Show IMMUNITY CLAIMED BY BEEF TRUST chicago nov 2 complete ty from prosecution under the indictment returned by the fader grand jury several month s ago i claimed by J ogden armour and the other defendant packers and agents charged with teang promoters pi the pd cairco beet rust an fn plea in bar filed this afternoon by ai torney john S miller the packers representative the new pica which came as a complete surprise to th government set up as facto that ahei commissioner garfield of the ment of and labor invest gated the beef business he promise the packers that whatever they ogave without being under oai or whatever documentary they volunteered the defendant should have the same and immunities as if they bad tc titled under oath and compulsion under this plea attorney miller hope to establish the fact that there an agreement between the packers an the government that they should test ty and produce evidence without b ing subpoenaed or the oath being administered but that as far as immune tv was concerned it shou shoud d ered as if they had been subpoenaed and took the oath the allegation of an agreement tor tween secretary garfield and the packers was a surprise to district and assistant attorney gen eral it was bald tonight that secretary garfield has been asked con berning exactly what occurred during the investigation into the beef bus ness the pea alleges that the te stimon and evidence it was understood khouli not be used by the department 0 juanice in any ay as a basis tor an prosecution or proceedings against clr defendants then it is declared with the assurance of the commissioner he defendants appeared before him an told concerning the things wished be inquired about and which are now incorporated in the indictment no withstanding the promises of the go ern ment it is declared the te stimon and evidence produced by the defend ants were given to the department 0 justice and finally to the local distri attorney and that this information haa been used and la now being used in the prosecution of the packers V these allegations tha defendants proclaim themselves ready to verify |