Show r DRAMATIC SCENE I IN LANDIS' LANDIS COURT i Noted Jurist Brands Standard Oil and Chicago and Alton Officials 1 B BRANDS ANDS ii-i ii THEM CRIMINALS President of Standard Oil Corn Com Company kc pany pany of Indiana Faces f Open Opell Jail Jad Doors r. r i i Chicago o. Sept 24 Judge K M I in the Hie Untied tI State court to today today to- to day denounced the Standard l OH all company con com pan pany und and the tile Chicago o Hon Alton Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road as ati mcm members el o of the criminal clashes e In the Ui dramatic vcr ever 4 In In his i dramatic c court he lc granted immunity to the railroad and 1110 andt t called tJ the IIo no other b will convey the proper orl of tho the Standard tan al' al Oil company The compan company com coin t. t pan pany through H Us Its 1 s. and aini k through its had attacked the the- c court for COl or Its Us finding In ln In the famous 92 case It ha had declared Unit that It 11 had merely done wh v hai l all in institutions ii- ii 0 In lii the Chicago o shipping dis- dis had di dene tie and that it had been ll t I I r cJ Ii h by lie government o for or prosecution prose cl c- c l 1 cution a as aJ tho the only victim Every 1 other othI big shipper In iii the Chi Chi- ago tago district has doni dour dour- jutt jUtt what hot wi have been e n convicted of ot aId f Janice James A Moffett president of lf the Standard Oi Oil company of Indiana in a published tJ j pamphlet hn to the tho press s a liens and carried In ever every paper apel in ii 1 the country Accordingly James A. A president o of the Standard Oil Oi company com COl pany o of Indiana member of lC the tho nf If lt directors of the Iho OH Oil Oi om oin 01 puny of oC New elc ey and ne of o the the- Inner circle of oC chiefs of C Ot the hc system tem was summoned by lW court Iner to lo ap appear tp- tp i pear veal In Chicago next ue Tuesday morning i al 10 O o'clock and aut t testify t Co I. I Ulo MC 1 C- C grand Jury Jur which the court continued L 1 of dismissing If I he ho tells the che Jury JUI what whal he has hasis is as- asserted in 1 his he lie i will Indict tho tir th largest t ho host t of offenders rs against the lie Interstate Commerce law Jaws ever Ct brought t to tho the bar aro I Door ouch Open If it L he lie does not and declines es to lu Ic te- te ho he f ii aces the lie JHO prospect e of f to 4 1 Jail Jai for CUI or contempt of ot court cour court in th thul ln If 11 II lie falls faUs to reveal l' the lie f fue c that lie he has Iia alleged d. d S 'S that h he I does dut vS not Jol now them he lie will wU be held he her j 4 r tov u to the tho public a HH UH an au of Ir a I corporation who had hU trifled with wih trul rAn rIn rIni i p f y nd l ju uI- uI I J 1 ot her I t l. l vie 0 J dhun r n J h t C n i hu l i JS rh ero member ot or the he V bar t u. u 1 1 JI nr 1 Ing ln I In In tn the tUo United lu CI court l. cour furnished fur rU fl tho information upon pun I he I uc this is ll IC ih then m l n that I of or tho thu bar lul elal blands liable Hable to the Uie most Inot it lively ct- ct and moment Ir if his hla court clen c experience nH c. c Three members I of 1 counsel for fr 1 the th Oil on company eon cum lan pany dented denied the child of or rhetoric Tho Immunity for 01 ho iQ Chicago o olon t Alton lon Ron was simple Stale tate late Di Sims SImM re read a n tat tat- tat ric 1 from om the he I. I attorney general generali 1 tai tai- taing i ilog ing log that thai the government o I 1 U d prom prom- immunity 0 un und and that the road 01 entitled t to i IL It ILIn It I In lit granting the tue request of Attorney General Bonaparte for a Q dismissal or tf orthe r the tho Olan grand Jury Jun Judge 1 said these things s about aboul th Alon Alton AlLon ir Thai il it i was a Q part of the criminal I class That It Il ha had been a n party part to a ti Hw crime That It J ha had forced Us Its Is tU subordinates to rall falsify Us iti records record d That hul I I lh e n are nC tt now no many nUllY men in th tilt the penitentiary u f for tor doing ol what the C. C had hal forced Us Its Is su subordinates to do o. o That this indicated such a state stale of criminality ns as to demand the presence of the tho gran grand ju Jury ti lt Furn t to lo J Account j The court room 1001 was vas wal d wh vuin n Jud Judge e Landis Landi called up UI tho Alton Aiton Alon mat mat- ter cc The rhe Judge jute sat st with closed o oy 00 v- v un und leaned far Cal back hac as he heard the th statement o of th the attorney general cucal lea lead i Hurd Hardly had Mr Sims made the ht he motion moUn to io Immerse the road load in the Iw Immunity bath when he lie h quickly quick Cuile- Cuile called th the e n. n ly for forward and aill upon general gen gen- m eral cral counsel for fol the Stan Standard ar Oil 01 com coin putty pany Horne Attorney