FRENCH SWINDLE
THE STAVISKY CASE SECRETARY'S EVIDENCE (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, March 13. (Received March 14, at 0.30 a.m.) The Paris correspondent of the British United Press reports that Stavisky’s secretary, Romagnino, giving evidence before the examining magistrate yesterday, named the following as being in close connection with the swindler: —M. Pierre Cot (ex-Minister for Air), M. Henri Queuille (the present Minister for, Agriculture), M. Flandin (Minister for Works), M. Louis Serre (ex-Minister for Commerce) and M. Georges Julien (ex-director of Surcte Generale). He added that Stavisky frequently entertained these and other high officials and was in close touch with the Tardien and Chantemps Governments. Romagnino said: “1 am charged with having distributed 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 francs to various politicians, but this is untrue, because the politicians concerned would not accept the intervention of a third party.” PRINCE’S BODY r EXHUMED. PARIS, March 12. (Received March 13, at II p.m.) Judge Prince’s body was exhumed at Dijon and sent to Paris.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22211, 14 March 1934, Page 7
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164FRENCH SWINDLE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22211, 14 March 1934, Page 7
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