The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-30
THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT IS OVER All r.


eulogstic reports on Dreyfus when the lat .
ter was military school probauoner on Z
the general stafl his mterrogatory by
Lieutenant Colonel Patty du Clam in which
Dreytus persisted in denying having had
relations with any foreign embassy ana
his statement that he had not glVen~any
documents to any agent relating TO the ue-
tense of the country
The report afterwards described the
scene in Du Patty CLAIMS Office in the pres
ence OF chief of detectives, NJ. Roche.ost,
and sketched the history OF the lreyIus
family. According TO Patty du Giam' prey
fus. when he saw the resemblance 10 nus
handwriting, exclaimed lhey nave
stolen my handwriting. .,,,.
II was also pointed out that Dreytus.
when the report of Ormes-Chevelies was
presented at the court martial protesteu
he had never seen the 40 short gun USED
and that he did not know before July oil
the disposition Of the frontier forces
The prisoner also said he had not nad
cony Of the firing manual know nothing /
of tho documents respecting MADAGASCAR
and said TO the reporter Of the court mar
Dal: Il have now been mare than slN I
weeks in confinement ] swear am M
noceut The son OF an Alsatian Protest
ami abandoned everything to serve
/ France and am today worthy OF leading
/ her soldiers on the battlefield Inc
/ martyrdom | sutfQr is airociDus
! NJ Ballet de Beailrnpaire then dealt Win
the Ormes- Chevelles report and lreyius
relations with married women Inc re-
part said the FIRST Suspicion OF pteylds
struck with the similarity of tne wor1
artillery in the hordereau ana IN ao'"-
ment written by Dreyfus
Continuing the report dealt with Lieu
tenart Colonel Henry's account Of MS con
vcrsatisu with Dreyfus when the laileF
was transferred 10 the Cherche- MA prs,
on. Dreyfus said 1T is terrible am
accused of frightful thing,
Henry asked Of what he was accused ana
Dreyfus replied u am accused OF tue
crime Of high treason
THE devil" answered Henry. But on
what ground? 60,
nearly mad. / would prefer to receive a
bullet in the head. | am not guilty. rms
accusation is the death Of my HE.
, To This Henry said IF you are not
guilty you must not lose your head An
innocent man is always strong. Have you
tamily?' ,..,1, go
, children am well off and ! must nave
Justice done me-
? "That does not come within my COM
= netence" was Henry's next remark, nut
e Justice win certainly be done you DO you
know what you are accused or
yes am accused of giving documents
Z to foreign power.
n ''What documents.
a 81 don't know. Patty du Clam only spoke
of secret and confidential documents win.
out further explanation. J replled lhdl
i during my probation at the general sian
= office many documents passed through my
n hands, but ! communicated them 70 no
, body"
. The ormes- Cheveles report concluded
Win saving that Drsyfus, having supple
J. ard very obsequious character wa
10 adopted for espionage
NJ BALLOT de Belurapaire then reviewer
" The judicial history Of the case and sain !
H. now rested with the court 10 prPnouhc'
IN Judgment He upheld the statement ma
there was sufficient pIesuil uni ~, tbe,
IN doubts and errors existed, ana thst inc
II h,,ti6ed a revision Of the case. lie ma
s. examined the different Gases in which "a
Is court could annul sentence Wiihout lIls
te and said in his opinion the courl ought NO
10 consider the idea Of annuliug me sen
1g tenoe. but should only consider REVISION .
Et 4 revision he contenned' was I'm
n. nsrative and In support Of his statemeh
Of he rshesrsed the facts on which the az
& nItcation for revision was based, anon
n which he included the culpsble machini ?
OF ton Of Henry and Patty fu Clam asslus
~ Dreyfus. their Outrageous scnemes
be force the hand Of the Minister OF VIZ an
he atlfro b,r, N prosecute Dreyfus and IN
I'd ,.convincins effects" Of their deposition
a. en- TIE court martial
~ NJ Ballot de Baurapaire then REVIEW
~ Major Count Esterhazy's connection WI
= tbe case. as already known
n, The entire afternoon was oecuFaea ny
- Rallot de Baurapaire in reading extra:
- from ard Analysing the statement o.
Mornard. counsel for Madame Dreytu
which was a lengthy recital ol facts
raai., fully nubiishcd.
Aner reading NJ. Mornaras defent
when concluded by maintaining that {
material evidence Of the hordereau 2
the moral evidence cropping out during I
INQUIRY pointed net to preyius, pnl 70 =
3 terhazy as the. culprIt NJ. Ballot de "a
rapaire dealt with the question o. MOI
He read the police report furnished py
= Guene, the detective, an uniasorap.e
nreyfus. and reports Of the perfe,ture
police pointing out that there hah be
confusion OF Dreyfus with others o.
same name who had been mixea up "
gambling and disreputsole female assoc
tons.
The later reports we're not produc
y. lat the trial in 1894
- NJ. Ballot de Bsurapalre then point
out that Dreyfus cauld not have acted