The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-09
S THE PRISONER OF DEVILS ISLAND INSANE !?

piers NJ TIE government. He advanced
cautiously 10 the guards cabin. near tae
quarters Of Dreysus. and as an expert
n7ent captured them.
What was more dtsquiesins stu. sec
end rescuinx nraneaver. planned and he'd
by ". Nsriguon. was similarly successful
MsnacI~x Applied.
NJ Ieson theyeupon decided to proven;
by the most stringent measures he cosld
adopt the possibility 81 acquiring the noto-
rEety or bad jail.r. lie selected ii.
Daniel for the service Of command AZ the
Safety island penal colony. and hurried
him of for Cayenne with volume of
written instructions covering the new
regime actuel' of the prisoner. The
place vas created especially for NJ. Daniel,
as a spost 81 confidence He was made
INDEPENDENT Of the governor and director
OF the penltentiary administration
After having arrived at Safety ksands.
not satisfied with placing Dreyfus behind
bars fn a cabin, NJ Daniel had him man
acled and chained 10 u oonviet's couch.
This brutal ard wholly unwarranted pun
ishmsnt lasted two n1ouths-unsii. in fact.
II Threatened to become the subject ~ an
administration scandal arising from the
protests OF Indignant Frenchmen cabied
30 the ministry al Paris. The oppro 5Figm
authorized IT, 81 Lebon He is now known
throughout France as the man Of the
Tnanaties"
The malice az which Dreyftts was made
she victim may hss measured hy the fol-
lowing extracts from anonymous bro
ehure written hy NJ Danei's superior and
abeItor. NJ de IA Losere, director of he
penitentiary administrations:
The arrival OF Dreyfus In Guiana cele-
II may be. added that he introduces into
this lamentable history g new element.
We must classify him as an exception.
phenomenon. His soul Is the product
OF an accident of nature He Is mon
SER. II those who issued the decree
naming Devils island as his residence
intended a symbolism in assigning him TO
the refuge of iepers they could not have
succeeded better. Dreyfus bsffled mercy,
which remained mute from establishment
after having been seized with horror in
looking upon him.
Meanwhile Of all the convicts he Is
treated the best While Clement Duval,
political maniac and humanitarian dream
er. = put on precisely the same footing
as the worst malefactor and subjected 10
hard labor In all It's severity. Dreyfus has
no occupation other than that OF wiplng
the lenses OF his eyeglasses In his ease
truly the QtSprGporGon between the crime
and The punishment Is too fragrant"
Extraordinary Precautions.
When NJ. Dauei was ordered to relieve
Drcyf1s OF the manaCies and chains he
found that his responsibility became ex-
cessively burdenscme. in his chamber on
Royal island he had an observatory es-
ta5iislled. There. with the aid of a spe-
cial mechanical contrivance and plenty OF
telescopes. he could at any hour see the
prison OF Dreyfus and explore its ap-
proaches. Al his bedside he placed a
telephone which enabled him to commit
nicate at any moment of the night with
the lookout Of the captains cell Moved
by caprice. a suspicion, an Idea for
nothing, on every occasion and without
any occasion-Dingt ding. And the guards
must respond Instanter.
One day during "a storm the telephonic
communication was int. upted M an
swer came 10 the oft-repeated and sense
less call What could this meane All
surprise Conspiracy, flight, Dreyfus had
escaped az last,
Scarcely waiting TO dress himself VI
Daniel rushed 10 the boa;house. A canoe.
quick! And of he went 10 Devils island
sick ana almost crazed until he was let
into the lobby Of the iron-ribbbed cabin
and saw Dreyfus TRANQUILITY working away
on his architectural designs.
At the sight he burst into tears like a
hysterical woman. Such is the keeper
in-chief OF Capt. Dreyfus on DEVILS ISL
and.
Afterward NJ Daniel after having taken
every precawtion against the guard re-
cpiving any animation Of his design. sen,