The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01

The Huntington pass, says Mr.. Foote,
was not issued to Mr.. Stone until April g.
and on that, declares the Government at
torney, Mr.. Stone rode no further than
Redding, in this State. Mr:tStone has not
been out of the State since his trip TO Red
ding, SO Mr.. Foote states, and to. consti7
tute violation of the, interstate COM
merce law it would have TO be shown that
Mr.. Stone bad ridden from one State into
another. In the case. of the. Towne.: pass,
the District Attorney declares. there can
not be any prosecution because the person
who gave the pass.is dead.
The reason given by Mr.. Foote for Mr.
Towne issuing the pass was that Nh.
huntington was absent from the City.
: Frank NJ. Stone has always refused to
speak on the matter, but yesterday~was
induced, with the greatest reluctance, how
ever, on his part, to: tell the story of the
two passes. Mr.. Stones statement would
appear to give the inference that United
States District Attorney Foote was cogniz-
ant, during the lifetime of Mr.. Towne, of
the fact that Mr.. Towne had issued the
pass to Mr.. Stone, thereby violating the
law, yet had taken no action to bring the
offense to the attention of the Grand Jury
MIR. Stones version of the matter follows:
l. Judge Foote has called upon me on three
separate occasions and has been fully advised
as TO the exact facts. Mr.. Foote has ALWAYS.
known that the pass referred to (that issued by
the State of California. | received it on: the
9Th day efApril, 1894, and Ihave not been out
OF the State since some time before that date.
L recelyed:a a special pass good from January
l, 1894, TO March. 81, 1894 from A. N Towne
l presumeln return for many ceurtesies which
he may have thought ! had extended TO him.
AS between Judge Foote and myself our long
friendship would preclude my offering TO sup
port my statement by proof. But realizing he
was and is Government official ! have sub
mitted to him documentary proofs that l did
not possess the pass in question until after nv
return from the East.
With all of these facts within the knowledge
OF Judge Foote 1t would seem unreasonable 10
pursue the subject further on to the extent of
attempting in the lace of Judge Browns de-
c:sion to reindict Mr.. Huntington, Judge Foote
well knowing that the pass in question was
never used outside OF the State of California
Judge Foote has at all times expressed to me
MS determination to carry out the law, no mat
ter who might be involved, and has been earn
est IN his desire to ascertain the exact facts re-
gardlng the use of the pass in question.
1t is true that ] made the trip to the East on
pass, as stated in Il letter addressed to Attor-
ney-General Harmon by George W. Monteith
but II was made on the pass issued to me by
Mr.. Towne.
How do you account for the initials
e. T. ii. which appeared on the pass used
on the Eastern "trip, as shown in the record
of the conductor?' was asked.
Nv neither or not that pass was issued to
me on account of Mr.. Huntington | can
not definitely state, but | know that it
was not issued by him.
The information | have given to Judge
Foote is within the personal knowledge of
at least three people,
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