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MEETING OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.
London. Julv 2.
Madame Dreyfus -was' permitted to see
her husband soon after his. arrival in. Reo
ne*, aad the interview between them was
of a very touching character. '
Captain Dreyfus is said to be completely
ignorant of the events connected with -his
case -which have taken. 'phce4uriog the past
two years. , .f;
The Tans Figaro' published on May 26
some notes' written by Dreyfus in Novem
ber and December of 1892, whiic he was
awaiting trial. These in part are as fol
lows:— 'During the seventeen days follow
ing my arrest I underwent several examin
ations. An officer came in the evenings
with his secretary, anger in his eyes and
insults on bis lips. . My overtasked brain
could not stand more. I always asked what
were the proofs of th« accusation, but he
refused to siiow them/and said that the in
strument of my crime was a letter. My
condition became such that I wished to
commit suicide. I was. mad. In the midst
of my fever I took the sheets and prepared
to hang myself from tbe window; but re
flected that if I did this all would think me
guilty, end that I must live ic order to cry
aloud that I am innocent.' Dreyfus goes
on to express astonishment tbat be should
be arrested and dishonoured because the
experts had asserted that his writins was
similar to that of the incriminating letter.
Throughout the investigation they said to
him, 'You are lost; nothing can save you.'
Finally he was informed, he says, that 'he
would be sent before a Court-martial, as
the presumptions of guilt vrere sufficient to
warrant it.' Tlnw the 'overwhelming
proofs' of the first days of investigation
lad become at the end of two months only
'presumptions.' To this he replied:— 'I
declare that a monstrous injury is being
committed towards me. I have not had to
do with investigating Judges, but with
executioners.' .
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