Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-09-14
CAPTAIN DREYFUS.

bic. He said to her 81 am not uneasy
regarding myself, as l shall soon befree,
but l think of you and my poor chill
dren. They will be branded as the chill
dren Of a traitor. y
He is convinced that 10 years impris-
onment to which he is sentenced will
be wiped out by the five years of soli-
tary seclusion he has undergone on
Devils island and he expects to be re-
leased by Oct. 10, which will be five
years from the date of his former con-
demnation. He is so sanguine that he
has made an extraordinary request Of
his wife for novel to read in. the mean
time, explaining that his mind is so
shaken and weighed down by recent
events that he expects to divert his
thoughts and to forget all the recollec-
tions of the past three months out of his
mind. He thinks that reading novel
will afford the desired mental repose
and keep him from brooding.
Calls Verdict Infamy.
The correspondent Of the Associated
+ Press called upon Nine. Dreyfus yes
terday after her visit to her husband
and saw her father, M. Hadamar NJ
Hadamar said Nine. Dreyfus and the
family were hopeful and looked forward
to some favorable development. "The
verdict is an infamy," he said. "Cap-
tain Dreyfus is in poor health, as every
one knows. He has been extremely
i'll from the moment of his arrival in
France. His health has not improved
and the nervous effect Of Saturdays
terrible blow is bound to react on his
general condition. His suppression of
all outward depression is due to his al
most incredible force of will, but it
does not imply that he is insensible to
the mental and physical torture he has
undergone. On the contrary, the fam
lily just now see in his weak state of
health and abnormal impassivity an
ugly sign and fear for him more than
they care to express
Town Is Tranquil.
The town has been perfectly calm.
There has not been sign or demon.
stration nor cry for oragainst Dreyfus
or the Jews heard anywhere. A num-
Der Of people gathered to see Nine.
Dreyfus visit the prison, but they were
quite respectful.
The troops and masses of gendarmes
who Saturday gave the center of Rennes
the appearance of a military camp, have
completely vanished. There are hardly
any gendarmes in sight except near the
Dreyfus residence, where few are
posted.
Cavalry officers were seen frequenting
the cafes yesterday afternoon, showing
that the authorities no longer fear any
trouble and are allowing the officers to
leave barracks. So far as can be ascer-
tanned military men are perfectly salts
fed with the verdict, which they inter
pret as safeguarding the honor of the
army and at the same time doing an
act OF mercy to Dreyfus, who, they say,
has sufficiently expiated his crime in
the awful experience on DEVILS island.
They point that even if he is sent to
Fort Corte, it will be to receive hence
forth the humane treatment he has ex-
perienced since his return to France.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press interrogated M. Coupers, the clerk
OF the court-martial, on this point. He
was most emphatic in declaring that
Dreyfus must serve 10 years from the
date OF fresh degradation, the court
martial having considered the case as
beginning when Dreyfus appeared be-