New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-28
THE Ell PAso SALES IN PARIS.
JUDGMENT AGAINST GEN. FREMONT ANS HIS N''0
CI,TEs-DTTAHs or THE TRIAL"


y7DCMrNT AGAINST GEN. FREMONT AND HIS Aooo
CIATEs-DHTAuS or THE TRIAL"
A nr;vote d;snateh from Paris was received,
Yesterday by Cen John Fremont, announcing III oio.
ors that tho csse against himself and Others ohargeu
with fraud in tho sale OF III Paso bonds, had been de
clded adversely 10 all the accused who hau doom o
demned The sentences deoreed by tne Cour' aS"i"''
the several persons implicated were not stated och
Fremont said to TRIBUNE reporter thaI great
had been done him, in adudgng him guilty oy deis"'
when no summons had been served upon hin' nor any
announcement made of the approaching trial IN time lor
him 10 have put In a voluntary appearance. lie sald
that he had read the reports of the trial as published IN
the Ga.Af des Ti6lnGur, and had found nothing winch
ought not to have acquitted nm OF cohPhoy
IN any frauds which were connected with the
forged certificate OF the Stock Exchange or the frauuu
lent representations concerning Government guarah
tee OF the Ell Paso bonds He said that some OF the wit
nesses had perured themselves all through their test
mony and had attributed to him acts which had been
done by other officers of the Company, and given an
entirely false color everything which he had DONE
lie felt confident that any judgment against him would
be opened and reversed on application.
The following passages from letter written in Paris
March H. by American lawyer. who has been watch
ing the trial. to a friend in this city, Of interest:
The Acknowledgement yesterday opened the case on
the part OF the State After general aud RAPID STATE
mont and history OF the MemphisE Paso he proceeded
accused and, To his words the grand conspra
tor was GOuldree Boeau and in order TO corrODOrate
that strong assertion, he added; He was the prime
OF that gigantic fraud the second IN CUNT 10
CrompOn the third. LissgBO; and the last POmpnel-
IL being well understood that III his estimation the aD-
septees Fremont and PrObst stand IN the nrsk s ana
by their absence acknowledge their gullt: am JUST
from the courtroom, and have neard Tue nfsV attorney
for the Enthusiastically counsel He expressed MS
asopisbment at finding Fremont at the bar 10 1uf
nsh explanations but AZ the same time remarked very
udicOusy that the Attorney hadln nat respect
violated the law in not having some regard 10 the us
tauce at which Fremont lived and the delays IN the
transmission OF news, in setting the time OF traI lie
added that whatever be the Judgment OF the court IN
reference TO Fremont was sure 70 ne reversed on le
simple showing of tins culpabe neglect Of the Attorney
General.
The same gentleman, in a letter dated March IL, says:
acain assert that besides the unkind attacks of that
fellow isCuOl not word has been said, not PROOF
has introduced, TO establish any completely on the
part of Gen. Fremont with these wreches IL has, on
the contrary, been proved that LssgnOl ana PrODs1
yerlsemcns which led TO the subscriptions 70 the bonus
and the consequent rum
At present Gen Fremont is undecided what course TO
pursue said it probable that after obtaining full
Intelligence from Paris might think it best to present
himself before the tribunal Paris and demand that
his default opened and he be tried on the merits of
his
THE PARIS Tribunal
PARIS. Thursday. March %. 1873.
Judgment has been rendered in the Memphis
nounced guilty of swindhnE and sentenced 10 various
terms of Imprisonment. Gen. Fremont Is condemned
in continuation to five years confinement. Other de-
PENDANTS who present, were arrested to-day as
they were leaving the Court.