Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-12
MAN WHO SHOT
DREYFUS FREED
FOUND NOT GUILTY OF At
TEMPT TO KILL
Judge Rules Out All Efforts to Reopen
Old lssue-TriaI Marked by
Considerable Tur-
buIence
Dy Associated Press

| BY Associated Press
PARIS, Sept. 11.--Louis A. Gregors
was today acquitted of the charge Of
attempting to kill Maj. Alfred Dreyfus
at the Pantheon in this city some time
ago.
During the ceremonies at the Pan
theon in connection with the canoniza-
tion of Emile Zola, Gregory fired two
revolver shots at Dreyfus, one bullet
taking effect in Dreyfus' wrist.
The presiding judge today continued
to rule out all attempts to reopen the
old Dreyfus issue, and there was con-
siderable turbulence in the courtroom
as witness after witness was sup
pressed.
These included M. Berteaux, former
minister of war, and Col Du Patty de
Clam. Henri Rochefort took the stand
for the defense.
Col. Du Patty de Giants rambling
statement in which he claimed the men
now in power were in league to prevent
the disclosure of the truth of the
Dreyfus affair was interrupted by the
Judge, who compelled him to leave the
stand on the ground that his testimony
was entirely irrelevant.
Gregory asked M. Rochefort to dis
close the position made before the
court of cessation, but the judge re-
fused to put the question. M. Roche
fort left the stand with an appeal to
the jury to acquit Gregory.
NJ Bourbonne,, another witness Tor
Gregory, when he was announced by
the Judge, made this explanation:
II wished only to speak of the Mum
ster memoirs which the German gov
ernment seized and never published"
Gregory thereupon shouted to the
jury: Nov draw your own conclu-
sions."
Address to Jury
After the various witnesses had fin
ished giving their testimony, and as
neither Premier Clemenceau, War Min
lister Picquardt nor any other member
of the government appeared, M. Greg
orr began his address to the jury.
He said: II appear before you be-
cause at my own risk and peril made
a personal protest against the impu-
dence of the Dreyfusards in glorifying
the author of De Bacle' at the Pan
theon and against the humiliation in
flicted upon the army by being obliged
to defile before the man who twice has
been convicted by court martial"
For me-" the prisoner said, 1.-The de-
cree of the court of cessation was a
judicial error; the nomination of Gen
eral Piquardt to be minister of war
was most violent blow to the morale
of the army. The Legion of Honor was
dishonored by the nomination of Drey-
fus, and the ceremony at the Pantheon
came as a crowning infamy."
The advocate general in summing up
the case for the state charged Gregori's S
act as vulgar attempt at assassina-
ton.
With the acquittal of Gregori the
Dreyfus affair, which has divided
France into two camps for the last
twelve years, may be said to have been
buried beyond all possibility of resur-
rection.
The government, 1t was evident from
the remarks of the advocate general IN
the summing up, did not want Sc
we're sentence which would make
martyr of M Gregori but merely
correctional sentence which would al
low the matter to die out.
1t was generally anticipated that the
court would condemn Gregori to SIX
months imprisonment, and his COM
plete acquittal partook of the nature
of an anti-climax.
Those present in the court room gave
vent to their feelings according TO their
political views, and the court resounded
with mingled boots and cheers. the
president of the court, however. soon
duelled the disturbance by ordering the
court cleared An attempt was made
to start a manifestation outside the
building. but this was also frustrated
by the police.