Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-10-06
JUSTICE IN FRANC!,,
HOW THE DREYFUS TRIAL LOOKS :;
AMERICAN EYES.

HOW TIE DREYFUs TRIAL LOOKS 7cl
AMERICAN EYES.
II You Can't Prove the Pr1sore,
Guilty by Direct Means, There Are
Always Circumlocutory Methods
That VIII Bring the Same Result.
Judge-Did you say that your name was
Alfred or Alphonse Dreyfus? Be careful
how you reply.
Dreyfus-Alfred Drey1us is my name
Judge-Ah, ha! Why did you say cal
fred Dreyfus is MY name" instead OF
my name is Alfred Dreyfus?''
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, mon colonel, l don't
Judge-You hesitate You look con
fused. I note the fact that you uncross
ed your legs when asked you the quea
ton. That is proof of an uneasy con.
science. What have you to say?
Dreyfus-l can't
Judge-He can't. This is confession,
He is guilty. (Sensational)
Dreyfus-No, mon colonel, l am limo
cent.
Judge-1f you are innocent, perhaps
you will tell where you were night be-
fore last at 1915?
Drcyfus-ln Jail.
Judge-Where were you on Jan. II,
1886?
Dreyfus-In Jail.
Judge-Where were you on the night
of March 3, 1897?
Dreyfus-ln Jail.
Judge-Where were you when tl:.'
Suburban was run in 1893?
Drey fus- In Jail.
: Judge (triumphantly)-Alw in Jail,
yet this canaille claims to be innocent
Once more. where were you on Feb. %.
1899?
Dreyfus-ln Jail.
Judge-Sacre bleu! You convict your
self. There was no Feb. 20, 1899. We
shall see. You wrote the bordereau?
Dreyfus-No, mon colonel, am inno-
cent.
Judge (sternly)-How long have you
known William Patterson?
Dreyfus-1 do not know NJ. Patterson
at all.
Judge-Are not you the man who
struck him?
Dreyfus-1 never heard of him.
Judge-He never heard Of Billie Pat
terson, the man who was struck! He
dissembles. Do you smoke cigarettes?
Dreyfus-Yes.
Judge-1s this tariff tax?
Dreyfus-1t is.
Judge-You are a traitor to France
France imposes tariff, and you say it
is tax. Have you ever felt like 81
cents?
; Dreyfus-Yes. mon colonel. I feel like
25 cents now.
: Judge-Do you still deny that you
night?"
! Dreyfus-l never denied it, because
never heard
wrote "Curfew Shall Not Ring To.
night"
Dreyfus-Rut, mon colonel, | know
nothing about "Curfcw.' | do not claim
Judye-But You don't deny Perhaps
you also wrote "Che Beautiful Snow
! Realistically. mon colonel, you d.
not allow NE to explain.
Judse-Iou see. he calnot explain. Do
you use Blanks soap?
Dreyfus-l do not.
: Judge-The reporters will observe that
be does not use soap. Do You believe III
; the free coinage Of silver at 16 to l indie
pendent Of any other nation on earth?
; DrcyIus-l am afraid that
! Judge-He is afraid to speak. He is
opposed to Sound money Whom do you
: consider the greater military genius
! MERCER or Esterhazy?
Dreyfus-I cannot say Both of them
possibly.
! Judge-Have you not been in CORE
spondcnce with Jack Chinn and Dead
! horse Jake since this trial began2
! Dreyf,ls-I have not
Judge-Do you deny that you received
a cipher cabIegranl from Hinky Dink
i yesterday morning?
Dreyfus-1 do.
4: Judge-You change color Your guilt
is now established. You can explain
nothing. You claim the authorship of
poems which We're written by Mile. Ella
; Wheeler. You are always in Jail, and
you can't even prove an alibi on the Goth
-, Of February. 1t is therefore established
that you communicated secret documents
to the German government and that you
wrote the bordereau.
Great applause in court, mingled with
the polite invitations to "conspuer" and
"abattrc" everything and everybody and
followed by a few cheerful assassina~
tons Oh the outside.-Memphis CONNER.
cial Appeal.
AROUND THE WORLD,