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
Investigationof Case Men
Are Arraigned.

Eyes, 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 1 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. l 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 I do not
know. 1 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 DiscEains Responsibility.
That may be. 1 have nothing to
do with it. All I 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 Just as
/ valuable property. as haleS Of dry goods
are to dry goods firm or any other
merchandise to the merchant. If the
man employed to find out who was
| robbing us has committed any overt
witt
| 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 2"
All knew was that we had a man
employed to get certain informa ton,
and his methods of getting it were not
dictated by me or anyone else I 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 intention 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 man."
Yes. 1 did not understand what the
reporter meant. When l saw the pa
pers this morning I 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. [ 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 T1rN4r n ~
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.
I 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 a man as Tyler in the en-
| 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 1 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 Tyler's engagement and
| methods is by no means unanimous
Its been a d-n 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 its
| 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 gum
Grand Jury Takes Hand.
A. E. Tyler and c. S. Baldwin
| charged by the Coe Commission COM
pany with attempted burglary, are the
subjects of grand jury investigation
| which began yesterday afternoon at
| o'clock