The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-22

! ed to have been written by Colonel ven
Schwarzkopprn, the military nttarhr Of
| the German legation.
All the world knows Of the .lisgracrru
scenes in the Iola t"iHlS, the attacks
made upon him in :;..' 90 of court. the
HSSani(S upon lieD.'"H '..:h the crop Of
| lucls.
Thc noxt step resulted in Colonel Pic
quarts arrest. He appeared in the cham
ber OF deputies, where he declared that
| the "cc cnnaillc" letter was Il forgery
After he was thrown into prison Cnloncl
| llcEry was given his place at the head
| or the secret service department.
Then the affair dragged along. Zola's
| second trial and the resulting exile the
was fined 5000 francs and sentenced TO
six months Imprisonment on the first
TRAD kept matters alive.
| Some time after came the news of the
arrest OF Colonel Henry on the charge Of
forging the secret document which con-
ylcted Captain Drcyfus. Fast upon the
heels Of this came the news OF his suicide
with razor which he had been allowed
| 10 keep for the purpose. Then the re-
| yisionists took hope once more.
Excitement following lIcnry's suicide
had not subsidized when the dismissal Of
| General Boistlcffrc as chief of STAFF was
announced. Then came the dismissal OF
suspension of Du Patty de Clam from ac-
tive duty. Mime. Alfred Drcyfus made a
| formal demand upon the keeper Of seals
| for revision of hcr husbands cunvic-
| ton, and General Turlndcn, who had
| succeeded Cavaignnc, was relieved. Cha
| noinc took his place, and EStcrhaZy dis
| appeared mystcriou&lv. Just prior TO
| these falls from grace OF Sept. 20, 1898
the council of the cahine: directed the
court OF caSSatiun 10 invrS igatc and re-
| port upon the propricty Of granting Drcy-
fus new t:i%l In May, 1890, the court
| aecreca that Dreyfus had been convicted
illegally anl was entitled to another
| court martial On the third day of july
1890, Dreyfus reached France, and his
second trial opened Oh Aug. I, with Colo
mel JOunust, director in the engineer
| corps, as president. General the Marquis
| dc Galllfct, an uncompromiSinSly honor
able man, had in the meantime become
| minister Of war, and the conspirators
soon came to realize that no more non
| sense would lie tolerated.
Drcyfus' lawyers in his second trial
were Maitre Dcmangc, who had defend
! cd him when he was first accused, and
Alaitrc Iabori, whose conduct Of the
| Hola case made him famous. The latter
| was given entire charge OF matters, al
| though for tho first week or so Dcmango
| was unassistcd owing to the fact that
| l,abori was shot down on his way to
court His recovery and his subsequent
brilliant and mercilcss handling OF the
| titled cOnspirators was one of the most
| sensational features Of the trial.
The first days proceedings were public.
| The prisoner was arraigncd and declared
! Ills innocence The bordcrcau was shown
| him, but He declared he had not written
II q
lnatlon, touching his acquaintance with
| f!stcrhazy, Colonel Henry and his alleged
| dealings with representatives Of foreign
governments.
| Gencral Mcrcicr was the first promi-
| mont army man to testify. He stated
That he had become thoroughly convinced
or the guilt of Drcyfus and explained
| that his opinion was based principally
| upon the conviction that Droyfus had
Wruten the hordcrcau. Ills opinion re-
| matned tho same despite IIstcrhazy's con-
| fesslon that he Uistcrhazy) had written
| 1t. lie also intimatcd that Casimir-Pc-
| rlcr, president OF France at the time, waa
! fully cogniZnnt Of everything that had
been done and Nude no objection. Cas-
| tmtr.poricr demanded to be confronted
| with Mcrcicr and denied cmDhaticalIy
| that the true facts Of the case had bcon
stated to him. lie also stated that Le-
Prun-Rcnault. tho captain who testified
| that Dreyfus had made n partial confess
sion to him. had falsifcd the truth and
| that Dupuy. the then premier, was pres.
cnt at the interview. When Dupuy had
| questioned the captain as To the cause OF
his presence there. the latter had said
that he had been srrt Gown 10 the prcsi-
| dent ly McrciGr 20 receive II "drcSSing
| down" for his indiscrcct disclosures TO
the Figaro ncWSDaDcr CuSimir. Ipcrior
! also denied the assertion Of the general