New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-17
,N REHALF OF DE LESSEPS.
=. u.RRoux,s ELOQUENT SUMMING UP.

.rrx1xG TO JUSTIFY THE PAYMENTS to
,,,uAUr AND REINACH AND ASKING WHY
.-oruy MEN HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED
As WITNESSES OR PLACED ON TRIAL.
,.,s March l6-M. BarbouX. counsel Tor
~.,Ies de Lesscps. summed up for his client In
~. panama trial to-day. He spoke at great
IN always earnestly and often eloquenty
~. beeinning of the trial he said that his case
~. 20 strong that he was willing to try 1t before
;-, of Panama stockholders, and to-day he
-, sxpressed the belief that he could secure
Ss.,k. de Lesseps's acquittal. The courtroom
W. vell filled when he began to speak, and
,"..r. crowded before he closed.
!, opening mis- address NJ. BarhouX said that
:. ,rasert trial had heen begun against the
'4A.s Of the Panama stockholders. who. as much
,hsv had been msrcprcsented. in reality had
~, opposed to the arraisnment in court OF either
rssAnand or Charles de Lesseps The stock
h.lae,s had disapproved of the plan to place the
,.,d.n Of the Panama scandal upon men bearing
:, great a name there was in France. They
's.so,sd and trusted Charles de Lesseps. and felt
,ha, the prosecution of him was not only UNJUST
~, a blow at the revival of the canal enter
prise.
..rc. In France, he said had favored the com
,l.tion of the canal after tho work had been
.dvspcsd to the point at which it was tagging
h.for. the last attempts TO raise loan Inc
,hsl. commercial world that centred in Paris
~,.hed that the undertaking be completed 10
...nlcte IL there was need of the Lottery Loan
hll To pass the bill there was need Of sub
hitting 10 the demands of NJ. Baihaut and others
IN
n they were not conciliated. The vacillatins
,oces of the successive Ministries were the first
causes of the scandal and the present trial.
N Baihaut had realized his official power over
the fate of the Lottery Loan bin and had known
that Charles de Lessepes failure to comply with
bis demands could be made to accomplish the ruin
sf the Canal Company. After he had shown his
s.pacity for evil, NJ Baihaut had informed
Charles de Lesseps that if he Baihaut did not
roeiye an enormous sum Of money he would de-
fiat the bill This event Nj. de Lesseps had
tnown would mean the ruin of the Panama
shareholders, and to save from loss the persons
who had intrusted their all to the keeping of the
company he had submitted to the extortion The
charges that NJ. de Lesseps had wished to corrupt
everybody. had searched Paris for men upon whom
he could lavish the money of the Shareholders
had not been proved
Why had Charles de Lesseps been selected to
beay tho brunt of the charges Of bribery when
others known to be guilty had been untouched
Why had not Blanchet, who was understood to
have sent bribe 10 NJ Borie, been brought into
court? Charges fully as serious those against
A. de Lesseps had been made against a dozen other
men. but either they had been ignored or the ac-
sused persons had been permitted 10 escape.
NJ Barboux analyzed the testimony Of eX-
DEPUTY Chantagrel. who gave evidence that NJ.
Gouliqon in the name of Charles de Lesseps, had
s,ed 10 buy his vote with 100000 francs for
tho Lottery Loan bill. NJ. Cbantagrel's testi-
many, the advocate sgid, had been contradictory
sna inconsistent with the dates mentioned by
him, and apparently proceeded from detective
memory The prosecution was bound to produce
In court testimony connecting the sO-called brbe-
dven and bribe-takers. This 1t had utterly
failed to do The only three persons who couli
have supplied the missing evidence, although no.
to the satisfaction Of the prosecution were oaroh
Eeinach, who was dead Cornelius Herr VINO was
absent on account Of Illness and Arton, the loppy
ist, the pretended search for whom had cActe =
have some conclusive testimony in tins triai, put
he was restrained from giving IL. ne MIni.;cr' M,
might have given the most vital inl4rnia.iion, ION
but they saw fit 10 withhold il. Why had 'hcy
not produced coIes of the menaclrg eicsraihS
sent by Cornelius Herr -. ~
The Advucate-G -General-They are at your
disposal. s.ooa !,
Judge Desjardins-Ict them be produced In
court tomorrow. co,is
CONTINUING, NJ rartoux asked why CorneIius
Herr had been perDNtted TO nee the connII. county :
Why had he not been seated among the prisoners,
o. at least, named among the ne1 % accm'+d acen 1hc
Merely because fot ten years ne had Deeh ,do
broker OF, the Radical party. In this matter
politics had devoured both the men ana tlelf IT
millions. When the Radicals held the power M Oh
government they had taken the money ,hey
needed 10 defend their ideas or to enrich Iner
supporters Whether this were called mendacItN:
ins-gving er brigandaGe mqttered littlr ,hslt Bas
who could believe that the initiative III all 'he,e
transactions came from the men who had TO DO
As paying, instead Of those who did the re-
eeivingo The payments made 10 Baron Rcnach
n Barbour described as perfectly legitimate
Ihey were given. he said, according TO an agree
uent with the bankers constituting the guarantee
syndicate. Who would he foolish enough 10 ne
heve that such large sums were intended Tor me
insignificant Deputies and Senators whom 'hc
Jury had seen in the courtroom?
After the laughter following this slur ha''
ubsided, Judge Dcsiardins pleaded fatigue as an
excuse for an adjournment of the court.