| Show ARMOURS ARM CHIEF AID Federal Grand Jury Returned net nu au Indictment Against J 1 Connors Counos U INTERFERING WITH A WITNESS John loho Edward Shields of Brooklyn Was Approached and Entertained by Him III nt ChI The t Jury tonight returned nn an 1 J Connors of ot Armour 1 Co on a n charge of ot with n it to In appear before the Jury now the tho beef heet trust Mr who l Is J most arni the ActiVe hend cn of ot ono one of ot the lurg ent et e t packing of ot the world WAI on n a by hy b n A deputy United awl and brought to the Jury room lIm where wier hf hu wa on bond bonI After hl hi his Mr Connors refused to dis IlS discuss cuss the mutter flintier v The rue Indictment that John J of 01 n II former of or Armour Co c 0 who sho testified 1 before beloro the grand jury approached favored entertained by Mr Con Can Connor on nor nors and tote hut tutt on March 25 the upon which Mr MI Connors was wa W S Indicted II 1111 I occurred It Is nho nao charged that was wal aa given gien the then n II 9 of ot Armour Cos Coa nt at to transact his i while In Chicago and Ild also AIo the tho inc of or n a private telegraph ph wIre In the ottlee of th the Another allega allegation II tion I that Shields entertained by b Connors and that Connors suggested to the proposed that he should testify favorably to Armour Co n 0 coil and not to tell MI all 1111 that he ho knew concerning i the matter thatter under Investigation r The second fount count of ot the Indictment charges chorges that Mr Connors did not limit his hi attempt nt at Influencing to Mr Shields hilt but other witnesses I who have not nol yet all In III Chicago have Wen J cn tied by him allt at attempts attempts tempts tempt toads mado to 10 M them UH ny to the nature of 01 the C they would give Kive before belore tho the grand jurors When tho the special grand Jury con call last week one of ot the first witnesses es to aPpear lIe He tamo to Chicago o from New Ho lie had tell tee testified titled before he lore n st 1 grand Jury sitting In tn New York nod and there them Is said to have havn divulged facts which led tho the federal I oI to bellevo him In possession of ot many other details concerning tho the question under consideration U lie ire was nB requested to come como to ChicAgo t and the federal were Instructed to watch h the tho man closely wo mon men were detailed to watch Shields One of ot these secret service men obtained o anti and nn thus learned which doubled tho the precautions of ot tho the government to prevent any AllY of ot the witnesses from being coached Shields was followed by hy thul detectives and It Was II learned 1 that he frequented the of 01 offices i flees of 01 Armour Co having baying u II private wire at lit hla ht disposal and nil H his private correspondence there Every I move of ot Shields was closely clo ely The Tho mutter reached a n climax yesterday when one of 01 the secret service men submitted a I report to his hl superiors Today Shields was wn In the lie grand Jury room from 2 to 6 The section nf of the tho statutes statute under which the Indictment wits wile ns drawn pro provides vides that Inv any who Interferes Int with n a witness shall he be subjected to a it alino hue lino nf ot or Imprisonment for three months or both |
