The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
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FIGHT COR DREYFlJS.
Former Pananlarl Minister at
Washing ton for First Time Re
4 veals Details Of Discovery.
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PARIS, July i 4. AS a fitting epilogue
TO 2 the acquittal OF Alfred Dreyfus,. N.
Philip Bunau- " arilla. former Panaman
minister at aWashing ton. day gave he
Associated Press q remarkable story OF
how he first discovered positive proof OF
BDreyfus's 3 Innocence IA and @ the guilt Of
Ma or Count Esterhazy,8 a story hereto
fore known only to a few In Inmates, In
Guiding Dreyfus who said during q res
cent dim er4 here st hat while tho estab-
lishment OF his Innocence was attributed
to 81 many causes, M. Bunau-V ariln's
chance detection OF the counterfeit Bor-
dereau, or the main document on whicn
the prosecution relied was the real cause
Of 4 the triumph fof Justice. /. q t.3 ISL
Yes said NJ Bunau-V lila,
document among those old records was
the oasis OF the whole Dreyfus agitation
and was Instrumental In his final; ac-
9uu!ttal. 4 Dreyfus$ and p entered the Poly
8technic School toget Their In 1873 = recall
s his very characte ewish look, \ which
was rather aunprepossessi But he was
"a good fellow and q. companlo nable student
& Our ways parted on our graduation he
going into n The army and I brought up
as a %$ government en- ineer. It was
some years later that Dreyfus was arr
rested and convicted before q secret court
martial. first thoukh he was q victim
of the prevailing anti Semitic sentiment,
but the conviction fap peared To- establish
his guilt Happening to. dine afterwards
With my brother n auri Ice. $fproprl tor Of
the Matin, he spoke OF having q photo
constituting the only proof X upon which
6Dreyfus wa s convicted.
& = All the official photographs Of the Bor-
dereau had ben scrupulously traced and
returned to the court, but some one had
photographed one OF Sss3 the
pho tographs, and this was delivered q to-
my rotherGwit the Idea that eits publi-
cation would prevent further assertions
that Dreyfus was innocont. Y However,
maurice decided not to publish II. as he
did not wish to again call public 9 tom
ton to Dreyfus,t who was then iconsid-$
cred to be q vile traitor. 8l.ss
Discovered Difference
j$'.When my brother spoke of the Borda-
reau the idea flashed 4 across my mind
tina I might compare the ocument ith
something written by Drey fus pring our
school days at the Polytechnic School,
finally found an old. unanswered letter,
in which Dreyfus asked for IN forma ton
relative to the Congo. gis a 3sasS i:s
s"I began q careful compa rison OF the
Bordereau and Dreyfus'sl Congo letter.
he continued, 1.-THE first glace gave me 4
the impression that they were u IN the, !
same handwriting. But suddenly x obs
served something which caused me pro-
found advertisement. In {Dreyfus's letter
to B me, the words having q Il double IS.
were written with a long 81 first and q
short IS second. whereas i In the Borde-
reau8 1T was Just the reverse. The short
Is, was first and the long IS second.
Il IN y brother made an independen t COM
parIson 8of the Bordereau and the let
ter and reached the same conc huston.
namely. that the handwriting q OF s4ij the
letter about the Congo was not Of the
Bordereau. As, together wns realized Liked
this discovery, we felt as Il though Sta an
earthquake had shaken us. 81
81 faurice immediate ly; an nounced is MS
to publish the pilot ograph
OF the Bordereau, SO that every one 8pu o.
fishing letters written BY Dreyfu would
be able to make comparisons, and me
day the people general y. Il ana
the Dreyfus family particularly saw saw
tor the first time, What has since been
known rs the Bord ereau. a S3 ~ +. VII
Caused Big Stir.
From the appearance Of hat photo-
graph9of the Bordereau dates almost
everything known rs the ,Dreyfusx z ftair,
OF Importance " hich fol-
lowed was in consequence Of at hist sdss-s
covery and the. publication sofl lhe pho
tograph o. the Borderea III But FL thretos !
capital consequences were 81 "A. 4e$9
I NFirst-The Dreyfus family were ems
abled to &see the mysterious nd !, only
proof on which Dreyfus was convict
and they were thus enabled to- mi AXE cora-
PARSONS, establishing the Innocence or
Dreyfus, 53F5 " 5s
Y "Second-The appearance {of the phi oto--5
graph Of the Bordereau led n, 81 Castro,
a stockbroker. to recognize ltEas being
In the handwriting Of one Of his clients,
Count Esterhazy, thus prccipitat Es,
terhazy's trial and the puplic Hoy 4. N
zola's famous i accuse tters fASf II
"Third-The appearance OF the, photo-
graph Of the Bordereau permitted Colonel