Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-29
THE PALACE OF
JUSTICE GUARDED
Court Of Cessation Meets to Hear
Dreyfus Case,
DER0ULEDE MAKES A SCENE
says re Created Iscuisnnism when
THAT Faiied. Two Plaques, pans- h
ms aud Drcyfus, peii on France.

Paris. May ss.-Thc court Of casa.
tlon met today 10 hoar the debate on
the application for revision Of the
Drcyfua csc. The doors Of the pal
ace Of Justice were opened at n O'Clock
Persons connected with the case. news.
pnpcr men ami others. bcgan 10 arrive
half an hour previously. There was
much anlmauou In the Hobbies u tho
palace. but the crowds In the vicinity
weru not large. Extensive precautions
were taken 10 preserve order inside and
outside tho building. The colonel com.
manding the giari at the palace has
been given special rclnforccmenta BY
the military KpyVrnor 81 Paris. Gen.
Nuriindcn. and considerable forccr OF
military and mounted police have been
assembled 1T the barracks IN the VEIN
Icy OF tho court
srEcuLAroRs FELL SEATS.
Spectators about the palace were
sailing seats az points ~ vantage for
ton to twenty ftanca each. but the
business done was not ~ good ~ dur
Ink the Zola trial when thuy easily
obtained forty francs for seats
The court room was filcd with IA.
riHinn celebrities. the greater part Of
the hall having hccn reserved Tor ticket
holders. Many Judges belonging TO
other courts were among thore present
and absolute tranquility prevailed.
There wor about twenty ladies among
the audience Milling the galleries.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
The proceedings commenced at noon.
Amid profound silence, the president %
the civil section ~ the court read hln
report on the case after r.cniiinF tho
contentious under which the pruaecu.
ton u nfryfla was based. lie dealt
With the contradictory evidence of the
experts IN handwriting and mentioned
the protest of innocence By Drsyfur,
who said 10 Lieut.. col. iionry. This
odious accusation IL tho death Of nay
ne. I must have Justice done me"
Henry replied that tho matter did
not come Within his competence,
EuLoGIsTIc REPORTS.
". nallui d. ncauprc then read a
number ~ cuioglsilc reports on Drgy-
fus when the latter was a military
school pfubatlnncf on The general stan,
his intcrruEatory BY Lieut.. col. I'M
iaiy du clam IN which br.yfus pyf-
sisted Ia denying having had relations
with any foreign embassy and his
statement that be had not given any
documents @ any aEant relating TO tho
defense ~ the country.
The reporter Afterwards described
tho scene IN Du Fatty du Clans Office,
IN the presence u the chiefs Of detec.
tivcs. n. Rochefoft and sketchcd the
history of the Drryfus family.
HANDWRITING ETOf IN.
According 90 Du Patty du clam
preyfuf, when h. saw this resemblance
20 his handwriting. exclaimed, They
have stolen my handwriting"
II was also pointed out that Dreyfuu
when the report u orina-cheohilies was
presented NJ the court martial protest.
cd he had never seen the le0 short gun
used ana that ha ala not know before
July u the disposition 81 the frontier
forces, The prisoner also said he had
not had o copy ct tho firinr manual
know nothing ~ the documents ~,
speeding Madagascar, ana said 90 the
reporter NJ the court mnrtiaii - have
now been more than rlN weeks In con.
hnemrnl ! swear ! am Innocent The
son " an AiHatinn Protestant ahan.
duned everything % serve France and
I am today worthy Of leading her sol.
dlUrH ON the battlefield The martyr.
dom ! Huner o. atfncluun"
NJ. liallot de iienuprr then dealt with
tho nrmastherilira report OF Druyfua
relations with married women.