The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-30
Report of President Beaupre in
the Dreyfus Case.
HIS HANDWRITING STOLEN
Revision Is Imperative-Culpab Machi-
nations Against Dreyfus by Col
onel Henry and du Patty
de Clam,


the application for a revision of the
Dreyfus case. There was much ami
nation in the lobbies Of the palace, but
the crowds in the vicinity were not
large Extensive military precautions
were taken to preserve order inside and
outside the building. The court room
was filled with Partisan celebrities.
Many judges belonging to other courts
were among those present and absolute
tranquility prevailed
The proceedings commenced at noon.
Amid profound silence the president of
the civil section of the court read his
report on the case. After recalling
the contentious under which the pros
ecution of Dreyfus was based, he dealt
with the contradictory evidence Of eX-
perts in handwriting and mentioned the
protest of innocence by Dreyfus. M.
Ballot de Beaupre then read a number
of eulogistic reports on Dreyfus when
the latter was a military school proba
toner on the general staff, his inter-
rogatory by Lieut.. COL Du Patty de
Clam, in which Dreytus persisted in
denying to have had any relations with
any foreign embassy, and his state
ment that he had not given any docu-
ments to any agent relating to the de-
fense of the country. The reporter ait
erward described the scene in De
CLAIMS office in the presence of Chief
of Detectives NJ. RochefOrt, and sketch
ed the history of the Dreyfus family
According to De Clam, Dreyfus, when
he saw the resemblance to his hand
writing, exclaimed "TheN have stolen
my handWriting.' 1t was also point
,,rI,., h.
of Orms- Chevills was presented at the
court martial, protested that he had
never seen the 100 short gun used and
that he did not know until July of the
disposition of the frontier forces. The
prisoner also said that he had not had
a copy of the firing manual, knew
nothing of documents respecting Mad
agascar and SAID 10 the reporter Oh llle
court martial:
Il have now been more than six
weeks in confinement. | swear that
l am innocent. The son of an Aisatian
Protestant, l abandoned everything to
serve France, anaTA am to-day worthy
Of leading her soldiers on the battle
field, The martyrdom / suffer is afro
cious."
De Beaupre then dealt with the
Orms- -Chevilles report of Dreyfus' re-
lations with married women.
The report said the first suspicion
of Dreyfus emanated from Colonel Fa-
bre, who was struck with the similar
ity of the word "artillery' in the bor-
dereau and in a document written by
Dreyfus.
Continuing, the report dealt with
Lieutenant Colonel Henry's account of
his conversation with Dreyfus when the
latter was transferred to the Cherche
Midi prison.
Dreyfus said Il. is terrible. 1 am
accused of frightful thing
Henry asked of what he was accus-
ed and Dreyfus replied:
Il am accused of the crime of high
treason
THE devil" answered Henry.
But on what ground?'
"I don't know" said Dreyfus. Il
am nearly mad. | would prefer to re
ceive a bullet in the head am not
guilty. This accusation is the death
of my life
To this Henry said: "If you are
not guilty you must not lose your
head. An innocent man is always
strong. Have you family?'
Yes" replied the prisoner, "a wife
and children. l am well off, and L
must have justice done me-
THAT does not come within my
competence" was Henry's next re-
mark, "but justice will certainly be
done YOU. Do you know what you are
accused OFF"
yes; l am accused of giving docu-
ments to a foreign power"
What documents?
II do not know. Du Patty de Clam
spoke only Of secret and confidential
documents without further eHplana-
ton. I replied that during my proba-
ton at the general staff office many
documents passed through my hands,
but that I communicated them to no.
body"
The Orms- -Chevlles report concluded
with saying that Dreyfus having a
supple and very obsequious character
was adapted for espionage.
M Ballot de Beaupre then reviews
the judicial history of the case and
said it now rested with the court to
pronounce judgment He upheld the
statement that there was sufnclent pre-
sumption that doubts and errors exist
ed and that they justified a revision of
the case.
He had examined the different cases
in which the court could annul SEN
tence without retrial, and said that in
his opinion the court ought not to con-
| slider the idea of annulling the sentence
but should only consider revision OF
| it.
The revision. he contended. was i'm
| perative. and in support of his state
| ,ncnt. he rehearsed the facts on which
| the application for a revision was bas-
| ed, among which he included the cul-
pable Vaccinations of Henry and Du
| Patty de Clam against Dreyfus, their
outrageous schemes ito force the hand
of the minister of war and oblige him
to prosecute Dreyfus and the cOnVinc-
| ing effects of their depositfons on the
| court martial.
NJ Ballot de Beaupre then reviewed
| Major Count Esterhazy's connection
with the case, which is already known.
The entire afternoon was occupied by
NJ. Ballot de Beaupre in reading eX-
tracts from the statement OF NJ. MOI
nard counsel for Madame Dreyfus,
which was lengthy, already published.
After reading NJ. Mornard's defense,
which concluded by maintaining that
| the material evidence of the bordereau
and the moral evidence cropping out
during the inquiry pointed not to Drey-
fus, but to EsterhaZy. as the culprit,
NJ. Ballot de Beaupre dealt with the