Show A STARTLING COINS conspiracy PIRACY ONE of the principal subjects sub of public interest today is the alleged discovery of a plot to be tray the chamber 0 of f commerce in its suit before the interstate commerce commission against the union pacific railroad company the facts are simple the inference sought to be drawn from them in ia at present rather father strained the facts are these much to the surprise of people interested in the case an effort was waa made to have the examination removed from this city to washington D C this was endorsed by a number of business houses in this city it was not astonishing that the railroad company desired this thie but it was that firms here should want the investigation conducted there this movement however seemed to be on the point of failure when another application was waa made asking for a postponement of the investigation and signed by the principal ship porn pen in this city the chamber of commerce to delay for sixty days day this also alio occasioned surprise and many queries as an to the cause it now cornea comes out that theme shippers considered they might be abl able to ada adjust t their difficulty with the railroad company and avoid litigation and also alao that the suit euit was not in proper hands handa for prosecution proBe cution the cause baube for reaching the latter in elusion was some information placed before them by the railroad company in the shape of correspondence between betwee mr 8 W eccles general freight agent and 8 W sears beare jr son BOD of the secretary of the chamber of commerce to ID connection with this was waa a mystical personage named as E E edwards 02 who floured figured as the chief motor actor in the affair on the of july a letter was sent to mr eccles sighed by E E edwards box city a proposition to turn over to the railroad company for a consideration a copy of the speech which secretary sears scare wap wait to make before the commission sundry affidavits bearing on the case and other would put the company in possession of the points which the chamber of commerce expected to make in the suit euit against the company he claimed to have worked through mr sears clerk and to have a key to his hil office mr eccles it appear conferred with mr P L williamp william the attorn attorney ty for or the company and by his advice answered the letter the correspondence continued and nd mr eccles endeavored to obtain an interview with this edwards but he interposed S W years sears jr as a better person to talk with claiming that they roomed together out west that edwards had bad a hold upon young sears bears through some indiscretion that the latter desired to keep from his hia mother and that it was waa to the great advantage of the railroad to enter into this negotiation an AD intimation from mr eccles that he would prefer to see eee edwards edwarda was followed by another coni communication muni tion enclosing one from young 8 bears ears es him self showing his hia willingness willing neBs to engage in the affair followed by others from 8 W sears jr to mr eccles direct the last named gentleman having kept up the correspondence by advice of the freight agent at omaha and the general attorney for the company com rany after several ineffectual efforts to get hold bold of edwards edwarde an appointment was waa made for B S W sears scare jr and he be an ana q mr eccles met at the knutsford Knut eford pharmacy and went to mr eccles office the proposition was to turn over for a sum aum that does doea not yet ap pear in figures the following docu mente speech eighteen pages type writ ten aws affidavits certified by secretary of interior list of names to be subpoenaed men who have agreed to testify statement showing discrimination against the territory Stat statement emPlIt showing coltof cost of movement of freight yn jan various lines proof that relates rebates have been given at another interview ed wards was represented by young sears as having left town and two letters purporting to have been received tram hint him were produced but meanwhile special agents of the railroad company were sit at work as detectives and they claim a have obtained from a waste panf basket in the office of secre secretary r scan the pencil originals of which ich th ahm letters lettera from edwards ar are copi W ath IE but trifling verbal alterations the detectives also learned that box had been rooted by 8 W sears jr that he received letters for himself an E E edwardf edwardc that he had bad taken is ja least two letters addressed to edw ed wants and placed thew them unopened on a deak test in ID one of the rooms in the office of f his father the secretary that the 96 purported Taur ur ported edwards letters had bem been written on the same kind of paper aa that issued in the chamber of commerce and that these lette lettera had bad been dictated by some one C to young sears several conferences were hud bad with the ecung man which mr eccles contrived to be overheard v by the detectives A letter addressed to edwards from a person named chidester af at st george was taken out of the postoffice post office on august 2nd and hv by young sears and found mutilated in mr sears office on august ath so much for the facts act now for the inference it is deduced from the foregoing tore going that edwards is a myth that kuung sears wrote the letters bulk that some one else dictated them that these papers were worth IL a large mulato the railroad company and that bat some one was figuring through young sem seara to get the money that this was wag a betrayal of the chamber ot of Corain commeyne Commet orm ne and that S W sears bears the secretary ty ought to rise and explain the chief in inference terence evidently sought to be nii made lads 1 is that this gentlemen has something to do with the infamy involved in the transaction we have carefully examined all WW has been brought forward by way of facts and we cannot see that there js at present any ground tor for the tion ayere tl ere has baa been no direct champi against mr secretary sears the directors of the chamber of 00 commerce have taken the matter in hand and will thoroughly investigate it W 1 I tore fore they will permit any stat statement eften from the secretary we learn horev however that at ac soon abon as aa the morn ing paper which contained the 9 AM news to him of ef this flair affair he banea canea caged his alb son into hla his office 4 handed him the paper and told him to read it but not to leave the office at once he sum mon edthe directors Direct ora who could 4 rea reached chedo and they heard what loank sears scare bad cosay to bay he declared that his hie father knew nothing about the matter but that there was another person engaged in the transaction that wis person had a hold bold u upon POD him and loeu through that at tint that hi he took up the matter but that afterwards after warda he da determined ter mined to pursue it for all ail there was waa in it it is well known by the friends secretary sears that he had set his heart upon making a sucrose of the sult aulk against the railroad company and that be has turned the full force of ate mind upon it he gained an aa important case against it in california and ana considered he had bad a much more important case for utah the corn com pany pally was aware of these facts and knew that it involved a great deal of money which if saved to the people of this territory would be a big loss to the cm c campany pany therefore it is not ing that every effort possible has been and it if possible to uada to postpone pone 40 defeat t the suit auit that not dot of tile the opinion but aut we are which has withstanding the she sensation community the the on febeo sprung that while mr and bonwill ion cue will go on blow to in received a beas severe re ears has hae of his SOD eon it will be ahe uie conduct has baa been course his hie own show hown n that incompatible w with ith the and 1 is be would I 1 ebray idea that of commerce or chamber the to damage tile the cause to do ao anything voted his energies ind and which be ham had de devoted so 80 earnestly experience kummal summarized before the facto act we lay of news and of as a I 1 matter the public comIlle comment lat and a a suspension common of judgment ur til the mystery the case has been dissipated Su surrounding rOunding and both rides ides of it have leen l een fully and fairly brought to light |