The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-21
And that He VIII Spend the Remain
der Government Protection.
UNCONFIRMED ENGLISH RUM0R
DREYFUS's LUGGAGE REPORTED TO
HAVE ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL.
II Is all to BE Marked for New York,
fus Is Coming to America.

PARIS, Sept. 20.-Alfred Dreyfus was re-
leased from the Rennes prison at 3 o'clock
this morning and is now at Bordeaux or
possibly en- route to Nice. Though granted
a pardon, he will not rest content while the
stain of treason rests on his name. The
Aurore will tomorrow publish the following
declaration from the former captain:
The government of the republic has given
me my liberty, but liberty is nothing 10 me
without honor. From to-day l shall con,
tinue to seek reparation for the frightful
judicial error OF which l remain the victim.
I wish France TO know by a dehnitive .Judg,,
ment that 1 am innocent My heart viii
only be at rest when there remains not a
single Frenchman who imputes to me the
ALFRED DREYFUS."
NJ. viguier, chief of the secret service,
and the project, NJ. Dureault, went to the
Rennes prison after midnight, bringing the
minister of wars order for the release of
Dreyfus. The latter walke from the prison
to the Boulevard Laenne, where he entered
a waiting carriag e and was driven to the
Vern sta,. outside the w Matthew
Dreyfus met him at the train and accom-
panied him to Nantes. While this dramatic
turn In the Dreyfus drama was taking place
all Rennes slept and the departure of the
famous prisoner of DEVILS island was un-
noticed. The carriage which was in waiting
was the same vehicle which took Dreyfus
TO his prison when he returned from Devils
island. Dreyfus got in opposite the house
where Maitre Labori had slept previous to
the attempt on his life. alighted about five
hundred yards from the station and walked
to ii Notwithstanding the drizzling rain. The
Nantes train came in just as he arrived.
Alfred and Matthew quickly took their seats
and the train went out of Rennes, bearing
Dreyfus away, a free man.
A small crowd Of people had waited around
the prison until midnight expecting the re-
lease of Dreyfus, but it then dispersed,
thinking it was too late for Dreyfus to
leave. Mme. Dreyfus left Rennes at noon.
accompanied by her father and friends.
The Dreyfus party travelled as ordinary
passengers. The train reached Nantes sta
ton at s:17 a. m. The Dreyfus brothers
alighted on the platform first, followed by
NJ. Viguier, who inquired II they could have
a private room. A waiter replying in the
affirmative. the brothers entered a room and
ordered two glasses of milk, while NJ.
Viguier and the policeman remained outside
in the public bar. Inquiry was then made
concerning the Bordeaux train, which, they
were informed, left at S:5S a. N. All four
then entered a first-class compartment, in
which there were already other passengers.
1t was intended by thus refraining from any
attempt to secure privacy to avoid exciting
curiosity. and this apparently succeeded.
NJ. Viguier and the policeman only went as
far as the first stop, Vertou, whence they
returned to Nantes to catch the 1913 p. m.
express for Paris, leaving the brothers to
continue their journey alone.
A dispatch from Bordeaux says: 1.-THE
Petite Gironde states that three travellers
arrived here to-day on the train from
Nantes, one of whom was recognized as
former Captain Dreyfus. They went to a
hotel. intimating their intention to proceed
by the Nice express"