The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-09-13
DREYFUS SENTENCED FOR TEN YEARS.
PRISONER SILENT.
His wife Showed No Signs Of Emotion
Men Wepi on Leaving The
Court Room.

Dreyfus was convicted a second time
by the court martial at Rennes last
Saturday.
NJ. Labor heard the verdict with q
pailid visage, while NJ. Demange fell
back In a chair as though horror
struck.
Colonel Jouaust read the judgment
without a tremor of his voice and APP
parently unmoved.
The text of the judgment is as fol-
lows:
To-day, September o. 1899. the court
martial OF the Tenth Legion Army
Corps. celebrating behind closed doors
the President put the following ques-
tion:
us Alfred Dreyfus Brevet Captain,
Fourteenth Regiment of Art llery.
probationer on the general stan, guilty
of having in 1894 entered into machina-
tions or held relations with n foreign
Power or one Of its agents to induce II
to commit hostility or undertake war
against France, or procure 1t the means
therefor by delivering the notes ana
documents mentioned in the docum nts
called the bordereau, according TO the
decision of the Court of Cessation of
June 81, 1899. The votes were taken
separately, beginning by the inferior
grade and youngest in the last grade,
the President having given his opinion
last. The court declares on the ques-
ton by a majority Of five votes to two,
Yes, the accused is guilty The ma
jority agreed that there are extenuat-
ing circumstances, in consequence OF
which, and on the request of the Com
missary of the government. the Presi-
dent put the question and received
again the votes in the aforementioned
form.
UAy n reenit tho court condemns by
a majority of five votes to two, Alfred
Dreyfus to the punishment OF ten
years detention"
The judgment was read to Dreyfus
in an adjoining little room by the clerk
of the court, NJ. Coupois. Dreyfus
listened impasive, did not give the
slightest sign of emotion, did not utter
a word, and marched back to prison
like an automaton.
Though a majority of those in the
court room FULLY expected the verdict,
they were completely stupeiied when 1t
was given, and the silence which pre-
vailed in the room and the way men
turned pale and caught their breaths.
were more impressive than any other
manifestations could have been.
As the audience left the room. fully
10 or Ii men wept openly, and the ma
jority of those present walked quietly
down the street for more than block
~
a funeral procession.
Dreyfus' wife. who was waiting in
torture and suspense at her house, bore
the news braVely, and when visiting
her husband Saturday aflern on show
ed the onlookers who were in the
streets. no sign of her sufferings as she
walked from her carriage to the prison.
The meeting between Dreyfus and his
wife Sunday was naturally very af-
fecting. but both held up as well as
possible. Ee said to her: II am not un-
easy regarding myself. as | shall soon
be free. but think of you and my poor
children. They will be branded as the
children Of n traitor"
He Is convinced that the ten years
Imprisonment to which he Is sentenced
will be wiped out by the five years of
solitary seclusion he has undergone on
Devils islam, and he expects to be re-
leased by October 10, which will be five
years from the date of the former con-
demnation. He is so sanguine that he
has made an extraordinary request Of
his wife for novel to read in the
meantime. explaining that his mind is
so shaken and weighed down by recent
events that he needs to divert his
thoughts, and to try to get all the re-
collections of the last three months out
of his mind. He thinks that reading a
novel will afford the desired mental re-
pose and keep him from brooding.
so tar as can De aScertalned military
men are perfectly satisfied with the
verdict, which they interpret as safe
guarding the honor of the army and at
the same time doing an act of mercy
to Dreyfus. who they say, has suf-
ficiently expiated his crime in the aw-
full existence he passed on Devils is
land. They point out that even II he
is sent to Fort Corte, it will be to re-
ceive henceforth the humane treat
ment he has experienced since his re-
turn to France.
One strange fact is the extraordn-
airy difference of opinion respecting
the exact effect of the Judgment
whether he can be degraded again,
and whether the five years. solitary
confinement he has undergone will be
regarded as equivalent to the ten
years detention to which he is
now sentenced, and he VIII be released
next month. This matter Is quite
aside from the general impression that
he will be pardoned In a few days by
President Loubet, who will find some
ground TO exercise clemency.
Maitre Demange thinks the five
years Will count for nothing, and that
Dreyfus, according to law, will have to
suffer ten years detention. Many 9TH
ers, however, including several law
yers, hold a contrary opinion. and de-
clare that he will be released In Octo-
ber.
EFFECT OF THE VERDICT.