The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-08

SICHTSEERS.
Two Thousand Curious People
Gather at RenneS
In Hope of Catching a Look at
Captain Dreyfus.
HUSTLED FROM VIEW.
Soldiers Carefully Guard Him
From the Crowd.
The Court Now Meets Behind
Closed Doors.


ments in the vicinity of the Lycee this
morning were exactly the same as those
of yesterday but not more than a hun
! dred persons had gathered at the early
hour-6:3O o'clock-fixed for the open
ing of the days proceedings in the
trial of Captain Dreyfus. The prisoner
was conducted to the Lycee at 6:15 a. m.
and exactly the same precautions were
| observed as on yesterday. AS soon as
Dreyfus was inside the Lycee, however,
the police cordons were removed and
! the few spectators were allowed to cir
/ culate freely in the streets around the
building.
No demonstration was made upon
the arrival on foot of Maitre Labor or
Maitre Demange, counsel for Dreyfus,
or the members of the court martial or
! of General Chanoine, formerly minister
of war who attends the court to give
| necessary explanations as to the secret
| dossier. General Chanoine appeared in
uniform. His presence, it is expected,
will be needed today or tomorrow Then
NJ. PaleolOgue, one of the prominent
| officers of the office, will take up the
ing the dOssier.
General ChanOine was accompanied
! by an officer carrying leather wallet,
/ in which were NJ. CanOine'S 5 notes and
other papers referring to the dOssier,
which itself remains in a strong box in
1 a room contiguous to the court room.
| This strong box is guarded night and
day by an officer specially detailed for
| this duty.
The secret sitting lasted until Has,
| when the court adjourned until tomor-
! row morning. The day thus far passed
quietly. There was much bigger
| crowd than yesterday assembled in the
| hope of obtaining a glimpse of Dreyfus
during the few seconds occupied by him
in crossing the Avenue de La Care on
his way back from the Lycee to his
1000 SIGHTSEERS.
At the conclusion of the sitting the
crowd. mum bering about 1000 persons
and composed purely of sightseers, was
allowed to pass freely before the Lycee
until a few moments before Dreytus
emerged. Then the chief of gen arm
erie made a sign to his assistant, who
blew a whistle. Before the shrill sound
had finished the clatter of hOOfs was
heard and a moment later a strong de-
tachment of gen darmes, followed by
gen d'armes on foot, gallOped into the
avenue from a side street, wheeled
around and divided into two detach-
ments, stretching across the avenue,
and cleared a space 300 yards in front
of the Lycee. The hOrsemen rode on
the sidewalks clearing everybody out.
/ Even the newspaper men were driven
away Then a detachment of infantry,
headed by a bugler, dashed up to dou-
BILE line formed across the avenue from
door
gate of the ManutentiOn- The soldiers
were stationed shoulder to shoulder,
facing outwards and towards the spec
tators, who were crushed behind the
mounted gen d'armes, a hundred yards
off.
HERE HE IS"
Soon afterwards somebody shouted,
Here he isl" and the spectators, many
| of whom had come from neighboring
towns expressly to see Dreyfus, craned
their necks and stood on tip-tOe, hoping
to catch a view of the famous prisoner
as. preceded and followed by gen
d'armes and with a captain of gen
d'armes behind him, he passed through
the lane of soldiers with a quick mill
tary step, eyes front and with sOldierly
bearing but with the slightly jerky
of the continental officer accustomed
always to resting his hand on the hilt
of his sword. Dreyfus, however, be-
ing under arrest, is deprived OF his
sword The. crowd just perceived the
prisoners head and shoulders as he
passed the gaps between the heads of
the fnfantrymen, whose red kepiS, dark
blue tunics and bright red baggy trous-
ers threw a band of color across the
roadway. Less than a minute was Oc-
cupied in crossing the roadway, and
Immediately after Dreyfus reached the
wall of the ManutentiOn the pOstern-
gate was thrown open and he disap-
peared within.
The shrilI whistle was again heard,
the gen 'armes wheeled around and
galloped back to their barracks. the
crowd quickly dispersed and in a few
minutes the vicinity of the Lycee was
almost deserted.
In the meanwhile Colonel Jouaust and
the other members of the court martial.
Major Carriere, the official representa-
tive of the government, and General
Chanoine, all in full uniform, as yester-
day, left the Lycee by the main portal,
the crowd saluting them respectfully.
CHARGE OF PERJURY.
Do
there are grave contradictions in the
President Casimir-Perier before the
court of cassations and it understands
that counsel for Dreyfus are preparing
dramatic coup. Counsel propose, when
the respective dispositions are present
ed to the court martial to charge either
General Mercier NJ. CaSimir-Perier
with perjury under article 127 of the
military code. An arrest would then
occur instantly while the accused is
still in the witness box
DREYFUS CAN'T EAT
The condition of Dreyfus is disquiet-
ing. His wonderful will power alone is
lending him strength to go through the
present ordeal Physically he is ex-
tremely weak His stomach refuses all
solid food and he is only able to take
milk His family is very anxious
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns that the court martial was
able this morning to consider only part
of the secret dossier. The documents
were submitted to the judges in the or.
der in which they were classified. Gen.
Chenoine gave lucid explanations of the