The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-07
MR.. REINHART SET FREE
INDICTMENT AGAINST THE SANTA
FEES EX-PRESIDENT DISMISSED.
Lively Passage Between Attorneys
uncan and Shields-TestimOny
in the Rebate Cases.

CHICAGO, JAM. 6.-The case of ex-Presi-
dent Joseph w. Reinhart, of the Santa Fe
road, has been dismissed from the court on
a nolle PROSE- of the Indictment against
him. This was done at the conclusion of
the afternoon session to-day, when il was
shown that the government could not
couple Reinhart with the alleged deviation
of rates.
Senator Duncan, representing Reinhart,
WAS angry at the detention of his client.
and, turning to j. H. Shields, the special
attorney for the Interstate-commerce Com
mission. saiG: You, sir. assured this court
last spring, when the case was first called
for trial, that you expected to prove Rein
hart to have been connected with this
transaction. 1 told you then that you could
not do so. and asked the court 10 dismiss
as to him. 1t was on your clear statement
thatNhe was held on this charge
Mr.. Shields's face flushed, and there was
a tremor in his voice as he jumped to his
feet, saying: II did. sir: we have failed to
connect him with this matter. 1t has not
been our fault. There are reasons for not be-
ing able to do so that i do not wish TO now
assert 1t is perhaps a very strange thing
that a man who directed the affairs of the
Santa Fe Railroad during a period when it
paid over 81, 900. 600 in rebates. had no con-
nection with this
That will do, MIR. Shields" broke in
Judge Grosscup, YOU are going into some
thing outside the record Attorney Shields
took his seat.
At the opening of court Attorney
Forest outlined the defense when he
took up the continuance of the cross-ex-
animation of John G.. Taylor, the ex-live-
stock agent of the Santa Fe road. 1t will
be remembered that the rates or rebates
were made by Taylor and not by Hanley.
as declared by Taylor. At the same time
Mr.. Forest laid the foundation for an i'm
80 +AA H.. TO -
sary by the defense. Taylor. the we'll
known horseman and owner of Joe Patch
EN-. testified yesterday that Hanley had di-
rected him to settle the rebates due the
Hammond Companysand Samuel Thomp-
son. MIR. Forest asked Taylor if, when he
turned his office over to his successor.
Agent Titus. he had not said to Titus that
he would get even with Banley for causing
his discharge, and further told Titus that
he CTaylor) never took his orders from
Hanley, but from the president of the road.
Taylor denied the language quoted. Taylor
denied that he ever said to j. l.. Penning-
ton: Never mind Hanley; he does not
count for much. Take your orders from
me. J get mine from the president. He
denied that he told superintendent Van
bureau: "Hanley discharged me. and | will
get even with him." Taylor denied that he
told Manager r.. b. Childs. of the Kansas
City stock yards. when the president of the
Santa Fe road had been asked for a rebate
on a 1.O00-carload shipment OF cattle. that
the president had said: See John Taylor
ne ~ lttt OillN BtIoOh III Nht odAto &c al
ploy who has authority to make rebates"
He denied that he had told Hanley's pri-
vate secretary that he hoped 10 live long
enough to get square with Hanley.' On a
| redirect examination by Mr.. Shields. for
the government. Taylor said he had not
made the rebates I'm the two cases named
in the indictment. but that Hanley had
made the same
The afternoon session was devoted TO an
attempt on the part Of the government 20
Introduce the copy book containing the cop
| les of the bills of lading in the rebate ship
ments. 1t utterly failed 10 get the book
into evidence. Henry c. Whitehead. the
auditor OF the company. came into court
with the books called tor in his subpoena.
He said he was In California in 1892. and.
therefore. unable to say the COPIES were
what they represented.
Freight Traffic Manager Biddle was
called. He said he knew nothing personally
about the book. and could not identify the
handwriting.
President l.. =. Ripley was called. He said
he never saw the book. That practically
ended the governments side Of the case.
W. +. Jenkins. whom Taylor said received
the Hammond rebate Of $3.50 under agree
ment 10 give all the Hammond shipments
10 the Santa Zee roat, fatty contradicted
TAYLOR. He said he was In no sense "A rep
resentatiye OF the Hammond company to
treat on rebates. He received from Taylor.
he said. about $1,000. acting solely as a mes-
senper. but he did not know what the pay
ment represented.