The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-04
THE CANAL SCANDAL.
Checks Showing How the Money
Was Expended.
One Witness Says He Was offered Five
Hundred Thousand Francs Tor
His Vote.

PARIS, Dec 3-The Investigating COM
mittee yesterday heard M Cantagrel, ano-
Their membe of the committee on the lot
terry scheme. He declared that an en-
ployee of the Panama Canal company had
offered him first a hundred thousand
francs, then two hundred Thousand and
finally five hundred Thousand if he would
vote for the lottery bill.
The committee charged its chairman,
Brisson, to forward to the minister of the
interior, the public prosecutors letter con-
corning the Theirs checks aud request
that the checks be seized by the project of
police. The municipal council Of Paris has
adopted resolution demanding that So
we're penalties be imposed upon all depu-
ties who accepted briDes.
Clement commissary OF police, has deliv
cred to the Panama Canal committee
twenty six checks that Theirs handed
Baron Reinach and which the latter de-
posted in the Bank of France in
the name of a firm "Couhssiers. !"
These checks, which represented
q total sum of 1891. $50 francs, were ex-
changed with Baron Reinacn by Theirs
for single check drawn upon the Bank OF
France by the Panama Canal company
The police seized the checks this morning
in accordance with a suggestion from the
public procuratcrs. The checks were
found at Theirs Office.
The committee spent the day ia examin-
ing them, but decided not to divuige the
names of the payees. Members OF the COM
mlttee, however, were authorized to de-
clare that no member of the chamber of
deputies were among them Each check
bore only one signature and endorsement.
The committee will keep these names secret
mt al
Domiciliary visits will be made at the resi-
denee OF each OF the payees IN order TO YER
ify their identity.
Coutsns has written letter to the pres
ident of the Panama Canal investigation
committee, denying the statement made by
a witness before the committee thai he
(Coutans) had bought papers relating to
the Panama Canal company. Coutans
0epiores The readiness of some persons to
bring discredit upon the repub bic.
Charles De Lesseps writes 80 paper de-
nying the truth OF certain statements made
by Can5agrel at yesterdays examination.
M. Cantagrel testified that an employee of
the Panama Canal company offered first
one hundred thousand francs then two
hundred thousand and finally i've hundred
thousand if he would vote for the Panama
Canal Lottery bill. The names of the
payees of these checks has leaked out
through NJ. Cornelius Herr, q well known
Partisan now in London, who received two
checks each for two million francs He tel
egraphed to she committee of inquiry that
his checks were received from Baron Rel
nard in payment of debt Senator Renalt
received &c. 900 francs and Albert Grave,
son Of the ex-president, received 10000.
The other payees are practically unknown.
Names are given like that of the bank por-
ter, Davodst, who is credited with receiv-
ing check Of 5000 francs, being, it is sup
posed, merely checks to cover the identity
of actual recipients.
Senator Renault, in testifying before
the committee this afternoon, explained
that checks bearing his name had been re-
ceived in payment OF debt.