The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-01
A JOBBER INDICTED
Charged With Violating the
Interstate Law.
SHIPMENT CAME TO SALT LAKE
The Salt Lake City Railroad at werk on
West Temple Reduced Rates for the
Kaces-Personal and General.

OMAHA, Neb., May at.-Tspecial tele
gram TO THF HERALD. AS 8 result O,
manipulating the rates to Salt Lake
Daniel Farrell, Jr.s the Omaha jobber on
soups jellies, preserves, etc, and his shin
ping clerk, Edward H. Sharp. were placed
under arrest this morning on an Indictment
found by the late federal grand Jury
charging them with violation of the inses-
state commerce law.
Mr.. Farrell spoke frankly of the matter
when interviewed, and in explanation said
the case, as he understood it. referred -
carload of syrups and jellies shipped r.
Salt Lake City. He said the transaction
was one entered into between his shipping
clerk and an inspector of the Western
Railway Weighing association without his
knowledge. The inspector, MIR. Sharp
asserts, hinted that he might be
INDUCED TO MANIPULATE TIL. RATE.
and asked chow much will there pe in i.
for me-" An agreement was finally
reached after some dickeriug that the
inspector should receive SO for his part in
the affair. The car in question was loaded
with about $4,000 pounds of jellies and
1000 pounds of syrup. 1t was billed as a
car load Of syrup, which entitled it to a
rate Of Sl.25 per hundred pounds The
billing should have shown the two differ
ent commodities, each OF which being less
than car load would have been charged a
rate of sl.45. The saving by the incorrect
billing was therefore 20 cents per hundred
pounds.
Mr.. Farrell said that he noticed several
inspectors about his establishment ths
same day which aroused his suspicion. He
then made inquiries and discovered
what his clerk had done. He then in
structed the clerk to make out a correct
bill of lading and the local freight agent OF
the Union Pacific corroborated this state
ment. For some reason not quite clear. the
car was sent through on the manipulated
bill. Mr.. Farrell is of the opinion that this
was done at the instance of Gep Carman Of
Chicago, the superintendent of the weigh
ing association, who he believes was back
Of the whole affair and laid trap to in
volve him in trouble.
Richard Trumbull, Omaha agent Of the
weighing association, made a pretence when
seen of being
DENsELY IGNORANT OF THE WHOLE MATTER.
He did not know the name of the inspector
concerned; did not know whether he had
been indicted, and apparently had only q
very hay knowledge OF Mr.. Farrell. and
with an evident determination not to give
any information referred the INQUIRER to
the Chicago Office. When the investigator
limited that Mr.. Carman might have to face
the charge Of conspiracy, TO entrap Mr..
Farrell, he said; "Mr Carman is not fur
nishing information for the interstate COM
merce commission unless shippers NEEDLE
with his inspectors, but if thew do
that" and just at this interesting point.
Mr. Trumbun remembered to forget and
could not be coaxed to say anything fur
ther
Mr.. Carman is quoted as saying that he
laid the snare for the Omaha shipper. He
said Farrell & Co. had been manipulating
their freight bills in February.
which was reported to him bv
an inspector, who also stated that
he had been approached with an offer Of
money to aid the shipper in robbing the
railroads. Mr. Carman, according to his
own reported statement, then authorized
the inspector to receive the bride in order
to make case. His version of the affair
is that the car was under-billed by 5000
pounds and that the inspector was to re-
ceive one-half of the amount saved, which
made his share ST..
Mr.. Farrell charges Mr.. Carman with a
and has been advised by his at
torney that he has case against the Chi
cago man, which he says he will push.
Messrs. Farrell and Sharp were served
with warrants this morning but were not
interrupted in their business and were per-
mitted to give equal bonds