The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-15
Canadian Pacific Oincials Wor-
ried Over Indictments.
THE SPECIAL AoGNT.s STORY.
Manner In Which the Company's
Agents Were Entrspped.


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sion. F. g. Kretschmer, who laid the tran
10 capture the Canadian Pacific railroad
selling tickets below the scheduled rate.
explains - follows:
Since the decision year ago, In which Judge
Allen. Of the Illinois district held that conxrsss
AAd no Jurisdiction over The operations OF rail-
partially IN Canada. complaints poured into the
semmission that the Canadian PAeiac railroad
wAs slsshing rates. both posseueoe and freight
was ordered hsrs 70 investigafc and OF course
u could have caught any other soad cutting l
should have reported II But. while under
stand that other roads did cut, they did 20. un-
through scaipsss. giving them cay $40
e els loe ssiling through ticket Il would
have oeoa 0fmcult to peosocuto IL 60 where
he ticket was soid In this Toundatout manner,
While travelling about here met Ma Nellis ON
. train and learned that abe was going East via
the Onion Paeinc sakesfbee II she vould 70
70 the Canadian PaeiAc ofico and 1T Z ticket.
She sgrsed TO do 90 Her homo II q Burlington
and shs purchased ticket fos Boston, paying
o65. when the rate was t767o I secured the
ticket from her and she returned via the Union
Pacific. She II mot In the employ Of the inter-
state commission and Is not my stsuographer
At Seattle Mr. Kretschmsr met Miss
Jessie Overshi1sr. who WAS . stenog-
rapher. and inasmuch - he was her
escort several times up the street in that
city. be takes it for granted that this is
the reason for the supppsition that Mas
Overshiner was Mrs. Nsiiis and his stem
ographer. He wss IN acquaintance Of
Miss Overshiner, hs sayA She is now at
San Francisco.
This II the first time that the interstate
commerce commission he's attempted to
arraign any transcontinenat railroad COM
pany for violation Of the interstate COM
merce law In tho cutting Of ticket rates.
1t has succeeded in convicting several
roads Of unlawfully rebating on freight,
and 1t Kansas City had three men SEN
fenced to three years In state prison
and fined $500 each. The 6ne In that
instance was paid. but President Harri-
son. ON account Of sxtenuating circum.
stances. remitted the imprisonment SEN
tence.
Mr. Kretschmer says Il u . common
thing to use women in securing evidence
against railroads At 81 Paul, Tor in.
stance. he says several school teachers
were made assistants. Mrs. Neliis was
subpnnasd IN the usual sVay. hs says. 10
come here from Burlinxt0h md testify.
She came under protest 1t has been said
that abe is the relative of prominent Bur
iington railroad people and was acting in
the interest Of the interstate commission.
She says:
] do mot care 20 say much, exceps that am
mot stenographer and was out here last ysuu.
aTy on pleasure trim Iknow Mr.. Kretschmer
and know somsshins Of his business. At the
time met him here on the Coast had not do.
NfAAA Al AaGt 10 - .4
East had thought OF taxing the Union Pa
clio when Nr. Kretschmer asked mo 20 pur.
chase ticket OF the Canadian Pacific. I did
%. and he paid me for II, @6A l did not know
what he was going 20 do with IT. The next
time when est ticket am sure shall keen
II and use Il myssli. was subp0saed by the
court and had to como out here and testify. 1
am very anxious 70 Get away and 90 home. I
did not willingly become mixed up In this mat
tsr. and shall endeavor never 70 got mixed up
again.
Mrs. Nellis has . pleasant face, dark
eyes and IN olive complexion and dresses
tastily. II is expected that she will be de-
tanned here some time. The indictment
against the company vas drawn by As
sistant United States Prosecuting At
torney Robertson. and II intended to cover
frst. tho sale Of ticket 1T cut rate. BY
foreign corporation doing business in
this country. and secondly. the sale of .
ticket for transportation between points
In the United States. In this case il il
expected that the court will sustain the
indictment on the ground that the ticket
Was for points within the United States.
and that the Illinois case will not stick.
inasmuch a. in that case the road was oper.
ated mostly in Canada. foreign country.
and ~ tho business VAS done between
points in the two countries. In the llli-
nois case the Wabash and the Grand
Trunk agreed to carry freight 1t rebate.
and the court found that more miles of
the roads involved were operated in Canada
than in the United States. and that other
In rates.
In that case the defendants demurred,
ana the court sustained it,. In this
case 1t is anticipated that Crowley 4 Sui
livan. attorneys for the defendants. will
also demur. and ON that issue the fight
will b made. Mr.. Thompson and Mr..
Calder. the local representatives Of the
company. viii Be given hearing tomor-
row. Mr.. Kretschmer states that he
found on arriving here that the Union Pa
chic vas making no pretense of cutting
rates or competing with the other trans
roads from this point, As .
rule. he says, roads do not sell tickets at
discount over their counters, ~ did the
Canadian Pacific here. At Seattle he
walked into the Canadian Pacific office,
and while standing there he heard Gus
toner ask about rates. and heard tho
agent tell him that anything from the CELL
ing to the fioor went. % long as they got
business. Referring to the Canadian Pa
cites rate cutting. . gentleman in posi-
ton TO know says:
II has been cutting right and left 1t put On
the Merchants las Of stsamess. from vancou-
yer TO Portland, foe the purpose OF cvading tie
commercs lava lss representative.
Mr.. Brown, told IT. agsat ct Portland that that
wss she purpose IL paid the soeaIled 'Nsr-
chants" line $500 - . suhsidy 20 oct Tor 10.
and gave rebates 70 shippsra The scheme was
to quote through ra.ss from the East 70 ths
West. and from The West 70 the East and then
have tais steamship line get in feoass OF 20
per cen, OF the whole freight In that say g
sos busi mesa The Portland raissvsd men know
these facta
Most of the railroad men in the ciiy
CONSIDER the Canadian Pacific representa-
sives in . bad box. From the fact that
others have been imprisoned and fined by
the interxtase commerce commission. they
fear that the Canadian Pacific officials
here NAV also b convicted. This case
viii settle the question Of foreign roads
escaping penalties imposed by the inter-
state omsnerce laws
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