The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-09-01
GAVE WAY TO FEELING
strain on DreyfIs Told Heavily
Yesterday and Brought
Tears


Renues. Aug. gi-Dreyfus had the most
trying DAY he has yet gone through. Ths
strain proved too great for him and Tor
the second time IN the course OF the trial
he gave way to his feelings ard sought
relief in tears. Tho generals have bran IL
ca him as a traitor before the court.
their subordlnates have pointed the hng-
er OF soorn IL HIM But he only once
nlnched-when the official report OF his
treatment on Devils Island Was read be-
fore him and the pictures OF his suffer
lnga. mental and physical. was thrown
yvidly ON the screen OF his memory
Then he hid hia features and wept
lie passed through another such crisis
today when. after Captain re Brun-
RenauIt and witness after witness had
brought before him that cold January
morning which ushered in the scene %
his degradation. Mai. Forzenetu, man
Of heart told IN simple words and unaf-
fected manner the story ~ Dreyfus'
s,rurrle with the maddenlng temptation
10 take his life and tho intervention of
his wife as an angel. nOinting out the
road of duty Then again tho prisoners
breast hcaved with emotion and tear
Frons iric7,ied down MS cheeks. He rose
and. after forced effort to rerain calm.
as he smoke fcw words concerning h,f
denial 10 Colonel Du Patty De Clam thu
nc wrote the horbendcrcau he turned 20
Forgcnotu with look Of thanks FOR hi
consolation 80 needed Dreyfus then Vt
tsred these words Of heartfelt gratitude
/ u. his wife. Tor the courage with when
shr insnired him: III r. due 20 her" nc
/ cried "thnt T am alive TODAY"
The prisoner could articulnte no more
hut sat down abruptly 70 conceal his dis-
tresa
The proceedings concluded few min
utes later and he WIS taken back TO MS
prison whore his wife visited him and IN
the presence of Nine. prevfus and IN
rendarme guard ne broke down comriete-
ltv The tension had been too much for
hin, Tie -obbed convulsivelv and tho
mariner ~ hts sorrows ioinei him IN
solace 81 tears.
I CAPT. lie BuRN-RENAuLT
4 cnptain lie -Renault and the au
Il porter. Of his assertion Of the Dreyfu
/ confession hsd an inning lasting nearly
the entire session, their depositions con-
tanning little but what has already been
4 stated before the court OF cessation
captain lie Brun-Rensuit introduced
the new assertion that the fact that he
haa not related the incident OF the con
q Yoaalon 10 President Caaimir-Perier was
because ne overheard himself called
arsnaute. cur and traitor" while waiting
at the Elysee He. however. couia nor
= explain why he KEEP. this 10 himself for
- RN NnA
q incident before the court Of cessation
Nor ana his explanation as 10 why ne 90
K atroyed the page Of his note book con-
talnlng the record ~ Dreyfus contess''n'
4 sound very convincing.
The other witnesses were repetition or
u Captnin lie Brun-Renault But very
II significant question was put to Colonei
n Guerin by a member OF tho court. Lieut..
g Colonel Bronaniart. who sits at Colonel
Jouausts right hand and always puts
3 pointed questions. Tie has thoroughly
~ studied the Dreyfus case, and In reputee
at to be one OF the best authorities on tn
On case He Is said 90 be n rabid anti-Drey
X fusard. aud he today In a auet tone
he asked Colonel Guerin n he thought NJ
re Well who is a friend OF Esterhazy, als'
know Dreyfus. The latter at once ros'
and declared ne hnd neNNt u'i"ie HfAi
E of Won. The polnt of this question wa
that Tsterhazy has written 20 Colone
,. Iouaust as announced and has undoub'
i- edly mentioned Wei as a go-between 70
" Dreyfua. This IS the person referred 4
{, IN yesterdays dispatch as "V'' a mis-
D. take for "W" If relations can be prove
y between Dreyfus and Wei, then ne coul'
" assume Dreyfus was a traitor The gen
" crnla n sufncent evidence ~ a Dreyfus
y Well -Tsterhszy connection can be pro
duced. can abandon the contention tina
lo Dreyrua wrote the hordereau ana adm
=. Estcrhazy IL the author OF r. This
: possibly the change Of tactics on the par
of tho generals which has been hlnte
at recently
u was reported this afternoon tina
IA Generals Mercier. Roget and Gonse an
.s NJ Cavaignac who are staying az IN
al house ~ a friend some miles outside {
In Rennes met today NJ General MERCER
"a house and discussed the evidence Colon.
nd schwarzkOppen'H housekesper Nm
et Badatain, could give II she was subieete
ch 90 a severe examination with the resu
~. that n wae dccided her evidence was M
nn conclusive enough 90 Justify summonin
ur her ~ a witness for the prosecution.