Show c I i I TO BE CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS As Result of oj 0 the Investigation Into the Harriman Rail Hall Railroad Rai road System 0 SOME MAY AY BE SENT TO JAIL Ally Atty I Cm 1 u ns n I Few Prominent Men 11 lii Would linen n a haiti Now New York lork ork tf 7 A patch to 10 tho ho New York Times from frolic Mass ns sent under date says pays sn hunt criminal prosecutions will 11 be Im beI I taken In the tho near nel future AS ns a n re te result sult of tho Interstate commerce In of oC the railroad system 1 was the tho Information obtained hero upon ulon authority afternoon tho th virtual era ovo of Ito tho of Atty GIn Oon Bonaparte to Washington Mr Jr Ir Bonaparte was WM nuked If t f action personally against Individuals would lie he Included Include In thc tho th prosecutions Ho Je Io replied somewhat som enigmatically call callI J I have havo noticed n a good many man com that criminal prosecutions against truit magnates and sentences of oC for tor thorn thom been lIcen very vary ver Infrequent nail and In fact for Iroc practical heal purposes unknown It I Is Ie perfect perfectly ly h true that In my 1 opinion nt at rt least leasta a better moral effect would bo ho produced ed Cd by 23 b sending a n few tew prominent men moore mento mento to Jail than by b a great groat den of litigation ion tion ton however successful against tho th corporations they controlled Some Somo time since two corporations corporation and ond their re presidents wore were Indicted Jointly for tor violation of oC the antitrust law If I the tho corporations WHO heern guilty guil of such uc It II 1 would be hard for tor the tho lay mint mind at ret least Icat to 10 under understand understand stand how their presidents could bo Innocent N the hO tl Jury con convicted tho the corporations corporation and arril ond acquitted their presidents It I Is ts tile the avowed purpose oRo of oC tho de do department of oC Justice to prosecute crim criminally any ny ono one who Is II really responsible sible for tor violations of ot tho the antitrust law mw wherever It can ean do oso so wih with any nn an I reasonable probability of It I does not care to I prosecute to moro more mero under underlings underlings lings who are known to everyone to have acted under the tho direct authority of their superiors nut hut If I It can get a u case against any of tho th superiors such acid ns as Justifies a it reasonable hope on the tha part of at experienced lawyers that he ha can cnn be punished personally pen nall tho de tie department will wi undoubtedly ly take tako ad advantage vantage of ot the opportunity as soon son as al It Is presented X |