Evening star., 1935-11-07
CARAT HELD PAWN
in STAV|SKY RING
Member of Chamber Of Dep
uties Termed Agent of
Bayonne Broker.
By the Associated Press.

tne ASSOCldIeu fTeSS.
PARIS, November 7.-Joseph Carat,
member of the Chamber of Deputies
and former mayor of Bayonne, today
was pictured as an agent used by Serge
Stavisky. alleged swindler. in warding
OF examination of the Bayonne mu-
nicipal pawnshop by entertaining the
examiners and plying them with
liquor.
This picture was drawn by Gustave
Tissier. former manager-cashier of the
pawnshop and. like Carat, of 20
defendants in the trial growing out of
Stavisky's alleged swindles.
,Tissier testified that on one occa-
sion Carat took an examiner to Biar-
ritz to "see the Prince of Wales"
Defending his own actions, the
. witness said they all had been die
tated by Carat.
Carat was my boss he went on,
"and I executed his orders and didn't
get cent for my compliance"
False Bonds in Vault.
Another time. he testified, Carat
met an arriving inspector when there
was 238000,000 francs in false bonds
in the pawnshop's vault. The in
spector received with pomp, made a
speech upholding the Bayonne pawn
shop as model Of excellence, he said.
Carat is charged with having
helped Stavisky set up the municipal
pawnshop almost exclusively to SWindle
investors. The prosecution holds he
not only peddled bonds exceeding the
institutions needs. but tried to per-
suade holders to postpone their re-
quests for payments when they came
due
The government accuses Tessier of
marking exaggerated loans at Sta
visky's bidding and of issuing false
bonds.
AS today's trial continued the final
report of the parliamentary investi-
CATION was completed.
Hen Guernut, Investigating Com
mittee chairman. said the sixth and
final volume of data has been printed
and the conclusions would be ready
about November Is.
Four additional witnesses were
called for today's session, with the
a. >rrogation itching to the alleged
swindlers' dealings with the Bayonne
municipal pawnshop.
Names of Witnesses.
They were Joseph Carat, member
OF the Chamber of Deputies and
forme- ma. or of Bayonne; Vincent
Digoin, retired police inspector; Henri
Cohen. paWnshop appraiser. and Gus
tave Tissier, former manager of the
Bayonne paWnsh~
Tissiers confession of miSmanage-
ment of the loan Office started the
investigation of Stavisky's transact
tions which led to downfall of the
cabinet of Premier Camille Chau-
temps and fatal street rioting in the
streets of Paris.
A variety of charges has been filed
against Tissier, who the prosecution
alleges was hired as manager to as
sist Stavisky in promoting the sale of
false bonds and overvaluing jewels.
The position was offered on the recon-
mendation of Carat, the government
asserts.
SelaSSie's Name Mentioned.
The names of Emperor Halle Sc
lassie of Ethiopia and Premier Pierre
Laval of France entered the record
yesterday during testimony of two
witnesses.
Gen. Joseph Bardi de F'ourtou, re-
tired army officer, said Laval discussed
the operation of Stavisky's companies
with Judge Albert Prince. mysteriously
slain during the investigation. Judge
Prince gained prominence as the
man who knew all"
Henri Hayotte, manager of Sta
Visky's "Alex enterprises" mentioned
Selassie but denied he had previously
told investigators that jewels pawned
by Stavisky were ethiopian gems"