Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-08
: NEARING the END.


and, as they take tIielf places pe"''"
the long table on the stage. the ihian-
try guard will present arms ana re-
| main so while Col. Jouaust. standing
! in the center of the platform, reads the
| verdict.
| Cant. Dreyfus will not be brought
| hack to the court room and will not
he present at the public meeting of the
Judges: but, when the court room has
been cleared by the gendarmes, which
will be done as soon as Col. JOuaust
concludes, the reading clerk of court.
NJ Coupois, will proceed to the room
where Dreyfus will be waiting and
read to him the verdict in the presence
Of couple of gendarmes. The public
will thus be robbed of the spectacle of
his emotions, which are bound to be
profound. whether the decree sends
him TO the arms of his family or back
to the penal settlement.
The verdict may be a condemnation
an unequivocal acquittal or a form Of
acuuittal that would be equivalent to
the Scotch verdict mot proven" The
last will be the case if the judges
should pronounce against him by a
vote of four to three. That is. he
would be freed even though the judges
in his favor should be in the minority.
But this naturally would be eminently
unsatisfactory, as he would carry the
stigma for the rest of his days.
Capt Dreyfus thus has five chances
against the prosecutions three.
Cnanimity, six to one. five to two, four
to three or three to four will set him
at liberty: while unanimity. six to one
and five to two will convict him anew
II convicted the Judgment will be
carried to the military court of appeals.
which viii be Il formal matter. The
appeal court will only quash the
Judgment and order a re-trial. if it
should bc established that the present
courtmartial has erred in matter of
proc edure This is in the highest de-
| gree improbable.
The court of cessation will also have
| the right tn order a re-trial if il should
decide mat the courtmartial had devi-
| ated from its instructions. This is the
| only loop hole for Dreyfus and his
friends VIII undoubtedly fight this point
| tooth and nail.
| Extraordinary measures have been
| taken to spirit Dreyfus away, whether
acquitted or re-condemned. His de-
parture from Rennes win be enveloped
in the same mystery and secrecy as
was his arrival.
Al the opening OF the fourth day Of
the fifth week of the second trial by
courtmartial Of Captain Dreyfus Of the
artillery. charged with treason. Maitre
| Labor. leading counsel for the defence
announced that he had received a semi
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| acknowledgment, the former German
military attache at Paris. and Major
| PanizZardi the former Italian military
| attache a Paris. would be unable 10 ap-
pear personally before the court and.
| consequently. counsel proposed that a
| regatory commission should bc tele-
eraphed to receive the dispositions The
| court declared itself incompetent to
grant NJ. Laboris application.
| NJ. Paleologue of the French foreign
| office and Major Carriere did not OPP
pose Nj. Labori's application. But the
| after pointed out that the proposed
! step would involve a deviation from
the usual procedure. in making a long
| adjournment necessary.
| Counsel replied that the court was
| entitled to adjourn for As hours ard in
| case longer period was required. he
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