The Portland daily press., 1899-09-11
FOUND GUILTY.
Dramatic Close Of he Trial at
Rcnnes.

Renues. September e.--The expected
has happened. Dreyfus mas been con-
demned, out though majority Of thost
in the ocurs room this aft srnoon fully
exp .ctsd the verdict they were completely
stuponed when IL was given and the
silence which prevailed in the room and
the way men turned pale and caught
their hreathE, was more impressive than
any otber manifestation could have been.
n Demanse sank back In his chair and
tears triokled down his checks, and ID.
Labor turned whits as q sheet. while all
around the court men looked at each
other in silence. Positively the only
souEd to be heard vas the rustling al
papers from the reporters benches az
each press representative tried first to
send the news. AS the audience .efs this
court room fully ter or fifteen men were
crying openly and the majority Of thcss
present walked quickly down the street
a word. Il was like funeral process
sion.
Metnwhiie tragedy was being enacted
In the little room of tue court room
whore Drpyfus listened to the reading Of
the verdict. lie had been told the result
by his lawyers and had wept oitteIly. but
in the presence Of the OIL cials of the
court martial, he listened imprs8lvely to
the sentence.
His wife, VINO was waiting in torture
and suspense at her home, bore the news
hravtly and when visiting her husbanu
this afternoon, showed the oDlookers who
we're in the streets no sign OF her suffer-
ing as she walked from her carriage ia
the prison.
Nj. Matthieu Dreyfus wasnot presen
In court this afternoon, but he visited
his brother after the verdict had been rem
dered. He found him perfeoly calm and
without any manifestation OF surpriss al
the nnding Of the court. 1he prisoner
simply shrugged bis shoulders, utterina
an expressive "hah, adding as he EN-
brHced his brother, as the latter was pre-
pairing TO leave: "Copsole my vile.
The general belief il that Dreyfus will
be pardoned. but this will not satisfy his
friends, who vehemently declare that
they will refuse to accept the verdict and
will continue the battle until the judg-
ment Is reversed The verdict, they say,
is directed mora against the Jews than
agaiIsb Dreyfus, and II allowed to stand,
will make their existence In France i'm
possible. MBitres Labori and Demange
took the midnighb train for Paris. They
drove to the station In a closed carriage
escorted by four mounted gen d'armes.
The road was practically deserted and nc
demonstration occurred en- route or at the
station. NJ DemanRe and NJ. Labori
Will tomorrow sign an application for
"a revision of the casa although there
is no hove that the verdict will be re,
versed, Both are much upset though 1t
can hardly be said that they are sur
prissd.
THE DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The morning of the day which was to
decide the fate of Dreyfus broke duh AID
oheerless. and the court room was filled
with cCld, unsyTnpathetio light, which
lp1k Gan n thka frcnaaAinna nhfa ae
enhanced by the grave aspect uf the au-
dienee. The faces of the judges asn re.
fiected the solemnity OF the occasion.
Among the pominent witnesse es only Sen.
ator TraIieu1. the former minister OF
jr stioe, remained seated In the front row
of the witnesses' seats. In the second
row of the privileged public, facing tbs
judges, sat Matthew Dreyfus, brother oi
the prisoner, whose sunken eyes and care
worn face reflected his anxiety and
anguish. 1t was evident that he had not
slept during the night. He was at5ired
In hlack, with little black neoktis.
His brother sat beside a captain OF gen
d'arlnes, ana as NJ DeDlange Refused ths
arguments made in the speech OF the gov.
ernfnent commissary, Major Carriere, tht
prisoner continually turned his face
seward MaEshieu to watch the effect it
had upon him. Dreyius, however, did
not display the intense emotion with
which his heart, on this critical morn
ing, must have been bursting.
COURT SCENES.
Gen d'armes were plentifully sown
among the audience, aud were posted in
the gangways around the court room.
There WAS "a pleasant contrast In their
pretty blue uniforms, with white cord
TRIMMINGS. 10 the sober attire of the ma
JoritY of the spectators. They kept their
eyes roaming over the court, and their
hands rested ON the black leather cases
in (which nestled big army revolvers.
: The silence was only broken by the
occasional rustIing of a reporters note
book, or the neigh of an artillery horse
picketed in a street beside the Iyoee
Now and then there was the sound of
rattling of rifle or the clanking OF the
sword of some officer hastily crossing the
court yard where the troops were sta
toned.
Maitre llemangs addressed the court,
concluding his eloquent Argument in be-
half of the accused. At close of Nj De-
mange's argument the court adjourned
until p. m.
A STATE OF SIEGE.
The cordons of troops and gend 'armss
were maintained during the suspension
of the court. Saturday being market day,
the streets were full of people and the
who blocked every street leading to the
lycee. The afternoon turned bright and
warm.
The quarter of the town in which the
lycee is situated appeared IS though in a
state Of sioge. with pickets of rsd-trous-
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