say dreyfka admitted he we guilty alleged secrets of the dreyfus case were confided to university of students etu dents by leroux the french lecturer declared that captain dreyfus admitted gu it at the time he was pardoned captain dreyfus not only was guilty of conspiracy against the french gov eminent but he confessed to a number of charges and asked for mercy when signing a petition for a pardon was the statement with which the french lawyer and lecturer astonished his au diance that dreyfus actually admitted his guilt is not generally known even by people who endeavored to follow the case closely in all its phases M leroux explained to the students that his knowledge of the case came largely from the facts that he was asked by fr ends of captain dreyfus to take up the defense of the prisoner