The Archive · 1898

DECLARED INNOCENT

if it were established that Major Esterhazy wrote the memorandum. That, of course, depends on the number of the charges against Dreyfus. His opponents say the memorandum was only one of a sories of damning facta against him, whereas M. Demange, his counsel, declares that it was the sole basis of the prosecution and was the only document shown to him at the trial. It has been freely asserted, and the statement has not been contradicted, that other documents of a confidential nature were showa to the seven members of the Court and not to the prisoner and his counsel. M. Demange, questioned on this point, said he refused to believe that such an outrage on justice could have been committed. One of the most unpleasant features of the affair is the suspicion that

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