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DREYFUS DECLARED GUILTY!
Verdict of the Judges Was Five To Two
Against the Prisoner.
SENTENCE IMPOSED IS TEN YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT
Penalty, However, May Be Wiped Out By the Five
Years Already Served On Devil’s Island.
A vcrdiot of “guilty” was fonml in
the celebrated Dreyfus case at Keanes,
France, Saturday afternoon. For the
second time this artillery captain was
condemned for treason, the specific
ohnrge being the furnishing of secret
French military information to the
German government.
The verdict closed a second trial by
conrtnmrtial, the trial being in many
respects the most celebrated before a
military tribunal in the history of the
world.
Though a majority of those in the
courtroom fully expected the verdict
they were completely stupilied when
it was given, and the silence which
prevailed in the room and the way
men turned palo and caught their
breaths was more impressive than any
other manifestation could have been.
An the audience left the conrtrooom
fully 10 or 15 men were crying open
ly, and the majority of those present
walked quietly dowu the street for;
more than a block without speaking a
word. It was like a funeral proces
sion.
Meanwhile a tragedy wur being en
acted in the little room off tho court
room, v here Dreyfus listened to the
reading of ihe verdict. He had been
told (he remit by hia lawyern and had
wept bitterly, but when in the pres
ume of the officials of the courtmartial
he listened impassively to the sen
tence.
The general belief is Iliat Dreyfus
will he pardoned, but this will not sat
isfy his friends, who vehemently de
clare that they will continue the bat
tle until the judgment is reversed.
The verdict, they say, is directed
more against tho Jews thau against
Dreyfus, and if allowed to stand will
make their existence in France impos
sible.
The npjiearHnee on tlio sheets when
Rennes awoke Saturday morning left
no doubt in the mind of anyone that
the filial crisis of the great trial had
been reached. Instead of scattering
gendarmes guarding the vicinity of
the prison and tho Lycee, the whole
town bristled with soldiers, all the
streets near tho court were guarded
at intervals hy double lines of iufan
try.
The last session of the courtmartial !
opened at 7:'Soa. m., when Demnnge!
promptly resumed his speech for the
defense which was interrupted Friday j
by the adjournment of the court. !
The audience listened to his remarks
with the most serious attention and he
was closely followed by tho judges.
Counsel said ho v. as convinced the
bordereau was written in his natural
hand by Esterba/.y. There was entire
lack of motive iu case of Dreyfus,
while there was .y motive on tlie
part of Esterlia/.y. Dreyfus was rich I
and happy; he had two children who]
were his pride and joy, and a wife cf
whose devoted oourago all were aw are
everything a min should desire.
Why should he have risked all that?
“Believe me," added M. Demauge,
“my conviction comes from an honest
heart. I was convinced that the judges,
with tho doubt which will remaiu on
their minds, will find it impossible to
declare their prisoner guilty, for they
will rather turn thoir eyes to the men
kidiug on the other side of the chan
nel.”
After this M. Oeruange, with his
voice broken with emotion, tears
streaming down his face and hands
trembling,concluded his brilliant flight
of oratory as follows:
“My task is bow accomplished. It
1b for you to do yours. I pray God,”
exclaimed oouusol, lifting his arms
toward heaven, “I pray God that you
will restore to France the concord of
which she bus so much need.”
Then turning to the audience, M.
Demange added iu conclusion: “A* to
you, w hoever you may be, Frenohiuon,
be you with me or against me, finding
“Tkkdict a political criv.’*
Opinion Vigorously Expreiisd
Regarding Dreyfus Verdict.
A dispatch from Bari in says: The
Dreyfus verdict causes a feeling al
most of stupefaction iu German cir
cles. It has been hoped that the state
ment of the lleichssnstieger, as mninat
incr directly from Emperor William,
would have tendered impossible the
repetition of what is described as
“one of the greatest judicial and polit
ical crimes of any sge. ”
It is universally sgrcod that the
second verdict is u grove political
blunder, a violation of the laws of civ
ilization aud an act or moral cowardice
which the world will find it difficult to
pardon.
inspiration in the sublime idea of M.
