The Grenada sentinel., 1899-08-19
1j[|[R|NIS O. DR[YFUS.
~. Feature Of the Days Proceed.
ings in the court-H Martial
ut Rennes.
epus1 WOULDN'T ADJOURN 10 MONDAY
,non Tried to Justify Hinsclf In
.,r,ug the RiGor0ss Treatment
-, the Prisouer-The Widow Of
col. Henry Gave Testimony oi
v.rx Little Weight.

Very Little WeaBA.
psnnes, Aug. 16.-The second trial
ao,,rt-martial of Capt. Alfred Drcy.
y. of the French artillery. charged
'as, ,.h treason, was continued, Maj. Car
S',. ,ars the representative Of the govern.
sn+ having refused to agree to the
p,:anrnmept of the case until Mon
s"y applied for by M. Demange, coun.
"a' ai for the prisoner, and Capt. Drey.
sus M owing to the murderous attack
.,nou ., Maitre Labor, leading counsel
tor the defense.
'o' The Featue Of the Day.
Tho feature of the days proceed
,.n. was the story Of the sufferings Of
ns.yfus ,n on Devils island. his prison
- tbe coast of French Guiana. Drey.
w. ". wept in court when the clerk read
M docrment recounting the "details Of
his Incarceration.
~ The proceedings opened with the ap-
.,,ic,tion of Demange for an adjourn
,nsnt This was followed by the drpo-
sit;on of M. Guerin, the former minis
ter of Justice, who, however, only re-
np,ted the evidence he had given be-
tore the court Of cessation.
NJ, LebOn's Testimony.
N Lebon, the former minister of
.hs colonies, a big, rel-bearded man,
then testified in justification Of his in
strrctions to treat Dreyfus 'igorous-
~ declaring that the extreme strin-
cercv only dated from the tim" he
thought an attempt would be made 10
rescue the prisoner.
Col, Jouaust, president of the court
martial, asked Dreyfus if he had any
onestions to put to the witness, and he
rcn,ied. in an emotional voince: NO.
am here to defend my honor. do
not wish to speak here of the atrocious
suffering, physical and mental, for
five years, I, Frenchman and an ill.,
nocent man, was subjected to on the
lie lu Diable."
Ohlcial Report Read.
M Demange here asked that the Of
fetal report Of the treatment of Drey-
fus ON the lie du Diable, which was
published in the newspapers last week,
should be read. The clerk of the court
did SO. and in sympathetic tone, re-
counted the narrowing tale Of Drey-
fus' mental and physical sufterinss
and inhunan treatment on The island.
Sa--~ - Tn ~ n ffnM.
Deep-drawn breaths Of indignation
came from the hearers as the reading
proce eded. Dreyfus, at first, watched
the faces of the judges with his usual
couposure; but, gradually. as the
story proceeded, and incidents OF his
awful existence were brought up be-
fore him, his eyes grew dim, and tears
p]istened in his eyes, and slowly
trickled down his cheeks.
Dreyfus wept silently.
Dreyfus could stand it no longer
and for the first time during his trial
gave way to his emotions and silently
wept. The faces of the audience ex
pressed sympathy with the prisoner
emotion, and even the captain OF gen
darmcs, sitting beside Dreyfus, turned
and gave him look of unconcealet
compassion.
Gen. Mercier, who with NJ. Lebon
wss seated in the front row OF TN
witnesses seats, listened to the read
ing Of the report unmoved, while Col
Jouaust followed it with an air o
bored tolerance.
M. Lcbon Recalled.
N. Lebon afterwards returned to tn
stand and added few more words II
Justification Of his conduct, and the1
Col. Jouaust ordered the next witnes
to be brought in. All eyes wer
turned towards the door on the righ
o, the stage. and a moment LATER Tn
form of a woman, dressed in dee
mourning, appeared in the doorwa
and, accompanied by non'comml'
stoned officer, advanced to the pla'
form.
Col. Henry's widow.
It was the widow Of Col. Henry. tn
Fre.ch officer who committed suicld
IN prison after confessing to forgin
certain documents in the case. WIZ
pale face and hand upraised before IN
cr,:cifx, she took the oath to tell IN
truth. Nine. Henry is OF medlu'
height and has q common caste
features and certainly could not be d
scribed as attractive. She at once P'
herself at ease, leaning forward wi'
both hands resting on the rail OF u
witness stand. In an attitude OF cor
plete self-possession, she gave her e'
dence, accompanying the words WI
frequent gestures.
Her Evidence Of Little Weight.
Her evidence. however, was OF litf
weight. She admitted the freque1
visits of Esterhazy to her husband al
said her husband told her ne nj
forged one document, I'm order to sn
the honor Of the country She ga
her evidence in mntter-of-fact WI
and was in no wise the sympatne'
figure the anti-D -Dreyfusards have TIL
to make her,
Gen. Roget, In undress UNIFORM !,
lowed. His evidence was vitrio
diutribe against Dreyfus from oeg'
ming to end. !.
The court adjourned until Thursd