The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-09
DREYFUS In AGONY
Continued from First Page.


AS soon as Dreyfus was inside the Lycee,
however, the police cordons were removed
and the few spectators were allowed to
circulate freely in the streets around the
building
NO demonstration was made upon the
arrival on foot of Maitre Iabori counsel
Tor Dreyfus, or the members of the court
martial, or of Gen. Chanoine, former
minister of war, who attends the court
to give necessary explanations as to the
secret dossier. Gen. Chanoine appeared
IN uniform. His presence it is expected,
Will be needed today or tomorrow. Then
M PaleolOgue, one of the prominent Of
ficials of the foreign office, will take up
the task of enlghtening the judges re-
garding the dossier.
Gen. Chanoine was accompanied by an
officer carrying a leather wallet, in which
were Gen. Chanoine's notes and other pa
pers referring to the doSsier, which itself
remains in strong box IN a room cOntig-
ucus to the court room. This strong box
is guarded night and day by an officer
specially detailed for this duty.
The secret sitting lasted until u:45,
when the court adjourned until tomorrow
morning.
Today, thus far, passed quietly. There
was much bigger crowd than yesterday
assembled, in the hope of obtaining a
glimpse of Dreyfus during the few sec
onds occupied by him in crossing the
Avenue de la Care on his way back from
the Lycee to his prison
At the conclusion of the sitting the
crowd, numbering about 1000 persons and
composed purely of sightseers, was al
! lowed to pass freely before the Lycee
until few moments before Dreyfus
emerged. Then the chief of gendarmerie
made sign to his assistant who blew a
| whistle. Before the shriIl sound had fin
ished the clatter of hoofs was heard, and
a moment later a strong detachment of
mounted gendarmes followed by gem
| darmes on foot, galloped into the ave-
| nue,~from side street, wheeled round
and divided into two attachments,
stretching across the avenue, and cleared
a space of 300 yards in front of the Ly-
Gee. The horsemen rode on the sidewalks,
clearing everybody out. Even the news
paper men were driven away. Then a de-
tachment of infantry, headed by a bugler,
dashed up at the double and formed
across the avenue from the door of the
Lycee to the pOstern gate of the Manu-
tention. The soldiers were stationed
shoulder to shoulder, facing outwards and
| towards the spectators, who We're crush
ed behind the mounted gendarmes, a hun
dred yards Off
CROWD SEES DREYFUS.
Soon afterwards somebody shouted
Here he is" and the spectators, many
OF whom had come from neighboring
towns expressly to see Dreyfus, strained
thei" necks and stood on tiptoe, hoping to
catch view of the famous prisoner as.
preceded and followed by gendarmes, and
with captain of gendarmes beside him,
he passed through the lane of soldiers
with a quick military step eyes front,
and with soldierly bearing, but with the
! slight. jerky movement of the left arm
and shoulder of the continental officer.
| accustomed always to resting his hand on
the hilt OF his sword. Dreytus however,
| beng under arrest, is deprived of his.
The crowd just perceived the prisoner
! mead and shoulders as he passed by gaps
between the heads of the infantrymen.
who's red kepis dark blue TUNES and
bright red, baggy trousers, threw band
of color across the roadway. and immedi-
ately after Dreyfus reached the wall of
the Manutention the pOstern gate was
thrown open and he disappeared within.
The shrill whistle was again heard, the
Sendarmes wheeled round and gaIIoDed
back to their barracks, the crowd quickly
dispersed and in few minutes the vicin-
ity of the Lycee was almost deserted
In the meanwhile Col. Jouaust and the
other members of the court-martial, NAL
Carriere, the official representative of
IllC SONtIIIIllCnly anu CTSn CnanOlne, all
Iii full uniform as yesterday, left the
Lycee by the main portal the crowd sa-
| luting them respectfully
The condition of Dreyfus is disduiet-
Ing. His wonderful will power alone is
| lending him strength to go through the
present ordeal. Physically, he is extreme
ly weak. His stomach refuses all solid
food, and ne is only able to take milk His
family is very anxious
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns that the court-martial was
able this morning to consider only part
| of the secret dossier. The documents were
submitted to the judges in the order in
which they were classified. Gen. Cha
noine gave lucid explanations of the
points which were not clear to Col. Jou-
aust. Gen. Chanoine took tho documents
individually and explained them.
Maj. Carriere will later on state the
conclusion he draws from the dossior.
Maitres Labor and Demange, who listen
ed with close attention to Gen Chanoine's
explanations, did not enter into the dis
cuSsion on the subject, today's consid-
Grafton of the dOssier being of general
character and more in the nature of a
preliminary examination.