St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-23
HUNTINGTON UNDER ARREST
Wanted in California for VIC
1ating the Interstate
II t.r Law.
VENGEANCE OF THE A. R9U.
Question of EXtradition to Be
Settled Thursday - Mo-
Bail Demanded.

NEW YORK, April 22.-Collis P.
Huntington, president of the South
ern Pacific railroad, was arrested
today charged with giving a free
pass to one Frank Stone, in viola
ton of the interstate commerce law.
President Huntington was arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Shields. He was represented by his
counsel, Frederick r. Coudert.
Huntington admitted his identity.
He was taken before Judge Brown,
of the United States district court,
for a warrant of removal to Cali
fornia. -
1.-The indictment against Hunt
ington was found on April 26 in San
Francisco, certified copy of which
was sent to United States District
Attorney Facfarlane, who notified
the railway president to appear
before a United States commits
sioner and furnish bonds. When Mr..
Huntington was arraigned, Commits
sioner Shields said that the only
question he could inquire into was
the one of identity, which Mr.. Gou-
dert, for Mr.. Huntington, said would
be admitted. An order was then
made out holding him to await the
issue of warrant of removal.
Counsel then went before Judge
Brown, of the United States dis
trict court, and a hearing was fixed
for next Thursday at O'Clock.
Mr.. Huntington in the meantime
was allowed to go on his own rec
ognizance.
MR.. HUNTINGTON SAID
to reporter after the proceedings
before Commissioner Shields: 'T
have known Frank Young" he
said, 'for twenty-five years He is
a San Francisco lawyer. would
not call him a wicked man, be-
cause wicked man would not do
things that way. He's an innocent
kind of fellow. I suppose he has
started this thing because I have
piqued him in some, way or other
How, don't know. / may have
given him a pass; I probably did:
but 7 sgivg out SO many passes that
L don't remember one-third of them.
The passes that are usually given
out are Endorsed, as a rule, Not
good outside e,e state and I pre-
sumo his pass was not so stamped.
don't know anything about the
matter; beyond that, for I don't pay p,asy
any attention to such things 9Rt
amounts to nothing, anyway.
really don't know what action wgs
taken in court this morning. Some
routine business, I suppose it was.
but did not pay any attention to
1t. Arrests are made among the
high and low, and criminal pro-
cedure is not confined to any class.
L don't know what will be done. 7
think the root. of the whole matter
lies in the fact that when I became
president of the Southern Pacific
railway I discharged twenty-three
men in San Francisco, who were. so
far as L could see, merely political
agents and go-betweens for politi-
clans. They did no work for the
railway, SO 1 cut them off. Per-
maps they are hungry now, and have
got to make strike somewhere.
49, A. R.. U. VENGEANCE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April a2L
Z. r. Huntington is mistaken as to
the cause of his arrest. 1t is not
Frank M. Stone who is after him, but
the American Railway union. During
the long and bitter trial of the A. r.
U. strikers in this city for violations
OF interstate law, Frank M. Stone. a
pontlclan and lawyer, was called as a
witness for the prosecution. He had
been a passenger on a train stopped
by strikers and his testimony was
wanted by the government to convict
them. Attorney Monteith, who sde-
tended the strikers, cross examined
Stone and during the cross-examina-
ton ELECTED the fact that Stone
travelled on pass. The pass was, an
interstate one, but Stone said he had
never used it outside of California.
After this testimony Monteith applied
for warrant for the arrest of Hunt
ington, but it was refused by the act
ing district attorney. Finally the fed
eral grand jury indicted Huntington
and after government officials had
waited in vain for the railroad mag
nate to come West and be arrested
the warrant was sent on to New York