The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

most animated Every inch Of space
was flied a quarter Of an hour before
the proceedings opened.
The Court Assemblies.
~ seven o'clock NM. Iabori and DE
Mango aud Mai. Curricrr. with their
assistants. took their seats, and the
witnesses followed Then sharp
words from the officer commanding
the row of soldiers at the back of tn"
court rang out:
Carry arms
Present arms"
There was rattle Of arms, and n
moment later Col. Jnuaust, followed
by the other members Of the court,
walked on the stage from a room bc.
hind. and took seats at 'hc table. Deep
silence fell upon the audience. who up
Co then had hrrn engaged Ia buzz OF
conversation.
All In FnII Uniform.
Col. Iouaust and his colleagues were
in full parade uniform. with aigrcttes
in the front of thelh peaked shades.
Col. Jouaust's Higrette was white, the
others wvrr tri-colorcd.
ON the right hand of Col. .Iouausi
sat Licut.-Col. Brongniart, Maj. DE
Broom and Capt rnrfait. all of the
artillery. On his left hand were Ma
iorg rrnhlct and Merle and Capt.
Bcnu,is. also uf the artillery.
An Intcrc-tipk FIEure.
An interesting figure, seated behind
the Judges, was the woman known as
la Dame Blanche tthc white LADY,.
who has never absrnted herself from
any Of the proceedings c0ncctcd with
the DrryfuS affair. including oil SEES
sions Of the Estcrhazy. Zoln and Pic
quart trials. aud the proceedings of
the court ~ casSatlon. All the actors
in the drama are knawn TO her She
is IA pronounced Drcyfusarti. very rich,
and wears splendid pearls. She was
dressed In Picture" hat. with black
and white trimmings, and a pink
bodice.
BRING In the Prisoner.
Immediately after Col Jouaust was
seated. he gave the order to bring In
the prisoner. All eyes were then turned
60 thc right Of the stnge, beside which
was door leading to the room In
which Drcyfus was awaiting the sum
mons. Almost everybody but the most
prominent officers stood on their feet,
somr mounted benches, to obtain .
better view. There were subdued
, cries of "Sit down." amid which the
door opened and Capt. Alfred Dreyfus.
preceded aud followed by a gcndarme,
emerged into the court room.
Always the Soldier.
His features were deathly pale and
his teeth were set with a determined
but not defapt bcaring. lie walked
quickly with almost an elastic step,
and ascended the three steps leading
Ia the platform In front of the Judges
There he drew himself up erect,
brought his right hand sharply 90 the
peak of his kepI, or military cap, Civ
ing the military salute, showing that
years OF Incarceration ON DEVILS is-
land and the terrible anguish of body
and mind had not impaired his sol
iierly Instinct and BEARING. The pris-
cney then removed his kept and took
the seat placed for him. facing his
judges, Just In front of his connsels'
table. and with his back 20 the audi
ence. Behind him sa: n geBdarme,
holding a Sbeathcd sabre tn his hand.
Dreyfus An Uniform.
Dreyfus, In new uniform of cap
tain Of artillery, dark blue. with rcd
facing. .nNedly regarded the judges with
immovnble features, and without stir
ring hand or foot, scarcely even
moving his head during the
whole proceedings, except when
entered aud left the room.
After the formal proceedings. which
occupied couple of hours, Col.
Jounust began the examination Of
Dreyfus respecting the famous bor-
tiereau, and what Drvyfus did with. or
| could have known OF It's contents.
The Prisoner Interspsatea.
Then Drryfus, wearing eyc-glasscs.
rose from his seat for examination. lie
stood erect, holding his kept In hts
hand before him. lie looked Col. Jou-
aust In The facc during the whole i'm
tcrrugatory.
| Col. Jonanss brgnn by saying: aIt
results FROM the documents just read.
that you nrr accused OF having brought
about machinaflons or held relations
with foreign power. or one of ncrr
OF It's agents, In order 60 procure Il
means. by deilvcri1g II documents. In
dicsted In the ineriminating lorder-
eau. to commit hoetfhties or under
take war nauinss France. ! notify
yuu that you will tr allowed 90 state
during tho eourxe Of sheHe proceed-