Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1898 — HENRY ENDS HIS LIFE. [ARTICLE]

HENRY ENDS HIS LIFE.

Confesses Forgery of the Letter Whitl Accused Dreyfus of S Lieut. Col. Henry of the French arms who was one of the principal accuaMMß Captain Dreyfus, killed himself in Pgjjß .twenty-four hours after his arrest for fijß| gery and perjury. He cut his throat Wteß a razor which he had concealed in his Use when taken to prison. I He had confessed that he forged one'iß the letters upon which Dreyfus was CmH victed. The letter purported to revtfl secrets of the French Government, smß Dreyfus was accused of being in the psil of Germany. Henry admitted to th 2 minister of war that his testimony in thM Zola-Dreyfus trials was false. His cool session was so complete that it virtualW upsets the entire case against Dreyfusj and the Government has virtually promiiM ed a new trial. Henry’s only attempt tM justify his conduct was the statement! that he thought the honor of the French! army required the conviction of Drejrnjß Col. Henry was to be tried-by court-i»*aM tial. - I Col. Henry was attached to the Department when he helped by his for*] gery and perjury to convict Dreyfus, and! he was one of the prominent witnesses who testified unfavorably to M. Zola dur*| Ing the latter’s sensational trial on thal charge of libeling military officials. Thai victory for Zola is an unqualified one. Thai French public is already convinced that! Dreyfus will soon be free. The Government, although refusing to reopen the Dreyfus case, has kept up * persistent Inquiry in secret, and finally 1 obtained evidence connecting Henry with the forged letter. When the proof was sufficient he was brought face to fac* with the minister of war, and soon mads a clean breast of his guilty with the Dreyfus case. The Government is trying to secure more complete evU deuce against other army officers who aro suspected of complicity with Henry,. Major Esterhazy will be retired from th* army on account of his connection with the scandal. During the recent Zola trial Henry accused Col. Picquart of falsifying telegrams. A duel followed, in which Henry was wounded. The next scene occurred in the Chamber of Deputies, where Col. Picquart proclaimed the letter which con-: victed Dreyfus a forgery, and as a result; was arrested, while Henry’s villainy was rewarded by his being appointed Col. Picquart's successor in the intelligence de-, part meat. It is now evident that Henry forged th* letter with the express object of paralyzing Col. Piequart’s efforts to expose Maj. Esterhazy and to get a revision of the Dreyfus cqse. The letter was written lai bad French, a fact which first led to it* being regarded as spurious.