The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-30
DR[YFUS WILL YET Go FREE.
C0IHT or CESSATION. HEARS DE-
BATH ON THE CASE
NJ De R~nupre. President of the Civil
section. Reviews the Evidence
No Motive for the Grinse-s.fherty

No Motive for tne Sf3He-ss8bePtt
in sight for nm Innocent Maa.
PARIS, NAV m.--The court % cessation
rses today to hear the debate On ths april
cation for ii revision Of the ureyfus esse.
There was much animation iu the i15fsas
az tire palace. hut the crswfts in the Tia.rlty
were MOI large. Extensive military rFecAu-
thsna we're taken 20 preserve order INSIDE
ard outside The building The court r@oEn
was flied wfth Partisan celebrities. Many
j4agss ssiongsng 20 other courts Acre
among fis@e present, and absolute sfats-
GUILTY. prevailed
TIE proceedings commenced az noon
ArisG profound silanca M Ballet Sc Bear
pFe, president Of tls civil sectsoa ~ The
cDuft gead his report on TIE case
scene i'm n~ CLAIMS once.
TIE fopsrt described the scene in DE-
Cams Office ia the presence Of iha csissf
Of detectives, II. RoaEesort. and sketched
the history q the Drsyfsis family Accord
ing 10 De Clam. DFeyfse. when he SAW
the resemblance. 10 mis- handwriting, ex-
clains1:
They have stolen my handwriting"
j, Was also pointed ont that breStus,
when the report Of orrns-Ghapelles. Wa
fhat he had never rsen the iAss3et gun
uged and thar he Gsdn's know nftil jay
Of the disposition Of the frontier forces
The prisoner also said ne had ret mad
copw Of The firing manual knew nothing OF
the documents respecting Madagascar. and
sa!a - the reporter az the eoursG'arilal:
II nave now been more than SIX Weeks
tn confinement. ] swear an innocent.
The sson ~ an Aisatian Protestant, aoan-
sfxss "a France 4
an today HarIny IL leading her soldiers
on the naifisnesJ. The alagiyrdom l SUI
fer Is atg5eiogs.
The REPORT said the first suspension Of
Drgygua ealanafed from COX F'abre, who
was struck with the SIMILARITY of the
word artillery In the begtierau and ia
a document written bs bregfus-
Hemry's Account Of Conversation.
Continuing, the report dealt with Lieut..
Col Eenry'a account of his conversation
with Drayfas when the latter was trans
ferrea 10 The Cherehe Midi prison. ORGY
fus said
at is terrible. am accused OF ter
ribge thing.
Henry asked of what he was accused.
and preyfus replied.
u ana accused OF the crime OF high
treason.
'.The devil.'' answered Henry. But on
II don't know" said Dreyfus II am
nearly mad. ] would prefer u receive a
bullet Ia tie head. | am not guilty This
accusation IL the death o. nay life.
To this Henry said:
'fg YOU are not guilty you must not
lose your head. An innocent man Is al
ways strong. Have you a family
Yes replied the prisoner. "a wife and
children. ain well of. and | must have
Justice done me
..'rhat does not come within nay COM
met enc rem
Justice will certainly be done you. DO
you know what yoti are accused off,
Yes. | atn accused OF giving docu-
meats 20 a foreign power.
what dhcuments?"
f do not know Du Patty de Clam
spoke only Of secrei ard confidential doc
replied that during my probation at the
general staff office many documents
passed through my hands. hut that
communicated them "a nobody
The Ovn1s-ChapcIies report concluded
with saying That preyfus having "A supple
and very obseaHipus character. was
adapted fes espionage
Revision IL Imperative.
Nj Ballot de Beaupre reviewed the jn-
iicial history ~ the case. and said Il
now rested With the court 30 pronounce
Judgment He upheld tile statement
thai fhere we're sufficient presumpiiors
shay Justified a revision OF the case He
had examined the different eases in
which the court could annul sentence
without retrial. and said that In his opin-
ION she cnuYs org;1t rot 80 consider the
idea 30 annnjing the sentence bar should
only consider "A revision of g. The re-
vision he eoBteuded vas Imperative. and
Ii supper: az lis statement ne rchearaed
'he facts on which the application FOR Il
revision WAS based among which he in
c5Udea the cuiuabic Vaccinations of
Henry and pa Patty Is clam against
ibfeygVs their outrageous scheme ''to
force the hard If tho minister Of war ana
oblige him "a prosecute DFeyfas and the
convincing effects" of their depositlens
0n she court martial
II Bsli9t &c Beaupre then reviewed MAJ
Caagf tstsf@szg'1s cennsc}is u A3tA she cass.
wFlcn IS already known
Fl3r entire afteru1aa VAS occupied by NJ
B25i2. de lsaupre .n reading extracts freca
nkfst- e1nhsei fun MGl~ breytus. NAica was
lengthy, ALREADY published
No Motive fer the Crime.
Asser reading "A. Mornard's sEease,
~sieh concluded by maintaining the ma
feftst cvafsure of the aordersau. ard the
mofsi oFi3e#o" cropping gut daring the
9ioNtrY. u0+1tet uot IS preyEtAp a8-
~ E@eFhagY So tse culpri' VI Bat.os e.
h"aapTe tlsai With tse question os mo-
lYe He fssa the pcl.-e repors furnished
rs II GWea@. -A1 detective. 8t uutaeer-
aaje IN 1r~T fus. and reports 81 che pgr-
.~esare "f Tassee pointing oat t6a. there
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eaH3 net tays eeted rs feas-cg fFoui
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