Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1899 — PAR DON FOR DREYFUS [ARTICLE]

PAR DON FOR DREYFUS

f. v FRENCH ARMY CAPTAIN GIVEN HIS FREEDOM. Agree* to Relinquish Hie Appeal for’ Reversal of Judgment of the CourtMartial—May Go to England to Hecn per ate Hla Broken Health. It was officially announced In Par’s Tuesday that Dreyfus’ pardon had been agreed upon in principle, but that it would not be signed for several days, owing to formalities. Dreyfus agreed to relinquish his appeal for a reversal of the judgment of the court martial which recently convicted him of treason and sentenced him to ten years’ imprisonment. This action on the part of the prisoner is regarded as practically giving up his fight for rehabilitation and complete establishment of his innocence. This unusual course is a part of the general policy of amnesty adopted by the present Government, and is the logical outcome of the incongruous verdict. The health of Dreyfus is as precarious as ever. He can live only a few years. It is understood that Dreyfus will go to England with his family, there to spend the remainder of his life, or at least to rest and recuperate his broken health. It is said that Mme. Dreyfus and Maltre Labori recently paid a visit to Folkestone, near Dover, and engaged apartments in expectancy of the event of a pardon. A peculiar coincident was the anr.ouneement of the death of M. Seheurer-Kest-ner, the former vice-president of the senate and foremost champion of Dreyf if, almost the same time as that of the pardon. He had been ill for several days with typhoid fever, partly brought on by worry over the Dreyfus ease.