Muna Chikunguru 1897 mhuri yaDreyfus yakataurirana neMutungamiri weSeneti Auguste Scheurer-Kestner kuti aongorore kushomeka kweuchapupu hwaDreyfus. Scheurer-Kestner akashuma mwedzi mitatu gare gare kuti aive nechokwadi chekuti Dreyfus aive asina mhosva, uye akanyengetedza Georges Clemenceau mutori wenhau uye aimbove nhengo yeChamber of Deputies. Mumwedzi iwoyo, Mathieu Dreyfus akaita chichemo pamusoro paEsterhazy ku Ministry of War. Muna Ndira 1898 zviitiko zviviri zvakasimudza nyaya iyi kuti ive nemukurumbira wenyika: Esterhazy akaburitswa mhosva yekutengesa nyika (akazoveura ndebvu dzake ndokutiza France), uye Émile Zola akaburitsa "J'accuse...!" chiziviso chaDardreyfus chakakonzera kuti vazivi veFrance vatsigire Dreyfus. Nyaya yacho yakawedzera kupesana pamusoro pemakumi maviri, uye yakaramba ichipisa mhirizhonga kusvika pakupera kwezana remakore, uye kwakaenderera mberi nekunyunyuta mumaguta akati wandei kupfuura zvaakaita Dreyfus.
Ushumiri Hwehondo