Mornard before the court of caseation,
I say to all, we are Frenchmen. Let
us then he united in the common sen
timent of lovo of country, love of jus
tice and love of the army.”
The close of Deraange’s impassion
ed peroration was followed hy an out
burst of applause, which was imme
: diately suppressed by the president.
M. Labori then said that he did not
desire to speak.
Major Carrier, however, claimed the
right to reply.
When the court resumed its session
after a brief adjournment, the govern
ment commissary began his reply.
He promised to be brief, and said he
desired to submit to the courtmartial
a simple observation:
“Weigh the importance of the two
categories of the witness; those found
against the prisoner; weigh the im
portance and judge, in all tho inde
pendence of your character and all the
strength of soldiers. Proof is every
where, The hour of supreme decision
has sounded. Franoe anxiously awaits
your judgment. I also await it, con
fidently uud fully maintaining the
conclusion already annonneod. I de
mand the application of article 70 of
the penal code and urticle 2G7 of the
military code.”
M. Demange made a brief reply to
this suu then Colonel Jouaust, presi
dent of the court, asked Dreyfus if he
had anything to add in his behalf.
The prisoner arose and in a voice
choked with emotion, declared that he
had only one thing to say, but that he
was perfectly assured. lie said:
“I affirm before my country and the
army that I am innocent. My
sole aim has been to snve the honor
of my name, tho name borne by my
children. I have s ffered five years of
tho most awful torture. But, today
at least, I feel assured that I am about
to attain my desire through your loy
alty and justice.”
Tl> Cloning Scene.
The court then retired to deliberate
and the prisoner left the hall never to
return, as in accordance with the law,
the verdict was rendered in his ab
sence. The ringing of a bell announced
tho re-entry of the judges an officer
ordered “carry arms!" and “present
arms!” The rattle of rifles followed
and then Colonel Jonaust marched in,
saluted and laid his kepi on the table.
The other judges did likewise, the
gendarmes shouted “silenoe!” and the
stillness of death fell on the audienee
who were waiting, heart in mouth, for
the announcement of Drevfus’ fate.
Colonel Jouaust begau by reading
the judgment w'hich opened with the
question referred to the judges by the
court of cassation, was Dreyfus guilty
of entering into machination to send
secret documents to a foreign power?
He then gave the answer, that the
court, by a majority of five to two,
found Dreyfus guilty.
The pent up feelings of the audi
ence were expressed in a long, deep
drawn “Oh!” when Colonel Jouaust
reached the word “guilty.” The word
was pronounced under his breath.
Owing to the threats of vigorous pun
ishment for uttering any cry there
were no outbursts, but the faces of
the majority of the spectators reflected
an expression of anguished surprise.
M. Labori heard the verdict with
pallid visage, while M. Demange fell
back in a chair as though horror
struck, Col. Jouaust read the judg
ment without a tremor of his voice and
apparently nnmoved.
The noise called for the stern cry of
“silence! silence!” aud again all
around was hushed until Colonel
Jouaust finished speaking. He conclu
ded by saying the court would remain
sitting until the room wms cleared.
I Maitre Labori aud Muitre Demange
I took the midnight train for Paris,
j They drove to the station in a closed
! carriage, escorted by f our mounted
I gendarmes.
JOY IS PARIS.
Condemnation of Dreyfus Received With
1
Rejoicing In French Capital.
A Paris special says: From an early
1 hour Saturday morning the boulav£.rdfl
presented % scene of unwonted anima
tion. The crowds eagerly seized upon
the successive editious of various pa
pers giving hourly accounts of the
progress of the trial at Bennee.
At 5 o’clock in the afternoon The
Gnulots exhibited to an enormous
1 crowd a placard on which the words,
“Vive I’armee,” which indicated that
the verdict was anti-Dreyfus. The
announcement was greeted with a deep
; hum of approval and joy.
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