The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-06
REINHART AND HANLEY
ON TRIAL FOR VIOLATING IN
Observation-Disclosures LAW.
Ex-Prcsident and Extra fic Manager
Of the santa Fc Road Charged
with Pay ment of Rebates.

CHICAGO, Jan. BIN the United States
Court Judge Grosscup to-day took up the
trial of Joseph Reinhart. eX-president, and
John a. Hanley, ex-traffic manager of the
Santa Fe road. for alleged deviation from
the established freight rates of the road.
The indictments against the men were
found ever three years ago. They were
based on shipping transactions during the
summer and fall of 1892. The particular
shipments are one of s~eventy-eight carloads
of cattle, sent from Kansas City by Isaac
Thompson. The regular rate was then 23tSc
per hundred pounds. The indictment
charges that Reinhart and Hanley gave a
rebate of s. a car to Thompson. The second
is an alleged shipment during the summer
and fall of 1892 to the CT. H..
Packing Company, and the payment TO w.
f. Jenkins the manager of the company. of
q like rebate of s. a car, the payment hav-
ing been made Oct. L, 1892. In the prosecu-
ton General Black. the United States dis
trict attorney, is assisted by James ii.
Shields. of Dubuque. Ia, special attorney
for the Interstate-commerce Commission.
The defense is represented by w. S. Forest
and James w. Duncan.
A jury was secured early in the afternoon
and the trial begun by the statement of the
attorneys for the commission. The govern
ment indicated it was not sure OF its
ground against Reinhart. In his opening
statement to the jury Attorney Shields. for
the prosecution, said he would prove the
two deviations from the rate as set forth
in the indictment. He coupled the name of
Hanley with the proof that would be sub
mitted. but said nothing as to Remnants
part, except that the latter was at the
time of the commission of the two alleged
offenses auditor of the road.
Senator Duncan, representing the de-
Tense, waived an opening address to the
jury. moved that Heinhart be discharged
from the Indictment, on the ground that
the government had failed to connect his
name with it's statement of what 1T intend
ed to prove.
Judge Grosscup asked Attorney Shields if
he could prove that Reinhart had anything
attorney for the government replied that
he knew of no particular connection TO
show during the taking of the evidence that
Reinhart was a party TO the transactions.
DO you expect to prove that Reinhart
was in Illinois at any time during the his
tory of these transactions?" inquired Sem
ator Duncan of Attorney Shields. we can
show that he was not.
Before Attorney Shields could reply Judge
Grosscup said: The government will GER
tainly have to prove that. If Reinhart was
not in the State of Illinois at the time he
could not be guilty. / will let the matter
stand. however. until after the government
has in it's proof
The first witness was H.. G. Taylor, a for
mer livestock agent of the Santa Fe Rail
road. and the witness on whose evidence
the indictments were found in October, ls93,
was placed on the stand and proved a good
man for the sustaining of the charges of
the Indictment. He was direct and positive
in his evidence against Hanley, but adj
mitted that he knew nothing against Rein
hart. He claimed to have been under Han
ley's direction. and was subjected to a long
cross-examination by the defense. His tes-
timony was not shaken in the least. The
Cross-exa animation of Taylor took all the
afternoon and will be resumed in the morn-
ing.