Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-04-29
DREYFUS APPEALS.
Celebrated French Army Case May
Be Opened Again.
Iii WRITES A POLITE REQUEST
Dreyfus Claims That the Court Tint
Tried Him Was Unduly influenced
By Outsiders.

Paris. BY Cabie-Alfrcd Drevfus
mas submitted TO Minister OF War
Andre a lengthy letter in which he
earnestly asks fOv the ro-openin. OF
ms case hy means Ci IN Investigation
oy the minister, as the supreme head
OF military Justice The letter. which
Is dated Paris. April u. confirms the
reports that Drcyfus had been living
quietly Tor some time. 1t promises to
cause tremendous agitation among
'he various elemcnts OF the political
groups Tor and against Drcy fus. The
hrst part of the letter is an earnest
plea that the court which condemned
hlm ut RcnnCs was improperly in
nuenced. first. by the annotated docu
hent ascribod To Emperor William
and. second. by the false testimony of
one OF the Witnesses Czernski
Alter arguing on the extent to
which these contributed 10 his cen.
dcmnation, DreyfuS r5 calls in graphic
terms the long series OF horrors to
which he had been subjected. The let
Ter throughout is couched in Il highly
dramatic style. which is likely to
make 1t one of the notable papers OF
the case. 1t refers to Estcrbazy as
enc who stands before the entire
world as the culprit." One OF the ms
SaSe@, showing the rhetorical styIe.
is rs follows:
will not recall. Mr.. Minister.
What nave endured since 1894. Pic
tuEe 10 yourself the horrors CT n sol
d!er whose life was devoted to duty. TO
work. to loyalty, and TO profound de-
Vouon for his country and who in nm
instant Is stripped of his good name
ana dcSpoilcl of the honor of himself
ana his children. For five years this
soldier IS subjected to horrible suf-
fcrinSs. They seek to crush him Dbvsi
cally, To annihilate him morally. He
Is absolutely innocent OF I'll crime and
struggles in vain 10 penetrate the mvs-
terry, proclaiming his innocence and
struggling with all the forces uf his
mind ana body for that supreme pleas
ule on Vln5icating his good name and
character. Days. months. years pass
thus in most cruel agony. amid the
torturcS OF murderouS climate. At
last he is brought back TO France. the
guilty one IS discovered and the sol
dier hears himself proclaimed inno-
cent by those who before ravilcd him
as traitor. 1t was thus. Mr. Minis
Ter. that ! hoped to see my martyr
dom ended. But alas if returned to
find the devotion OF friends who had
bnttled for the truth it was to find
also that deadly hatrcds had been I'M
loosCd
In the processes Of 1894 was stab
bed in the back; cannot imagine how
such conditions can prevail through
f2ischoUd and deception. But so it was
and my second condemnation was hut
an aggravated rcanirm@liuH of what
occurred in 1884 When the guilty one
was known and iamaskcd and Ester
hazy was recognized as the author OF
the treason. the same mon who had
cheated Justice II 1894 again sought
Ia 1895 20 cheat Justice for tho second
tim by the same criminal manocuv-
res. Conscious Of these methods. The
government Of the republic will not
permit itself to keep in prison one
VINO is known to be innocent.
In constant thought OF ultimate le-
gai revision. have rCasscmbled little
by little all the divergent elements OF
testimony contributing 20 my convic-
ton | have remained ail"nt with The
firm conviction th@; justice would
surely have its day Of Triumph the
victim Of criminal tactics ana viola
tiOn Of t." law twice committed
against ne. now | address myself to-
tn. supreme chief of military Justice,
and. supporting myself ~ new facts
which have been ClicitCd and by the
existence Of the pretended bordcau
and note by Emperor William | am
going to ask that You institute an in
quiry first upon the uses made OF this
false document at Rcnncs and the
consequences il produced on those
rendering Judgment; second. upon the
false and fraudulent testimony OF
CZernuski at Rcnnes."