The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-03-04

of the sentence Of ten years irnprison-
ment followed by a pardon), imposed
upon him by the court martial at
Rennes. Though the general interest in
the case was not as great as in pre-
vious years, the court room was crowd
ed by officers, non-commissioned Off
GERS, and private soldiers, lawyers, and
others, and number of women. among
whom were relatives of Dreyfus, who
sat within a reserved space. By their
sled was ex-Colonel Picquart. Many
curious people craned their necks to get
glimpse of Dreyfus. but to their dis
appointment, he was not present. His
interests were in the hands Of Lawyer
Morhard.
After the disposition of minor ques-
lions NJ. -Chambareaud directed NJ. Boy
er, reporter of the court, to read his re-
port, in which, to the manifest interest
of the audience. he presented the two
new eacts upon which the minister of
justice, NJ. Vale, recommended a revis-
ion OF the case. These were set forth
as follows:
"Q) The secret documents include a
letter bearing the initial d. Now, by
an affidavit of October 6, 1908, signed by
M. Gribelin (lzeeper of the archives), it
! appears that this document previously
carried the letter IT. For this latter
was substituted a d., and, thus altered,
the document was presented to the
court at Reanes.
'(2) According to the minister of JUS
tice, another letter, signed 'Alexandrine'
which Agent A addressed to Agent B,
contained some words in the handwrit-
ing of the late Lieutenant Colonel Hen
ry (who committed suicide in prison af-
ter having confessed to committing a
forgery in the case).
M. Boyer made an exhaustive review
of the case, declaring that he could not
find any proof to establish the exist
ence Of the document, which was
claimed to have been onnotated by the
German emperor, which was transmit
/ ted to one of Dreyfus' judges at
Rennes. There was no doubt, he add
1 ed Of the transmission of the "Alexan-
! drine letter with the false date. The
words in Lieutenant Colonel Henry's
handwriting had an unfavorable effect
upon the court-martial
M. Boyer concluded with saying that
the letters used against the accused
were falsified prior to the proceedings
of 1899, but he added that this had not
yet been judicially determined upon.
Acknowledgement Baudouin said thai
when he began his consideration of the
Dreyfus case he was satisfied that a
judicial error had not been committed
but as the investigation proceeded his
amazement increased.
Zone by one,' the attorney genera
continued, "all the changes vanished
leaving only accusations without i'm
portance or consistency.
when / examined the secret collec
ton of documents in the case and saw
their miserable character, valuable onl,
because Of the mystery cleverly throw
about them, I concluded that it wai
necessary for justice to have the las
word, and it Is my conviction that Their
is not enc of us in the army and not al
officer now who would not have sue
cumbed had he been under an accuse
ton thus managed
Fearing disturbances during the pro
ceedings, the government stationed
guards among the spectators and in tn
corridors leading to the court but thei
presence was not necessary. TIL
crowd was interested, but there wer
no demonstrations against the favora
BILE conclusions of the reporter and at
| torney-general