PANAMA CANAL ENQUIRY.
EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
PARIS. November 29.
A Magistrate, in giving "evidence before the Panama Canal Enquiry Committee, stated that investigations showed that Baron Raisach, one of the defendants, who died suddenly.had received 10,000,000 francs. The enquiry also revealed the fact that a Hat existed containing the names of 600 persons, who had received bribes. Among the names were those of several members of the Chamber of Deputies. Journalists had also received money m connection with the affair. In the Chamber of Deputies, a motion was brought forward, ordering exhumation of Riesach's body as there is a suspicion that the coffin is empty. Although the Government opposed the motion it was carried by 304 to 219.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XIX, Issue 3290, 1 December 1892, Page 2
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