers, entered
the adjoining room. But / can almost
swear (for after five years J. can only
affirm matters upon which / am not
lpositive) that no other officer entered
the inner room.
LAS regards the words, will not re-
peat the conversation of Capt. Lebrun-
4 Renault nor the words he used. | will
|confine myself to repeating to the court
i what L said and the explanations had
the honor to give. My words We're as
follows: i am innocent, and / will cry
it aloud to the whole people. The min
lister we'll knows IT. / have already ex-
Iplained to the court what 1 meant 1t
/ was the reply l had given to Col. Du
1 Patty de Clam when he visited me in
prison, in the course of which L pro-
tested that / was innocent. I completed
! that declaration by letter 1 wrote to
the minister. re-declaring that / was
1 innocent. Col. Du Patty de Clam asked
me whether l had not given unimport-
ant documents in order to get more inn
portant ones in exchange for them.
replied. word for word No. that l
wanted the matter cleared up, and con-
cluded with SAYING: But before two or
three years my innocence would be ac-
knowledged.'
The court will understand that in the
state of nervous agitation in which l
naturally found myself, 1 did not fully
express what was on my mind. Allow
me-" continued Dreyfus, ito express the
emotion and surprise 1 feel today, af-
ter five years. when | see witness who
hearing such words, beginning with a
protest of innocence reported them to
his chiefs without asking the most con-
]cerned person for an explanation of
them. These are proceedings in the face
of which all honest people can only ex-
press Indignation (Great sensationD
1t was reported yesterday that Cen
erals Mercier, Roget and Gonse and NJ
/ Cavaignac met at Gen. Mercier's house
and discussed the evidence Col.
Schwartzkoppen's housekeeper, Mime.
Badtain, could give if she was subject
ed to a severe examination, with the
result that 1t was decided her evidence
was not conclusive enough to Justify
summoning her as witness for the
prosecution.
Will Not Call Extra Session.
| Pierre, S. D., Sept. 1.-The "Popu-
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