The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-07
OR[YFUS MT HERINRtNlES
In His Cell the Prisoner and His
Wife Were Reunited.
HE APPEARS IN GOOD HEALTH.
Tho SfaE Lanio,l the captain ut Oui-
baron Dur!n, til, Stormy ,;IShs to
Avoid Demnn.tration a Crowd
Awaited Him at Rennes.

'' ttA'hH SIoSl
Awaited Him at Rcnnes.
RESNEs, Frame. July 3-Captair
Alfred Drcyfus arrived here at {
o'clock this moraing from Quibcron
where he was landed from the cruiser
SfaX soon after midnight. He was
taken to Il cell in the second story oil
the prison. 1t had been raining dur
ing the night, but the sun shonc out
brightly as he entered the building.
The governor of the prison at once
notified Nine. Drcyfus of her hus-
bands arrival and granted her per-
mission to see him Accompanied by
Mime. llnvct she hurried unobscrvcd
TO the prison. where she was shown
to cell No. $50 When she was adj
mittcd she threw herself into her hus-
bands arms. They remained long in
each others embrace, weeping and
laughine and carcssing each other.
They had been separated more than
four years. Captain Dreyfus' hair is
turning gray, but he held himself
straight and appeared in good health.
His beard is reddish. He wore Il blue
suit, a gray ovcrcoat and had a soft
felt hat.
1t had beer expected that he would
land at Ercst, on the northeast coast,
14O miles from Itenncs. To avoid all
possibility of Il demonstration the
place was changed to Quibcron, d
town on a small peninsula, 100 miles
southeast of Brcst. Quiberon is on
the Lorient e. Rcdon railroad, about
ninety miles by rail from here.
Rcnnes itself is about POO miles west
and south of Paris.
The landing at Quibc,on was almost
unnoticed. At Q o'clock last night
the guard ship Caudan put to sea to
meet the Sfay, which had been
sighted. The unusual hustle at
tracted many people to the harbor,
but as they saw nothing the crowd
dispersed. The only persons remain
ing were those who knew where the
prisoner was to be landed.
The weather was most stormy and
for u time it was feared it would be
impossible to effect a landing. For
hours the lights Of the Caudan and
Sfax were plainly visible as the YES
sells pitched and rolled. 1t seemed
impossible for them to approach in
the rough sea.
On the landing stage were NJ. Viguie.
the chief of detectives; NJ. Hcnnion, IA
commissary of police, and u force of
gendarmcs and police inspectors.
Finally, at l a. M, a cutter manned
by ten men, in charge Of Il naval
officer, put off from the Caudan and
went alongside the SfaX. Thence the
boat rowed TO the shore, where Drey-
fus was landed at half past l { o'clock.
A company of infantry was drawn up
at the landing point. Dreyfus was
Immediately placed under a captain of
engineers and sergeant and corporal
of ~gcndarmcs, who formally handed
the prisoner over to NJ. Viguic. The
chief of detectives then entered a
landau with Dreyfus and two detec-
tives and started for the railroad sta
ton.
The train stopped at Rabelais, two
miles from Rcnnes There the party
alightcd and quickly entered a car
riare drawn by two splendid horses,
which Immediately started at a sharp
pace. 1t was half past ) o'clock. At
the level crossing of the line a wagon.
cite containing the project Of the de-
partment OF llle-et- Nilaine AID three
inspectors joined the party.
The drive from Rabclais to Rcnncs
without incident. The clock was
striking 6 whca the crowd which had
been waiting since midnight around
the ~prison-the people beginning to
think themselves the victims of a
practical joke saw a landau sur.
rounded by ~gendnrmcs beyond the
station. Then they all cried: There
he is
At this cry the people started Off to
meet the carriage, Troops and mount
ed gendarmes hurried forward, yelling
and shouting. The carriage was driv-
en- so fast that it covered the distance
in Il few minutes, passing the watch
ers like a flash. 1t was Il race for the
prison gates between the gendarmes,
with the captive, and the spectators.
The gates then opcncd suddenly and
about twenty gcndarmes rushed out
and barred the street. pressing back
the crowd with rifle stocks.
The transformation from tranquil
ity to a wild scene of gesticulation
was remarkable. Tao s~uddenncss Of
the movement stupaicd everybody as
much as, apparently, it did the pris-
oner, whose face showed from the
quickly passing carriage. But be-
You'd the ordinations Of surprise
and curiosity there were no cries of
any sort.