The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-13
MEDICATION ],
 FOR DREYFUS |C.nplete Clearing of All Z Charges. TO BE MADE A BRIGADlER End of Long Fight of the Prosecuted
 Captain. All Accusations Fall to the Ground and It is Decided That Another Trial is Not Nec- essary.
TO BE MADE A BRIGADlER

| today announced it's decision annull- ing the condemnation of Dreyfus with- | out a retrial. The effect of the decis-
 ion is complete v.ndication of Drey- fus, entitling him to restoration to the
 army as though he had never been ac- cused
 The decision of the court was read I by the presiding judge. M Ballot Beau lore. President of the Court of Cassa- tion, immediately on the reassemblins l of the court at noon today. The pal- ace of justice was thronged by an eager crowd seeking admission to the l court room. Among those present were | Dreyfus. Maitre Mornard. counsel for l Captain Dreyfus; Joseph Reinach. the 1 historian of the Dreyfus affair; Colonel I Picquart, Madame Zola and many oth- | CTS, who have figured in various stages I of the celebrated case. Captain Drey- I fus was not present. continuing his ha-
 bitual secrecy by remaining secluded
 in the garret. where ne has nitnerto l been cut off from the outer world. ] The scene as the decision was pro- lnounced was one of impressive dig tnity. The court. consisting of forty nine Judges. gowned in flowing red robes. solemp1y mounted the bench Dep silence prevailed as the presiding ljudge read the lengthy decision. min- EL8lSWlnK events of the last twelve years and lcompletely disctipating Dreyfus of all
 wrong doing, freeing him of the ac- lcusation of the famous discriminating ldocuments on which the entire charge Twas founded, and authorizing the ari- Inulment of the judgment of the Rennes court martial with the publication of the final announcement of his innocence In newspapers to be chosen by Captain Dreyfus.
 I vindication is sweeping.
 The reading of the decision lasted an Incur and it was only at the close that tba sspectatorh realized the sweeping mature of the vindication. As the final ldstermination was announced, there was a buzz of excited comment and lsepae- exclamations of approval which I the naurt officers sternly repressed.
 Matthew Dfeyfus hastily despatched a messenger to bear the good news 70 lCaptain Dreyfus and Madame Dreyfus.
 Outside the court the crowds recetv- ed the decision without making any
 demonstration.
 | were as follows:
 l First. that the documents from Gem erai Mercier's secret papers" present. | cd at tho Rennes Court martial In l which the initial "D' was substituted | for "P" was a Justification and estah- l lished strong presumption of Drey- I fus'a innocence.
 second. that another document from | the secret papers in which Dreyfus | was alleged to have been shown to l have delivered to Germans the plans l for the railway mobilization. never l reached the war department author
 ities and therefore Dreyfus couio not,
 have secured possession of 1t. l Third, that the Rennes court mar tall failed to hear essential testimony ! calculated to establish the fact that i preyfus was innocent
 '~Thase facts, tho decision of the court says. without looking for any | further grounds, are of nature to es- | tabiish the innocence of the accused, and 1t ia only necessary to examine whether the verdict or ene Rennos scourt martial shall be annulled with l out retrial, or De followed by aA- other trtnl by court martial | After a lengthy review of the eoc- ] ument in the case known as the Ror- l dereau, the decision says 1t was writ | fen. by Major Count Esterhazy and that l inc accusations connecting Dreyfus | with the Bcrdereau rest only on hy- pothesis and conjecture. ..
 The accusation against Dreyfus. | continues the decision. whether based
 on the handwriting or the text of the
 Bordereau. was completely unjustified | and without motive. Moreover. Drey-
 fus having a large fortune. one seeks l in vain for any reason for his commit | ting such crimc.
 l All Falls to the Ground.
 'aThe court therefore holds that as
 all the accusations against the ac- l cused shall fall to the ground. there
 is no necessity for new trial and ! consequently the Judgment in con demnation Is annulled as unwarranted by the evidence"
 l n0fAd nFAV- fuss waiving of pecuniary indemnity and ordered its decision to be trans | cribed on the records of the Rennes court martial and to be inserted in
 the oficial journal and also In five | newspapers to be designated by the nrocurator general. and at the cost of the government in fifty papers of
 Paris and the provinces to be desig- | mated by Dreyfus.
 l The cabinet will hold special ses- 1 sion at the Elysee palace tonight to | determine on the course to follow in | view of the decision os the supreme l court. It has already been determin- 1 ed however that besides the restora-
 ton of Dreyfus to the army, special
 bill will be presented 10 parliament
 authorizing the minister of war to l restore Colonel Piccuart. whose sense | of justice brought about the quashing | of the verdict of the Rennes court | martial, to the army from which he was degraded owing to the charges
 which he brough against the late Colo l mel Henry.
 Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the arr tillery, number of wealthy Hebrew l family of Alsace. where he was born 1 in 1859, was, October IA. 1894. arrest
 ed on the charge of communicating
 French military secrets to foreign
 power Two months later Dreyfus
 was tried by court martial and found | guilty and January 5, he was publicly
 degraded and deported to Devils is-
 land. near Cayenne, French Guiana, there apparently to spend the remaind-
 CT of his life The friends and rela-
 tiyes of Dreyfus. notably his wife,
 always believed in his innocence. and
 devoted all their energies to the work
 of proving that he had been unjustly
 condemned
 PIcquart's Fight for Right,
 Colonel Picquart, when he became
 chief of the intelligence repartment
 of the French army in 1895. examined
 the documents in the proceedings