The New York herald., 1871-09-04
solicitation.
CHAMPY.
Louis Henri Champy Is q cutler by trade, and
answered to the questions put to him.

answered to the questions put to him.
Twas simple Garde National during the siege my bat
par & ne 70
s"ss sssIs to Ss attend =. 1S the
sS AND and Il. 's
maas s reqasSns and took money thus ob.sinsd 70 the
Ministry Of Finance tue ss, Nay when The troops had
sad Was a The Harss GsDIaies sMansins provson.;
there the 24h heard the Hotel de vle fire. and
@ se % 70 S n ssR
on s Say Il t e ss ass
to ask them to stop the struggle, op
s y @ SpySs M marie n az
was conuson the lth marie evacuated and hid
nomprs did not come put out The re Was never party
q assassInatons or arrests
Regere rs better educated than either OF the two
preceding ones and II is said belongs TO family OF
some standing IN his natlve department. Whilom
editor OF provincial paper and by profession
veterinary surgeon he has before been convicted
OF political offences Amnested, however, on
condition OF his leaving Bordeaux, where he was Q
Journalist ne found refuge OF course at Paris ana
ree,ion gave him full scope 'f Tor his peculiar
abilities. He was especially retained under the
Commune in the Pantheon and the Luxembourg
quarter and Is accused OF actively participating IN,
and actually ordering some of the burnings. ne
was the intimate OF the advanced politicians, such,
the close, o. his lnterrogatory 2 little episode
occurred between the Commissairs and the pr.
L.
litter pointing out to the Court that ''compcity''
was hardly a crime tai the act itself was proved.
himself understood. A better example could not be
afforded OF the absence Ol all ordinary legal rules IN
this 'Judical' inquiry.
Regere first explained his antecedents at Bordeaux
ana then proceeded
acquitted Of the affair of the ,s October and was
oce Of delegate to the Marie because aban
dom o. n il. u of aSs Se S % the an,
rracaire no. 70 fight and gave isse, nas.e TO Leave
money sent the Finances, and objects Of relson
~ Se aS e was
Ike majority win be obtaned N. le Commissairc may
o sap se sufnns
Mas IN sss s
GROUSSET.
Paschal Grousset has also, like Lullier proved an
honorable exception to the Communist leaders who
been piteously struggling to wrgrle out OF the
responsibility or acts and DEGREES oil which tnev
were once so cnildishly proud. He has the appear
| ance and bearing OF Kenteman-an eXcep-
tiOna position among the accused-and his defence
has been Ut once able and dignifed. He does not
| attempt to shrk his share Of responsibility IN the
| general policy and proceedings OF the Commune.
He accepts even his responsibility OF DEGREES
did not attend-declaring that they, at any
| rate emanated from body to which he belonged.
This IS in striking contrast TO the defence OF
other prisoners, who have been trying TO plead tnat
tnat al another tney made q remark which, II the
Journal ONctel had only published II, would nave
| proved their dissent from the views OF tne
majority; 'tha, this that signature is not theirs,
anu so on al nduseG7n, IN the face OF the general
| 1act that they st remain members without protest,
| and st without murmur draw the pay oil the
| body by whom all these acts and DEGREES were
passed. Paschal Grousset has only been anxious
! TO clear himself of one or two minor and Incidental
| charges discreditable from moral point OF view;
such iOr instance as tnat he took property or Kept
money TO which ne was not entitled, and In this he
| has been completely successful be also indig-
nantly repudlates any completely IN the burning OF
Pans or the massacre otthe hostages: anu mere also
\ MIC do 10 n nj 4
for the massacre, IN the first place he argues that
the prisoners massacred never really were hostages
| that the Commune marked out for hostages, not
priests or non-cOmbatants but soldiers taken with
arms in their hands, and secondly, that even those
act was INTENDED merely menace OF reprlsals TO
put stop TO the executions OF federal prisoners,
| He declared that, so far from the Commune being
blOOdtnirsty, II had ordered only one execution
that OF colonel found guilty OF cowardce before
| been inflicted. With regard to the burning OF a
part Of Paris, Paschal Grousset was asked whether
the Commune did not know what, indeed, was q
matter OF public notorety that hls party repeatedly
threatened 10 burn down Paris rather tnan let
having often heard these threats, but decla ed
| ne had never taken them auI serteoT or expected
Ss Same mat nrssss ass Ss% MSpd oess s
| and over again repeated during the Prus'
Pars se 'an ans ,Se He
| soemnly affirmed that neither the Commune as q
body nor SO far as ne snew s memSers %
On the whoe The defence was conducted with
| both ability ana dignity, and seemed to produce
vERDURE AND FRRAT
Augustin Joseph Verdure. accountant, 'philan-
rather than an active republican, has drfted where
he stands. Paul Ferat, fOriy-fve, calls himself
solely ndep,ed TO the clubs during the first siege for
any notoriety III the political world.
The "Deported.''
Two of the prisoners, RastOul and JOurde were
sentenced to simple deportation.
RAsToUL.
Paul Emile Barthelemy Rastoul. doctor Of medi-
cine in the Tenth arrondissement Is q practitioner
long and well known and respected in his locality.
1t ls dlfncult TO discover how such q man Can now
occupy his present position OF prisoner, but the
fault may be mainly laid TO the political clubs.
From them he reached the Comite Central, and
then ydcttis est descenSus Guerni As memD er OF
the Commune he was always mild compared TO his
fellows. He denies now that he actually took part
In the Chamber, but unhapply 1t was discovered
that he partook OF the ISL. per diem that each
deputy earned. He was also present at the fail OF
OF the hostages passed. Beyond these construc-
tive acts, however, Dr. kastou IS not esteemed very
criminal. He was chief surgeon OF the Commune
am0uiances, unti some differences with Dombrow-
ski obliged MIN to resign.
JoURDE.
JOurde is a pale.faced. hOll0w-cheeked, mild
eyed young man. He is clearly entitled to a
bed in the hospital instead Of place In
bug forehead seemed to have sucked all the
strength from the rest OF his body. ] am not
phrenologist enough 10 say II he ls deficient IN
the bump OF number. His accounts when he was
Chancellor Of the Communal EXchequer were
peculiar In so far the payments came to upwards
OF 3OOO O0Of. over and above the moneys he raised
by means of acquisitions on the Bank OF
France and the cash boxes of the railways
fromp Were they the proceeds Of the gold
and silver vessels and ornaments taken out
or the churches, OF private punder? These ques-
tions are not yet answered, But Jourde has de-
MED having ever tried 10 replenish the excnequer
by negotiating the sale OF the pictures in
the Louvre. He offered, he admits so 000, 600
francs for some works Of art in that museum.
But he does not know the names OF those VINO
made this offer, which must have been tempting
one the Commune. The versaillists, OF course do