The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-09-15
DREYFUS GUILTY
he Receives q Sentence Of 10 Years,
The Court Standing Five to Two.
Ne Expsc's to ne Released By October ~,
Tive Years fresn the Date 81 Former
Condemnation That Also 10 the
Opinion of Several Attorneys


REsSEs, Sept I0.-Capt Dreyfus was
found guilty.
Tho courts verdict sentences Drey.
fus ten years' imprisonment In fort
"ess- The court found extenuating
circumstances
Five judges voted for evnviction and
two against During the reading Of
the verdict absolute silence prevailed
In the courtroom.
The socialists are particularly bitter.
and the excitement eugcndered by the
presence Of their leaders is growing
hourly.
RrSSsh Sept II. -Dreyfus has borne
the terrible shock with marvellous
fortitude, one might almost say with
unnatural calm. Saturday he seemed
stupeaed when Maitre Labor com.
municated To him the verdict. but he
has since rallied. lie passed n quiet
night and arose when his orderly
brought him water at o'clock Sunday
morning, just as he did during the
trial when IL was necessary.
Madame Drcyfus and Matthew Drey.
fus. his brother, visited him during the
course of the afternoon. his brother
subsequently, leaving for Paris The
application To the court of revision wa,
taken To him at noon by Maitre Lab
orIs assistant and he signed It, sun.
day he spoke but little. though he has
seemed In better spirits than might
have becu anticipated The meeting
with his wife was naturally very at
fecting. but both held up as well AZ
possible. lie said to her: IL am not
uneasy regarding myself As 1 shall
coon DC free, but think Of you and
my poor childrea. They will be brand
I'D a. the children OF a traitor"
lie IN eonvipced that the ten years
imprisonment To which he il sentenced
will be wiped out by the i've years Of
solitary sccluslon he has undergone on
Devils island, aud he expects To be re
leased by October Is which will he
dv. years from the date OF his former
condemnation. lie Is 40 sanguine that
lac has made an extraordinary request
OF his wife for novel 20 read in the
meantime. explaining that his mind Is
40 shaken aud weighed down by re.
cent events that he needs to divert h.s
thoughts and 10 try To- &c, all tho
out OF bis mind. lie thinks that read.
ing u novel will afford the desired
mental rspose and keep him from
urooding.
Tho town Sunday was perfectly
calm There was not sign OF dem.
onstration nor n cry for or sgainss
Dreyfus or tho Jews heard anywhere.
A number OF people gathered 20 see
Nine Drcyfus visit the prison, but they
were quite respectful
The troops and masses OF gendarmes
who Saturday gave the center Of
Renncs the appearance OF n military
camp have completely vanished. There
are hardly any gendarmes in sight exc
cepi near the Drcyfus residence. where
q few are posted.
SO far m can oe ascertaincd military
men are perfectly satisfied with the
verde, which they interpret as safe
guarding the honor OF the army aud
., the same time doing an &C, OF mercy
for Dreyfus who. they say. has SUM-
ciently expiatcd his crime In the awful
existence he passed on DEVILS Island.
They point out that even IL he Is sent
20 For, Cor,c IL will be to receive
hcnccforth the humane treatment he
has experience since his return to
France. One strange fact 10
the extraordinary difference ofopinion
respecting the exact effect OF the judg-
ment-- whether he can DO degraded
again, and whether the ave years soil.
,ary confinement he has undergone,
will be regarded as equivalent to the
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