New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-16
Rim WROUGHT BY THEM
PANAMA DEFENDANTS scATHINGLS DE
xoI,NCED BY THE ADVOCATE-GENERAL
p,rs DE IEsSEpS FINANCIER OF EVIL
AMEN WHO HAD ROBBED THOUSANDS OF
rRENCIIMEN-BAIHAUT AND TIE
OTHERS EQUALLY GUILTY.
OTHERS EQUALLY GUILTY.


paris March l5.-In the tiia OF Charles dc
f...eps. NJ Baihaut and their fcllow-defcndants in
-. lsize Court to-day, VI. Laion, the Advocate
ca,.ral, delivered an earnest address in behalf
y the prosecution, and cnergeticaly detected
w W. course of the authorities, maintaining that
~. government had done the best it could 10
~, everything TO light. He made extcndei
'.,,nce to NM. de Freycinet, Floluct ard
r.renceau and their alleged connection with the
ossl defending the course they had pursued
IA ;us.ifyng the advice they gave TO Charles
:. 1x~eps to comply with the demands made
~, him rather than to become involved in a
,r.oit with Baron Reinach The charges made
:, Charles dc Lesseps that NJ. Flouluet had de-
,..nded money from him untrue. The
.,,nyer De Lesseps stood before the jury and
.,ore the country as a fnarcier of evil omen, who
IA drained the savings of thousands of French
citizens.
psferrinc 10 VI. Baihaut, the Acknowledgement
,.;a that since he had avowcd his guilt i'll open
.ou,t the jury must Judge bis conduct so as
.. avence it, He ridiculed the protest made by
Charles de Lesseps that he had yielded to force.
Tho metaphor about footpads used by DE Lesseps
IN one of his statements to the court had Deen
no;ned solely for the purpose of impresslng weak
intellects IT,
The sneaker then turned his attention TO fon-
,sns and Blondin. both of whom he denounced Ill
s,rony terms He then declared that the eNpiaha-
ton made By Sans-Lcroy that he had reinVcs'ed
ono 600 francs of his wife's dowrv at Just 'he
time he was charged with having accepted 'la'
spm from the Canal Company for changing HIS
vote on the Panama Lottery Bonds piu woulo
mot hold water Beral's story concerning MS re-
I.,iops with Baron Reinach could not he taken
..rousv. The defendants Deputy Dngue de Ia
rauconnerie and eA-Deputy Gobron, should nave
The same punishment meted out TO them as would
b. imposed upon Charles de Lcsseps.
Gobron here arose and declared that proofs
NJ his statements and of his innocence would pe
tound in documents that had been placed under
zeal.
The Acknowledgement replied that everything
AZ Gorron could bring forward would be duly
considered He then reviewed the testimony o1
An,onin Proust. whose first denials OF the
charges against him had been equivalent 10 a
confession of guilt Proust. he said. Ike 'oproh
and Dugue de la Fauconnerie. had Nlelied 10 'i'e
vicIous methods which the Panama COMPANY,
when driven 10 a corner. had used without hesl'a-
ZION " avoid the otherwise inevitable crash.
After .oathintv dcnouncing Charles de LeSSep'
.s man who had besege1 with bgbes ana prom
ises the consciences of public men. the AN ocate'
(;eneral closed his address with graphic cescriP
ton Of the poverty, misery and general lnIn which
the Panama directors had brought ey thIr uis
u da1ounced Charles de Lc>scps a. haVlEG u-'i
srtifcos 70 throw dust in the eyes OF the !'iiy
in similar manner TO his use Of artlhc ID OBTAIN
subscribers TO the Panama Lottery Dohd,. h.d
II I ,oasse coptcnded that the Government had
.brnnk from proceeding against all the offender
~ancerned in The case, and he argued vchemehtiv
that tie scandal would not cease untii the Wh'r
similar tone. -, .
There was a small attendance at the trial TO-
day Public interest appears 20 have wahci WIN
The close of the testimony IN the case, anu tiir
courtroom with its diminished audience ana
comparative quiet. presented marked contrast
10 the throng> and demonstrations OF the earlier
days of the trial.