The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-20
President Marshall and G. f.
Eve Admit That Tyler
Was Employed by Them
to Locate the Point of
Leakage of Wheat Quota
tions-Grand Jury Begins
Inyestigationof Case Men
Are Arraigned.

''Yes, A. E. Tyler is in the employ
of this chamber. He was employed to
locate the point at which our wheat
quotations were leaking" said James
Marshall, president of the Chamber OF
Commerce, when questioned yesterday
concerning Tyler and C. S. Baldwin,
who were caught trying to break into
the Office of the Coe Commission COM
pany.
did you not deny last night that
you had any relations with Tyler what
ever?"
Yes, but didn't know what the re-
porter was talking about. I didn't
know that there had been an arrest
or that there was any reason for talk
ing about the private business of this
chamber Tyler was hired to do de-
tective work. 1t is not usual to hire
detective and then exploit him in
newspaper interviews"
Then the letters bearing your sig
nature were written by your
Yes. I wrote the letters. There is
no further secret about the matter.
We have been robbed of our continu-
Gus quotations. | say nothing of who
perpetrated the robbery, but it became
necessary to locate the leak. Under
our new arrangement with the West
ern Union Telegraph company it was
impossible for that company to furnish
these quotations. There are so many
possible locations of leakage that no
other course seemed to promise success
than the one we adopted. Tyler was
engaged on account of his skill at such
work. Who the other man is who has
been placed under arrest 1 do not
know. l have no relations with him
whatever"
WAS it a part of the contemplated
scheme of investigation to break into
offices of the Coe Commission company,
Or did the men employed make this at
tempt on their own responsibility?
Il have no knowledge that there has
been an attempt to break into the Of
fees of the Coe Commission company.
The fact that these two men were found
in public hallway does not appear to
establish that they had any such in
tention."
But the charge against them is at
tempted burglary
Marshall DiscEaims Responsibility.
That may be. 1 have nothing to
do with it. 80 All II have to say is that
IN what we have done our action has
been entirely legitimate, We have the
same right to protect ourselves from
robbery that any other business con-
Germ has. Our quotations are lust as
valuable property las bales of dry goods
are to dry goods firm or any other
merchandise to the merchant If the
man employed to find out who was
robb1ng us has committed any overt
act he has done SO without the con-
sent of those employing him.
did you know that this early morn
ing visit was to be made to the Coe
Commission company's offices ?''
All knew was that we had a man
employed to get certain information
and his methods of getting it were not
dictated by me or anyone else. 1 first
learned of the actual situation this
morning. We have no special concern
over this arrest
G. F. Eve, who wrote some of the
letters to Tyler, when spoken to con-
corning the. arrest. asserted that in
his opinion Tyler had no intentian Of
breaking into any offices, and that the
charge of attempted burglary was alb
Surd.
you denied last night that you
knew Tyler or had business with any
such MANI"
Yes. 1 did not understand what the
reporter meant. When 1 saw the pa
pers this morning l understood the sit
uation. We have been using Tyler to
trace leaks in our quotation service
He is skilled. at tracing such matter,
and, of course, his methods are his
own. 1 could not understand how he
could have been arrested or what for
Have you been served with a war
rant charging you with completely in
the offense alleged against Tyler?''
Il have not. l do not expect that
shall be. There is nothing in that kind
Of story"
You admit having written the let
ters bearing your signature, found in
Tyler's possession"
yes. I wrote them in negotiation
with Tyler for his services
Secretary Rogers Indignant.
George D., Rogers, secretary Of the
Chamber of Commerce, when seen this
morning declared with some heat that
he knew absolutely nothing of such
negotiations as had been carried on
between Messrs. Marshall and~EWe and
Detective Tyler.
Il have just been reading these let
terS and the accompanying matter"
said Mr.. Rogers, and l want to state
emphatically that l never heard Of
these negotiations, did not know there
was SUCH IIou yer III the ell
ploy of this chamber never heard Of
the negotiations that the letters indi-
cate and have been in total ignorance
of the whole natter
THAT seems to indicate that there
is less unity of purpose inside the
Chamber Of Commerce than is gen
orally supposed"
II can't help what it indicates-the
fact remains that I never heard Of
those letters or Tyler and am abso-
lutely in the dark concerning the
whole affair"
There is very evidently q strong
feeling among the men on the floor
that a mistake has been made. No
opinions are expressed for publication,
but a word or two dropped here and
there render plain the fact that in
dorsement of Tylers engagement and
methods is by no means unanimous.
Its been a Oh idiotic fight from
the start" said one member in the
lobby shortly before noon. This
chamber would have been in better
business had it stuck closely to it's
knitting and let the bucket shops
alone. The best we can get is the worst
of it and we've been getting that from
the first gun"
Grand Jury Takes Hand.
A E. Tyler and G. s. Baldwin,
charged by the Coe Commission COM
pany with attempted burglary, are the
subjects of grand jury investigation
which began yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock