The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01

from MS trousers. AS the sergeant
flung them on the ground Dreyfus
threw up his arms and. cried in a 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 a
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. Mercier, minister Of
war. gives order after an Investigation
conducted by Commandant du Patv de
Clam to arrest Capt Alfred Dreyfus
This Is done by Du Patty de Clam and NJ
Cochefort, chief of detectives. Capt
Dreyfus is lodged in the Cherchi-MidI
prison by Lieut.. Col. Henry, who delivers
him to Commandant Forzinetti. in charge
of the prison.
NOVEMBER, 1S94EAn 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 fortif1ca-
ton.
JANUARY 4, 1S95-Capt Dreyfus is de.
graded by Gen. Darras in the School of
War.
FEBRUARY, 1S95-Dreytus is taken by the
steamer La Rochelle to the Island de
Re, thence to be embarked for Devils
island.
MAY, 1S96-Lieut. Col. Picouart 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, 1s96-The Eclair publishes
the secret document: "Ce canaille de
d. "
OCTOBER, 1S96M. Barnard-Lazare pub
fishes his first pamphlet tending to shuw
the innocence of Dreyfus. =.
NOVEMBER, DISQUALIFICATION: of the copy.
of the bordereau in the Matin. NJ. Cas-
ts1in; representative from the the, l4.Aisne
district, interpellates Cen. Bi1lot, min
+ lister of war, upon the publication of
papers connected with the trial.
May, 1S97-First disputes between Lieut.
~ Coils. Picquart and Henry. !
JUNE, 1Ss7-Lieut. Col. Picquart takes
], counsel with Nine. Leblois. =,
JULY 1S97-Mme. Leblois interests M
Observation-Disclosures, vice president Of the
: senate, In the case of Dreyfus, VINO de-
clares on the 1Ath to his colleagues in the
Luxembourg palace .thathe is convinced
Of the innocence Of Dreyfus."
OCTOBER. 1S97--M. de Castro, banker, be-.
lieves.. that he recognizes in the fac-simile
Of the bordersau, once more published
in the Matin, the handwriting of Com.
mandant Esterhazy. M. Ranc, senator
of the Seine district, carries to the lobby
Of the chamber of deputies the speech de-
livered by NJ. Scheurer- Kestner in tho
senate. He has, on the Goth. an intcr-
view upon this subject with Gen. Billot,
minister of war. *4s .#7 45 S5S