El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19

Right after the acquittal, Paris was
I startled by the publication in the news
I ten and signed by Emil lola preferTin :
( charges of conspiracy against several
French officers of the general staff.
/ His letter. which bore the title Of I
accuse, was like a thunderbolt- He
charged at the conclusion that the
court matrial had violated the law in
! its conviction Of Dreyfus on the
strength Of A document which neither
Dreyfus nor his counsel had any
! Knowledge Of. lola was tried for libel
convicted and sentenced to one years
imprisonment.
In the meantime. the head of the in
4 telligence office of the general staff
was transferred and was s-cceeded by
Col Picquart, a native of StrassburS
(Alsace). and therefore a cOuntryman
: of Dreyfus- In the course OF mis- rou-
tine work. he came across a document
extremely confidential, addressed by
the German military attache to Ester
hay. Col Picquart az one informed
his subordinate. Col. Henri, the friend Of
Esterhazy, of the discovery of that
document. He impaired to him his
OF Germany and that he. and not Drey-
fus, was the author of the oOrdsre u.
At the suggestion of his chief. Col.
Henri promised to keep the affair
secret But no sooner had Col. Picquart
left the office than Col Henri tele-
phoned Esterhazy what had happened.
Suicide of Guilty Man.
After consultation il was decided that
Col Henri forged a document clinching
the guilt OF Dreyfus- That document
was so clumsily made that it proved
the undoinC of Col. Henri. Being con-
fronted by Col. Picquart, his chief, he
arrested. and locked up in Fort Vale
rion, on the outskirts Of Paris. The
next morning the prisoner was found
dead in his cell, having committed sui
eide. by cutting his throat with q
razor.
Esterhazy Disappeared
Sentiment against Dreyfus COM
menced TO turn. The French law pro-
vides that no case can be taken before
the court Of cessation tan institution
similar to the supreme court of the
United States) unless new facts IN
known at he first trial have been dis
covered.
The new facts on which Dreyfus's
lawyers based their demand for appeal
were numerous However, the revela-
tion that the document That animal
Of Dreyfus' had been communicated TO
the judges of the court martial and not
to the accused was sufficient to grant
a hearing before the court of cessation
That court has three separate branches,
each composed OF Is members. a cor
rectional, criminal. and a civil branch.
Owing to the Importance Of the case.
2 special law was passed by the cham
fus Ease be heard by the three branches
o. the court IN joint session: in other
words. before the IS judges composing
the supreme court of France
For weeks and weeks the case was
Iied; new and startling evidence de-
veloped and unanimously the court or
dered the acquittal of Dreyfus.
The story of the Telegram
Now as to the telegram that sealed |
the fate Of Dreyfus. read to the judges
.aET rrnn md
of war. The accused man
would undoubtedly have been acquitted I
but for this damning document When 4
u fell into the hands of the ministry
That animal of D. is becoming too
sxacting"
Only the initial appeared in the mes
sage II was at once assumed that the
D. stood for Dreyfus. 1t was read to |
ne judges as previously quoted:
mat animal Of Dreyfus is becoming
100 eXacting."
II was discovered. years afterwards
his telegram referred to another man
whose name began with D. and 10
mother matter far different from this
ferrous trial Of course. the alliance
men existing between Germany and
taly made the supicion OF the telegram
tronger since it was from the German
military attache to the Italian military
.ttache.
These two men had had affairs with
W - tels- OnS was married TO q
nan whose initial OF his last name was
D. 1t was on the money obtained
y the two women he lived. and he
-ept demanding more from the at
scnes. The telegram. which sent
'reyIus 10 the fortunes of DEVILS Is
and referred to the demands OF this
nan and not to the secrets of state.
Dreyfus Today.
Dreyfus today IS an old man, broken
owl IN health. by the moral and ply
q m
i've years He was reintegrated in the
rmy and. on the very spot where he
'as degraded after his conviction the
CEREMONY OF rehabilitation took place
ma i.e me cross Of the Legion of Honor
inned on his uniform He resigned
nortly after, owing to his infirmities
'hlch did not prevent him a the out
et OF the war to offer his services 10
rance They were refused because of
Is age, DO His son, a young SER
cant, was killed in one of the battles
7 champagne Dreyfus is still pa
riot and still loves France.
Count Esterhazy COnfesses.
As 10 Esterhazy. the writer met him
ccidentally IN 1899 in the Cafe Metro
ole in Brussels Instead Of the dash
lg officer whom I had seen at the
ola trial there stood before me a
roken n down, stooP shouldered. prema-
ented to an interview.
What was your object in attribut-
lg the writing OF the bordereau TO
reyfus7' was my first question.
His handwriting was similar to
line and l acted under instructions of
OIL Henri. who had befriended me
eeded money badly. so did Henri 1t
he who suggested to me that I get
I touch with the German military at
iche and offer him certain documents
hich Col Henri. owing to his stand
~ in the staff. could easily manufac-
Ire. What could I do with an army
creditors bounding me2 That is how,
came to write the borderau. which
I'D to Col Won Schwarzkoppen. When
lat bordereau was discovered by the
lnitor. had decided to commit suicide. Z
Ut Henri wouldn't hear of it He had
READY prepared a way out of the diff
Guilty He knew that the handwrft-
x Of Dreyfus was similar to Mines
e knew also that being Jew he was
cry much disliked. Henrf's past rec
"a and his good notes at the ministry
icilitated the manufacturing OF
roofs which sent Dreyfus to Devils
iland- You know the rest"
mat was the first interview ever
ranted by the ex-major and Il was
le last He has since assumed an
Jner name and Just before the war he
as giving French lessons in London
iaklnS thereby a Scant living