The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
WORDS THAT SEALED
THE DOOM OF DREYFUS
Court Returns a Verdict Of Guilty
With Ten Years. Imprisonment.

Rennes, Sept Sit was SOP p. m
when verdict was arrived at.
The ringing ofsa bell announced the
entry of the judges, an officer ordered
carry arms" and present arms!' the
rattle of rifles following, and then Col
onel Jouarst marched in, saluted and
laid his KEPT on the table. The other
judges did likewise, the gen d'armes
shouted silence, and the stiffness OF
| death fell on the audience, who waited
heart in mouth for the announcement
! of Drevfus' fate.
/ Colonel Jouaust then began reading
the Judgment, the text of which was
| as follows: - &c.
Today, the 9th of September. 1899, the
courtmartial of the Tenth region army
corps, celebrating behind closed doors,
| the president put the following 'ques-
ton: rs Alfred Dreyfus, brevet cap
tain. Fourteenth regiment of artillery,
probationer on the general 1taff, guilty
of having, in 1894. entered into machi-
nations or held relations with foreign
| power or one of its agents, to induce
1t to commit hostility or undertake war
against France, or procure it the means
therefor by delivering the notes and
documents mentioned in the documents
called the bordereau, according to the
June 8, 1s99?p
The Verdict Was Guilty.
THE votes We're taken separately,
beginning by the inferior grade and
youngest in the last grade, the presi-
dent having given his opinion last. The.
court declares on the question by a
majority Of five votes to two. II
Eyes, the accused is guilty.
to-
eXtenuating circumstances in conse
quence of which, and on the request of
the commissary of the government, fthe
president put the question, and received
again the votes in the above mentioned
form.
LAS result, the court condemns, by
a majority of five votes to two, Alfred
Dreyfus to the punishment of ten years
detention
The pent up feelings of the audience
were expressed in a long, deep drawn
"Oh" when Colonel Jouaust reached the
word Guilty" The word was pro-
nOunoed under his breath.
Owing to the threat of vigorous pun
ishment for uttering any cry, there was
no outburst, but the faces of the ma
jority of the spectators reflected an eX
preston of anguished surprise.
M. Labori heard the verdict with a
back in a chair as though horror
stricken. Colonel Louaust read the
judgment without tremor of his voice,
and apparently unmoved.
Quiet IN, Court Room.
The silence was Immediately broken
by rushing of the reporters to drop |
their previously prepared kilograms
into the letter box opening into the |
street A gen d 'arme received them |
and gave them to the respective mes
sengers for transmission on the wire. |
The noise called forth a stern cry of |
silence! silencel' and again all sound I
was hushed until Colonel Jouaust fin
ished speaking.
He concluded by saying the court
would remain sitting until the room
was cleared. He asked the audience to
go out quietly and not to raise shout
of any sort. II
The gen d'armes then closed around
the audience and pressed them outside
Not a word was raised by any one.
Everything passed off with complete
calm. ~
AS the people emerged the gen
1armes kept them moving away from
The court The small crowd of people
outside cheered for the army but the
gen d'armes did not interfere, and there
vas not the slightest disorder. a..
The Judgment was read to Dreyfus
n an adjoining little room by the clerk
If the court, NJ Coupers. Dreyfus lis
.ened impassive, did not give the
slightest sign of emotion nor utter a
word and marched back to prison like
N aJ1foln q TON /