The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-23

ceived from him or any agent Of hts any
information whatsoever regarding the
army or its conditions.
Much good this Acknowledgement aid her.
For Paris was in no mood TO accept such
a denial from such a source. True though
II might be IL was worthless 20 the excited
and prejudiced minds OF the PaFisians. But.
however futile her effort may have been,
Ii was characteristic. She was the good
effects Of the intrigues OF his antagonists.
Her natural enemy was the "veiled wom-
an" Nine. Pals. with whom Esterhazy
have been an active agent i'm the treacher-
Gus disclosures. Her endeavor was ever TO
convict Dreyfus. &.
GOOD AND BAD ANGELS.
She was the woman who. according to
Fsterhazy. made an appointment with him
and placed the proof Of Dreyfus's guilt in
his hand. She was said TO maintain Illicit
relations with Dreyfus and to have so
gained access 10 his confidence. On every
hand such evidence was refuted largely
through the means developed by the woman
in white. What a contrast the two present
the one. pure, good and always striving
to right the wrong done the accused-his
good angel: the other, of light repute. adj
mittedly impure-striving 10 accomplish his
downfall-his bad angel.
Not less notable was the action OF La
Dame Blanche in this country. She came
here incognito also. Her connection with
the incident that followed was unsupported
for a considerable time This is what oc-
Cured: 4,
Early last spring a woman Of consider
able beauty called at Tiffany's. on Union
Square, New York. and left a beautiful
string of pearls to be appraised and pos
sibly purchased. The next day two men,
obviously FrenShmen; made minute In, In
following morning the woman called and
in some excitement demanded the pearls.
saying she had changed her mind about dis
posing OF them and would leave town i'm.
mediately for London
The whole affair was so puzzling that de-
tectives were set TO work 10 ascertain VINO
the queer trio were. Then it was whispered
that the jewels were some that had been
presented TO Nine. De Pals. the intimate
of Esterhazy. then living in exile I'm Lon
don. This was incorrect, for Nine. De Pals
was always addicted to diamonds. not
pearls. while Comtesse De Martel La
Dame Blanche" naturally claims pearls as
her especial adornmeBt.
The comtesse was no stranger In the
American metropolis as she had been IN
lied the leading New York jewellers lavish
~. 1t was at this time that the jailer on
Devils island put Dreyfus to extraordinary
suffering. encasing his ankles in irons. as
well as keeping him confined strictly TO his
iron cage.
he had heard stories of a bold plot to aid
Dreyfus to escape. An American yacht, 10
was reported to the jailer, was expected off
Devils island, and a night attack upon the
small garrison was apprehended.
Who was behind the daring scheme?
Comtesse De Martel had not been seen in
Paris for some time. A strange French
woman had offered her jewels for sale to
an American firm. The conclusions are OBJ
vious.
A little while prior to this II was stated
in the Frankfort Zeitung that the family
Of Captain Dreyfus had engaged Sir George
Lewis. the distinguished London lawyer. to
discover if possible the author of the menu
orandum upon which Dreyfus was con-
victed. Sir George Lewis was at the time
said to have got on the track OF Esterhazy
through the agency of an American lady.
This was an obvious mistake. No American
by birth has thus far been involved in the
great Gallo scandal. But the piQuante
Comtesse Martel was i'm America when
this was made public. II was
then said that the informant of Sir George
German embassy in Paris that the German
officials talked of the infamy of the con-
viction OF Dreyfus and OF the necessity Of
informing Emperor William.
clever and daring one. who managed TO get
this knowledge; not an American, unused
to the devious ways OF the Partisan con-
cierge. The woman who has managed to
get a conspicuous seat at all the lola, ES-
terhazy and Dreyfus trials was the woman
who conjured the secrets out OF the Ger
man embassy, who went alone TO Berlin
and saw the Emperor, who engaged the
great English criminal lawyer to unravel
the Esterhazy implications, who schemed
at DEVILS island-La Dame Blanche.
To what lengths the woman in white
might not go I'm behalf of Dreyfus none can
say. Happily, the necessity for active inter-
present trial can end but one way. La
Dame Blanche has played her part. There
is nothing left to her now but 10 remain a
spectator at the trial.