The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1899-09-01
the DREYFUs CASE.
Story OF Arrest and First Trial
OF Dreyfus.

Alfred Dreyius, captain IN the
Fourteenth regiment OF artillery In
the French army, was attached to the
second bureau Of the general staff.
where future plans Of mobilization
and other military measures OF great.
importance are discussed. prepared,
and drawn up. For some time cons
slant leakage" Of these confidential
documents had been noticed, detec-
tives had been employed and Dreys
fus was under suspicion. On octo~
Der q. 1894. he was suddenly de-
tached from the war Office and APP
pOinted 70 ssEvice IN the Thirty.ninth
regiment, at the Ecole Militaire. On
October ~ he received at his luxu-
rious home near the TrOcadero . sum-
mons to attend at the ministry Of war.
and he went there the next morning.
He was received by Major du Patty
de Clan, who said that he was very
busy and asked the captain to help
him BY taking down q letter that he
would dictate. There were three
other persons IN the room who were
strangers to DTeyfus, and-a eircum>
stance that only struck him aiterwsrd
-an arrangement Of mirrors BY
which his every movement and ex.
preston could be seen by everybody
present. Du Patty then dictated 10
him the memorandum which alter
ward became famous az the bordereau.
At one point Du Patty suddenly
asked Dreyius what was the matter.
and asserted that his hand shook.
Dreyius replied that his hands were
cold. Then he was left alone In the
room and iound loaded revolver ly.
ing among some papers on the table
beside him. Hall an hour later NJ.
cochefort head Of the detective police,
accompanied by Commander Henry of
the second bureau, entered. and Drey-
fus was placed under arrest on the
charge Of high treason and taken to
the cherche MidlpriSon. all the time
protesting his innocenee. The order
committing him vas dated October
a. and the day before he was arrests
ed or examined.
On October a8 Z hint Of the arrest
was conveyed to one OF the Paris
newspapers and the next day an am
biguous note appeared In that journal
asking II Il were true that an. impor-
tant military arrest had recently taken
place. This set everybody talking.
for In France anything concerning
the army Is considered Of paramount
importance. Wild stories were al oat
and the excitement reached fever heat
when the news was confirmed, on
November 1, by the appearance Of a
briei official communication In all the
papers. Dreyfus was kept In close
confinement until December 6. when
his counsel. ~. Demange. was allowed
to see him. On December Io. DTey>
ius was arrAigned before the court
martial. which was held In the Consell
de Guerre building opposite the Cher
che Midi prison. Great crowds gath
cred to see him cross the street and
shouted, Death to the trAitoTl" The
trial was secret and lasted until De-
cember az. when the court found the
prisoner guilty and sentenced him to
transportation for liie. after being
subjected 10 military degradation.
On the morning Of January 4. the
condemned man was ordered to put
on a captain's uniform that had been
specially prepared by.haying the lace
on the cap. the red seams Of the trous-
ers. and the buttons and trimmings
on the tunic taken of and then stitch
cd on again strongly enough to stay
Ia place. bat so loosely that they could
easily be torn Cd. The sword that he
was made to buckle on had also been
filed on each side. about half way down
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