| Show DOES NOT DESIRE ANY USELESS WORK Slow to Indict Sure to Con Convict Convict Convict vict Motto of the Depart Department Department Department ment of Justice WICKERSHAM GOES SLOW Li G ABOUT CAMPAIGN AGAINST MALEFACTORS BY FT JONATHAN JONA WINFIELD too July Joly L 1 low w to In Indict dict to convict Is the I of Attorney General O t G org W Wk kII In la MB hM c emp i ii R gutniK ap males cors ra of or C v ry whether they are arc high bleb 8 In tR some 1 large targe with t MUton natlea I Wid or of M sa who th the federal statute t te e e or provocation pro ending generally In tri UI triumphant u m for tor those thos Irol en taU a great deal of labor on UN the th part of employ of ot the govern I Ito I to the detriment of oC other and more mar i Important court work M as well M aa being to t Uw tile government i itly It K has haa been the policy polley of ot the department 4 of justice to so go g i slow lIt m III matters matton ut called for or f 1 Hi eras crai when Involving cor corporations and Del Individuals Individual pedal when where th the penalty ty might t include a ee tr Cr wt It er r aham hit does doe not net however approve of ot otto too to a policy but Ht make makee a nice n Ice dl between an II unintentional unintentional unintentional wrong and an aa one OIN Must Have On the till other 0 Mr hand aIMI Mr ll points pInts oat out that where federal rights right I Iare are or the tile guarantees of or the tho th people Ie abrogated the Department of oC will stop Mop lit In la Inand and endeavor to set Nt Matters matter Mat aright To ro Todo Todo rodo do tb bow however Mr mrs Mari an that It hi tW that the gov government nt secure scare ole evidence to Lo convict those for tor violation of law aw awU If U the alleged malefactor actor is ht able ablett to tt outpoint a representative of this department before a court and tin th go loses I Ia Its Ita case Calle it means mean in incases inn Jl n cases caH out of nt tn ten that th the case Of L was WU not fully prepared by securing sufficient evidence to warrant a conviction lion tion said mid Id the attorney general The theory theol of or prosecute those who ho are re responsible for of the tho law Is le leall all aJl right but the foundation upon which such h a case callie stands must mug of or ne m necessity malt alt b be sufficiently strong to reasonably reason reasonably ably expect a verdict le to the governments Interests ta If It not what Is 18 the use UM of bringing such a case cue be before fore tore the courts It simply means mean that Ute the dockets will be crowded with cases lases that will not bear the searching scrutiny of the courts and that In all the Issue Rine ue was brought by mason of public clamor Some Sonic last fast Fiascos In the poet put It hue has been the Ute policy of some of or the legal ot rs of the Ut department de department of or Justice j to begin prosecutions prosecutions dOll against alleged bad trusts tru t cor corporations and others for various pre presumed violations violation of the Ut federal stat statutes at atutes utes Some of the eases cases have never neTer gone beyond the trial courts where they the are either quashed by the presiding tag ing J g Justice or nolle Rolle pro od by b the at attorney attorney torney torM who was selected elect to prosecute the Ute What at was the Ute result ro The rho defendants reputations were smirched and probably their business ruined They The were Indicted and branded as ae criminals criminal by ay a federal government although the government was unable to sustain IlU or 01 prove pron its Ito case cane This Th of or course was obviously wrong wro g If It a corporation aion or an Indi Individual vidual is Ie 1 a wrongdoer wron door punishment should Mould be meted out out accordingly accordingly but before punishment hi In thought of it should be b clear to those Uto e who are about to Inflict It ft t that they are sure aura of their ground gro nd When hon that point Is beyond a reasonable doubt then It Is 18 time Urne U to start a Secret Service Work To help the attorney general In securing se securing curing evidence upon which the nu numerous actions that the Ute government has baa filed Hied against corporations and others during the tho past put year ear a largo torte force of or secret service men are em cm employed To this body of men Mr Wickersham points with evident pride and Rd satisfaction referring to records record In his hM ollice showing the of or their work During the period of twelve months month these the e men have bacon active la JD nearly every city of ot Importance tance in the United States Stat 9 and those thON cases