The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-01
GARDEN GROWN COFFEE
A Blend of High Grade Coffees.
Cans. Give IL q Trial. ~

OF the frs; persons taken into n conf
dence OF Cornelius Herr n Baron
Relnach. He Is credited with being the
very originator ot the great corruption
scheme which was 20 have re-estaolishsd
the Inflated company on IT'S legs. and IL
Is supposed that the millions which were
paid 20 Reinach. and which were credited
in the accounts as being disbursed for
purposes OF publicity really filtered
through Arton's fingers into the pockets
Of over I09 member OF parliament. some
OF whom held cabinet Office. Hence the
CONSERVATION his arrest must have caused
tn certain political circles. when the
crash came Arton disappeared. and at
the great trial Of some Of the Panama
dsllnquents was condemned IN contuma-
clam 30 twenty years imprisonment with
hard labor and the payment OF a fabulous
sum in damages and fines.
He was said. however. 10 know so much
about people I'm high places as 20 defy
capture, and this assertion was certainly
borne out by appearances. NJ. Andrieux.
the former project OF police, who pro-
fessed 10 have a copy OF the list OF poll
ticians who had accepted brfbes. declared
that IL the government were really anx-
lou 10 find Arton and would place a de-
tective az his service he would capture
him within a fortnight. This offer was
not accepted. and Arton remained at
large.
Where the arch-schemer went TO after
his mysterious disappearance from Paris
was never clearly known. He became
quite a legendary character. II was open
~ stated that he was living in mis- old
luxurious fashion in Paris itself. under
the very nose OF the police, who winked
the other eye n nonplused the indis-
Greet. in accordance with special instruc-
tons. He was also reported TO have been
seen in various DISCUSSES in all kinds OF
places or the continent and in England.
where. II was asserted. he had frequent
Interviews with the p~olice-guarded Cor
nelius Herr. the sick man of Bourne
mouth"
However this may be. one i~ndisputable
fact was ascertained. and that was that
after his flight ne had, on more than one
occasion. ~frequented the society OF his
mistress. Mile. Lilli Meers. a cafe concert
star. For some time after that Mile.
Meers was the object of very close and
importunate attention on the part of the
police in the countries through which she
travelled. She was followed half through
Southern Europe. and interviewed, catoled
and bullied by the sleuth hounds OF the
law, but she never was Induced to betray
her lover.
In all probability the latter would have
remained at large indefinitely had not the
WIZ VI - N4ift 0ihA-nA a ibAtAf dai%dA
government Unexpectedly into pawer in
France. NJ. Ricard. the minister Of JUS
.tiee who personally initiated the prosecu-
ton instituted against the Panama di-
rectors when he held the same office three
years ago. and stirred up the terrible cri-
sis which compelled him TO resign, is evil
IDENTIFY determined to take revenge upon
his enemies. which will not be less sweet
for having been so long deferred. More
over. the cabinet as a whole is obviously
determined to Justify its existence and
strike a deadly blow at it's calumniators
by eliminating the corrupt element from
the chamber.
Whether il. will be successful in cleaning
out the political Augean stable remains to
be seen. II has begun well with an eff
fort TO sift the Southern Railway affairs
to the bottom. and now that Arton is cap
tured. it only remains for the doctors to
be persuaded that Cornelius Herr has suf-
fclently recovered from his diabetes 10
permit OF his being extradited. Then the
herculean task before alluded 10 will GER
tainly be within measurable distance OF
accomplishment.