The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-27
TRIAL RULES IN
DREYFUS FAVOR

that the telephone and telegraph service
from now until the close of the trial will be
open all night.
Captain Dreyfus saw Counselor Labor
this morning at II o'clock. NJ. l4aborfs
family, including his wife and children are
! now installed in the apartment which is to
be their home while in Rennes. Some peo-
pie claim it is imprudent of the lawyer to
bring his family. which may be the object
Of an insane attack by the nationalist on
account of his defense of Dreyfus. On the
other hand. it is argued 1t is safeguard
to the father to have the babies beside him.
Nine. Labor has the children pray every
night for the deliveranee of Captain Drey-
fus from captivity.
General Lucas, Colonel Jouaust and Ma
jor Carriere announce that the debates In
the trial will be held only in the morning
from O'Clock until noon, with no after
noon sessions. This is on account of the
heat, which is a real danger to the health
of the judges. the journalists, the public
and the prisoner. The seats at the DISPOSE
ton of the public are limited to sixty. The
trial will be held in the hall of Manuten-
tion, as the Lycee college was judged I'M
safe. ts !;
The examination of the dessier by Major
Carriere is not yet finished
Seventy witnesses have been called, in
Guiding Casimir-Perier and five former war
Observation-Disclosures, Zuriinden, MERCER,
Chanoine and Freycinet. The case will
probably last until late in August as the
taking of testimony will be slow work. to
say nothing of the other necessary legal
formalities. The extraordinary feature of
the affair is that the Dreyfusards are sure
of aequittal while their opponents are sure
of condemnation.
Captain Dreyfus is gaining in spirits as
the trial approaches. He has, however.
constant attacks of violent fever. Wearing
his uniform has acted like % tonic and the
shoulder straps seem to agree with him.
The defense. will be terse and brief, keep
ing strictly to the legal side of the case.
The captains friends are more than ever
hopeful since the government has put
stop to the army machinations and drawn
up concise line of conduct for the court
martial to follow.
Nine. Dreyfus saw her husband at the
usual hour today and keeps off the SUBJ
ject of the trial, which she leaves for the
conversation over the telegram sent to
Dreyfus announcing her confinement. For
three months after receiving it the prisoner
refused to write line to his family, and
it was the period of the deepest agony to
MINIS Dreyfus during the four years of her
husbands captivity.
Dreyfus now continually begs pardon of
his wife for the long and unjust silence
Nine Dreyfus has assured him that she
understands his feelings, and begs him to
bury the incident with the other painful
memories.
Nine. Dreyfus' admirable conduct has in
spired French woman to compose an Ave
Maria" introducing Nine. Lucie Dreyfus
and her sufferings into the prayer.
The prayer commences, Hail, Lucie, full
of grace, blessed art thou among women"
etc.. and while the enthusiasm of the wo-
man may be understood, still, this use of
prayer sacred to Catholics all over
France, has reused a storm of Indignation,
particularly as it was published in the
F'ronde and other anti-religious papers.
The press is receiving many letters from
Catholic women protesting against the use
OF the prayer in the Dreyfus case. The
feeling will be understood in America, if
it is considered how the religious people
would feel if an enthusiast substituted the
name of some hero in the Lords prayer.
Like the Prince of Monacos interference,
such things shock public sentiment, and
do more harm than good. Never could any
one better say "save me from my friends"
than can Dreyfus.
A cousin of Dreyfus committed suicide
yesterday by throwing himself out of
window. The local papers make only brief
comment which is expressive of the Rennes
sentiment, "One Jew less in the world
1t Is now asserted that General Boisdef-
FIRE ordered the letter from the German en-
peror to be forged by copying documents
he had in his possession written in the en-
perors own hand. The relations between
General Boisdeffre and the emperor were
formerly of cordial nature, and this let
ter, as has always been claimed, was the
browning piece of the bundle of forgeries
contained in the ultra secret dossier
Minister Gaiifet has not yet officially re-
sponded to the Tarrieux letter asking for
explanations as to whether the ''obus" in
inally to Germany; whether some other
person than Dreyfus might not have been
guilty; whether the soldier named Thomas,
condemned to death for attempting to as
sassinate M. Gastine, the director of the
artillery school at Bourges during the
| period of the fabrication of the round obus,
may nat have been the man.
|; Tarieux suggests it is an easy matter
to find people who dealt with Thomas be-
fore his execution, and he may have been
a traitor, as it is evident he desired to be
an assassin. In any case, a diligent war
Office could quickly clear up the mystery,
and prove whether or not the famous
"obus" cannon ball was in any way con-
nected with the Dreyfus affair.
Cupid has replaced the god of war with
Major Marchand. and it is announced that
the Fashoda hero has fallen in love with
Mile Cherfils, daughter of Colonel Cher