Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — EVENTFUL DAY IN PARIS. [ARTICLE]

EVENTFUL DAY IN PARIS.

Return of Marchand and the Arrest of Colonel Paty De f lam. -The return of Maj. Marchand and the arrest of Lieut. Col. Du Paty de Clam were the features of Thursday’s eventful day in Paris. Du Paty de Clam was arrested late at night and lodged in the Cherche-Midi military prison, charged with complicity in the forgery of the incriminating documents used in the Dreyfus affair. Maj. Marchand was welcomed to Paris by enthusiastic crowds of people who packed the streets all day and until an early hour Friday morning, shouting and singing the Marseillaise. At midnight an immense throng surrounded the Military Club, where Marchand was being entertained, and he was acclaimed as the commander of the army. Prominent officers gathered on the balcony and responded to the cheers, Du Paty de Clam searched the house of Dreyfus after the latter’s arrest and tried to intimidate Mme. Dreyfus. He conducted the famous handwriting test of Dreyfus, and supplied articles to the press tending to convince the public of Dreyfus’s guilt One of these articles contained an admission.that secret evidence was used.