The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-23
COILS P. is ARRESTED
For Giving a Pass in Violation Of the
Interstate Law.
HE IS QUITE INDIFFERENT
Gives Out So Many Passes That He
Cannot Remember Details Con-
nscted with the Issuancs OF
Them All.

NEW YORK, April 22--Collis Il. Hunt
ington, president of the Southern Pacific
railway, was arrested to-day on a charge
of giving free pass to one Frank Stone
In violation of the interstate commerce
law. President Huntington was ar
raigned before United States Commis-
sioner Shields. He was represented by
Frederick r. Coudert. Huntington ad-
mitted his identity. He was taken before
Judge Brown of the United States district
court for n warrant Of removal to Cali
fornia.
The indictment against Huntington
was found March 26. in San Francisco,
certified copy of which was sent to Dis
trict Attorney McFarlane, who notified
the railroad president to appear before
the United States commissioners and fur
nish bonds. When Huntington was ar
raigned, Commissioner Shields said the
only question he could inquire into was
one OF identity, which counsel for Hunt
ington said would be admitted. The
order was then made out holding him to
await the issue of warrant Of removal.
The counsel then went before Judge
Brown Of the United States district court.
and hearing was fixed for next Thurs
day at o'clock, Huntington in the mean
time being allowed to go on his own recog-
nizance.
Huntington said to q reporter, after the
proceedings before Commissioner
Shields; II have known Frank Young 25
years. He is San Francisco lawyer.
would not call him n wicked man. be-
cause n wicked man would not do things
that way. He is an innocent kind of a
fellow. / suppose he started this thing
because / piqued him in some way or
other. how, do not know. / may have
given him a pass; probably did, but
give out SO many passes do not remem-
Der n third of them. The passes usually
given out are indorsed as q rule mot good
outside of the state" and 1 presume his
pass was not so stamped and he took ad-
vantage of IL.
II do not know anything about the mat
ter beyond that for do not pay any atten-
ton to such things. 1 do not care n
tupence one way or the other. II don't
amount to anything anyhow. / really
don't know what action was taken in
court this morning. Some routine busi-
ness, / suppose IL was, but did not pay
any attention. Arrests are among the
high, low and criminal procedures
are not confined TO any class. / don't
know what will be done. I guess Flank
got the pass all right, but l have not time
TO attend to all the details I have too
much else to do. think the root of the
whole matter lies in tho fact that when
became president of the Southern Pacific
railroad 1 discharged % men In San
Francisco, who were, as far as i could
soc, mere political agents and go-betweens
for politicians. They did no work for the
railway, that 1 could discover, so I cut
them Oft. Perhaps they are hungry now
and have got to make a strike some
where"
SAN Francisco, April &C. p. Hunt
ineton Is mistaken as to the cause of his
arrest. IL is not Frank NJ. Stone who Is
after him. but the American Railway
union. During tho long and bitter trial
of the A. II. u, strikers in this city for
law, Frank NJ. Stone, a politician and
lawyer, was called as q witness for the
He had been q passenger
on train stopped by the strikers, and his
testimony was wanted by the government
to convict them. Attorney Monteith, who
defended the strikers, cross-examined
Stone, and during that examination
elected the fact that Stone had travelled
on pass. The pass was an interstate
one. but Stone said he had never used il
outside OF California After this testi-
mony Monteith applied for warrant for
the arrest Of Huntington, but it was re-
fused by the acting United States district
attorney. Finally the federal grand jury
indicted Huntington, and, after the gov
ernment officials had waited in vain for
the railroad magnate to come West, the
warrant was sent on to New York to be
served.