The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-12
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY IL, 1906.
VINDICATION FOR
CAPTAIN DREYFUS.
French Officer Fully Exonerated
Of Selling Army Secrets
to Foreign Power.

Paris, July. l2.-The supreme court
today announced it's decision, annulling
the condemnation Of Captain Dreyfus
without a retrial. 80
The effect of the decision is COM
plete vindication of Captain, Dreyfus
emitting him to restoration to his rank
in the army as tho he had never been
accused. 49,.
. The decision Of the court was read by
president Of the court of cessation.
. Among those present Were Mathew
Dreyfus, brother Of Alfred Dreyfus;
Maitre Mornard, counsel for Captain
Dreyfus Joseph Reinach, the historian
of the Dreyfus affair; Colonel Picq1art.
Nine. Zola and many others who have
figured in various stages of the cele-
brated case. ~'
Captain Dreyfus was not present,
continuing his habitual secrecy by ra-
manning secluded in the garret where
he has hitherto been cut off from the
outer world. ,rsz~
New Facts Established. 49,.
, The court holds that three new facts
have been established:
First, that the document from Gen
eral MERGERS secret papers presented
at the Rennes courtmartial in which
the initial "D'N was substituted for
'P,' was classification establishing
the strong presumption Of Dreyfus' in
Second, that another document from
the secret papers, in which Dreyfus was
alleged to have been shown to have
delivered to Germans the plans for the
railway mobilization, never reached the
war department. authorities, and, there
fore, Dreyfus could not have secured
possession Of it. 'S--.>
Third, that the Rennes courtmartial
culated to establish the fact that Drey.
'"These facts = the decision of the
court says, "without seeking for any
further graunds, are Of nature to es.
tablish the innocence Of the. accused
and 1t is only necessary. to examine
whether the verdict Of the Rennes court.
martial shall be annulled without a re.
trial, or be followed by another trial
by courtmartial.
Esterhazy Wrote Bordereau.
| After a lengthy review, tho decision
says, the document known as the borde.
reau, was written by Major Count Es
| terhazy, and that the accusations con.
Meeting Dreyfus with the Bordereau
rest only on hypothesis and conjecture
Ao dCouoatAVu dRd1uSG OIey1uS,
continues the decision. "whether based
on the handwriting or text Of the Dor
dereaus, was completely unjustifed and
without motive. Moreover, Dreyfus
having large fortune, one seeks in
vain for any reason for his committing
such a great crime. $F5SS 5s IA
1.-THE court therefore holds that, al
eli the accusataions against the accused
fall to the ground, there Is no necessity
for new trial and consequently thu
judgment in condemnation Is annulleG
as unwarranted by the evidence ::
In conclusion the court noted Drey
fus' waving Of pecuniary indemnity
and ordered It's decision to be tran
scribed on the records of the Renne
courtmartial and to be inserted in tn
official journal and also in five newspa
pers to be designated by the procurato
geenral and at the cost Of the govern
ment in fifty papers Of Paris and tn
provinces to be designated by Dreyfus
! Crime Charged. ,. f.. .s.~.
! Captain Alfred Dreyfus, 3 Of the arti]
family Of Alsace, was, Oct. IA, 1894, al
| rested on the charge of communication,
French military secrets to foreigl
power. Two months later Dreyfu
was tried by courtmartial and foun
! guilty and Jan. 8 he was publicly de
graded and deported to Devils Island
near Cayenne, French Guinea, there ar
parently, to spend the remainder Of hi