Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-30
IN IMMENSE CROWD
Present at the Court Of Cessation, in
Paris, Yesterday.
EVIDENCE THAT DREYFUS WAS
CONVICTED UPON UNTRUST-
WORTHY EVIDENCE = T H E
SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF
THE DAY GRAPHICALLY De-
PICTED BY THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS REPORTER.

ton met to-day 10 near the DEBATES
in the application for revision the
Dreyfus case.
The doors of the palace of justice
were opened at IL o'clock. Persons
connected with the case, newspaper
men and others began to arrive half an
hour previously. There was much
animation in the Hobbies of the palace,
but the crowds in the vicinity were
not large. Extra precautions were
taken TO. preserve order inside and out
side the building. The colonel COM
manding the guard of the palace had
been given special Inducements by
the military governor of Paris, Gen.
Zurlinden, and considerable forces OF
military and mounted police have been
assembled at the barracks in the vi
entity of the court
The witnesses who have testified in
the Dreyfus case were admitted by
door on the left of the palace, ana
those connected with the trial of Nine.
Deroulede and Mariel Habert, for in
citing soldiers to insubordination in
connection with the election of Presi-
dent Loubet, which is also before the
court to-day, were admitted by door
on the right of the building.
Spectators about the palace
WE'RE SELLING SEATS
at points of vantage for from ten to
twenty francs each, but the business
done was not as good as during the
lola trial, when they easily obtained
forty francs for seats.
The court room was filled with
hrit ho tor. arf Of
the hall having been reserved for
ticket holders. Many judges belong
ing TO other courts were among those
present and absolute tranquility pre-
vailed. There were about twenty
ladies among the audience filling the
galleries.
The proceedings commenced at noon.
Amid profound silence the president
OF the civil section of the court read
his report on the case. After recalling
the conditions under which the prose-
cnJlon of Dreyfus was instituted in
1894, he dealt with the contradictory
evidence of the experts in handwriting
and mentioned the protest of innocence
by Dreyfus. who said to Lieut.. Col
Henry:
This OdiOuS accusation is
The DEATH OF MY LIFE.
! must have justice done me-"
Henry replied that the matter did
not come within his competence.
NJ. Ballot de Beaupre then read
number of eulogistic reports on Drey-
fus when the latter was military
school probationer on the general staff,
his interrogatory by Lieut. Col. Du
Patty de Clam. in which Dreyfus per-
sisted in denying having had relations
with any foreign embassy and his
statement that he had given any doc
uments to any agent relating to the
defense of the country.
The report afterwards described the
scene in DuPaty de CLAIMS Office in the
presence of the chief of detectives, NJ.
Rochefort, and sketched the history
of the Dreyfus family.
According to Du Patty de Clam Drey-
fus, when he saw the resemblance to
his handwriting, exclaimed:
They have stolen my handwriting"
It was also pointed out that Dreyfus,
when the report of Ormes-Chevilles
was presented at the courtmartial, pro-
tested he had never seen the 120 short
gun used, and that
HE DID NOT KNOW
before July of the disposition of the
frontier forces. The prisoner also said
he mad not had copy OF the firing
manual, knew nothing of the documents
respecting Madagascar, and said to
the reporter of the courtmartial:
Il have now been more than six
weeks in confinement. l swear | am
innocent. The son of an Alsatian pres
ident, | abandoned everything to serve
France, and | am to-day worthy OF
leading her soldiers on the battlefield.
The martyrdom | suffer is atrocious."
nj. Ballot de Beaupre then dealt with
the Ormes-Cheville report of Dreyfus's
relations with married women.
While the Dreyfus case was proceed
ing in one part of the palace of justice,
the assiZe court on the other side OF
the building was occupied with the
trial Of Nine. Deroulede and Marcel
Habert, who are charged with melting
soldiers TO INSTRUMENTATION on the day
Of election OF President Loubet. Con-
spicuous among the audience were Nine
Rochefort, Colonel Montiel and Fran
coise Coppee and N. Quesnay de Beau
repaire,' former president of the civil
section of the court of cessation.
AS the defendants entered some of
the spectators cheered.
The reading of the indictment caused
some murmurs.
When NJ. Deroulede (who is a mem
Der of the Chamber of Deputies and
creator. in 1882, of the League of Pa
triots), was called upon to plead. he
began diatribe against parliamentary
ians and the Jews. During the course
of his remarks he declared his action
was maturely weighed and reminded
the court that he created Boulangism
Gin order to save France"
THE AUDIENCE IN COURT
CHEERED
Nm. Deroulede and Habert, and there
were cries of here is a jury of acuuit
tai, when the jury entered.
Murmurs were heard when the
charges against the prisoners were
read.
The presiding judge then asked NJ.
Deroulede while he former officer of the
army and the soldiers lyrist. on. De-
roulede is the author of "Chants du
Soldat" and ''Nouveaux Chants du Sol
dat, could wish to turn thea army aw ay
from its duty. To this NJ Deroulede
replied, amid laughter. with compar-
Ing premier Dupuy to the Frog in the
fable and said he, (the defendant)
wished to lead brigade to oyerthroyc