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Pellieux was asked to reopen his inquiry. He did not review the new material. Instead he attacked
Picquart's credibility and again declared Esterhazy innocent. The minister of war then ordered a formal investigation by Major Ravary. On 31 December 1897 Ravary found there was no basis for the charges against Esterhazy. To close the matter, on 9 January 1898 Esterhazy was arrested, tried and acquitted in two days in a conspicuously biased trial. Esterhazy thanked General de Pellieux for exposing the conspiracy against him.
339:, published on 13 January 1898. He wrote, "I accuse General de Pellieux and Major Ravary of having led a villainous inquiry, by which I mean a most monstrously one-sided inquiry..." In February 1898 Zola was tried for libel against the officers who conducted the Dreyfus court-martial. When Piquart took the stand, de Pellieux attempted to discredit him. He accused Picquart of practicing hypnotism, occultism and table turning, and said he was neurotic. Pellieux called the
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fortress. After the news of Henry's confession and suicide became public, de
Pellieux resigned from his positions with a very harsh letter, claiming that the General Staff had been "fooled by people without honor" and was "no longer able to count on the confidence of subordinates without which
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on 23 February 1899 to stage a coup, using the escorting cavalcade led by
Pellieux as the spearhead. Pellieux first vaguely agreed, then decided against involvement and had himself replaced by General Roget. The attempt fizzled out. After the crisis de Pellieux was reassigned.
343:"absolute proof of Dreyfus's guilt". On 23 February 1898 Zola was convicted and given the maximum sentence. Later the verdict was overturned and a fresh trial scheduled. In February 1898 Picquart was cashiered from the army. He was arrested and imprisoned on 13 July 1898.
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