Alfred D. D EM Eddy By Mr lUIO Ir Eddy tat tat at Chauncey W. W and ind v- v Merrill Merritt Starr tallo In In the oil 01 company companO anti and ant Attorneys J Ralph alph M. M J Shaw and Silas H. H Strawn of the Alton Alon After rc reviewing renewing the call cal fur Cur Hit special cial clu srn granel granI Jury Judge LandIs tal said ad Alon Among other things that thai appeared 1 on oil 01 the trial o of the thc ca case cate to w I Ilao have referred on and l one of or the lie o la that weighed lila h this Uis court In determining the question queston u hat hat should be c dune to this railway coina com coin company hoult puny pany a record d which the auditor kepi entries of fictitious t containing false fals transactions l I by means meant of ut which bogus records which subordinated were re required re- re to keep keci The he accounts ot or tl e I railroad t company compan with it Its agents were balanced forcibly forcibly- 1 FALSELY There ate arc arf many mun men Inch In II the penitentiary peni ICi- serving on account u of today ry ln el r making lh thice c false Cale entries such uch a as aH this his I railway company obliged Us its Is clerks clerIcs to 0 make tale in connection with books of the company compan The rue court then referred to the tha governments government's gov gov- H jh of Immunity and promIse commented thus l Alton l Hul Immune Is generally known In Of course e u dealing CIU with elastic prosecuting wih ing lug In ol order Cl to get o I. I one conceived to be tic lJ tho ho m mp t against vicc J culpa culpable lo not Infrequently make ar- ar 11 k iti the other party to u a l lc lh the purpose of or which arrange arrange- t- t c crime ii to testify r the thc other oilier party tel tel- f f. f Is to get gul ge t the effect of o which arrangement J. J fy tr front from 1 tes- tes Is 10 to release the other party l 1 fyi i ig to be the lie That s in luo t tle t situation here Therefore In ha view vie of f I the conclusion reached by the tho head lledO tw of oC Jubilee you K gun gun- UI- UI 0 O 4 of or the thc duty duly lo 10 perform In have no flu i o ha with the lie Chicago o Alton Alln In company transactions s qu's t Lion lon another matter mailer h til 1 t H It I I Thier I la ii to lo submit A t tr duty ut e ome m- m from thae document K to be r document tJ Standard Oi Oil coIn eom- directors o of the 01 ulli k pan and which to itS It document ant the thc coui cl for or Continued ou IJU l Page uc Se s S f c IN 0 4 V. V DRAMATIC SCENE IN LANDIS' LANDIS COURT Continued from Page One that lint company compan in iii this city have hu as assured assured assured as- as mo no they never saw an and do o not know ino anything about counsel about counsel who whose whore l' l word is good with me amid ond and who I trust ill wiil not draw law CUl any po Inference from the tho fact that th the court court courtis Is t to C cun consider lder that this document was I issued Is is- sued by their client despite c their total lack lad of information ding it H II deals with what the document purports t to regard artI as facts In iii connection with transportation of f properly in iii Inter commerce in lii this neighborhood or Subpoena Ordered for foi Judge then quoted this paragraph para pUla- graph from flom the thc of James Janius A. A president l cf ef the lie Standard l OH oil com company pan of or Indiana Thousands of tons tomis of freight ri ht have l been shipped from flom ruin these thes points into littO Chicago shipping district during tit tho hit past east fifteen n years cars under the thc same circumstances cir dc- as us the time Standard shipments arid and if It the thc Standard is guilty In iii this case so sri is practically cn every l' l other shipper ship per tIel In this great manufacturing terri tern tory Is there thero a O In iii selecting the Standard lan as us the thc victim l' l lI I a need not nol say sa- sato to yon gen gen- that the hl highest h t I have as a ju judge o of the United court is to lo administer the tho autho ity which the law con confers cr upon this court as au that no man ma mu may ever e truthfully allege what I read to mu you ou Therefore a subpoena will vill s. s ue at t t tonCe once Co for I Mr Mi- James A A. A Moffett to at attend at- at tend upon ullon your our next session a a. Ud 3 a u witness wit wit- Itne ne ness muess s and I charge you to give patient and diligent attention to his mony The court then lien instructed tho the jurad jury jur a ad as to the provisions Plo of the law prohibiting the hue granting or oi accepting of less les than the lawful la rate rote for railway railway Ial rail rail- way Yay shipments The rue chur charge c wa- wa was In harmony with the Lie hol holdings of ot the tue I court Ie respecting the law as announced an I an-I from Crom the hue bench during the d Oil 1 trial I |