The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-06-10

to meet this last affronts which can be
inflicted on q soldier, my head upright,
without q blush. sTo say my heart Will.
not be dreadful1y tortured when they
tear from me the decorations which,
have won by the sweat of my brow,
would be false. would certainly pre-
FER DEATH"
On The day Of degradation the troops
formed a great hollow square, holding
back q bowling, tumbiing mob that
shouted, Death to the traitor" Drey-
fus was led forth, the sentence read
and General Darras said to him in o
loud voice:
"Dreyfus, you are unworthy to bear
arms. In the name of the French peo-
pie we degrade you'll"
"A mort! A mort!' shouted the
rabble-.death!"
Dreyfus raised both arms and cried
in nn awful voice, Il am innocent. Vive
la France!,
An adjutnnt stepped forward and
stripped the victim OF his g%alloons and
cuffs, throwing them into the dust.
ION the heads of my wife and chill
dren I swear thatI am Innocent"
cried Dreyfus, '.Vive la France!"
Off went the buttons, the numbers
of the regiment, ever the red stripes
from the trousers; then the sword was
drawn, and, II hard, dry snap, and it
was broken.
you degrade an innocent man."
cried Dreyfus; "Vive Ia F%rance!'
Next the degraded man was led past
his late companions in arms, slowly
around the SQUARE of troops.
81 am Innocent gasped the prisoner
into the pale, set faces of the soldiers.
II am Innocent" He looked into
their eyes.
death! death:' yelled the rabble.
that struggled like wolves against the
police to get at him, and teal him limb
from limb. Dreyfus faced them and
repeated his monotonous cry. Pass
ing the reporters, he exclalned: Tell
all France hat I am innocent"
"Judas!" retorted the reporters.
Friendless. one man in the midst OF
ten thousand pitiless enemies, the pris-
oner drew himself up and glared at the
insulters, but his legs began to totter
and his steps wavered and grew heavy
and he stumbled into the arms of the
gendarmes, who tool him away. The
terrible cry of an innocent man Will
never be etfaced from the memory of
generals, the staff and the soldiers who
heard it on January s, 1895.
The Forged Bordereau.
The evidence made public on which
Dreyfus was convicted was the similar
ity of his writing to that of u memo
randum or 'bordereau," which French
spies had found in the alley behind the
German ambassadors house. Several
handwriting experts declared Dreyfus
had written it, but others disagreed.
The document read as follows:
I'm the absence of any news indicat-
ing your desire to see me | neverthe-
less send you, sir, certain information
of interest.
q. A note on the hydraulic brake of
100 (method of operating this piece.
% A note or the outpost troops IA
few notifications will be made by the
new plan.)
"3. A note ON notifications in artil-
lery formation.
-. a note relating to Madagascar.
% The scheme relative to the man
ual of field firing (March IA, 1S94).
This last paper is extremely diff
cult to procure, and l can have it at
my disposal only for a very few days.
The ministry has issued n definite
number to the corps, md these corps
are responsible for them; each officer
is obliged to return his Copy after
the maneuvers. If, therefore, you wish
me to take from it whatever may in
terest you, and hold it afterwards at
my disposal, i will take it. Unless you
do not want me to make a copy in ex-
tense and address it to you. l am
just leaving for the maneuvers."