Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1893 — PARIS PRISONERS FREE. [ARTICLE]

PARIS PRISONERS FREE.

Convicted Panama Boodlers Have Their Sentences Quashed. Considerable excitement has been caused at Paris by the decision of the Court of Cessation on the appeal of Charles de Lesseps and the other defendants'convicted of fraud in connection with the Panama Canal Company. The court handed down its decision, Thursday, quashing the sentence on the ground that the statutes of limitations covered the offenses charged, and that the indictments on which the prisoners was tried were irregular. In consequence of this decision M. Eiffel was at once liberated from prison. M. Charles de Lesseps, who is in the St. Louis Hospital, suffering with an acute attack of dyspepsia, was informed that he was at liberty, but was too ill to leave the hospital. There were five defendants convicted on the trial.