Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-13
THE PANAMA MAELSTR0M
Freycinet the Next Victim
to Be Engulfed.
The Ex-Minister of War Kept
Bad Company.
His Intimacy With Dr HprE Laws
His Intimacy With DR.. Herr Lays
Him Open to Suspicion.
Progress of the Canal Trial-Charles de
Lesssps Severely Csnsursd by the
Presiding Judge Dirty
Jobs Farmed Out.

BY the Associated rress.
PARIS, Jan. 12.--The Panama develop
ments form almost the sole topic o.
discussion everywhere, and the next
move looked for on the part OF the au
thorities is said to concern De Freycinet
The recalled ex-minister Of war was an
intimate friend of Cornelius Herr, and
frequently drove to Herz'a place al
Tresserve, near AK, to enjoy the hospi.
taiity of DR.. and Mrs. Herr. How ia,
this close personal intimacy may have
gone lie O matter of conjecture, but the
friendship Of De Freycinet is believed to
have been put to industrious use by
Herr in his peculiar operations. 1t is
stated that there il no evidence of actual
corruption on the part Of Freycinet
that nothing more can be shown against
him than complaisance towards others
who were corrupt. Freycinet is repre-
sented to have been terribly shocked by
the statements from America regard
ing the antecedents of Here, whom
he protested to consider q per-
son OF high probity and excellent
character. Freycinet's friends cite on
this subject the fact that previous to the
recent exposure, the record of Herr ut
the chancelleric of the Legion of Honor
was not only creditable bat brilliant !;
that Freycinet had no better opportuni-
ties than the chancellerie for knowing
the real history of the adventurer.
Freycinet denies having gone with a
slouched hat and his collar up about his
ears, to the DOCTORS place, because it is
not his way to do things in q melo-
dramatic fashion like stage brigand.
PROGRESS OF THE TRIAL.
The court room was thronged agsin
today at the resumption of the trial OF
the Panama defendants.
Rossignol, the accountant for the
Panama company, was examined. Presi-
dent Perivier remarking that the ac-
counts must have been recast before
being submitted to expert examination.
Monchicourt, liquidator for the
Panama company, .deposed that Ferdi-
nand de LeHseps disregarded all warn
ings, insisting on proceeding with the
Panama enterprise regardless of coat.
The expenses, Monchicourt stated, were
excessive throughout. sss. .ssss .,s -
Monchicourt added that Baron de
Reinach and MN. Levy and Cremieux
were deputed to pay for certain support
TO be given the company in it's schemes,
but he was certain that Reinach re-
tanned the greater part of the funds en-
trueted with him for the purpose.
CHARLES DE LEssEPS sCoRCHED.
President Perivier turned to Charles
de Lesseps and reproached him severely
for having permitted this. Nj. Monchi-
court stated that De Reinach sucked the
blood OF the company by obtaining enor-
nous sums with which to bribe senators
and deputies, and other influential men.
you had no confidence in bis NOR
ality ?"asked Judge Perivier.
NO. but he WAS very CLEVER" replied
Monchicourt.
Turning to Charles de Lesseps, Judge
Perivier inquired, sharply: "And how
did you understand that Baron de
Reinach used these enormous sums 2"
I'm remunerating financiers." an
swered DE- Lesseps, ''and, without
doubt, senators, deputies and ministers.
A number of persons, however, offered
assistance to Baron de Reinach and M.
Cremieux, who were first charged with
the distribution of the money"
THAT is, you gave them dirty Job
which you preferred not to do yourself,
but provided them with means of do
ingi"
Charles de Lesseps WINGED and looked
down, but made no reply.
FERDINAND DE LEssEPs' BLIND pArTH.
q Engineer Rousseau next described the
method of inspecting the canal on which
he based his famous report which was
in part suppressed. He also stated that
Ferdinand de Lesseps had blind faith in
his own good fortune and supreme in
huence and direction in the manage
ment of the work on the canal.
GOOD WORD FOR DE LEssEPs, JR.
The first word spoken at the trial in
favor of Charles de Lesseps came from
Sir John Stokes, Great Britain's repre-.
sentative on the Suez canal, who testi-
fed that he regarded Charles de Lesse De
as loyal, upright and incapable o. dis
honest act.
Engineer Dinglere estimated that the
cutting of the Panama canal could not
have been done for less than 1900, ,0O0,-
600 francs, or in fewer than ID or 20
years.
IMPORTANT PAPERS SEIZED.
Search was made this afternoon of the
Office of M. Pepper, formerly partner OF
Baron de Reinach. 1t is reported that
papers concerning the lobbying done by
the notorious Intermediary, Arton, were
seized.
THE CABINET COMPLETED.
Vice-Admiral Riunier has accepted
the Office of minister of marine. formerly
occupied by M. Burdeau, thus complet.
ing the cabinet.
CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT.
The chamber of deputies showed its
confidence in the government today by
defeating, 269 to 229, motion asking
the government to fix day for a new
election.
Cleveland Goes to Jersey.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-President-eleci
I.- l.