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Show STATE TIES ill if mm me First Day's Iiivesfigjid'on Substantiates Sub-stantiates Disclosures Made by The Tribune. EVIDENCE WILL BE LAID BEFORE ATTORNEY-GENERAL Inspectors Arc Asked to Meet Accused Ranchmen in Attorney's At-torney's OHice. Five days have elapsed Blnco The Trlb-uno Trlb-uno published tho first account of hojra from a cholera-lnfectetl herd being sold to n local slaughterlng-houac for consumption In tho general market, and. In those five dr.y.s thero has been, to uao tho language of tho street, "something doing." Tho Tribune ran down tho real facts In tho case, and as a result It now seems certain cer-tain that tho public health will bo better protected In the future. State Takes a Hand. State Food Commissioner Peterson haa taken hold of tho matter with energy and zeal. an-J with the avowed determination of getting at the truth, no matter where the blamo may fall. Mr. Peterson said lhursdav night that as soon as he had completed his Invcotlgntlon all tho evidence evi-dence accumulated would be laid before the Attorney-General, with a request that he proceed along the llres Indicated by the statute, a course that If pursued will certainly bo productive of good results. while Inspector Peterson has thus far devoted only one day to his Investigation, Iho statementri mnde by Tho Tribune havo beon fully borne out. Cnpt. Bnrton's memory, which has been icmarkablo in Its lapses, Improved slightly and he waa ablo to recall tho fact that tho hogs from a diseased herd had been sold Tho Trlb-uno Trlb-uno haa for llvo days been in possession of this fact, notwithstanding the denials of Barton. Strange Meeting Held. Here is an interesting fact In connection with tho jase. The Tribuno published Ihursday morning a statcmont to the effect ef-fect that Stale Inspector Peterson would mako nn Investigation. Within a few hours Inspector Peterson nnd City Food Inspector Frnzler received an Invitation to attend a meeting of the accused Barton Bar-ton and Herbert In tho olilco of HCrberfs attorney. Tli3 average citizen will naturally natur-ally Inquire: "Why, If these men had rothlng to conceal why should they refuse re-fuse to make their explanations in tlio open and let the public know that they aro Innocent?" State Inspector Peterson attended this meeting, which was held at o'clock Ihursday afternoon. Only Mr. Herbert and his attorney wero present. But Mr. Herbert's memory was Just about as defective de-fective as whea he was interviewed by The Irlbune. The admissions that he did make, however. ,n many essential fea-ture fea-ture contradicted the statements made by Capt. Barton to the Inspector the day previous. J Complete Corroboration. Tt?'111 remembered that The Tribune ?n Thursday morning published exclusive ly the fnct that tho diseased anlmnls from the rancn of Barton and Herbert had I'pen presented for sale to tho Murray Meat and Live Stock company and refused re-fused by that concern. Corroboration of this was nad Thursday night from tho bps of Manager Pitts, who further declared de-clared that ho expected to lay before tho neaun authorities Friday a complete statement as to the condition of the animals. ani-mals. Law Is Plain. There Is no escaping the law governing tho case. It roaches both buyer nnd seller nnd rendorss them both equally guilty Any butcher of oxpericr.ee knows a healthy or unhealthy hog when he sees It. Hero Is the law: "Every person who knowingly sells, keeps or offers for snlo or otherwise disposes dis-poses of any article of food, knowing thnt tho same haa become tainted, decaved spoiled or otherwise unfit to bo eaten or arimk, la guilty of a misdemeanor." Any person that shall knowingly sell or dispose of any domestic animal afflicted af-flicted with a contagious disease without disclosing Its condition to th purchaser shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor " So far as tho facts havo thus far been disclosed, both or either of these statutes cover the offense In question |