The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-09-15

| courtroom. The judges reentered the
| court at three p. m. precisely. They
were all extremely serious. There was
hush in the courtroom when Maj. Car
riere rose and in deathly calm and
| dignified tone made short speech con-
Guiding with asking for the imposition
OF the verdict and punishment Of 1894.
Declares He Is Innocent.
M. Demange replied with a few words
and then Dreyfus flushed and said,
hoarsely:
Il affirm / am innocent"
The prisoner added that he had lived
for his own honor and the honor of his
wife and children, and after five years
of frightful torture he was convinced
that he would at last receive justice.
i, silence Commanded.
The ringing of bell announced the
entry of the judges, an officer ordered
Gary arms" and present arms
the rattle of rifles followed, and then
Col. Jouaust marched in, saluted, and
laid his KEPT on the table. The other
Judges did likewise, the gendarmes
shouted Silence" and the stiffness of
death fell on the audience who were
waiting heart in mouth for the an
nouncement of Dreyfus' fate.
Col. Jouaust then began reading the
| Judgment, which opened with the ques-
ton referred to the Judges by the court
of cassation: "Was Dreyfus guilty of
entering into Vaccinations to send
secret documents to foreign power?''
He then gave the answer that the court,
by majority of five to two, found Drey-
| fus guilty.
The, silence was immediatel- broken
| by rush of the reporter 20 drop their
previously prepared kilograms into the
letter box, opening into the street.
where a gendarme received them and
| gave them to the respective messengers
for transmission by wire.
| The noise called forth stern cry of
"Silence, silence!' and again all sound
was hushed until Col. Jouaust finished
| speaking. He concluded by saying the
court would remain sitting until the
room was cleared. He asked the audi
ence to go out quietly and not to raise
a shout of any sort.
The gendarmes then closed around
the audience and pressed them outside.
| Not cry or word was raised by any
| one.
Everything passed off with perfect
calm. t-se49 - sw
AS the people emerged the gendarmes
| kept them moving away from the court
The small crowd of people outside
cheered for the army, but the gen.
darmes did not interfere and there was
not the slightest disorder.
Dreyfus Appears Unmoved.
The judgment was read to Dreyfus in
an adjoining little room by the clerk
of the court, NJ. Coupois. Dreyfus lis
tened impassively, did not give the
slightest sign of emotion, did not utter
a word, and marched back to prison
| like an automaton.
| 1t understood Dreyfus will be sent
! to Fort Corte, in the island of Corsica.
A large crowd, which the police kept
moving, waited around the square in
which the telegraph office and the prin-
cipal cafes are situated When the peo-
pie learned the court had been out an
| nOuT, IL Was dI uSu tHdG lulS medHt d
| disag reement in favor of Dreyfus. The
first indication to these watchers that
a result had been reached was when a
soldier on bicycle came tearing along
as fast as he could from the Lycee to-
wards the artillery barracks.
Scene on the Streets.
The soldiers and gendarmes keeping
the streets sat up in their saddles and
watched the bicyclist as long as he re-
manned in sight. This orderly was dis
patched before the court returned, as
another five or ten minutes elapsed be-
fore the army of reporters and messen-
gers on foot and on bicycles came in
wave up the street, and in minute the
telegraph Office was pandemonimm.
1t was literally packed with men and
women, all struggling toward the two
little windows where the dispatches
were received.
In the meanwhile the news of the
condemna ton of Dreyfus had filtered
out to the crowd, but it produced no ex-
| element