The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-06

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL piCQUAHT.
ed to have been written hy Colonel von
Schwarzkoppen. the military attache of
the German legation.
All the world knows Of the disgraccfu
scenes in the IOla trials, the attacks
made upon him in and out OF court, the
assaults upon Hebrews and the crop of
duels.
The next step resulted in Colonel Pic
quarts arrest. He appeared in the cham
Der OF deputies, where he declared that
the 'cc canaille" letter was forgery.
After he was thrown into prison Colonel
Henry was given his place at the head
Of the secret service department..
Then tho AGAR dragged along. Zola's
second trial and the resulting exile the
was fined 5000 francs and sentenced to
six months Imprisonment on the first
triaD kept matters alive.
Some time after came the news of the
arrest of Colonel Henry on the charge of
forging the secret document which con-
victcd Captain Drcyfus. Fast upon the
heels of this came the news of his suicide
with razor which he had been allowed
to keep for the purpose. Then the re-
visionists took hope once more.
Excitement following Hcnry's suicide
had not subsidcd when the dismissal Of
General Boisdcffrc as chief of staff was
announced. Then came the dismissal of
Nj. Cavaignac as minister of war and the
suspension of Du Patty dc Clam from ac-
: tive duty. Nine. Alfred Drcyfus made n
formal demand upon the keeper of seals
[; for n revision of her husbands convic-
tiCn, an,l General Edriindrr. who had
succeeded Cuvaianac was relieved. Cha
noiue took his place. and lSstcrhazy dis
/ appeared mystcriously. just prior to
these falls from grace. on Sept. 20. 1893,
the council Of the cabinet directed the
court Of cessation to investigate and re-
! port upon the propriety Of granting Drey-
fus new trial. In May. 1899. the court
dccreed that Drcyfus had been convicted
! illegally and was entitled to another
, court martial. On the third day of July,
! 1899. Drcyfus reached France, and his
, second trial opened on Aug. 7. with Colo
mel Jouaust, director in the engineer
corps, as president. General the Marquis
de Gallfet, an uucompromisingly honor
able man, had in the meantime become
minister of war, and the conspirators
! soon came to realize that no more nom
! sense would be tolerated.
Dreyfus' lawyers in his second trial
! were Maitre Demangc. who had defend
ed him when be WAS first accused, and
/ Maitrc Labori, whose conduct Of the
| Zola case made him famous The latter
! was given entire charge OF matters. al
! though for the first week or so Demange
! was unassistcd owing to the fact that
Labori was shot down on his way to
court. His rcovcry and his subsequent
| brilliant and merciless handling of the
| titled conspirators was one Of the most
| sensational features Of the trial.
The 6iSt days proceedings were public.
! The prisoner was arrGigGei and declared
his innocence. The bordcreau was shown
him, but he declared he had not written
| il, 1t was long and searching exam
| inat!on, touching his acquaintance with
| Esterhazy, Colonel Henry and his alleged
| dealings with representatives OF foreign
! governments.
| General Mercicr was the first promi-
pent army man to testify. Hc stated
that he had bocome thoroughly convinced
! Of the guilt Of Dreyfus and explained
that his opinion was based pr ,civally
! upon the conviction that Drcy rs had
! written ;he bordereau. His opi Ion re-
nained the same despite Estcrha: Us con-
! fession that he (Esterhazy) had written
! it. He also intimated that Cas- mir-Pe-
ier, president of France at the ti'ae, was
! fully cogiilaant of everything t at had
! been done and made no bbjscto }. Cas-
imir-P -Perier demanded to be COZ fronttd
with Mercier and denied emp! aucaly
that the true facts of the case h ID been
! stated to him. He also stated iat lie.
brun- Renault. the captain who es.iied
that Dreyfus had made q partial cnlfes-
sion to him. had falsifed the tr I'll and
that Dupuy, the then premier, is pres
eut at the interview. When Dul NY had
! questioned the captain as to the cause of
| his presence there, the latter hid said
that he had been sent down to Il ? prcsi-
: dent By Mcrcier to receive " 'drp ssIng
! down" for his indiscreet disclo uros to
/ the Figaro newspaper Casim' '-Por!nr
, also denied the assertion Of the general
staff that the country at the t NJ had
been OH the verge of war with G' rmany.
Mercier admitted that an exp aEation
| of the secret dossier had been p eIarcd.
I but that no was unable to produce it. as
| It had been destroyed. He felt that he
! had right 10 do ,his, rs the cumcnt
had been prepared for his person ] use.
! M. Lebon, former minister of the colo
piea, after admitting that the tory Of
the horrible treatment accorded , Hrcy-
fus OF DEVILS island was CORR It said
that he bad been ordered by lis up riors
to adopt course of the utmo I igor
J This was tho only point In the trial at
which Dreyfus wopt.
At~zs. Ksprs, shs widow OF II, colonel