Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-30

ed he, (the defendant), was disguised
TO see extortion and bribery reign at
the Pulas Bourbon, saying:
We then created Boulangism. When
that ended two plaques descended up
on France-Panama, sign OF parlia-
mentary decompositions, and Dreyfus,
a sign of national decomposition, for
which parliamentarism is responsible.
am not surprised there was reac-
ton, which was neither rOyaiist mol
imperialist, but popular reaction, whil b
was inevitable with the false constitu-
ton of 1875, the drafters of which
wisheu to place the people in the King 5
bed which explains why the people
sleep SO badly"
M. Deroulede then arraigned the con-
stitution and the Budget of Defence
saying it was increasing daily and that
France was approaching deficit. He
also attacked the Budget CT Public
Works.
The entire afternoon was occupied
by M. Ballot de Beaupre in reading
extracts from and analyzing the state
ment of M. Mernard, counsel for Nine
Dreyfus, which was lengthy recital
of facts already fully published.
NJ. Ballot de Baupre then dealt with
the Orms-Chevilles report AND Drey-
fus relations with married women.
The report said the first suspicious
of Dreyfusl emanated from Col. Fabre,
who was struck with the similarity of
the word artillery" in the bordereau
and in a document written by Drey-
fus.
Continuing the report dealt with
Lieut.. Col. Henry's account of his con-
versation with Dreyfus when the latter
was transferred to the Cherche Midi
prison. Dreyfus said:
ut is terrible l am accused OF a
frightful thing
Henry asked of what he was accused
and Dreyfus replied:
Il am accused of the crime of high
treason"
The DEVIL" answered Henry.
"But on what ground?"
Il don't know" said Dreyfus. 81 am
nearly mad. l would prefer to receive
bullet in the head. l am not guilty
The accusation is the death of my
life"
To this Henry said:
If you are not guilty you must not
lose your head. An innocent man IS
always strong. Have you a family"
Yes replied the prisoner. "a wife
and children. I am well off and I must
have justice done me-"
"That does not come within my
competence" was Henry's next remark,
but justice will certainly be done you
Do you know what you are accused
of?'
Yes. am accused of giving docu,
ments to foreign power
What documents?"
81 don't know. Du Patty de Clam on
ly spoke of secret and confidential doc
uments, without further explanation
| replied that during my probation at
the general staff Office many documents
passed through my hands, but that
communicated them to nobody"
The Ormes-Chevilles report conclud-
ed with saying that Dreyfus having a
supple and very obsequious character,
was adapted for espionage.
NJ. Ballot de Beaupre then reviewed
the judicial history of the case and sa d
it now rested with the court to pro-
nounce Judgment. He upheld the state
ment that there was sufficient pre-
sumption that most serious errors and
doubts existed and that they justified a
revision of the case. He had examined
the different cases in which the court
could annul sentence without re-trial
and said that in his opinion the court
ought not to consider the idea of annul-
ing the sentence, but should only con-
slider a revision of it. a revision, he
contended. was imperative, and in SUP
port of his statement, he rehearsed the
facts on which the application for a re-
vision was based, among which he in
Guided, the culpable Vaccinations OF
Henry and Du Patty de Clam against
Dreyfus the Outrageous schemes" to
force the hand of the minister of war
and oblige him to prosecute Dreyfus
and the convincing effects" of their
depositions in the courtmartial. NJ.
Ballot de Beaupre then reviewed Major
Count EsterhaZy's connection with the
case as already known.
After reading NJ Mornards defense
which concluded by maintaing that the
material evidence of the bordereau and
the moral evidence cropping out during
the inquiry pointed not to Dreyfus bu;
to EsterhaZy as the culprit, Ballot de
Beaupre dealt with the question or
motive He read the police report FUR
nished by NJ Owens, the detective, all
unfavorable to Dreyfus, and reports OF
the project police, pointing out that
there had been a confusion of Dreyfus
with other officers of the same name,
who had been mixed up with gambling
and disreputable female associations.
The latter reports were not produced
at the trial in 1894.
NJ. Ballot de Beaupre then pointed
out that Dreyfus could not have acted
as traitor from anger or disappoint-
ment as he had the finest prospects of
an excellent military career On the
other hand, Esterhazy, the reporter al
legged, was a soldier of fortune. always
begging from the money lenders.
Continuing. the reporter read letters
written by Esterhazy abusing France
and the French army, these producing
a deep impression upon the audience
He referred to letter written by Es-
terhazy TO Baron Rothschild, dated
June p, 1894, to the effect that if his
application for money were refused he
would have no resource but to kill his
family and then TO commit suicide.
Such, said the reporter, was Esterhazy's
language on the eve of the date when
the bordereau was placed" The in
ference to be drawn was that Ester
hazy sought in treason resource neces-
sary to carry on life of dissipation.
At This point with rha evidopr an