Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-10
VERDICT IS "GUILTY,"
Oreyfus Condemned BY Rennes
COurt-MaItah
FIVE MORE YEARS IN PRISON
The FiT8> Already Served Count as
CUB la-Timo.
WHOLE TERM MAY DE COVERED.
prisoner May Thus he Released in
About Two wcckS-No Disturbances
in Paris or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Bristiing with soldiers
Bristiins with soldiers

pv,-,-rs September 9.-The verdict OF
49,. .,,,-, martial was guilty, and fve
,.e,re more Imprisonment
p, thought his fve-years' solitary
movement. which, according 20 French
INV. counts as double time. will be con-
..r,ed 10 cover the ten-yeaTs' sentence
and that he viii be released in about two
weeks.
There has been no disturbance /"
Paris or elsewhere so far.
Tho court stood to for the con-
eemnation Of the prisoner.
Tho court found eXtenuating cireum-
stances.
The verdict was rendered at 5'2 P. NJ
The crowd outside greeted the verdict
,.-l cheers for the army
Tie ringing Of a bell announced the
.-y of the judges an officer ordered
...rry arms" and Present arms The
,.t-re Of rifles followed and then Colonel
1.-.sst marched in. saluted, and laid his
l... ON the table The other judges did
...vise. the gendarmes shouted 81
..,.." and the stiffness OF death fell on
t-a audience. who were waiting, heart IN
mouth for the announcement Of Drey-
FUSS iat.
.-a'or. J0uaust then began reading the
-.-.-..t. which opened with the ques-
-... referred 20 the judges by the Court
,. Cessation "Was Dreyfus guilty OF en-
,.-.r. into Vaccinations TO send secret
documents TO "a foreign power?' lie then
gave the answer that the court by ma
-.-.rv of 20 q. found Dreyfus guilty.
IRA. silence was Immediately broken by
q r.-h of the reporters to- drop their pre-
,iruslv prepared kilograms INTO lle le''''-
Ink oueuing into the street, Wheie soli-
rue received them end cave I''i.'
fr. respective messengers Tor lrailsl1iS-
sion by wire.
STERN CALL FOR SILENCE.
r noise called forth stern cry OF
.,o.i' "Slercei" and again all sound
vas hushed until colone. Jouausl nl'7l ,,a
er..lxing lie concluded by sayMs inc
,..rt would remain sitting until the room
mas cleared lie asked the audience 10
a., o,it quietly and not TO raise a shoul OF
any sort ..s .,,o
qhe g.udarmes then closed around the
audi.nc. and pressed them outside. N"t
a cry or a word was raised by any one
Everything passed of with complete
calm. .o
AS the people emerged the gendarmes
ls.r them moving away from the court.
f-ba small crowd of people outside cheered
for tle army. but the gendarmes ana not
t,t.rfera and there was not the slightest
disorder. 49,.
The judgement was read to Dreyius In an
.I.oipine room by the clerk Of the court
9f CouDois Dreyfus listened impas-
g..Iv He did not give the slightest
siam OF emotion, did NOT utter word
aud marched back 20 prison ike an ah-
-.r..t.u IL IS understood that bIeN nus
vu Ic sent 20 Fort Corte' III the lsia''u
..,.. crowd. which the police kept
moving met around the square IN which
t.. TELEGRAPH Office and the principal
,.. .r. situated When the people
... the court had been out am hour
t. argued that this meant Disagree
favor Of Dreyfu-.
IYtr NEWS WAS RECEIVED.
t indication 10 these watchers
r... LII had been reached was when
.-. .l a bicycle came tearing along
a. Case he could from the Lycee to-
wan. -u. artillery barracks.
.' liers and eeudaIlnes Keeping the
t.r.,-. sat no I'm their saddles and watch
sight, This orderly was dispatched before
Ma. court returned. as another five or ten
minutes elapsed before the army or re-
I0rteIs and messengers, on foot and on
bicycles. came in a wave up the street
and .n "A minute the telegraph Office was
a pandemOnium.
IL was literally packed with men and
women. an struggling toward the two
little windows where the dispatches were
received.
In the mean while the news OF the
condemnation OF Dreyfus had filtered out
10 the crowd but IL produced no excite
mcut
RENNES FULL or SOLDIERS.
The appearance OF the streets when
Feunes aWOke this morning left no
doubts I'm tac minds Of any one that the
email crisis Of the great trial had been
cached. Instead of scattered gendarmes
riding the vicinity of the prison and
I.. I.vcee. the whole town bristled with
t.iers. al the streets near the court
wore guarded at intervals by double lines
" infantry. two companies or infantry
sL ON The church steps adjoining the
is.ee. with their arms stacked In front
o. them. while IN the courtyard OF the
prison and 70 various other points caval-
- could Doe seen En- readiness.
Every one entering the court was sub
JrrI'1 To the closest scrutiny Even the
women who attended the session were de-
piived OF their small sunshades before
beng permitted 90 pass.
4 larger crowd than usual witnessed
tho passage of Drcyfus from the prison
90 tho lycee, but the crowds were no
where large, and. aside from the pres
encc ~ the military. The town was as
tranquil as usual
Tine morning Of the day which was TO
decide tho fate q Droyus broke dun and |
cherries. and the courtroom was filled |
with % cold. unsympathetlc light which
lent sadness 20 the proceedings. This was /
enhanced by the grave aspect OF the au- /
d.enco Tine faces Of me judges also re- |
Aectcd the sOlemnity Of the occasion.
The last session OF the court-martial (
opened az 7:S0 A. II. Madam Labor was |
among The few ladies present. and In the |
press seats there were only about fifty !
reporters.
The prisoner looked flushed and IN III |
health apparently suffering from great /
strain
DEMANGE'S FINAL PLEA.
NJ Demange to-day promptly resumed |
his speech for the defence. which WIS J