Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1893 — THE PANAMA SCANDAL [ARTICLE]

THE PANAMA SCANDAL

Progress of the Investigation at Washington—Big Money, Little Work. In the Panama investigation at Washington, Tuesday, Charles Colne, secretary of the American committee, testified that he had disbursed $3,000,000 in this country for the purchase'of materials; that Col. Ingersoll had received a fee of $5,000 and Shellabarger and Wilson $25,000 for services in assisting to secure Panama railroad, and before congressional comraittocs; that Col. R. W. Thompson had received a salary of $24,000 a year, and appeared at the office of the company but three or four times annually. If Col. Thompson’s illness prevents his going to Washington the Investigating committee will go to Terre Haute to take his testimony.