Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-10
ALMOST OVERCOME BY COL. JoU-
AUST'S SEVERITY.
WHAT THE RETRiAl MEANS
If Prisoner Is Acquitted Several Prom
inent Men of France win BE Ruined
Accused Man Speaks to Himself
When Intending to Converse With
0thers-Second Day OF the Trial.


Rennes, August 9.-tMrs. Crawford
on situation at Rernes)-M. Demange,
the principal counsel for Dreyfus, en-
presses himself as we'll satisfied with
Mondays proceedings. Jouaust had to
play the part of severe judge, but II his
voice was rude and his manner rough
toward the prisoner, his eye was kind
and he made no attempt to
press home the points raised
by the indictment. Gen. Mercier
is the guest of Gen, Saintger-
main, who tells his friends to be pre-
pared for sensational account that
must crush Dreyfus and many others
with him. No one believes the avowal
by Gen. Billot who said that on his soul
and conscience Dreyfus was traitor,
Mercier will be driven to bay and will
issue from the trial ruined If Dreyfus
is acquitted MERCER refuses to be in
terviewed. He looks bowed down from
care. Gen. Billot, on the other
hand, seems to have taken
also extremely reticent as indeed are
all the witnesses of note. Possibly,
nay probably. it was not written by the
attaches in question Lemercier Phi
card was equal to the task of forging
it, and possibly did forge it for pc
cuniary consideration.
The counsel for Dreyfus met Tues
day, at his wife's residence. and the
heads of the Dreyfusite party were con-
suited on the present aspect of the at
fair. They did not see any possibility
of repeating the Judgment OF "a.
Dreyfus was greatly fatigued after
the ordeal. The reporters Of the ma
tionalist Journals here, who judge
harshly in print, expressed admiration
for the untlinching consistency displayed
by Dreyfus. The leading personages
here have much to say about the late
General Annenkoff and Baron Fred
ericks in connection with Dreyfus, hut
General MERCER and M. HanotauX, the
former minister of foreign affairs, re-
fuse to speak on the subject. HanO-
| tauX looks detected. 1t will be curious
TO see whether he and MERCER contra
| ultL tdCH ullltI. l llSl q SttlilS W wv ~
probability that all evidence relating TO
foreign diplomatists will be given with
| closed doors. The public trial will be
resumed on Saturday. Dreyfus, n
member of his family tells me, has not
yet got over his Rip Van Wrinkle feel
ing. He was lost, as he put it. He
was thrown in heap by the searching
| and. as he thought unfriendly exam
| nation by the present court-martial,
| He had expected mere formal proceed
| ing NM. Demange and Labori did not
| prepare him for a hostile tribunal and
were quite right not to discourage him
| before hand, as his strength Is low and
! he is restricted to a diet of milk and
eggs which does not enable him to
| rapidly recover his lost strength. He
was AZ first greatly depressed to learn
| that he would be confronted with a
crowd of hostile witnesses and that the
| trial might last a fortnight or three
weeks. or even longer. Then, steeling
! himself, he cried: "You must prove
| yourself a man, Dreyfus You must
struggle for your honor and not give
in until you have cleared it once and
forever. But what have you done,
Dreyfus. to make people thus rend you?
| Were you born under a malignant
star? If so fight against fate: wrestle
until you have thrown the evil angel"
From long habit Dreyfus speaks to
himself when intending to converse
| with visitors.
Second Day Of Trial.
Rennes, Aug, 9.-The police arrange
ments in the vicinity Of the Lycee
| Tuesday morning were exactly the
same as Monday, but not more than 100
persons had gathered at $50 a. m, the
hour fixed for the opening Of proceed
ings in the Dreyfus trial. AS soon as
| Dreyfus was inside the Lycee, however,
the police were removed and the spec
tators allowed 10 circulate freely in the
streets around the building until later
in the day when the numbers became
| large and a Gordon was reestablished.
No demonstration was made on the
arrival Of members OF the court-martial
and others connected with the trial.
Gen. Chamoin former minister OF war,
who attends the sitting'to give explain
atoms as to the secret dossier, came
accompanied By officers carrying a
| heather wallet containing Chamoin's
notes and other papers referring to
the dossier which itself remains in the
strong box in a room near the court
| room. 1t is strongly guarded night
and day by officers specially detailed.
The secret sitting lasted TIL nearly
noon, when the court adjourned till
tomorrow morning Tuesday passed
quietly. A much larger crowd than
Monday assembled in the hope OF OBJ
tanning a glimpse OF Dreyfus during
the few seconds occupied in crossing
the street from the Lycee to the prison.
At the conclusion OF the sitting, the
crowd which then numbered 1000, was
allowed to pass freely before the Lycee
until feg moments before Dreyfus
emerged. Then the chief OF the gem
darme signalled an assistant who blew
a NH -yt DaFnro oL ~