Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-09-07
DREYFUs ON THE STAND.
a burlesque. But Fair Sample Iof the
Dreyfus Trial

burlesque. But Fair Sample 'of Il
DreYfus Trial
Judge: Did you say your name wa
Alfred or Alphonse Drey fus? E
carefnl how you reply.
/ preyfus: Alfred Dreyfus is my nam,
i Judge: Ah, hal Why did you sa
Alfred Dreyfus is my name, instead c
my name is Alfred Dreyfus?
| Dreyfus: Really. mon colonel,
don't -
| Judge: You hesitate. You look con
fused. note the fact that you uu
crossed your legs when l asked yo,
this question. That is proof of an un
easy conscience. What have you t,
Esay
Dreyfus: 1 can't
Judge: He can't. This is a confes
sion. He is guilty. (Sensation.
Dreyfus: No, mon colonel, | am in.
nocent.
Judge: If you are innocent, perhaps
you will tell where you were night be-
fore last at Is minutes past 10?
Dreyfus: In Jail.
Judge: Where were you on January
II, 1896?
Dreyfus: In jail.
Judge: Where were you on the night
of March 8, 1897?
Dreyfus: In jail.
Judge: Where were you when the
was run in 1898?
Dreyfus: In jail. ssa..-
Judge (triumphantlyE Always in
jail, yet this canaille claims to be in.
nocent. Once more, where were you
on the 10Th of February, 1899?
Dreyius: In jail.
Judge: Sacre bleu! You convict
yourself: There was ne 10Th of Feb
ruary, 1899. We shall see. You wrote
The bordereau?
Dreyfus: No, mon colonel, 1 am in
locent.
Judge (sternly): How long have youj
Known William Patterson?
Dreyfus: do not know Monsieur
oatterson at all. sraI
Judge: Are you not the man who
truck him.
Dreyfus: [ never heard of him.
Judge: He meyer heard of Billie
'atterson, the man who was struck.
lie dissembles. Do you smoke cigar
ties?
Dreyfus: Yes.
Judge: Is the tariff tax?
Dreyfus: 1t is.
Judge: You are traitor to France.
rance imposes tariff, and you say it
tax. Have you ever felt like 80
ents?
Dreyfus: Yes, mon colonel. 1 feel
ke 25 cents now.
Judge: Do you still deny that you
rote "Curfew Shall Not Ring To-
light 2'
Dreyfus: I never denied it, because 1
ever heard -
judge: You see, he claims that he
rote ''Curfew Shall Not Ring To-
ight.'' II
Dreyfus: But, mon colonel, 1 know
othing about "Curfew" 1 do not
Judge: But you don't deny. Per-
aps you also wrote "The Beautiful
low."
Dreyfus: Really,I mon colonel, you
not allow me to explain.
Judge: Do you believe in the free
image of silver at 16 to indr pendent
any other nation on earth
Dreyfus: am afraid that s
Dreyfus: He is afraid to speak. He
opposed to sound money. Whom do
u consider the greater militaryI
or Esterhazy? :
Dreyfus: l cannot say. Both of them,
,ssibly.
Judge: Have you not been in CORE \
ondence with Jack Chinn and Dead
'rse Jake since this trial began 4
Dreyfus: l have not.
Judge: Do you deny that you receiv- T
a cipher cablegram from Hinkyl
nix yesterday morning.
Dreyfus: l do.
Judge: You change colo. Yourl :
Tilt is now established. You can ex- s
ain nothing. You claim the author {
lp of poems which were written by {
ademoiselle Ella Wheeler. You are !.
ways in Jail, and you can t even prove
alibi ON the 29th of February. It's, {
erefore, established that you com {
unicated secret documents to the :
,rman government, and that you (
.Ote the bordereau. Z
Great applause in court mingled 7!
th the polite invitations to s'con-
uez" and "bas" everything and ey- s
f11y L l