The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-10
Trial of De Lesseps and Others
Will Begin Today.
BAIHUT IS ARRESTED.
CIemencau, At His Request Is Exam
ined By the Magistrate.
All the Notes Kept by De Lesseps Con,
corning the Relations of Public Men
With the Canal in the Hands
of Off. iaIs.

PARIS, Jan. 9.-The great Panama
canal trial begins tomorrow. The gov
eminent has summoned large number
of witnesses, including Lucien Napoleon
Bonaparte, Wyse, the engineer who
claims to have originated the idea of the
canal and whom it is supposed knows a
great many secrets in connection with the
scandal. The men to be tried tomorrow
are Charles de Lesseps, director of the
Panama canal; Marius Fontaine, secre-
tary, and Gustave Eiffel, the famous en-
gineer. The charges in the Indictment
are in effect, obtaining money from sub
scribers to canal loans by false presenses
and Incorporating funds when OBJ
tanned.
Baihut, ex-minister of public works,
was arrested today. It is said this action
was taken because of reports connecting
President Carnot's name with Baihut's
to show that the government was not
afraid to take action against anyone.
Clemenceau was, at his own request.
examined by magistrate today in rela-
ton to his knowledge of Panama matters.
The examination lasted long time, but
no details were made public.
Anecdotes are rife OF how leading men
in parliament and press were bought over.
Some of them are very typical and throw
dash of humor on the gloomy record.
An attempt to involve President Carnot in
the Panama accusations is causing much
excitement. AS far as made apparent,
there is not the slightest evidence of cor
rupt completely on his part, though 1t is
said he may have given indirect consent
to other officials who were corrupt. The
enemies of the republic have from the
first been endeavoring to invole Carnot,
believing that by bringing about presi-
Dental crisis they would strike a fatal
blow at the republic. Besides there are
several candidates for presidency in the
field who would be delighted to see Car
not forced to resign.
An eX- minister accompanied an officer
to Examining Magistrate Franqueville
this afternoon, and was also accompanied
by his wife. She waited outside the o tfice
when finally her husband came out in
charge of two detectives, threw herself at
his feet and attempted to cling to him.
She was almost hysterical, and it was
with the utmost difficulty that her hus-
band and the officers persuaded her to
rise. She followed her husband to the
police bureau, weeping bitterly, but there
she was compelled TO separate from him.
Charles De Lesseps has given MagiS-
trate FranqueviIle pocketbook in which
he kept notes concerning the relations OF
the canal company with many public
men. This evidence is exceptionally i'm
portant; it shows conclu lively The con-
nection of many senator's and deputies
with the Illegal operations OF the COM
pany. Two celebrated writers on eco
nomic and international questions and
two ex-ministers are said to be among
those compromised. These revelations
are expected to lead to more arrests.
| The Indictment against Gustave Eiffel
states that he secured $4,000, 900 francs OF
the Panama canal money. Heretofore it
was supposed he obtsined but 62, 600, 900
francs. The parliamentary commission
of inquiry has discovered a hiatus in the
sequence of The canal company's check
stubs as more than two hundred and fifty
of the stubs are missing and it has trans
pired that in every case large sum is in
volved. If these stubs are not found Felix
Cottu and Marius Fontaine, as directors
of the company will be liable to imprison-
ment for three years.