The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-25
pnEYrus AND THE JUDGE.
A Sample of French Justice Accord
Ing 10 n Southern Newspaper.

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Ing TO Southern Newspaper.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Judge--Did you say your name was Al
fred Alphonse Dreyfus? Be careful how
you reply.
Dreyfus-Alfred Dreyfus is my name.
Judge-Ah, ha! Why did you say "Al.
fred Dreyfus is my name" instead of IN.
name is Alfred Dreyfus?'
Dreyfus-Really, mon colonel, l don't
Judge-You hesitate. You look confused
note the fact that you uncrossed youl
legs when | asked you this question. Thai
is proof of an uneasy conscience. Wha
have you to say?
Dreyfus-I can't
Judge-He can't. This is a confession
He is guilty (Sensetion.)
Dreyfus-No, mon colonel, / am inno-
cent.
Judge--If you are innocent, perhaps yor
will tell where you were night before last
at 1915 o'clock?
DreyfusIn Jail.
Judge-Where were you on January IL
1896?
Dreyfus-In jail.
Judge-Where were you on the night oil
March 3, 1897?
Dreyfus-In Jail.
Judge-Where were you when the SUD-
urban was run in 1898?
Dreyfus--In Jail.
Judge. rlumphantly--Always in Jail, ye,
this canaille claims to be innocent. Once
more where were you on the Goth Of Feb
ruary, 1899?
Dreyfus-In Jail.
Judge-Sacre bleu You convict your :
self. There was no Goth of February, 1899
We shall see. You wrote the bordereau.
Dreyfus-No, mon colonel. l am inno-
cent.
Judge, sternly-How long have you
known William Patterson?
Dreyfus-I do not know Monsieur Pat
terson at all.
Judge-Are you not the man who struck
him?
Dreyfus-I never heard of him.
Judge-He never heard of Billie PatteI :
son, the man who was struck He dis
sembes. Dou you smoke cigarettes?
Dreyfus--Yes.
Judge-Is the tariff tax?
Dreyfus-It is
Judge-You are q traitor to France.
France imposes a tariff. and you say 1t is
tax. Have you ever felt like 80 cents?
Dreyfus-Yes, mon colonel. l feel like
% cents now.
Judge--Do you still deny that You wrote
"Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight"
Dreyfus-T never denied it, because
never heard
Judge-You see, he claims that he wrote
"Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight
Dreyfus-But, mon colonel, l know moth
ing about "Curfew" do not claim
Judge-But you don't deny. Perhaps you
also wrote THE Beautiful Snow"
Dreyfus-Really. mon colonel, you do not
allow me TO explain
,JIldge--NOu gaa he can mot pxDIajn No
you use Pears soap?
Dreyfus-I do not.
Judge-The reporters will observe that he.
does not use soap. DO you believe in the
free coinage of silver at 16 to /. independ-
ent OF any other nation on earth?
Dreyfus-I am afraid that
Judge-fIe is afraid to speak. He is op-
posed 10 sound money. Whom do you con-
slider the greater military genius, MERCER
or Esterhazy?
Dreyfus-I can not say Both of them,
possibly.
Judge-Have you not been In correspond
ent with Jack Chinn and Deadhorse Jake
since this trial began?
Dreyfus-I have not.
Judge-Do you deny that you received a
cipher cablegram from Hinky Dink yester-
Say morning?
Dreyfus-I do.
JuuSe gu chdHse coior. your gullt Is
now established You can explain nothing
You claim the authorship of poems which
were written by Mademoiselle Ella Whee-
Ter. You are always in Jail and you can't
even prove an alibi on the Goth of Feb
ruary. 1t is therefore established that
you communicated secret documents to the
German government and that you wrote
the bordereau.
Great applause in the court. mingled
with the polite invitations to "conspeuz"
and "bas" everything and everybody and
followed by few cheerful assassinations
On the outside.