The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-09-14
AGAIN FOUND GUILTY
Dreyfus Sentenced to Ter
Years In Prison.
NAY SOON Be GIVEN HIS FREEDOM
The Prisoner Fervcntly Declared Hi
Innocence-Benrs the Disnppoint-
mcnt BrnVeIy - Result Meets
with Great Condemnation,

RENNES, Sept. 11.-As has already
been announced to the world, Captain
Alfred Dreyfus. charged with furnish
Ing French state secrets to foreign
power. has been condemned for a second
time by a court martial This verdict was
reached on Saturday at ) p. m, after
two hours deliberation, and sentence,
Immediately pronounced, was "ten years
Imprisonment"
The text of the judgment is as follows
To-day. the 9th of September. 1899
the court martial Of the Tenth Region
Army corps, deliberatiny behind closed
doors. the president put the following
question:
as Alfred Dreyfus. brevet captain.
Fourteenth regiment Of artillery. proba'
tioner on the general staff. guilty of hav'
ing in 1894 entered into Vaccinations oil
held relations with foreign power oil
one of its agents to induce it to commit
hostility or undertake war against
France. or procure it the means therefor
by delivering the notes and documents
mentioned in the document called the
bordereau, according to the decision OF
the court of cessation of June B, 1899!
The votes were taken separately, be
ginning by the inferior grade and young
est in the last grade, the president hav
ing given his opinion last. The court de
cares on the question by majority OF
FIVE votes to two Yes, the accused is
guilty The majority agreed that there
are extenuating circumstances, in conse
quence Of which and on the request OF
the commissary of the government the
president put the question and received
again the votes in the above mentioned
form.
"As a result the court condemns. by
majority of votes to .. Alfred Drey'
fus to the punishment of ten years de
tention."
Maitre Labori heard the verdict with
palid visage, while Maitre Demangt
fell back in chair as though horror
stricken. Colonel Jouaust read the judg
ment without a tremor Of his voice ano
apparently unmoved.
Dreyfus to the last protested his limo
cence in reply to the president of the
court:
81 affirm before my country and befor'
the army that | am innocent. My sole
aim has been to save the honor of mj
name the name borne by my children
l have suffered five years of the mos
awful torture. But today, at least, 1 fee
assured that l am about to attain my de
sire through your loyalty and justice"
Dreyfus has borne the terrible shocl
with marvellous fortitude, one might al
most say with unnatural calm. Saturda!
he seemed stupefed when Maitre Labor
communicated to him the verdict, but h
has since rallied. He passed a quie
night, and he rose when his orderl.
brought him water at 8 o'clock Sunda.
morning just as he did during the tria
when il was necessary.
He is convinced that the ten years i'm
prisonment to which he is sentenced vii
be wiped out by the FIVE years of solitar
seclusion he has undergone on Devil
island, and he expects to be released b.
Oct. Is, which will be five years fror
the date of his former condemnation.
The town yesterday was perfect.
calm. There was no sign of demOnstra
ton nor a cry for or against Dreyfus O
the Jews heard anywhere. a number o
people gathered to see Nine. Dreyfus Wis
it the prison, but they were quite respect
full.
Maitre Demange thinks the FIVE year
will count for nothing and that Dreyfu
according to law, Will have to suffer te
years detention. Many others, howeve
including several lawyers, hold col
trary opinion and declare that he will /
released in October This, as alread
cabled, is the belief of Dreyfus himself
Colonel Jouaust also declared ths
Dreyfus must serve ten years; bu
speaking with friends yesterday, he e!
pressed a conviction that there woul
not be fresh degradation.