Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
TORTURE OF DREYrUs.
omcial Report of HIS Jailers show
Cruelty Past 1an8 Was Prac-

Paris. Aug 9-The Matin publishes
an official report from the administra-
t!on of the colonies to the minister on
the sojourn of Captain Dreyfus on the
isle du Diable Many of the fact are
not new. but the document shows the
recognition, officially. of cruelty worthy
of the middle ages and publicly estab-
Ilishes their authenticity. From the
five columns devoted to the report the
following are some extracts:
During the first period OF his con-
fnement Dreyfus enjoyed a certain
amount of liberty His prison was of
stone, four metres square. The door
was barred with iron and so was the
window. The door opened on g. space
two metres by three. Iii this court was
a guard.
Five guards in all watched the pris
oner, who was only allowed to walk out
/ in the daytime in this very limited
! space.
"He was locked up from sundown to
sunrise. His correspondence was ex
lamined. Silence was enjoined upon him
except to the guards. AT the end of 1896
| the regimen was more severe. The
| prison was surrounded by a palisade,
bidden to go. His correspondence was
examined more vigorously than before
and parts cut out. Then an outer pali-
| SADIE was built to obstruct his View of
| the sea.
| Captain Dreyfus was told that at the
lleast demonstration on his part, or by
ouside friends, he would run the risk OF
instant death. Vessels Were not per-
i .l.; ,1,Dt Of 11a
| island.
I'm August, 1887, a new prison was
/ built. to which tine prisoner was trans
ferred. 1t was divided into two parts
| by u solid iron fence. On one side of
the partition was the prisoner. On the
l Iother side was a guard. The windows
were barred. A pointed wood palisade.
two metres eighty centimetres cover
nine feeD high. surrounded the PEN
More palisades before the little lobby
kept out the air and the pen became
damp.
"when put in irons. Dreyfus cried
out: 'Ah. They're going to burn me
| here
"In December $685. the prisoner was
allowed to walk with his guards outside
| the palicade five hours day.
|
prisoner continued to assert his inno-
cence He spoke constantly OF his Wife
and children and once cried: 1T Is now
| ten months since / have received let
ters., but in September, 1898, he re-
Iceived ten.
"once he said: L would have lodged a
bullet In my head II 1t were not for my
wife and children
81 Do t1yf RI "a hn n
promised to look up evidence in his fa-
| vor. He never thought it would take
so long a time. He hoped 1t would be
done soon. In December Dreyfus wrote
a cablegram to his wife. Letters We're
received that his health was good and
that he sent kisses, but the cablegram
was not allowed to leave.
when Dreyfus learned that his ap-
peal to the president had been rejected
he said: They discuss when an innocent
man is incarcerated within four walls.
would like to demolish everything. my
self included, but no! I'll go on tor my
wife's and childrens sake
His general attitude was submissive
and deferential He never formulated
any complaint. He passed most of his
time sitting reading and weeping.
| "At one time in August, 1896. he asked
| for books, to try and forget. for he can
not think without great pain in his
head. He can not re-read his wifes let
ters.
"As his health report says, he suffered
from heart trouble in 1896. and he had
nervous prostration. then brain fever
and congestion of the brain.
I'm December. 1897, he cried to the
doctor. 'Pm at the end OF my strength.
He suffered from heart palpitation,