St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-07
ON PULLMAN'S TRAIL.
Deputies and the Sleeping
Car Magnate Play Hide
and Seek.
CASE OF CONTEMPT OF COURT
Judge Grosseup Proposes to
Know Why SubD @nas
Are Not Served.
DEBS ON THE STAND AGAIN..
His Former Testimony Deny.
ing Counseling Violence .
Reiterated. &
CASE OF CONTEMPT OF COURT
DEBS ON THE STAND AGAIN..

CnICA GO, Feb. eff Mr.. Pullman
has evaded the serving of the subpoena
l shall certainly punish him for con-
tempt of court" said Judge Grosscup
this evening. Tomorrow morning half
a dozen of George III. Pullman's clerks
will be brought before the judge and
sworn as to their knowledge of Mr..
Pullman'S actions Monday. A subpoena
was issued for his presence as Witness
i'll Judge GrCsscup's court on behalf OF
the defense in the conspiracy cases.
The subpoena was given to Deputy
United States Marshal Jones Monday
morning. At the office of the Pullman
company he was informed by Ole of the
attendants that Mr. Pullman was in the
building and in his private office. An
other clerk, who was requested to i'll
form Mr.. Pullman that some one
wished to see him, inquired of Deputy
Jones his business. He was informed
that he had a subp 9na for MI. Pullman
to appear in the Debs taial. The clerk
returned to the outer office in a few
moments aud said that Mr. Pullman
was not in the Office. but would be in
later. All morning the clerk kept the
deputy running up and down the
elevator. Each time he was informed
that Mr.. Pullman had either gone out
or had not yet returned On Monday
night the deputy called at Mr.. Pull
mans residence. He was told that Mr..
Pullman had not yetireturned home,
but was expected Mt any time. At
midnight Mr.. Pullman had not been
reported as having returned home and
the dep uty gave up the search for the
night. Tuesday morning when he
called at the Office of the Pullman
com pany, he was told that Mr.. Pullman
had gone out of town; that he was.
either in New York Or Wash-
ington. The clerk did not know
when Mr.. Pullman had left Chi
cago; only that he had gone away.
Today the counsel for the defense
called the attention of Judge Grosscup
to the mysterious action of Mr.. Pull.
man's clerks, and intimated that Mr..
Pullman had successfully endeavored
to evade the pl ocess of the court. The
Judge directed that Deputy Jones call
into court, at the opening tomorrow
morning, all of the clerks and messen-
gels Will WiiOHl uc Hal COME III contact
at the office OF the Pullman company.
and the court would endeayor to learn
from them the meaning of their action
in regard to the subpoena. at the adj
i0urnmeDt of the court Judge Gi0Sscup.
in speaking of the lhatter said: "if
Mir. Pullman has evaded the service of
the subpoena | shall certainly punish
him for contempt Of court"
Eugene Y. Debs was-on the stand all
OF the afternoon, and will be there to-
| morrow. He said he had never coun-
seled or advised in any form the use of
violence or interference with the Unit
ed States mail trains. He had never, at
Blue Island or elsewhere. told the men
TO tie up the roads, mail or no mail
trains. lie was shown the famous
save your money and buy gun" tele-
gram, and said he had not sent it or
seen 1t until 1t had been sent out by
one of the directors. Other kilograms
in which the government charged vlo-
lence by indireetion and inference were
shown him. and he denied having sent
them, and denied the inference drawn
by the prosecution. In reference to
the riots at the stockyards he had is
sued statement TO tine Associated
Press disclaiming responsibility for the
turbulence there and asserting that it
was being committed by others than by
the American Railway union.