St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-10
Three Counts in the Indict-
ments Of the Accused
Men.
Attempt to Involve President
Carnot Causes Much EX-
element.
M. Baihut, Ex-Minister Of
Il Public Works, Put I'm
der Arrest.

RUS Fontane, secretary general of
the company; NJ. Cottu. of the firm
of Reinach, Kohn & Co., and M.
Gustave Eitfel, the distinguished engi-
neer. Charles de Lesseps has caused
three English directors of the SueZ
| canal to be summoned as witnesses in
his behalf. The indictment against the
accused charges NJ. Charles de LesSeps.
| Fontane and Cottu with having elm
ployed fraudulent means to persuade
people to believe in the existence of fall
lacious enterprises, and Imaginary
| influence or credit, thus causing
divers persons to remit subscriptions
| that would not otherwise have been
| given for an issue of Panama canal
| bonds, made on June 26. 1888, the de-
| PENDANTS by the fraudulent means thus
| alleged cheating and defrauding others
out of all or part of their money thus
| subscribed The second section of the
| indictment relates to the Panama canal
loan of Dec. II. 1888.
The Accused Are Charged
with having tried to obtain subscrip-
| tons to this loan on raise pretense, their
attempted swndling being only frus-
trated by circumstances independent of
their intentions. Thirdly, 1t Is alleged
| that the accused had Incorporated or
expended, with a view to prejudice the
| interests of the bondhoiders, effects and
money given into their charge as trust
| deposits for specific pnrposeS.
M. GuStave Eiffel is indicted as an
accomplice in the alleged swindling
| operations, and is accused OF having
wilfuly and knowingly received share
| of the sums Of money unlawfnlly pro-
cured from the public, and with having
wilfully and knowingly shared in
the profits of the fraud. M. Eiffel is
also accused of having misappropriated
| funds entrusted to him for the manda-
| tory pu pose of expenditure for Salaried
| labor Nothing is said in this indict-
ment as TO the bribery or corruption OF
| public officials. One of the witnesses
summoned is said to be NJ. Lucien Ma
| poleon Bonaparte Wyse, who claims
| the credit of having been the
first to conceive the idea of
canal between the Atlantic
and the Pacific. 1t was he who, IN his
character of engineer, obtained from
| the Columbian government the conceS-
| sion to carry on the Panama canal, IN
the work of which he was engaged until
the final collapse. He is said to know
great many secrets in connection with
| the scandals.
Wyse's Wall
| "Alas," he remarked in recent in
| teryieW, "Of what avail would it be to
| depart from the reserve which l have
! hitherto maintained. The scandal is
| great enough at present and can only be
! prejudicial to the completion of the
canal, which has been the fond dream
of my life. Perhaps l am the
only person who has not dabbled
| in tile mire. Those who have
received bribes are very numerous.
| But how is it that nobody has yet pro-
nounced the names of the principal cul-
prits, of the high personages who have
pocketed enormous sums? L cannot
name them myself until l am called be-
fore a regularly constituted authority.
AS regards M. Reinach, knew him
well. He was extremely active and
intelligent. and had profound
| knowledge of the world. At the outset
he was not in good Odor with the Pana-
ma company, but when difficulties be-
gan his help was eagerly solicited. for
he was on intimate terms with all men
at large, political as well as financial"
NJ COttu, it is said, persists in assert
ing his innocence. He asserts That
Baron de Reinach never placed III the
Golfers of the bank the sums he was ac-
cuSed of having received from the ran
anna company for distribution. Baron
de Reiuach had an account at the bank;
it varied between 100000 and 3,00O,OlU
francs, but precisely at the moment the
Distribution Of the Money
was alleged to have been made it was
diminished by 1000 francs. Except
his banking business, none of Baron de
Reinach'S private affairs were known
at the bank. In the two issues of
Panama lottery bonds the firm had
earned brokerage amounting to 100000
francs for the first, and 100000 francs
for the second in 1883, but the commits
sion for that last issue was paid in lot
tery bonds, and as their market price
has fallen heavily, the profit was re-
duced to almost nothing.
Anecdotes are rife of how leading men
in the parliament and the press were
bought over. Some of them are very
typical, and throw dash of humor on
this gloomy record. M. Arton, the chief
dispenser of douceurs distrib-
uted, called on leading person
age. whose support was deemed
to be essential. He discharged
his delicate duty with exquisite tact, but
was met with a stern and rather angry
negative. He was retiring rather crest
fallen at his failure, when he noticed III
the ante-room some pictures painted by
the wife of the incorruptible one. Yes"
said the incorruptible one, "my wife is
an artist, you know. We are not mill
ionaires, and she is very glad
de- To Find Purchaser
for her pictures" is hardly necessary
10 say that the lady did find purchaser
for at least one of her pictures, which
commanded the comfortable sum OF 90,
900 francs, or about forty times Its real
4 value. The attempt to involve Presi-
dent Carnot in the Panama accusa-
lions causes much excitement.
SO far as made apparent. there is not the
I slightest evidence of corrupt completely
Gin Panama swindIing on the part of NJ.
Carnot, the most alleged in any definite
way being that he may have per-
functorily and ministerially given
official sanction to trapsac-
ton on the part of other
officials were corrupt. The enemies of
the republic have from the first been
endeavoring to involve M. Carnot. be-
lieving, by bringing about presi-
dentifil acrss, they would strike a
fatal blow at. the republic. Be-
sides there are several candi-
| udlSS III wv PiSofNNHSy ~ way
field, who would be delighted to see
NJ. Carnot forced to resign. : Many
rumors have been flying about for sew
eral days past, but so far no definite
charge mas been made, even bv his enc
mics, against the integrity OF Nj. Carnot.
although all sorts Of innuendoes are
passed from ear to ear
Baihut Arrested.
Mr.. Baihut. ex-minister of public
works, was put under arrest today
after long interview with Magistrate
Franquevile. Baihut has heretofore
been allowed to so about under
surveillance. The authorities are
said to have been moved to sterner
measures by the reports coupling Presl-
dent Carnots name with that OF Nj.
Bainut, the arrest being intended to
prove that the government is not AFRAID