The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-09-14
l., Of the Most Famous Trials of
the Century Comes to
a Close.
rg VERDICT WAS NOT UNEXPECTED.
\. Court's Conclusion Was Not Unani-
nous, Standing Five to Two
Against the Prisoner.
,,p.e,s to he Released by October Is.
,,. Yssrs From the Date of Former
rc.demastioa-That Also 10 the
Op;sisn Of several Attorneys

op;.Isa Of several Attorneys
R,yyns Sept. 1o.-Capt. Dreyfus was
ouud guilty.
/ The courts verdict sentences Drcy-
o,en years imprisonment in a fort
y.u The court found extenuating
rcums,ances
five Judges voted for conviction and
k,o against. During the reading Of
N, verdic, absolute silence prevailed
\ III. courtroom.
| IN. socialists are particularly bitter,
nd the excitement cngcndered by the
sr.nce OF their leaders is growing
bOur,y.
gryyks. Seps.l1.-Dreyfus has borne
H. terrible shock with marvellous
kor,ude, one might almost say with
|nau,,ursl calm. Saturday he seemed
|.,uwfed when Maitre Labori COM
|uunicated 10 him the verdict. but he
ku Lnce rallied. He passed a quiet
|,Ieh, and arose when his orderly
brought him water at 5 o'clock Sunday
morning. just as he did during the
|.rI.l when it was necessary.
Madame Dreyfus and Matthew Drey'
|iu, hls brother, visited him during the
course OF the afternoon, his brother
|nbs,quen,ly leaving for Paris The
APPLICATION TO the court OF revision was
|asen to him at noon by Maitre Lab.
|c,rs assistant and he signed it. Sun
d,y he spoke but little. though he has
seemed in better spirits than might
Asr been anticipated. The meeting
With his wife was naturally very af-
|heng, bu, both held up as we'll as
|pOwible. lie said TO her: IL am not
uneasy regarding myself as l shall
soon be free, but l think of you and
nv poor children. They will be brand
h m the children of traitor"
lie Ia convinced that the ten years
Imprisonment to which he is sentenced
vii be wiped out by the FIVE years OF
|s.i,sry seolusion he has undergone ON
Devils island. and he expects to be re-
based by October Is, which will be
i've Years from the date OF his former
|undemna,ion. lie is so sanguine that
b, has made an extraordinary request
b, hi, wife for a novel 10 read in the
Meantime. explaining that his mind is
|p shaken and weighed down by re-
cen, events that nc needs to divert his
thoughts and 10 try to get ali the
|i,cOlleciions OF the last three months
|tal Of his mind. lie thinks that read
hg novel will afford the desired
nen,al repose and keep him from
srOoding.
The town Sunday was perfectly
alm. There was not sign OF dem
|Srslration nor cry for or against
|Drsy!u, or the Jews heard anywhere.
A number OF people gathered to see
sm.. Dreyius visit the prison. but they
we're quite respectful.
The troops and masses of gendarmes
Who Saturday gave the center of
R,nnes the appearance of military
lamp have completely vanished. There
|ir hardly any gendarmes in sight ex-
|spt near the Dreytus residence, where
few are posted.
80 FAR as can be ascertained military
|n.n are perfectly satisfied with the
|sdic. which they interpret as safe
Fasrdin- The honor of the army and
u the same time doing an act OF mercy
|o' Dreyfus who, they say, has suffi-
('.nily expiated his crime in the awful
(ii'ience he passed on DEVILS Island.
hey point out that even IL he Is sent
z Fort Corte it will be to receive
|snc.forth the humane treatment he
FA' experience since his return to
Hnce. One strange fact 10
be extraordinary difference of opinion
|s'pcting the exact effect of the judg-
fsn'-whether he can be degraded
gain and whether the five years soli-
|''y confinement he has undergone,
'ai be regarded as equivalent to the
20 years detention TO which he Is now
eaeneed and he will be released
Feai month. This matter is quite |
ace from the general impression that
I Will be pardoned in a few days by |
resident Loubet who will find some |
'vund to exercise clemcncy.
Aal're Dcmangc thinks the Ave years /
!" count for nothing and that Drey-
~ according TO law. will have TO
'ne' ten years detention. Many 9TH
- however. including several law
20 hold a contrary opinion and de-
arc That he will be released in Octo-
|u
correspondent Sunday afternoon
[NHogated NJ. Coupois, the clerk Of
. eourtmartial, on this point lie
> most emphatic in declaring that
|'''u' must serve 10 years from the
'e OF fresh degradation, the court
'"ai having considered the case as
s'nn'ng when Dreyfus appeared be-
['' them, disregarding altogether his
Fslous sentence.
~sfhegie u q Cou dkaats faS Pariiarssns