The sun., 1872-02-16
CONSUL PLACE CONDEMNED
nova FRENCH Court DEALS WITH
THIEVES IN OFFICE.
Victor Place Tried SECOND Time. aud Found
Guilty-IIis Frantic Efforts to save Him
self Particulars Of his Hvindlcs -'rhc

victor Place Tried second Time. aud Found
Guilty-IIis Frantic Efforts to save Him
self Particulars Of his Hwindics - 'rhc
Findings aud Sentence Of the Court.
Correspondence Of The Sun.
PARIS, Jan. 26.-'The second trial of Victor
Place, lately French Consul-G Goneral In New York,
in the Appellate Court of this city, s and the
accused IA condemned to the full penalty OF the
law. His acqulttal on his first trial in Sep
tcmbcr last took most people by surprise,
"a there seemed little doubt that he was guilty.
The case was appealed by the Government, main
" through the exertlons OF Messrs. d d'AudiGrot-
Pasuuicr and Riant, who regarded the ac-
quittal Of Place ~ an implication Of blame
to themselves. On his first trial Mr. Place
had managed 20 clear himself principally
by inrulpatna other parties, among whom were
tee OF Armament, Mr. Remington, the arm man
ufacturr OF ltonj y: \" ana Mr. squire Mr..
The Court had. during the tnc which had
elnuscd since the first trial, been furnished with
many documents. afidayits, and proofs which
ID had not at first. and rs AN immp iia'e result
1t became evident that Mr. Place had made gross
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AT THE FIRsr TRIAL.
lie had charged upon the firm OF L. ltemlngton& &
Sons mismanagcment and delays which u Is now
IL appear that before the late war between
France and Germany the Rcmingtons were un-
known and poor; that thcy grew into impor-
tancc and wealth merely through the business
which the war threw into their hands. lie
cndeayorcd' In fine to cast upon the ltcmingtons
such discrcdit IA might Tree him from the
blame, which 10 was evident was To- be laid to
some ones charge. since the lrst triql NJ sam
obtained all the ofiidayifs and proofs T. render
~ clear a. day all the transactions Of the hrIu.
Upun every single charge made or intimated
by MIR. Place, Mr. Remington furnished tho
frcuch court win Tue inort tohc!u I'VE tchut.
ung eVldt nee ana ir"hi th5 iloihcul th's He.,'nu
trial of Place commenced II became evident
that the accused mad lost all hls former as
surance. lie made the most irrelevant
NNn d Inn
peaiedly r9ntraulc,.uh his Htsleinents IN ~ hist
trltl ana ~ no. sn." IiNthmc ,tuulFu uN
tt Production or iacts any oi tnc cnaists lnauc
ir ,,,,r, ",,, RcrTin,,tcn upon SrLu%i"r iinrf
lev 4 Giahnm. upon. Ia fact, everybody but
his ngeut Chnuvlteau, whose character and con-
duct he tried most strenuOusly but most hope
les.ly to defend.
- pr, ,rtox tn THIS MAN cu.t-ytrrAtr
. - -
race 81 vb AZ, ,r"1i. ~ ~,
one time he states thnt u was Mr. squire WHO
nrouVnt ihhuNltehu,o ,o MN, ulu nv hnotu'r VS'9-
sion lJtn INST maj hauyltcau was was intiQuuced 70
nun ny Nir. t1uh,lu ~ ~ vi nis ~
VINO testified TO ms hOnoraple charac,er Mr.
houhand, u apptarsI learned snpseI uentiiy wnht nav
IN such scandalous proceedings. letter from
MN was rehu, Whlch; 1invtis utner HatiSIs'
state hut nrst OF all l WIZ reler only 10 MS
lsr. iace - own ackno"lssuknents s m n cs re
9ncrcd Us commission OF I'VE yer cent, 10 De
divided among US pro rg,d, according 70 our re-
sPevuNe pOsl.luns;;. W nat nc Maiilcu, eoou
Sou' was 10 make u appear tnat nls employees
na.o M share 'll we sWnuies ,l which Ue Was 'onl.
