Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-14
THE DREYFUS CASE.
The Prisoner Bears His Sentence
with Marvellous Fortitude.
APPLICATION TO COURT OF REVISION.
Military Men Satisfied with the Verdict
Uncertainty About How Long He VIII
Be Imprisoned-TwO Judges Be
lieved Him Innocent.

the terrible shock with marvellous
fortitude, one might almost say with
unnatural calm. Saturday he seemed
stupefied when NJ. Labor commune
Gated to him the verdict of guilty,
with ten years imprisonment, but he
has since rallied. He passed a quiet
night and rose when his orderly
brought him water at five O'Clock yes
terday morning, just as he did during
the trial, when it was necessary.
Madame Dreyfus and Matthew Drey-
fus, his brother, visited him during the
course of the afternoon, his brother
subsequently, leaving for Paris. The
application to the court of revision was
taken to him at noon by NJ. Labori's
assistant and he signed it.
Yesterday he spoke but little, though
he has seemed in better spirits than
might have been anticipated. The
meeting with his wife was naturally
very affecting, but both held up as well
as possible. He said to her: 81 am not
uneasy regarding myself, as 1 shall
soon be free, but think of you and my
poor children. They will be branded
as the children of a traitor He is
convinced that the ten years imprison-
ment to which he is sentenced will be
wiped out by the five Y ears of solitary
seclusion he has undergone on DEVILS
island, and he expects to be released by
October Is, which will be five years
from the date of his former condemna-
ton. He is so sanguine that he has
made an extraordinary request of his
wife for a novel to read in the mean
time, explaining that his mind is SO
shaken and weighed down by recent
l. Il h IL
thoughts and to try to get all the recol-
lections of the last three months out of
his mind. He thinks that reading a
novel will afford the desired mental re-
pose and keep him from brooding.
The correspondent of the Associated
press called upon Nine. Dreyfus yester-
day afternoon, after her visit to her
| husband, and saw her father, M.
Hadamard, who said his daughter was
bearing up wonderfully well, consider
ing the circumstances, but desired to
remain undisturbed, in view of the
emotional strain of the interview. M.
Hadamard said that Nine. Dreyfus and
the family were hopeful and looked for
ward to some favorable development.
s'The verdict, - he added, sis an infamy.
Capt. Dreyfus is in poor health, as
everyone knows. He has been eX-
tremely i'll from the moment of his ar
rival in France and has been put on a
special regime. His health has not
improved and the nervous effect of yes
terday's terrible blow is bound to re-
act on his general condition. His sup
preston of all outward emotion is due
to his almost incredible force of will,
but it does not imply that he is insensi-
BILE to the mental and physical torture
he has undergone. On the contrary,
| the family just now see in his weak
state of health and abnormal impas-
sivity an ugly sign and fear for him
more than they care to express"
So far as can be ascer tanned military
men are perfectly satisfied with the
verdict, which they interpret as safe
guarding the honor of the army and at
| the same time doing an act of mercy
to Dreyfus, who, they say, has sufi-
GENTLY expiated his crime in the awful
existence he passed on DEVILS island.
They point out that even if he is sent
to Fort Corte it will be to receive
henceforth the humane treatment he
has experienced since his return to
France.
Those who think Dreyfus will be re-
leased in October because the five years
present sentence, saw in the fact that
he was sentenced for exactly ten years
a confirmation of their view, but they
are mistaken. He was sentenced to
ten years, not because that happens to
be double his term on DEVILS island,
but because, according to the military
code, the recording of two votes in his
favor fixes the term of detention at ten
wears. Had the verdict been unani-
nous he must have been sentenced to
| 20 years.
Those protesting to have ascertained
since the verdict the opinion of the
Judges, declare that the vote of five to
| two was not given by mutual agree
ment, but because the two judges voted
| in his favor from d conviction of his
| innocence.
The present procedure is the app1i-
cation for revision. signed by Dreyfus
Yesterday. It will be sent to Paris.
| The clerk of the court-martia1 must
send complete dossier of the trial, in
Guiding all the documents submitted.
! A reporter will be appointed to ex-
anime it infinitely and ascertain
whether there be any flaw in the pro-
! ceedings. The result will be submit
ted to the court of revision, which viii
maintain or annul the sentence.
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