The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-09
Mandau State Fair--sep 26--27-28 and
20, 1899.
The Women in the Case.
MINNEAPOLIS journal.

The Women in the Case.
Minneapolis journal.
The French have an adage
that in every criminal case or
social sensation of doubtful
character, the woman, ifsought
for, will certainly appear, and
found to have much influence.
There are several women who
have played and are still play
ing leading roles in the Dreyfus
case.
First and most worthy of
these is Lucille Dreyfus, the
wife of the unhappy prisoner
who declares that but for her
noble efforts in his behalf he
should not be alive today. She
has believed in his innocence
from the first, and this implicit
faith has nerved her hand to
do and her heart to dare all
possible things in his behalf.
Another woman, known as "the
woman in white" is in daily
attendance at the trial. She is
is said to be Nine. Dorton, who
has expended more than half
of an immense fortune in be-
half of prosecuted and martyr
ed captain of artillery, but she
still surrounds herself with
mystery, and it is not positive
ly known who she is. Another
woman who attracts great at
tention at the Dreyfus trial is
Nine. Labori, the devoted and
beautiful wife of the great law
yer who won renown as the de-
fender of lola, and who. as
leading counsel for Dreyfus, is
now as prominent figure as
any at present before the gen.
eral public.
Two woman who have played
their part on the other side are
Nine. Henry and Nine. Ester
hazy, or Nine. Walsin, since
Walsin IS the real name of the
villain who poses as a member
of the princelyy family of Ester
hazy. This lady bore for years
all sorts of neglect and cruelty
from her husband, refusing, for
her children's sake, to obtain a
divorce from him, until a few
weeks ago, when in addition
to his infidelities and his
'slrsa,11e 4 I andering of her
fortune, he was proved tn be a
spy, a forgerer and a p. ;;urer..
Esterhazy's ally in these for
ger:es and other v:llanies has
been his mistress, the notorious
Mile. Pays. She has been deep
in the, secrets of the gang
leagued against Dreyfus. She
made confidante of the wife
of the concierge of the dwelling
where she lodged, and this
woman's gossip and Chatter
with Esterhazy's own indis
Greet condolences, led to the
discovery that he was the
origin ator of the bortlereau.
Another woman on this side
of the case is EsterhaZy's
cousin, Nine. de Bolcany, with
whom he for years carried on
a confidential and very dam
aging correspondence, which
has recently been published.
Another woman whom the anti
Dreyfusards have tried to draw
into this disgraceful affair is
Nine. de Peilieux, who refused
to act the part against preyfus
which was assigned her, and in
consequence has been victim
of the meanest revenge, which
has resulted in divorce from
her husband and the ruin of
her whole future.
The widow of the suicide,
Henry, who has been summon
ed to Rennes as a witness, real
ly knows nothing of the affair
and her testimony is of no
value. She is represented as
an unattractive woman, but of
good character and wholly
different in this respect from
the edisreputable adventuressess
who are arrayed against the
prisoner at the bar in the most
dramatic trial of modern times.