The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-14
LETTERS FROM CAPTAIN DREYFUS
Further Light on One of the Most Tragic Dramas
In the History OF the World.

trsst to the letter written after the trial
when che worst had happened and III
nightmare had come true: We subjor
both letters:
AT last l am coming to the end of
my sunerings, to the end OF my agony.
Tomorrow l shall appear before my
judges, my brow high, my soul tran
gull. The trial ! have undergone. ter
iible as 1t has been. has purified my
soul. ] shall return TO YOU better than
] was before. | want TO consecrate to
you. to my children. 10 our dear fami
lies. all the time have yet 10 live.
AS l have told you, | have passed
through awful crises. | have had mo-
ments of furious, actual madness at
the thought of being accused of a
crime so monstrous.
Il am ready to appear before the sol
diers as soldier who has nothing for
which to reproach himself. They will
see It In my lace; they will read my
soul: they will be convinced that |
am innocent, as all Will who know
me-"
The letter written after his trial read
as follows:
Il suffer much. but pity you still
more than myself / know how much
you love me. Your heart must bleed.
On my side, my adored one. my thought
has always been OF you night and day.
ITO be innocent to have lived life
without a stain. and to see ones self
condemned for the most monstrous
crime that a soldier can commit, What
could be more terrible? II seems to
me at times that l am the vistim OF an
awful nightmare.
1T is for you alone that | have re-
sisted until today; II is for you alone,
my adored one. that | have borne my
long agony. VIII my strength hold
out to the end? / can not tell. No
one but you can give me courage 1t
is only from your love that l can draw
1t.
above all else, no matter what may
become Of me. search for the truth;
move earth and heaven TO discover it,
sink in the effort, If need be- all our
fortune, to rehabilitate my name.
which now Is dragged through the
mud. No matter what may be the
cost we must wash out the unmerit-
ed stain
The following is taken from letter ii
the same strain written few days later
II do not sleep, and 1t Is to you that
return Am | then marked by ia
tai seal. that ! must drink this cup
OF bitterness? At this moment ] am
calm. My soul is strong, and 1t rises
In the silence of the night. How hap
Ply we were. my darling! Life smiled
On US iotNune' ioNe' du"Iduie ruii
uren' united lam SIe.erythihH;
Ihen came tnis tnuhuerpoi', ieailui'
terriole, buE' ! pray OF YOU pay.
,nlhes LOT tue chiiuieh, lor ,Nsli ~"
ieal uas .e'i 'neul .u"' ~, ~,
thoir r,nor sa,,s i,s, orte,fre mon
re- shou,d suffor throueh orr main
Hob nv, dariina b,d not va, how
,,odi,, Wi, w. 7 AZ, Van, lave holds
mo baoL II is vour love o,lv that
msl-os mo s,ronp enough tn hear tho
haired If a nation
.,na tha naoo,a oro ri,ht 9o hate
H., h,,,a haor ,o,a thot an
,ra,,or A. ,raitor tho hor,ihIo
,,,a,d, !. hr.,,s nv beert
81 troitori Is 4, nose;b,a that
tho, could accuso mo. and condemn
no Co., orir,a CO ,nonstrouet
Co. a,o,,d nv innocanco crv n
r,,h 81, thn strorytb NJ yo,,r lungs.
w., =, No., ,ba ho,,so,ons IN Inc yery
Vii fatI
IVA hin, ont tho GUILTY. ono 7. is
bo whom wo nnst ind
"I embrace Won an love vou
alfred
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m'natloh that .ne 'i ,, snal. ne urous ~,
a. isls - s'i ,ot,rr ,,.,.itton ,ror, Tn,i,,,
island we scIect the following. which Is II
itself sufficient evidence of The bold ant
,mdaunted resolution with which he faced
his fate;