Arizona republican., 1899-07-15
DREYFUS' SORROWS
Unnecessary Cruelty of the
 Friends of inc Army.
Feeling in France Threatens fO OVeTwheim Even inc Least Im- porfanf of His Prosecutors.

Paris, July 14.-There is no lessen ing Of the feeling against the French officers who practieed unheard of
 cruelties against Captain Dreyfus dur ing his imprisonment on Devils
 Island. To his brother-in-Iaw Drey-
 fus has confided a horrifying account
 of his sufferings.
 Commencing with the voyage of
 1895 Dreyfus was thrown into the
 hold of the ship, where the heat was
 mcre than a hundred degrees, and was
 often left as long as four days with
 out change of air.
 Upon arrival at Guiana he was not
 allowed to disembark, but was left
 for five days in the bod with the
 merchandise.
 After Colonel Picquart had warned General Billet that Dreyfus was innO-
 cent the prisoner was kept in fenced quarters fcrty centimeters square, less than twenty inches.
 These figures are worthy of atten- ton. Measure twenty inches square in
 order to have some idea. The fence
 was so high that a view was impossf- ble, and it was barely light inside. Here the miserable man passed many days.
 In France every one imagined that Dreyfus was allowed to walk about in contemplation Of the sea, but his situation was such that the horizon was hidden from view. His jailers had received instructions that the prisoner was unworthy of pity. and they acted accordingly. Neither light nor air penetrated the inclosure and Dreyfus was often seized with violent attacks of suffocatiOn. Each time this occurred his guardians would say that this time they hoped he was dead. Finally the attacks continued so fre- quentIy that the military doctcr or dered air to be admitted To avoid giving Dreyfus pleasure by lowering the height of the fence his jailers raised it foot from the ground, saS- ing the air could cool his feet.
 Fer two months -whiIs4the cessation court was in session, N. Guilian or dered the prisoners fare reduced to bread and water in small quantities These facts, Mme Dreyfus' brother says, show why permis- sion was illegally refused Mme Drey- fus to accompany her husband, as 1t would have betrayed his terrible sit nation. Deniel, the brutal director of the penitentiary at Devils Island, las been called to France in terms which in French imply a disgraced M Ia Soueas will replace 1 Jim. NJ. Decrais, the new minister of he colonies, is mortified at the facta 'eIated.
 Deniel tried at the time the court of | assation unanimously ordered a re- 'ision, to convict Dreyfus by sending | Q France a report affirming fhe cuI ability of the prisoner without other | arguments than those based upon watching the actions and attitude of he prisoner.
 Aboard the Sfax at the Cape Verde stands Dreyfas took a dispatch he had vhitten, thanking General Boisdeffre or saving him, and wanted Captain Jof1nieres to seEd it for him. The aptain concluded the safest way out vas to declare to Dreyfus .t was im~ communications.
 When DTeyfus first saw Maitre >emange he said:
 ''I always knew I wcnld be retriej.
 have written so many letters to elk Faure."
 IT the former pTesid mt was an nemy, Lucie Faure, his daughter, is a launch defender. She has always ar ued with her father Cn the subject. ucie Faure is inclined to intellectual ursuits and liberal opinions
 Dreyfus still carefully avoids all snder subjects. After his first trenb, ng, agonized question as to the edith Of the babies, he has not dared ) inquire again. The emotion hc eels when he thinks of his children too great to be controlled. Mme reyfus at that time tod him they ere well ana happy and that she ouId tell him any particulars or news 9 might ask concerning them. Since lat day Dreyfus has not referred to lem again. The prisoner guardians find that $ Teyfus eats little, as his stomach re- { 1lts at fcod. He has been so in ( Ired by abuse ard quinine in the opics that orders have been given lat he have invalids' fare
 Mime. Dreyfus entered the prison to- ay, accompanied by the family do ,- IT,
 The news spread quickly, and when 3 left the prison at o'clock, young adamar, his brother-in-law when ' ked if Dreyfus was il, replied that C