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Show GOING AFTER BEEF TRUST Special Grand Jury Begins Work. Federal Judge Humphrey in Chicago Delivers " Charge. Two Witnesses Examined Twenty-Three Twenty-Three Moro Are to Bo Heard. CHICAGO. -March 22. Tho special grand Jury to investigate the so-called "beef trust" was completed today. Threo vacancies va-cancies left In tho panel ycBtordny woro filled today and tho huge mass of testimony testi-mony nvnllablo was immediately attacked. at-tacked. District Judgo J. Otis Humphrey chnrged tho Jury to "present no ono from envy, hatred or malice, nor to leave any ono unpresented for fear, favor, affection, reward, or hope of reward." Judge Charges Jurors. Tho chnrgo to tho Jurors wao delivered In a most lmprcsslvo manner and was listened lis-tened to with deep interest. Judgo Otin said: "This body stands between the upright and honest citizen and the malicious ma-licious accuser. You aro savers of reputations, repu-tations, as well as tho body through which tho honest accusor obtains Justice. Statutes Cited. "I call your attention particularly to tho statute which prohibits and fixes a penalty for combinations In restraint of trade, In the Interstate commerce laws and their various branches. "While you aro not selected to try tho guilt or innocenco of tho accused In order or-der to justify a truo bill you will havo such evidenco as, if unexplained and contradicted, con-tradicted, would satisfy your mlndB of tho guilt of the accused. Must Be Kept Secret. "Vou aro not to dlscloso to any person or at any time tho secrots of your deliberations. de-liberations. Reputation Is tho greatest earthly inheritance. Tho mere fact that Rorao person's name la before you as being accused of crimo would blacken the reputation, even though you might not return a truo bill. No human being has a right to know and you are not to dlscloso dls-closo to any human being the secrots of your deliberations. All that shall como to tho light through tho return of Indictments, In-dictments, If Indictments shall bo found." Two Witnesses Examined. Two witnesses wero oxamlned Curing tho afternoon session. The first testified for almost two hours, when ho was excused, ex-cused, and returned to his homo In Philadelphia Phila-delphia on a night train. Tho second witness wit-ness finished his testimony nt 6 o'clock, when tho session was adjourned until tomorrow to-morrow morning. Others to Be Heard. The other fourteen witnesses who had gathered In the witness-room adjoining tho grand Jury room, were ordered to report re-port for examination tomorrow morning. Nino more wltnettes aro also to report in tho morning, and It Is hoped that the entire twenty-thrco will be called beforo tomorrow night. District Attornoy Morrison absolutely refused tonight to discuss what had occurred oc-curred at today's session. Ho even refused re-fused to divulge along what lines tho first hearing of witnesses had developed evidence. Buried Woman Is Believed to Be Alive Woman Placed in. Cemetery Vault Eight Days Ago Thought to Be in Trance. TELL CITY, Ind., March 22. Mrs. Susan Su-san Sulzer, who apparently dropped dead ten days ago, as sho was entering her homo in Canncllton, and whose body was placed In tho cemetery vault two days later, is believed by many persons to be alive. Her relatives aro convinced that life is not extinct, and a specialist from Cincinnati has been summoned, and an Investigation will bo made. During the tlmo that tho body has been In tho vault It has been watched closely and several times apparent signs of life have beon detected. Slnco her supposed doath the Tyound on her head, caused by tho fall, has continued to bleed at intorvals and her face remains flushed. A fow days ago a local physician .punctured ono of her fingers and brouglu blood. |