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Judges, By a Vote Of FIVE to
Two, Again Declare
Him a Traitor.
THESBNHENCET ETEN YEARS
Wept When Told the Verdict By His
Lawyers, Put Was ImpassiVe
Befa-n Officials.

mme. Dreylus Dofe tno Nc"s DraSeiy-
Dramatic Scene in the Court Room
When the Verdict Was Announced
Dreyfus Again Declared His Innocence
and Placed His Trust In the Honor OF
the Tribunal-DoomedM Man Sentenced
to Suffer Ten Years Detention-His
Lawyers Apply For Revision.
RENNEs, France (By Cable).-The ex.
pected has happened. Dreyfus has been
condemned but though a maj ority OF those
In the court room at the time fully ex-
pected the verdict, they were completely
stupe6ed when 1t was given. The silence
which prevailed in the room and the way
men turned pale and caught their breaths
was more impressive than any other mani
festation could have been.
Maitre Demange sank back In his chair
and tears trickled down his cheeks. Maitre
Labori turned white as sheet, while all
around the court men looked at each other
in silence. As the audience left the court
room fully ten or fifteen men were crying
openly and the majority OF those present
walked quietly down the street for more
than block without spea king word. It
was like funeral procession.
Meanwhile tragedy was being enacted
In the little room of the court room where
Dreyfus listened to the reading Of the YER
dict. He had been told the result by his
lawyers and had wept bitterly, but when
IN the presence Of the officials OF the court.
martial he listened impassively to the sem
tence.
uIo milo ,pbo npoo nvoIt}no In torturo md
suspense at her house, bore the news brave
ly, and when visiting her husband in the
afternoon showed the onlookers who were
IN the street no sign Of her suffering as she
walked from her carriage to the prison.
Matthieu Dreyfus was not present In
court, but visited his brother after the YER
dict had been rendered. He found him
perfectly calm and without any manifesto
lion OF surprise at the finding OF the court.
ders, uttering an expressive "bah," adding,
as he embraced his brother when the latter
was preparing to leave, "Console'my WIFE,"
After the closing argument In the trial
by N. Demange for D Dreyius and Major Car
eiere for the Government, Colonel Jouaust
asked Dreyfus II he had anything to say.
The prisoner rose and with quiet dignity
replied: ,.
bUu5ESQ tu6 UlCI6r WI l nave Oh
hured for the honor OF my wife and family,
and believe I shall succeed, as I trust In
the honor Of this tribunal"
The court then adjourned to consider the
verdict
The scene In the Lycee when the judges
appeared to deliver their judgment was an
exciting one. The ringing Of bell an
nounced the entry OF the judges, an officer
ordered Garry arms" and present arms"
the rattle OF rifles followed and then
Colonel Jouaust marched in, saluted aud
laid his kept on the table. The other
Judges did likewise, the gendarmes shouted
order and the silence OF death fell on the
audience who were waiting with their
hearts in their mouths for the announce
ment OF Dreyfus's fate.
Colonel Jouaust read the verdict after
reclring the prelimlnarles usual in such
cases, the verdict was:
upon the question OF whether Dreyfus
gave foreign power or its agents docu-
ments in u piece called the bordereau, by
vote OF to 2, yes, he Is guilty"
The majority OF the court favored the