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Show RECALCITRANTS WILL TESTIFY New Haven Witnesses, Confronted Con-fronted With Indictment and Criminal Prosecution, Yield. TELEGRAMS SENT FOLK Grand Jury Suspends Action Billard Concludes U. S. Was Not Bluffing. aRlilngton. April 17. All the re calcitrant witnesses in tho Interstate ('ommerce commission's Inquiry into the financial operations of tho Billard company with New York, New Haen and Hartford railroad havp acrped to tostlfy fully concerning the facts In their possession and to produce the books and papers of the Billard company. com-pany. ( hief Counsel Joseph W. Folk of tho commission. tnda received from Horn or S. Cummlngs, attrnnv for two e the witnesses, HemminKway and Morehouse, a telegram saying that hla , cliante would respond to questions Another telegram from Henry Stod-I Stod-I dard, representing Whipple and Field gave assurance that his clients not ! only would answer questions which j they refused to a week ago, but would also produce books and other docu-: docu-: ments of the Billard company dealred ; by the commission. Confronted With Prosecution. Confronted by indictment and criminal crim-inal prosecution, for their refusal to respond to "lawful questions" of the commission, the witnesses concluded not to press their contention that the questions a6ked constituted an invasion inva-sion of their personal rlchts. It Is known that the federal grand jury yesterday voted indictments against the four named witnesses. Tn view of the acquiescence of the men In the demand ot the commission for the information, the Indictments ni.tv not be returnerl to the court. Mean time the indictments will probably be, held' in suspension. Next Hearing Set. It Is expected that the next hearing will be on April 39l- At that time opportunity will be afforded th wit- j ness to comply with the agreements entered into with Mr. Folk by their counsel John I Billard. promoter of the Billard Bill-ard company, through Mr. Cummlngs, Uiday assured the commission that the published statement that he had said the commission In instituting criminal crimin-al proceedings against the witnesses! was "blufting" was "incorrect" ana that he had never said anything that could be fairly construed Into such a j statement |