| Show TRIAL OF DR LESSEPS he tells ills story in plain ward Lanau ace pants march 8 in it the assize court today tho tile trial of de tie lesseps le saps and others fo for corrupt ionIn lii connection connect lon with the Pari panama anin bonds bill commenced the largo large crowd attested that interest had not ed charles de to lesseps I 1 lesseps sketched brielly briefly it s till tipa ties in the tile innala In napa canal company and retold the story of hott how the monies of the company were elpe expended to subsidize ize drw w pers induce bankers to do business ilio the budge E asked when lad bad ho be paid francs M to cornelius ifera de do lesse lesseps r 0 I 1 a ded that M ifera came and lei beld fu us b lie I 1 had influence with ith the government 11 legreat we did id not feel we could alford to ignore or offend him ile was too powerful I 1 if we appealed to the tile law we should come to grid grief the financiers bald sald unless you la money to all the banks under the in ia luence of girardin you will have all the tile newspapers in paris agal ast yon you we costill still held out ag artist such methods the bews papera papers attacked us and ve we finally wire were driven riven d to paying out e sums right b ind and left and encouraged by tho the govern went leave the government alone called i judge des jardins sharply eliar A 1 slight applause and a storm of pro tests from the the audience greeted the ad monition Jud gedes jardins then asked how ayou come to be introduced to M f lint iglhaut it A friend of the minister of works told F 0 the minister wan wag ready to intro duac the lottery loan bill but would ro re quire lire a certain large to defray capen 9 I 1 advised M fontaine not todeal to deal with ill hin him afterward fontaine saw Balli liti aut nut who said he lie waa was against the measure when I 1 learned of tins this I 1 said to fontaine well send solid for kits this gentle man an then tho the gentleman cent leman was 11 blonn blondin din he lie demanded for M Balli nut 1000 0 franca francs and paid down TI the ie bill was is then introduced when hot questioned ni to tho 1110 dealings with claron iron do keinath Kein aeh NI de do lesept said 1 I paid id hini him largo large sunn ill to meet the expenses of the issue all financiers rs im iiii pd heavy demand demands upon us tille the negotiations were pending an all ordnance officer came to tile to sa y th a I 1 M de do freycinet Frey elnet anted to se see me I 1 sen t to see him and lie said aid al de tie aej lesseps s aps cps there arela Is a question of suit against on I 1 to be brought by baron de tie Rel belnac nac dial tha t would auld bi bo very annoying soo 11 how you cin c in atle alio matter 1 As t result of f my illy visit to de tie freycinet I 1 balsei lily inv oner offer to heron tie reinach froin froni to ratios w ile I 1 he lie accepted subsequently 1 fa floquet bet said aid t to 0 me why do you not ly tint money to claron de tetti ach if it were you I 1 would do so and so advising rile e to accede to I 1 demand questioned as ar to ills his relations with illi arton the lobbyist lesseps said 1 I I 1 had no direct dealing with the mail man 11 lie cattle me to me tile with It einach as a re presen natives tives of floquet they baid said I 1 could tender ader M floquet a it great service bv by set alg aside franca francs for purposes purpose which lie would indicate next dav day I 1 met af floquet boquet and he lie said hat that if it I 1 could not inake the s sacrifice ac his feelings fet lings toward tile company would not be changed I 1 thought it world not be prudent to rell ite it e to do such ail honorable etall gentleman etl ll a servi ev ite c 11 auger when the time for settlement came ar to n b brought rought from M floquet rio queta a request I 1 in ference reference to the payments to tho the pers As I 1 did not vish to give more than declined to do business in uh 0 a W 1 I 1 I 1 told arton I 1 would send bonds anark arkid ed in tit a corner with the letter F aw and bent lie total should reach teach ih the e expenditure on oil that account must cem I 1 1 I oud and prolonged ted laughter all this was before voting the bill askea aked the judge certainly replied M f de tie leleps Le the trial then adjourned until bunor row |
