Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-23
WARRANTS ARE
SERVED ON
OFFICIALS
RAILROAD MEN MAKING BOND
AS THE RESULT 0FiNDIcT-
MENTS FOUND BY THE FED
ERAL GRAND JURY.

No formal arrests have been made OF
the railroad officials who were indicted
Friday By the Federal grand jury for
alleged violations OF the interstate COM
nercr law and the Sherman antitrust
act in connection with the pooling Of cot
ton as they have been notified Of the &C
ton or that body and win probably make
bond without having the warrants being
served
The bond in the case OF each railroad
Official who are indicted has been fixed
b. Clerk W. c. Carter OF the district
court. with whom they viii be filed. az
sI.G0. Two OF the officials made bond
Saturday. They were Chairman s. F.
PARROT. OF the Southeastern Freight assO-
citation. and Assistant General Freight
Agent r. 1. Chatham. OF the Seaboard
Air Line railway. George W. PARROT was
the surety on the bond OF s. +. PARROT.
Mr.. Cheathafn gave ID. o. Dougherty as
surety. The latter Official asked TO make
bond as soon as he learned OF the indict-
rnent for the reason that he would leave
az once on a business trip 10 New York
All bonds are expected 20 be filed within
the next week or ten days.
The officials who were indicted for viola
lions OF the interstate commerca law were
Traffic Manager w. II. Peasants and
General Freight Agent Charles r. Caps.
OF the Seaboard Air Line. Portsmouth,
Traffic Manager H F. Smith. Of Nashville.
and Division Freight Agent ]. A Sans,
OF Atlanta. OF the Western and Atlantic
railroad: President and General Manager
Charles A. Wickersham. OF Atlanta, and
Traffic Manager r. E. Lutz. Of Montgom-
-. OF the Atlanta and West Point rail-
road. Second Vice President ". W. FIN
ley and General Freight Agent T. A Nell.
Of the Southern railway of Washington;
General Manager Thomas K Scott ana
A nrTr
G. Jackson. OF the Georgia railroad, Au-
gusta and Chairman s. f. Parrott, OF the
Southeastern Freight association.
The officials indicted for violations OF
the Sherman antitrust act were Chair
man S. r. PARROT. Of the Southeastern
Freight association, Atlanta: General
Agent S. E MagiIl. Of 1he Georgia rail-
r. ]. Chatham, Of the Seaboard Air
Line: Division Freight Agent ]. A
Sans. OF the Western and Atlantic rail-
road. and Commercial Agent Z. o.
Pritchard. Of the Atlanta and West
Point railroad.
The railroads >are alss indicted for vio-
htions under both laws. The indictment
Of a railroad is in effect the same as
indicting an individual. that is 10 say.
Il charges the corporations with COM
hitting a crime just like an individual.
The only difference lies in the fact that
a corpora ton cannot be arrested or I'M
prisoned like an individual. but they are
subject to a penalty OF nne Tor such
violations There IS a section in the act
TO regulate commerce as well as the
Sherman antitrust law that declares that
the word person or persons mentioned IN
the act shall also include corporations.
Nc warrants. OF course. viii be issued
against the corporations, as they cannot
be arrested. but service on them viii be
perfected by serving the agents OF the
roads with a COPY Of the Indictment
The government officials say that the
roads and their agents can be indicted
every day that the alleged pooling exists.
There are four counts in the bills OF in
dictment for violations OF the interstate
commerce law. The first OF these charges
that the roads and officials entered into
an agreement as 20 freight rates tSr the
pooling OF cotton the second with divid-
ing the business amOrE themselves on the
basis OF certain f=1d percentages: the
third thzt-rheyf not only made but caused
70 be made such an agreement. and the
fourth that they agreed 10 divide the sea
son Of last year. but thereafter.
The indictment for violations OF the
Sherman antitrust law contains three
counts The first count charges the ON
Gals with entering into an agreement IN
the restraint OF commerce and in pursu-
ance Of that agreement made contracts
70 haul only a certain arbitrarily nxed
portion OF the cotton offered them on
price agreed upon. and none were 70 haul
for a price less than the one stipulated
The second count charges substantially
the same thing. except IL states that all
the officials were required under an agree
ment 10 made reports 10 Chairman b r.
Parrott OF the Southeastern Passenger as
ISOLATION. as 10 all cotton hauled and car
ried out OF Atlanta In order that IL might
he known when each railroad had carried
its allotted or propOrtionate share. The
third count states that they entered into
an agreement to prevent another road or
roads from hauling cotton which was not
in the allotment.