The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-23
Ar. [. GETTING EVEN.
CT Huntington Arrested on a
Federal Indictment.
FOR VIOLATING INTERSTATE LAW


View York. Apra z-couss p. Hunting
feY r,resiAent OF the Southern Pacific
Railway Company. was arrested TO-DAY
on the charge OF giving a free pass -
one Frank Stone. fn violation % the IN
tsrssats comEnefge law. President Hunt
,nEton vas arTaLsned before United stats
Commissioner ShieI9s. lie was represent
81 BY Frederick coaderi. huntington ad-
nf1tej mis- IdsHtity. lie VAS s@Ssn before
Judge Brown. ~ the United States dss-
4ris.t court, FOR a warrant Of removal 70
California
The Indictment against Huntington vas
found March e. IN san Francisco. ceF-
tiaed cspy was sent 70 United States Dis
trfct Attorney Macfarlane, who notified
the railroad president 70 APPEAR before
the tinted States commissioner and FUR
nish bossds When Huntington was ar
raigned Commissioner Shields said the
only question be would Enquire into Tas
the one OF identity. which c0tidert- Tor
Huntington aid woul9 De admitted. An
order vas then made oat. holding him 10
await the issue OF a warrant Of removal
Ills counsel then went before Judge
Brown. % the United States district
court. and the hearing Was fixed for next
THURSDAY a. o'clock. Huntington mean
time being allowed To go On ais on zee
1gnizance
Huntington said 70 a reporter, after
the procesdinss before Commissioner
Shields: II have known Frank Stone
twenty FIVE years. lie s. san Francisco
lawyer. would not cali him a wicked
man. because a wicked man would not
d. things that Nay. lie is an innocent
kind Of fellow. suppose he started this
thing because ] piqaed him iB some way
or other. how. don't know. may have
given him pass probably I dill: bg;
give out 90 many passes that don't re-
member third OF them. The passes
given out are Endorsed as a rule Not
good outside OF California and / pre-
same bis pass was not 50 stamped and
he took advantage OF b.. ! don't know
anything about the matter beyond that.
for ! don't pay any attention Ia such
things. in fact. ! don't care tw0-penCe
one way or the other. IL don't amount
70 anything. anyhow. 1 really don't know
what action was taken In court this
morning, Some routine business. / srp-
pose Il wac, but did not pay any stten-
ton. Arrests among the high and low,
and criminal procedure Is not confined TO
any class. don't know what will bs
done. guess Frank got she pass all
right. but 1 have not time % attend TO
oil the details. ! have too much else 10
90. I ffslnk tho root OF the whole matter
lice Ia the fact that when I became pres
fdent az the Southern Pacific railroad
Francisco. who were. "a far as | could
see. mere political agents and go-he-
sweens for politicians They did no work
for the railroad that / could discover
80 cut them on. Perhaps they are hun
cry now and have got TO make a strike
Somewhere"
San Francisco. April &C. +. Hunt
inginn Is mistaken as TO the cause Of his
arrest. II Is not Frank ~ Stone who Is
after him. but the American Railway
Union. During the long and bitter trial
OF the i. X. Z. strikers In this city for
Violations of The interest ate commerce law,
Frank az Stone a politician aud lawyer.
was called a. witness for the prosecu-
ton. lie had been a passenger on n train
stopped by strikers. and HIS testimony
was wanted by the government TO con-
Wet them. Attorney Aonteith. who de-
Tended the strikers. cross-examined Stone
and during that examination ELECTED the
fact that Stone had travelcd on a pass.
The pass was an Interstate one. but Stone
said he had never used Il outside OF Cali
f0rnia. After this testimony Monteith
applied for warrant for the arrest OF
Huntington. but 81 was refused BY the
acting United States district attorney.
Finally, the federal grand jury indicted
Huntington, AMI after the government Of
iicials had waited IA vain for the rail-
road maRnate 10 come West and he ar
rested. the warrant was sent on to New
York 70 Dc served.