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

later. His regiment was the Fourteenth
q artillery. Five years before his disgrace
sss sDEeyfus married the daughter Of q ri"l.
q diamond dealer. They lived in nand-
8s. BoIne apartments In the Rue du Troca-
gs{iaro,bnn aristocratc street. He had an
8ss sindependcnt income of his own, and his
$}Swife brought him Il large dowry.
For some time prior TO his arrest Cap
&SSfpin Drcyfus had been attached to the
gbs second bureau OF the general staff, where
IS the first plans OF the mobilization and or
sd .ganzation OF tho army are discussed and
1Sgpreparcd. The chief OF the military Sc
@tScrct service at that time was Du Patty
sade Clam, aftcrward Il major. lie and
~ Colonel Henry were among the favoritcs
E& Of General de Boisdcffrc.
81 Captain Drcyfus was arrested Oct. 1G,
d 1891. The fact of his arrest did not
u transprc until fortnight later. 1t made
tremendous sensation. 1t was an
& bounced that Captain Drcyfus was
charged with selling military secrets to
Germany and Italy.
DrcyfuS was defended by NJ. De-
mango, one OF the most distinguished ad-
yocatcs in Paris. The colonel who pre-
sided over the trial and the other officers
ware appointed by General l!oisdcffrc,
/ It was not expected that the proceedings
M would be public The army and state of
HsslsSSesssSinls had said that secrets OF impor-
s. - ~ ArAt be disclosed There was
aaksSssson this point, Maitrc De-
|ysE:' SS} sszEas for publicity. In the
sss pcnt he declared:
.s based upon single
|' rs hidden by Colonel
court martial,
to "a single docu-
&C in the court martial
Come known. But it Is
3SSNIajor du Patty dc Clam and
Henry were the chief accusGrs
{, that higher officials socmnly an
.fonnccd that Captain Drcyfus was
guilty Of high treason.
The nnti-Scmitic newspapers made tho
bittcrest attacks upon Captain Drcyfus.
and they stirred UP deep race hatred.
Indeed one Of these newspapers paved
the way for his arrest The Librc Parole
declared that plot had been discovered
to bctray military secrets to foreign
power and that suspicion was directed to
Hebrew officer on the staff. Captain
Drcyfus was the only Hebrew on tho
staff. d" ..'-
Awcct after the trial opened the "singIc
a0cumcnt" to which Avocat DenangQ
refcrred was made public. It was q mem
Qran1um, or bOrdcrcau, without date and
without signature.
It was said that this memorandum was
found in the waste paper basket OF q
member Of the German embassy by n spy
disguised as an Alsatian. The discovery
was made by the secret service depart
mcnt. which was under the direction OF
pu Patty dc Clam. 1t was he and Colol
licl Henry who discovered that the hand
writing of the bordcrcau was similar to
that of Captain Drcyfus. This accusa-
tiOn led to DrcyfuS' arrest.
The trial turned upon the handwriting.
Five experts were given the mcmOrnIi'
DUN for examination. Three Of them do
clarcd that it was in the handwriting OF
Captain Drcyfus. Two said it was not.
Captain Drcyrus was convicted. lie
was sentenced 10 ho publicly stripped OF
his insignia OF rank and to be dcportt,l
and kept in solitary confinement. 1t was
the bearing OF the man when he UNDER
went the humiliating degradation TINT
nrst aroused sympathy in his behalf
Captain Drcyfus had been taken to an
island off the coast of French Guiana,
lie du Diabfc, q little triangular shaped
strip Of land: No one Is allowed to land