The Dickinson press., 1899-09-23

hazy fed from France andis said tohave
confessed when we'll out of danger that
he wrote the bordereau.
Patty de Clam. No man has appeared
to worse advantage than de Clam. He
was placed in charge Of the Dreyfus case
by General Mercier, then minister of war.
In Zola's famous letter "J'accuse" he has
this to say of him: lie Colonel du Patty
de Clam was the whole Dreyfus affair
the man of evil, who directed everything,
did everything. He seems to have a
mind clouded and complicated to the
highest degree, haunted by romantic in
trigues, stolen documents, anonymous
letters, rendezvous in deserted spots with
mysterious women, who at night hawk
about overwhelming proofs. 1t is he who
imagined the debating Of the bordereau
to Dreyfus; of studying him in a room
cased in with mirrors; to flash upon him,
asleep, a dark lantern and surprise a
confession from him in the terror of his
awakening. Is it true that the intel
ligence bureau was forced to buy danger
GUS documents likely to set Europe on
fire? No, there was nothing Of the sort.
only the crazy and romantic Imagination
Of Du Patty de Clam. He was the da- !
bolical workman of a judicial error.
The wife of Dreyfus. In 1850 Dreyfus
married Lucille Hademard, the daughter
of a wealthy diamond merchant of Paris
In the attempt to onnec the bordereau
the more surely with Dreyfus they thought
they proved his disreputable relations
with a notorious oma His wife never
believed her husband guilty of any of
the charges, and though sentenced for
life IN Devils island used her influence
and her large wealthin the effort to prove
his innocence. No woman was ever more |
loyal, lone ever deserved victory more
than she.
Revision. On September 26, 1893, the
French cabinet voted to reopen the Drey-
fus case. March 81, 1899, the court of
appeals ordered the secret dossier sub
mitted. June ? a new court-martial of
Dreyfus was ordered. August 7 the
court-martial convened at Rcnnes. MANY
anti-Semites were arrested, and others
besieged the clubhouse. =
Labor. Associated with the age
Edgar Denange in this trial as counsel
for Dreyfus was Labor, one of the young
est and most brilliant lawyers in France.
He is under forty years old, tall, slim,
with fair complexion and digni6ed man
ner." He was Zola's counsel, and this
is what lola wrote of him: "The cause
we are fighting for owes almost every
thing to the gigantic energies of Nj. La
bori. This Labor, who is gathering the
first harvest of his manhood, who knows
neither fear nor fatigue. He is a tall,
deep-chested fellow, with a voice that
rallies a retreating regiment. He has
turned the defense into an accusation"
The Anti-Scmitcs fear him above all
others. The French military ring fearf
him, and on Monday morning, August ID,
when Labor was going from his house to
the trial he was shot in the back by a
cowardly assassin who succeeded in
makingh his escape.-Journa of Education.
Since the above was published the
Dreyfus trial has closed and a verdict,
equity OF treason" pronounced. The
judges stood five to two. The sentence
was ten years but the probabilities are
that Capt. Dreyfus will soon have his
freedom. All the nations of the world,
have been looking on and they unite in
%condemning the nation that has con-
demned an innocent man to save the
fame of a few generals. Later-Dreyfus
has been pardoned but is to leave France
for a time.