The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06

i'OuHceu by Two experts TO be in his writ
.ns' whist another expert commissioned
oy the government declared the contrary
according 10 the friends OF Alfred Drew
rus this document was not written by him
ana they attribute il to another officer.
whose writing certainly resembles il far
more Closely. Count Ferdinand Walsh
hsterhazy has since. on several occasions.
confessed to having written the border
eau)
suicide Suggested to Dreyfus.
When Maj du Patty de Clam had finished
dctating this letter, he made some excuse
4Or 4eaNlhg the room with the three per
sons who were with him, leaving Dreyfus
alone. 1t was then for the first time that
Dreyfus noticed that by his side. under
some papers, there lay a large army re-
EoiVer loaded in each of the six chambers
IL mas since transpired that this weapon
had been left there on purpose by the
commander, so that the accused man. if
nc chose, might put a summary end TO
me inquiry. About half an hour elapsed
and then the door was flung open and M
OocheIert, head of the detective police
marched in, followed by Commander Hen
ry OF the Second Bureau. NJ. Cochefert
walked up to Dreyfus and placed his hand
on MS shoulder, crying, In the name of
But why?" cried Capt Dreyfus. "What
am l accused Off"
You know very we'll" cried Mai. du
Faty de Clam, who had also entered
Inc emotion which you displayed just
now when l was debating that letter to
you Is quite enough proof OF that"
swear to you that I do not under
stand what you mean cried Dreyfus.
20 TO, 1t is useless for you TO fight
against the evidence. Your treacherv has
been discovered"
In the name of the Jaw" cried NJ.
Cochefert, Il arrest you, Alfred Drevfns
Ior the crime of high treason"
Inereupon the head of the police hand
ca the accused man over 90 the custody of
commander Henry to be conveyed "a
the ChercheMidi prison.
fortunes Before the Trial.
FROM the day of his arrest until the
10y Vi ms trlal Dreyfus was kept in The
most rigorous confinement lie was not
aHowed 10 see anybody, nor was he al
lowed either to read or write. II was not
uhth Dec. that he was allowed an in
terView with his advocate Maitre De
mango During The first week of his con-
niement he was visited twice bv Mai du
faty de Clam, who was charged with the
inquiry into his case, aud interrogat ted
IN ms cell. Maj. Forzinnetti who has re-
Gently been dismissed from the service by
the government states that on one occa-
sion the major asked to be allowed TO rush
INTO the cell with a bright light in his
hand, when Dreyfus was not expecting
nm, so as to be able to read the exDres-
non on the prisoners face. Beyond the
TACT that he was charged with high trea-
son, DreytuS ignored, or professed to ig-
more. the charges against him. He used
10 say 10 MS Jailer, who was the only per-
son beside Maj. du Patty de Clam who was
allowed to enter his presence: what
compensation shah l ask for when my in
nocence has been established? I shall ask
for the cross of The Legion of Honor. and
then l will send in my papers That is
what | have tod Maj. du Patty de Clam.
who has mentioned 1t in his report TO the
minister. He has been unable TO find a
single proof against me, for there can be
no proofs against me-"
The Secret Trial.
1t is very well known that the trial
was conducted in absolute secrecy. Not
even the prisoner was permitted 10 know
what evidence there was against him
Finally, on Dec. %, 1894, the court reached
a conclusion, the prisoner still uniformed
of the character of the testimony submit
ted TO prove his guilt.
The Sentence of the Court.
Col Maurel holds a paper in his hand
from which he reads judgment as follows,
in a short commanding voice:
in the name of the French people, the
first courtmartial of the military govern
ment of Paris was assembled this day, d &C.
%, 1894, celebrating with closed doors
1.-The president placed the following
question before the court Mons, Dreyfus
Alfred captain In the Fourteenth Regiment
of Artillery, stagiary of the staff corps,
attached to the ministry of war is he
guilty of having, in 1894, procured for
foreign power a certain number of secret
documents concerning the national lie
Tense, and of having in consequence prac-
ticed Vaccinations or of having entertain
ed inteligences with this power or it's
agents, to engage it to commit acts of hos
tility or TO undertake warfare against
France, or of having procured it the means
to do so?
THE votes of the court having been TAX
en- separately, beginning with the low st
rank, and the colonel presiding having
given his opinion last, the answer was
unanimously, Yes, the prisoner is guilty."
I'm consequence" continued Col. Maui
rel, land unanimously the courtmartial
condemns the man called Alfred Dreyfus
to transportation for life TO the fortified
enclosure, and condemns him 10 military
degradation"
That same evening Dreyfus, on the ad .
vice of his counsel, signed an appeal to
the court of revision that his conviction
should be quashed on the ground of in
formaity and that new trial should be
ordered. The court refused the appeal and
found that the first trial had been con-
Quoted with an the formalities imposed
by the law. Dreyfus was accordingly con-
v.cted and sentenced without any further
appeal being possible.
Protests Innocence.
Shortly before the sitting of the court
OF revision Dreyfus was visited in his cell
by Maj du Patty de Clam, who asked m
ii he was al last ready to confess his
guilt.
II am innocent" said Dreyfus; Il have
nothing 10 confess"
May you not have acted imprudently?"
said the commander. Did you not, per-
haps, do something Nth a view to involve
some foreign agent?"
II do not know any agents." replied
Dreyfus. II have neither had any such
relationship. l wished to involve nobody.
l am innocent OF the charge brought
against me-"
"Then," said NJ. du Patty de Clam, 'ff
what you say is true, you are the greatest
martyr of the century"
After The majors departure Dreyus