Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-08

held it aloft, as if appealing to heaven
| to indicate him.
Jouaust: did you say. If handed
over documents it was to have more
important ones in return?"
Dreyfus: NO"
| Col. Jouaust then said:
"At the time of your condemnation
Du Patty de Clam went to see you in
| the Cherche Midi prison. What pass
ed between your"
Dreyfus: He asked me if had not
| given ulimportant information in or
der to obtain other Information. l
replied No. and added that it was in
| iquitous to condemn an innocent man.
| | also asked him to beg the minister of
war to seek full light to the affair.
| Jouaust: Didn't you say to him,
referrirS to foreign military attache,
! that you would cut his throat with a
poignard?"
Dreyfus: mo, I asked Du Patty &c
Clam to have the investigation con-
| tinued. / said any government which
has means of investigation can have
the foreign military attaches ques-
toned If were in its place, rather
than have an innocent man condemn
ed, would force them to speak, even
| if l had to hold a dagger to their
throats.'
Col. Jouaust then said: Coming to
the day of your degradation. What
passed between you and Captain LIE
Brun Renault? What did you tell
! him."
Dreyfus: Nothing. 1t was really
| sort of broken monologue on my part.
| 7 fol hat nf ho
j crime with which | was charged and
wished to say I was not the guilty
| party. l wished to make clear that
the criminal was not he whom they
| had before their eyes and l said: lie
Brun, / will cry aloud my innocence
in the face of the people,"
| Jouaust: did you not say the min
lister knows l handed over docu-
| ments?'"
Dreyfus: "No, if I spoke of a minis
| ter who knew l was innocent, I refer
red to a conversation l previously had
with Du Patty de Clam
Jouaust: did you say: In three
years they will recognize my inno-
| cence? Why did you say three
| years?'
Dreyfus: Il asked for all means of
| Investigations. They were refused me.
/ was justified in hoping that at the end
/ of two or three years my innocence
would come to light
JouauSt: why three years."
Dreyfus: Because a certain time is
necessary to obtain light"
Jouaust: Had you an arriere pen
| see?" (After thought.
Dreyfus: mo"
The examination of the prisoner was
ended with few minor questions and
the court decided to sit behind closed
doors, by five votes to two.
Dreyfus' voice was harsh, nasal and
nowise sympathetic. He spoke very
low at first, and later, as he grew more
used to his surroundings, he spoke
louder, more confidently and distinctly.
The prisoner responded with military
precision to the first questions Of the
judge, who opened with an abrupt or
der to stand up. Dreyfus thereupon
stood and Col. Jouaust continued:
"Your name?"
"Alfred Dreyfus."
"Your age?"
"Thirty-nine years"
"Your profession?"
Captain of artillery"
Where were you born?"
clubhouse"
Col Jouaust treated Dreyfus brusqe-
ly, almost brNtally, and it was a matter
of satisfaction to the friends of the
prisoner when he set the judge himself
right on certain dates connected with
Dreyfus' stay on the general staff. 1t
| was an unimportant point, but it was
| eloquent testimony to the keenness Of
Dreyfus intellect
The prisoner sat most of the time
| with his legs stretched out, his spurs
resting on the floor, his hands Joined
and resting on his lap. He repealed the
instructions that he had relations with
| German officers, during his stay in AL
SAGE, in fiercely indignant tones.