Show COUNT DE LESSEPS UNDER A CLOUD THAT JS Is a sad bad story related of the count de lesseps Lee the famous constructor tor of the suez canal and later on of the attempted panama canal he is pow now over eighty years of age and quite feeble the closing days of his bis remarkable life are clouded by an anve now being prosecuted in the supreme court of now new york relating to his bu methods in the panama canal project it to is charged by the french government that in federation with american financiers he consummated a swindle by which francs were dishonestly obtained the par value of panama stock was only per share but it is charged that per share was realized on some shares or more inore the inquiry before judge beach pro jamses to disclose the secret of this deal and how far the famus famous engineer pr his agents are responsible for the swindle |