mutlng. lie Whltcd 10 hluu US A
ufst suspected M. treason, hnu nov nelng nhlc
w., lo MORN you "a w. '"''hui"t"'cu ~ 10 MT'
~, III uS'l' .,t .,,.. a., to, ,t t,,.t. -,
Mr ilaSe stated thal ne had lne inFnlces made
out IN ChauNteau name that thc Immense
annun, ~ Mo,h o"%liscu % nm ~ , cinpoy soIle- me
buuy' anu tn1t ne Vnose uauNtcau a. the per
% u ~ ~ "iiuil ~ h.i'S.ou Wy nsaitAcil.it ol
cnp,rity. int eiIgence' and honor The pTrsid"2ii
Of the Court remarked the last point-the honor
of Nj. ChauNteau-Was very strongly contested,
aud that some Deputies who are thippwurrs,
Mcssrs. PeuNe2Goluunit and others protest
against this honorable tu.ta, ,cr attributed by
Place To Chauyiteau.
AFNfr sANptL OF rUr .UA,frIresNr.s
IL, -, =, -, D.,
WIN Mhith ne Whoie sW Wmhs as ,nuuut tod ],
'cTuncatc sItHcu hl one Al". 'r il your 'll!' Wh"
ON oot' L-ues ~ N'H' "a i1tiIulH am ON
- l. aS iu 'N,nLt' ul'l'l' iul' V'IlH it'
stated that dollar currency was worth hte
francs thirty cehtlMc- CON, WhNc y Wts rc1Ily
worth uIIl iolr Ahp h"ll !. ..t y, ""l ' :. 'Ntu
t0Tuh tAe HoNtrnW, NJ nl e'9 francs on " lAIlfy
h'll due the telegraph company.
Tue most tcufruous ana ioul.sh t'an'a''iou
ul tdc Yuu'e' however ali 'rf 10 be ,'ut A.I
tthced tuhsldcfanie trouble IA fe'uu- money
from Pla'e tor arms, Wulth he W's -Iupptur.
thauvittau, 10 appears, or red 90 arrange iIa'-
trr- for sJUo9 cash, whchhc told squire he could
reimburse himself boy cHn0riut tuc t"NCrnWcut
iu each invoice ith - e, MS cI arm ana per ten
l'.,a dses Vi'u1l , M hyri oi III, ,,,' "a
have ono-tArd Of al this money rcsultin from
Other two-thilds handed To- the Consul, or 10
nun H., tnc Nohsui, Mould itJitale & ninme$ may
lHis III !u'ui', olNll' "alcu w Z Ziu"''Vy LOT ~
fhlpulclt 81 uriuS ana was thuEeu 10 consent,
knocking uG however, ouc-half Of the cash
blaCkmail or brlbc, or whatever you may choose
Ia ,.,ll tr dpmtrisI lac ChuuVitenr NJ. mill
Kim ~ ~ ~ ~ % Ni Ia, ma, ran,d li'u lri
nun -. ~ ~ N'.t 't .', 'N. "a i.'ls'i' tN
President of the 1'Wt nj. through he trial poke
q i - N' '' ''''' VI ''N f'' "e '"'
-. ~, 80, 80. -. . - 49,. 49,, ,,,,,,,-..,.,.
TIE CLAIM W fLNIE ioh MS COMMISSION
Of two per cent. on all the purchases and on MI
the payments he made seems 10 have been partly
to get square on what hc considers an old score
he had against the Government Tor a commission
due him on the purchase OF forage for the
Government when he WAS at Naples. He tried
To make out that he had been cheated out Of
that although he says he had a written contract
signed bv the Minister at that date, which certi-
fed that he was entitled to IL. But the Minister
whose signature he says he had ~ dead, and
Place could not produce the document. More
over Places brother, the Bishop of Marseilles,
rose from hiR seat, and with most dramatic effect
offered 10 swear before the picture of Christ to
the truth of his brothers assertion. lie Nictorl
lived at that time under his father = roof and
used to relate to the family the steps he was
taking 70 recover the indemnity referred to.
The President asked the Bishop II he had seen
such letter, aud bishop Place was obi ged To
confess that "he only heard his brother mention
a. that time a promise of indemnity"
The following are the charges against Place
and the sentence Of the Court, AK published in
to-day's G0zc''c dcs IrthWidur:
Flrst-The purchlse OF 5000 Iydner c,rbgce Tor sei
"a