Hubert Joseph Henry

French military officer

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role in Dreyfus Affair

  • Alfred Dreyfus
    In Alfred Dreyfus: J’Accuse

    …spreading rumors, and of Major Hubert Joseph Henry, discoverer of the original letter attributed to Dreyfus, in forging new documents and suppressing others. When Esterhazy was brought before a court martial, he was acquitted, and Picquart was arrested. This precipitated an event that was to crystallize the whole movement for…

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  • Dreyfus Affair
    In Dreyfus affair

    Hubert-Joseph Henry of the intelligence section confessed to fabricating the document in order to strengthen the army’s position, revision was made almost certain. At the same time, the affair was becoming a question of vital concern to politicians. The republican parties in the Chamber of…

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