Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-07-28

back 10 his cell. The entire ccle ..u.
lasted just ten minutes. but 90 no
OF those who witnessed it each alaa
seemed to he an hour
The French government. undo
Dupuy. then Premier proposed AID t.
Chamber adopted the law Of Fenrla.
0. 1895, by virtue Of which D.oyius 81"
deported to DevI4's Island. just o.
French Guiana Otherwise he Wouu
have gone to New Caledonia. in the Pa.
cihc.
Thus closed the first part of tho
drama, and nothing more was heard q,
Dreyius until late in the srmoe or o.
1896. Colonel Sandherr hao been Sic
ceeded as head Of the information de-
partmcnt by Lieutenant c. onel nc
quart, and soon after PicC art began
his new duties he became convinced
that grave judicial error had been
made.
81 interested myself to obtain the
handwriting of Commandant Ester
hazy. and ! was struck by its rosem-
blance to that of the famous borce. eau
az ed an expert for his opinion. lie
answered, 1T is the writing Of the Dor
dereau.'"
Colonel Picquart revealed his dis
covery to his supcriors, Generals Bold
erre and Gonsc, but his zeal was not
appreciated, and on Noyeml " 1G, 1896,
he was sent on a dangerous mission"
10 Tunis. and Colonel Henry, the tor
gcr, succeeded him in the intelligence
bureau.
First 1i"yc for Revision.
ABOUT this same time ncWSO2N per
which became later a rabid anti-reyl s.
Iorist organ-annouaced that the con-
demnation Of Dreyfus had not been OBJ
" ned on the strength of the 0ord-
e:eau alone. but by the exhibition TO
the court martial &C secret evidence,
withheld from the accused and mis-
counsel. This was the nrst heard OF
the secret dossier.
Dreyfus friends eagerly seized a,
this opportunity TO demand revision Of
the case. The Introduction of the Sc
cret evidence was declared Illegal con-
shutting a new fact and necossitating
revision of the sentence by 4 higher
court"
In the summer Of 1897 Senator
Scheurer-Kcstner. having learned
about PicGuart's discovery concerning
the authorship of the hordereau. be-
gan an active campaign ia Dreyfus' IA
vor, and on November 5, Of the same
year, Matthew Dreyfus, brother Of Tho
prisoner, denounced Esterhazy to cen
eral Eillot the new Minister of war
as the real culplit.
In reply Comte Estcrhazy requested
IN inquiry and or December At Com
HanGart Ravary reported in favor or
q rroFeer"ng Esterhazy. In Wow.
'owcyer OF the public clamor Ester,
azy was tried by court martial and
cqniited on January II. 1898
he following day Cc'sacl plc1lart.
no lad Lecn recalled from Algeria I'm
oremler TO attend the Es,a,hazy
'urt martial was arr s-ed. thee
argos being preferred 2s1hst nina:
st that PiclUar. nat him Elf forged
re petit bicu in order to ruin Estor-
a2y; second, hat be had before he
'ft the general staff communicated
eylte secret dossier to Is couneeI.
!rd that Re he'd ahs'rc ,,oa cect4iD
documents from tho secret dossier.
But the acquittal Of Estcrhazy and
he prosecution OF Picquart lid not
stop the public clamor, and on June 10
1t broke our again with increased VIC.
lence by the publication Of Emile 10
las famous letter of accusation against
he chiefs OF the army He charged
hat General de Boisdehre. General
Gonse, and ev the Minister OF war
himself beiey Esterhazy wrote the
famous bordereau, but said the stan.
knowing that Esterhazy's condemua-
non would lead to a revision Of the
nreyfus court martial, refused TO re-
open the case.
The French government was forced
% prosecute the novelist for tho-o un-
qualified accusations, and then began