Connecticut western news., 1906-07-19

ger and hlackleE, became fugitive ! from justice: Colonel Henry, couspir- ator. forger and traitor, committed sui { eide in prison. and Colonel du raty de Clam and General Mercier displayed records equally dark.
 At one time the German emperor was brought prominently into the case and made a statement in regard to 1t to the French government.
 In September. 1894, a bordereau or memorandum of notes on certain mili- ! tnry subjects was addressed by some French officer to the attache at the ! German embassy, but was intercepted ' by the French war office. An inquiry ! followed, and Commandant du Patty de Clam. a supposed expert in hand writing. discovered in the bordereaa resemblance to the writing of Cap tain Dreyfus, Hebrew. who wcs the son of wealthy manufacturer st Mui- hausen. Alsace. Dreyfus was arrested Oct. II. 1894. and was tried and con victed
 On Jan. 5, 1895. Dreyfus was public E degraded in front of 5000 troops.
 
 being torn from his uniform and his sword broken in two he raised his arms, declared his innocence and cried, ''vive Ia Francer'
 Sent to Devils Island. On Feb. the French government adopted a law by virtue Of which Dreyfus was deported to Devils is land, just off French Guiana.
 The life on Devils island has been
 itiy called a living death" owing to the terrible tropic climate and the rig ors of the confinement of Captain Dreyfus. It was evidently the inten- ton of his enemies to have him die there. His health was ruined.
 Nothing more was heard of Dreyfus until late In the summer of 1S96 when Lieutenant Colonel Picquart. succeed ing to the head of the information de partment of the army, became convinc- ed that grave error had been made.
 He revealed it to his superiors. but his zeal was not appreciated. and he was soon sent on a dangerous ''mis- sion" to Tunis, and Colonel Henry. lat CT convicted as a forger. succeeded him. Picquart's discovery was of a nature to cast suspicion on Count Comman- dant Esterhaxy as being the author of telegram which implicated him in reasonable practices and as being probably the author of the bcrdereau.
 Dreyfus' friends demanded revision of the case, and in the summer of 1897 an active campaign in Dreyfus' favor was begun On Nov. 5. 1897, Mathieu DreyfuS, brother of the prisoner. de nounced Esterhaxy to General Billet, minister of war, as the real culprit.
 Esterhaxy Acquitted.
 Esterhaxy requested an inquiry. and he was tried by court martial and ac- quilted Jan. II. 1898.
 Colonel Picquart. who had returned from Tunis. was then accused of hav- ing forged the telegram which cast sus- picion on Esterhaxy.
 Then on June 13 was published let ter by Emile Eoia. the famous T ac- cuse- letter. in which he charged that General de Boisdeffre. General Gonse and the minister of war believed Ester haxy wrote the famous bordeceau, but. knowing Esterhaxy's condemnation would lead to revision of the Dreyfus court martial. refused 10 reopen the case.
 The French government was forced to try the famous novelist for these ac- cusations. and then came the trial of Zola. which resulted in his being fined 5000 and sentenced to a years i'm prisonment. The sentence was Quash- ed. but Zola suffered exile in England for a time.
 Six weeks later Colonel Henry made a confession of having forged evidence against Dreyfus and on the following day committed suicide. His secretary later committed suicide.
 Esterhaxy Admits His Guilt. Revision now became imperative. and ! the taking of testimony began. Among { the sensational statements made by witnesses was one by Rowland Strong, who declared that Esterhazy admitted writing the bordereau by order of the { SSueEdI S1du anu ol hdJuE 1ulkhtN. ] who accused Colonel du Paty de Clam of being the real author of the Henry ! forgeries.
 De Clam was arrested by order of ] the minister of war and sent to prison. Sept. 1a. 1899. 1t was decided to par | don Dreyfus. and on the following day he was liberated and began his journey ! to France. On Oct 8. 1899. he rejoined his family, and on Dec. 2T, 1Saa. he de maRded a hearing on the old charges ] and declared he would fight to the end | to prove his innocence. Meanwhile Es- ! terhaKy had fed from France. l An appeal from the court martial de ! cision was finally granted. and on May ! IS the date was set for the hearing for ! the revision of the case.
 ] Maitre Mornard in summing up for Dreyfus gave new phase to the pro- ceedings by cutting loose from histor- ical details and asserting that anti [ Semitic hatred had been the primary cause of the miscarriage of justice. He argued that Dreyfus had been convict ' ed not as an individual officer. but be 2 cause he was a Jew. Even before the