The Lamar register., 1899-09-13
DREYFUS CONDEMNED
INJUSTICE OF ccwARDLY
JUDGES.
Say He Is Guilty and Sentence Him to Ten
Years in Prison-Almost Universal Com
iemnatiun of tho Verdict.

ed, but "A majority Of those in the
court room yesterday afternoon fully
expected The verdict. They We're com,
pletely stupeiied when II was given,
and the silence which prevailed in the
room and the way men turned pale
and caught their breaths was more inn
pressive than any other manifestation
could have been.
Aiaitrc Demangc sank back in his
chair and tears trickled down his
cheeks and Maitrc Labori turned white
as Il sheet, while all around the court
men looked at each other in silence.
Positively the only sound to be heard
was the rustling of papers from the re-
porters' benches rs each press repre-
sentative tried 10 bc first to send the
news.
As the audience left The court room
FUZZY ten or fifteen We're crying openly
and the majority OF those present
walked quietly down the street for
more than block without speaking a
word. II was like a funeral process
sion.
Meanwhile a tragedy was being en-
acted i'll the little room of the court
room. where Dreyfus listened TO the
reading OF the verdict. He had been
told the result 10y his lawyers, and had
wept bitterly. bur when in the pres
epce of the officials OF the court mar
tial lie listened impassiyely to the sen
Icnce.
His wife, who was waiting in torture
and suspense nj her house. bore the
news bravely and when visiting her
husband showed the onlookers who
were in the streets no sign of her SUI
fering as she walked from her car
riage to the prison.
hn faF L. N
viii be pardoncd; but this will moi sat
isfy his friends. who vchemcnuy de-
clare that they win refuse to accept
the verdict and will continue the bat
tie until the Judgment Is reversed. The
verdict. they say. Is directed more
against the Jews than against Drey-
fus aud If allowed to stand will make
their existence in France impossible.
Labor viii sign an application for n
revision of the case. although there Is
no hope that the verdict will he re-
yersed. Both are much upset. though
i can hardly be said that they were
surprised.
To-day Dreyfus said: Il am not I'M
easy regarding myself. as | shall soon
be free, but think OF You and my
poor children. They viii he branded
as the children OF traitor"
He is convinced that the ten years
Imprisonment to which he has been
sentenced win be wiped out by the five
years of solitary scclusion he has un-
dergone on Devils Island and lie ex-
poets to be released by October II.
which viii be five years from the date
of his former condemnation. Others
do not accept this view. hut believe
that Dreyfus will have to serve ten
years sentence unless the government
interfercs.
London Sept lit would he diff
ficult to describe adequately the indis-
nation the verdict OF the Dreyfus
court martial has evoked everywhere
In England The excitement in the
Jewish quarters IN London is only nat
ural Special prayers were offered
throughout London saturday in all
the synagogues on behalf of Dreyfus.
and as soon as the verdict WAS known
Jews and JewrsSeS We're seen nn ey
FRY street corner expressing eNccra-
tion and many sobhiug bitterly.
Al the music halls and especially the
Palnce rhpatcr. where the cinemato-
graph pictures Of the incidents aud
leading actors OF the Dreyfus affair
were exhibited. the news WAS greeted
with groanS and Misses. In the French
quarter of London there was much eN-
citement. accompanied by street fight
Ing.
In almost all the places of public
worship pulpit references were made
To the verdict. Canon Scott-Holland.
Mt St raurs Cathedral, said:
"A nation isl on trial. France stands
at the Judgment bar All civilization
Is Whiting to know whether tO-mor-
rows news may add anything TO quail
ify the naked cruelty of hare telc-
gram Dnythiug to relieve the stag
gcred consciCnccs.
Berlin. Sept 11.-Thc Dreyfus yer,
diet causes II feeling of almost stupe-
faction ut Berlin. II had been hoped
that tht. statement of the Reichanzei-
ger. as emanating directly from En-
perur william. would have rendered
impossible the repetition of what is
described rs ''onc of the greatest ju-
dicial and po'-tical crimes Of any
age
1t is universally agreed that the see
ond verdict is grave political blum
der. n violation of the laws of civilza.
ton and an .ct of moral cowardice
which the world Will ind il difficult
to pardon. The German press unani-
nhously describes the verdict as cow
arlly and imp"litc, not to say Grim
inal.
Paris. Sept 20. 90o n m. The dav
has been one of absolute quiet with
no public excitement. even in the Rue
ia Cha brol There WAS n rainfall this