Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-06

from his trousers. AS the sergeant
flung them on the ground Dreyfus
threw up his arms and cried in voice
heard far beyond the limits of the court
yard: ''You are degrading an innocent
man. Long live France!" A roar of
execration answered him: ''Death to
the traitor!" and the big sergeant
roughly tore the sword belt from him,
wrenched the sword from it's scabbard,
broke it across his knee, flung the
fragments on the ground and stamped
upon them. Then, amid bowls from
the mob without, the degraded officer,
grotesque and lamentable figure in
his defaced uniform, was marched
round the hollow square, protesting his
innocence and crying: "Long live
France!" while the drums rolled in or
der to drown his voice. Finally, after
being photographed and measured as
criminal, he was driven in the prison
van to La Sante prison, and thence
taken, on January 10, to La Rochelle,
where he was embarked for the neigh
boring lie de Re, on which is the prison
wherein convicts sentenced to trans
portation await their embarkation.
Mobs all along the route sought to at
tack him, and the guard of gendarmes
had to struggle hard to keep their pris-
oner from being murdered. He was
eventually taken to the lie du Diable off
the coast of French Guiana.
The chronology of this famous case
follows:
OCTOBER, 1S94-Gen. MERCER, minister Of
war, gives order after an Investigation
conducted by Commandant du Patty de
Clam to arrest Capt. Alfred Dreyfus
1his is done by Du Patty de Clam and M.
Cochefort, chief Of detectives. Capt
Dreyfus is lodged in the Cherchi-Mint
prison by Lieut.. Col. Henry, who delivers
him to Commandant Forzinetti, in charge
of the prison.
NOVEMBER, 1S94-An indictment is found
against Capt. Dreyfus by the officers of
the bureau of information connected
with the general staff
DECEMBER, 1S94The first council Of
war, assembled at Cherche- Midi, unani-
mously condemns Capt. Dreyfus to de-
portation for life in an inclosed fortifica-
ton.
JANUARY 4, 1S95-Capt Dreyfus is de-
graded by Gen. Darras in the School Of
War;
\ 1|OAs AZ AoS0-DTey1uS IS taken by the
steamer La Rochelle to the Island do
Re, thence to be embarked for DEVILS
island
MAY, 1S96-Lieut. Col. Picquart discovers
the petit bleu," successfully attributed
to Coils. Panizzardi, military attache of
the Italian embassy. and Schwarzkoppen,
military attache of the German embassy,
and addressed to Commandant Ester
hazy. Lieut.. Col. Picquart comes to the
conclusion that Commandant Esterhazy
is guilty.
SEPTEMBER. 1s9s-rhe Eclair publishes
the secret document: ''Ce canaille de
OCTOBER, 1sse-M. Barnard-Laxare pub
fishes his first pamphlet tending to show
the innocence Of Dreyfus. II 49,,
NOVEMBER, disqualification of the COPY
! Of the bordereau in the Matin. NJ. Cas-
telin, representative from the L'Aisne
district, interpellates Gen. BillOt min
lister of war, upon the publication Of
papers connected with the trial. l.sy
MAY, 1Ss7-First disputes between Lieut..
Coils. Picquart and Henry.
JUNE, 1Ss7-Lieut. Col. Picquart takes
counsel with Nine. :Leblois.sa ~ j. .rk5,s !.
JULY, 1897-Mme. Leblois interests M
Scheurer-Kestner, vice president of the
senate, in the case of :Dreyfus, who de-
clares on the 1Ath to his colleagues in the
Luxembourg palace that he is convinced
Of the innocence OF Dreyfus."
OCTOBER, 1897--M. de Castro, banker, be.
lieves that he recognizes in the fac-simile
OF the border,sau, once more published
Y in the Matin.s the handwriting Of Com
| mandant Esterhazy. NJ. Ranc. senator
Of the Seine district, carries to the lobby
Z of the chamber Of deputies the speechsde-s
d livered by M. Scheurer-K estner IN tho
/ senate. He has. on the 30th, an intcr-5
view upon this subject with Gen. Billot.5
minister Of war. 81 45eSs