The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-30

DreyfuS case. The doors OF the paldce
of justice were opened at II o'clock
Persons connected with the case, news
paper men and others began to arrive
half an hour previously. There was
much animation in the Hobbies of the
palace, but the crowds in the vicinity
were not large. Extensive precautions
were taken TO preserve order inside and
| outside the building. The colonel COM
handing the guard at the palace had
! been given special reinforcements by
/ the military governor of Paris. General
| Zurlinden, and considerable forces of
military and mounted police were as
sembled at the barracks in the vicinity
| of the court.
| Spectators about the palace were
| selling seats at points of vantage for
ten to twenty francs each, but the busi-
ness done was not as good as during
the lola trial, when they easily OBJ
| tanned forty francs for seats.
The court room was filed with Pas
risian celebrities, the greater part of
the hall having been reserved for ticket
holders. Many judges belonging to
other courts were among those present,
and abslute tranquility prevailed. There
were about twenty ladies among the
audience filing the galleries. The pro-
ceedings commenced at noon.
opening the Case.
Amid profound silence, the president,
of the civil section of the court read his
report on the case after recalling the
contentious under which the proSecu-
ton of Dreyfus was based. He dealt
with the contradictory evidence of the
experts in handwriting, and mentioned
the protest of innocence by Dreyfus,
who said to Lieutenant Colonel Henry:
This odiouS accusation is the death of
my life. / must have justice done me-"
Henry replied that the matter did not
come within his competence.
NJ. Ballot de Beapre then read a num-
Der of eulogistic reports on Dreyfus
when the latter was military school
probationer on the general staff, his
interrogatory by Lieutenant Colonel Du
Patty du Clam, in which Dreyfus per-
sisted in denying having had relations
with any foreign embassy, and his
statement that he had not given any
documents to any agent relating TO the
defense of the country.
The reporter afterwards described
the scene in Du Patv du CLAIMS Office.
in the presence of the chief of detec-
tiveS, NJ. Rochefort, and sketched the
history of the Dreyfus family.
p According to Du Patty du Clam, Drey-
fus, when he saw the resemblance to
his handwriting, exclaimed: They
nave SlOlen lily ndllQWT1liHS.
Swore He Was Innocent.
1t was also pointed out that Dreyfus
when the report of OrmS-Chevills was
printed at the courtmartiaI. protested
he had never seen the 40 short gun
used, and that he did not know before
July of the disposition of the frontier
forces. The prisoner also said he had
not copy of the firing manual, knew
nothing of the documents respecting
Madagascar, and said to the reporter
of the courtmartial:
81 have now been more than six
weeks in confinement. / swear l am in
nocent. The son of an Alsatian pro-
testant l abandoned everything to
serve France and 1 am today worthy of
leading her soldiers on the battlefield
The martyrdom l suffer is atrocious."
NJ. Ballot de Beaupre then dealt with
the Orms- Chevilles report and Dreyfus'
relations with married women.
The reporter said the first suspicion
of Dreyfus emanated from Colonel
Fabre who was struck with the SINH
larity of the word artillery" in the
bordereau and in a document written
by Dreyfus. Continuing the reporter
dealt with Lieutenant Colonel Henry's
account of his conversation with Drey-
fus, when the latter was transferred to
the Cherche Midi prison. Dreyfus said:
1T is terrible. l am accused of a
frightful thing
Henry asked of what he was accused
and Dreyfus replied:
Il am accused of the crime of high |
treason"
THE devil" answered Henry, but on
what ground?"
Ignorant of the Charge.
at don't know" said Dreyfus. at am |
Il
a bullet in the head. / am not guilty |
This accusation is the death of my
life"
To this Henry said:
IF you are not guilty you must rot |
lose your head. An innocent man is |
always strong. Have you a family?''
Yes" replied the prisoner. "a wife |
and children. I am well off and L must |
have justice done me-"
THAT does not come within my COM
was Henry's next remark,
but justice will certainly be done you.
Do you know what you are accused
of?"
Yes. 1 am accused of giving docu-
nents to a foreign power"
What documents?"
81 do not know. Du Patty du Clam
spoke only of secret and confidential
documents without further explanation.
replied that during my probation at
he general staff office many documents
passed through my hands, but that |
them to nobody
The Orms- Chaveilles report con-
,luded with saying that Dreyfus hav-
ng a supple and very obsequious char
lcter was adapted for espionage.
NJ. Ballot du Beaupre then reviewed
he judicial history of the case and said
now rested with the court to pro
lounce judgment. He upheld the state
nent that there was sufficient presump-
ions that doubts and errors existed
md that they justified a revision of
he case.
Asked Only For Revision.
He had examined the different cases
n which the court could annul a cen-
ence without retrial and said that in
lis opinion the court ought not to con-
ider the idea of annulling the sentence
tut should only consider a revision of
The revision, he commended. was inn
erative and in support of his state
nent he rehearsed the facts on which
he application for a revision was
ased, among which he included the
ulpable Vaccinations of Henry and
'aty du Clam against Dreyfus, their
outrageous schemes Ito force the hand
f the minister of war and oblige him
pIOScCutG OieyIuS anu tic CoHFllC-
1g effects of their DISPOSITIONS on the
NJ. Ball du Beaupre then reviewed
Iajor Count Esterhazy's connection
nth the case. which is already known.
The hearing of arguments in the
)reyfus case was adjourned without
ny incident. worth noticing at s
clock.
TRIAL OF CONSPIRAToRS.