that have come up for tor trial In Inthe inthe the Ute courts court of ot first Arat Instance convictions Uon have bave been noted In nearly every ease ea Several wry very large Jarge cases canoe prin principally cily those thOM involving the question o of or orthe f the reason AMOn for the high cost coet of 01 liv living livIng ing lag which were filed through the action of or Mr personally have born brought to the Ute courts I through the UtI of 1 the I m hut hilt hOAf c n nd t hr r rr r n 1 ri to a n decisive hearing They include eases against the Southern Grocers association Lion tion and Its officials certain specula speculative speculatIve tive brokers In the cotton market grain brokers who to form forma a pool for far the purpose of boosting boasting the price of or grains service corporations and a number of or Industrial corpora corporations corporations corporations In some of ot these CASOS cases courts have haved passed d upon the Ute basic points Involved showing that the government has made out a prima facie case cose which should be submitted to the grand jury for their consideration Heady to Prosecute Mr r Wickersham who ho has a weather eye out at all aU times Umes for tor con oon conspirators conspirators and oUter other law breakers whether largo large or small states that thai his department Is la open to every one who has a klok kick coming and if It after aft att after atter er thorough investigation by the department de deportment department It Is fa found that there thore Is a good and sufficient reason to prose prosecute cute the of office will do so eo provided It ItIs itIs Is 18 a n proper matter for the federal government to undertake He must be assured however It Is announced that the motives behind the case caM are Impartial and not prompted by petty jealousies His theory however will wll hold good as he does not fall tall in to rap Idly with the policy of Indicting every and all corporations and then thon have havethe havethe havethe the courts undo tho work he has ha 8 spent months In perfecting simply to t o gratify the wishes of some one who has hu an ax ox to grind He reasons in line with President Pro t Tafts utterances on several occasions lons when whan ho stated that bad trusts true would b be prosecuted but that good trusts would have hao the hearty co cooperation e o operation of the administration The Tho investigation of or the tho subject of 01 a athe f tho the Imposition of or what Is known as tho the third degree In extorting con confessions from persons pers persona lUl charged with wit h crime by a n Senate committee has bo be como particularly Interesting to th the e police of ot Washington Wa Although they stoutly repudiate the Idea that of offensive are arc used in obtain obtainIng obtainIng Ing lug evidence certain United States State senators seem seam to think that whore e there lore is 18 smoke there is t bound to be b Fire Will Bring Brins About Reforms Chlof Chief Wilkie of ot tho the secret service e of or the treasury department in die cussing the question came to tho the con conclusion elusion that an Inquiry such as I Is h a contemplated by Congress will bring brin g about a number of ot re reforms forms torms in police pollee circles although he h e ere denies that th t any harsh methods are a re employed In extorting confession confes lons res s from rom criminal criminals In our work we very seldom find d It necessary to employ what have bee been n termed third degree decree method R nR Usually before we we place e a suspect su un under I der dor arrest we wo have all the Ute necessary evidence to convict him When hon he I II r confronted with a complete history o ohis or ohis t his case ho knows that should he hestand ti h e te stand trial tho chances are that a Jus justko tiro tko will wilt Impose a much linger son Eon sent t than If It he confessed con conIn In many instances this applies to t n pollee departments There are case Sae c however where tho the police have hae only circumstantial I evidence and it becomes be becomes becomes comes necessary to sweat a 8 prisoner The Tho days of or the Inquisition are arp ar e long passed pa d and to say that prisoners are arc put on a modern rack until the they y Implicate themselves in some BOme crime crimo Is IRS I believe unjust t The senatorial Inquiry however will go a long way ay in bringing to light the methods used by various police pollee force forces and no doubt a great deal of 01 Interesting testimony will be secured As far as this depart department department ment Is in concerned however wo we shall hall willingly submit to any examination that may be required |
