The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-24
INVESTIGATION OF
BEEF TRUST BEGINS
Secret Inquiry by the Federal
Grand Jury Is Opened
i'm Chicago.
400 WITNESSES WAITING
Sensations! Disclosures Are Expected
to Be Made by a Man Who Over
heard a Conversation Be-
tween Two Big Packers.
400 WITNESSES WAITING

of Springfield, administered the oath
to the grand iury venlrenen whose.
names have been kept a profound Sc
... -. So. -.
'ise i"i 'iiee "eeNs pS '"e oi''''''s III
the United States district attorney $ Of
fce. The government is represented
by Assistant District Attorney Z. u.
MORRISON anu Assistant Attorney Gem
gfai ollNef ~. pasln. A',orneS Jnho
l. Miller represents the packers. Much
Information bearing. on sperllc m
stances of alleged violation of the Sher-
man ANTITRUST law is said to be in the
hahas OF the federal prosecutors
"'oepe"ae"'s WIN resen'
The independent packers, headed by
SchMarZsrhlid y Sulsbergef, have ar
RANGED 20 suDhli' evidence y" 'he gov
eminent tehdlnS TO SHOW the manner
IN which the smaller packers nave been
FORCED TO follow the uirtallon vi the So
called big hNe.'
Witnesses from u OF the city nave
oeen assigned dates Tor thelr appear
ahce at inc grand jury session. Sew
eial reported 10 lhe uiStflcl attorney S
once lodaN OF $40 Suppoenas ISSUED.
clerk Mcmillan reports That all except
ionr nave been personally served. At
lofhtN hliler denies ,hat any Witnesses
Tor the government nave been SPIRITED
away ana are ON Vacations. as has
been reported,
me proceedings. winch are calculated
70 extend over IL lnohlh, mNolNllg teS-
'iiionS from nearly 4oo Witnesses from
al l'artS OF lhe country. VIII be the
most e~AhaustiNe ana ar-reachlng OF
an li'e procediiss IN the litigation
"hlci' mas ied up To the present sit
oatloh. l nllea states deputN mar
SilalS ssfNtll l~"shtN-e. nj addltlonal
suppoehas saturday IN the stock yards
dlstrlci. lnese are me last papers to
ne served before the comlng of the
grand Jury ana everything Is III readl-
ness lor 'he Pro'raeted session that is
y ,o'io"'
inquiry oroereo by government.
Inc caiiins OF TINS grand jury for the
Special purpose OF inqulrins again into
the affairs ol me peel trust was done
upon inc ordt'f OF the attorney general
of IL United States after government
agents mad been at work for months
eoIlectlhs "Nlaehcs AGAINST the packers
'eiaiils 10 Slo" 'iat theS are operating
us a trust IN violation OF the law and
IN direct violation OF the Grosscup in
junction. sustained by the United
States supreme court.
me prosecution or me packers is
ABOUT thfee Years ora. In March. 1902,
.oi"piai,ts we're pupilciS MADE gains
,hS packers ana evidence was pub
llshea ia many Oh 'he Newspapers of the
soultiA .ei'u'ils 10 prove tfit a COM
DlAatloh OF interests existed among
tO
soNeIiliheill was called to the alleged
Nl'la'lohs OF Ia" ana Aprli ~, 1902. con-
siuerapie documentary evidence was
turned over 10 Attorney General knox.
Mho uiie.teu an l~hNeStlsatlon. n
Nay ~, l'o2' tle government filed a
Jotlpiai.tt as'iiis, the packers before
3G"se DrossNup. rem DAYS later Judge
otossoup Si9'i'eu Il temporary lhJunc-
~ 80 INNS Nv l".'heiS Cola pofat-
az ~ on''.,o ~ prices Oh meat ana
"Ne SOCK On 'he hool,
GrosscuP Was Sustained.
In August following the issuance of
the injunction the defendant packers
filed a demurrer. which was argued by
Attorney John |. Miller before Judge
Grosscup in December. Judge Cross
CUP took the case under advisement
until February is, 1905, when he over
ruled the demulred and made the tenn
porarN injunction permanent. The de-
PENDANT packers then appealed the case
TO the United States supreme .ourt
ana January y. isoo, the case was
Sratas s,,,,re,ns nn,,,l ,,,o,aaa ;+n w
rision January IN .,,s1ailtin. he S,a ~
cln Injunction
~n,nediately :oll,vtpo tho daoision oe
tbe United states S,nrer,a .h,,,t ~ ~
came k,own th.t the onvern,,a,,t ia H.,
agents of The secret se,.,ice dan,r n,art
al work looking into the narkers, az
fairs and carly i'm L,ab,,,a,v I,st A+tor
nev General Moody objected Irnita5
states District Attorney Rethea Ia 70
auest the calling of = Grand INV =,
INVESTIGATE the mac, la,.s "
An of The twent y-tbree mon who T.,
to serve on the grand i,,ry have heen
served with paoe,s ny Danuty J-,itad
STATES Marshal Griffin and thev win
appear al the Nlonadnock buildin. az
10 O'Clock tomorrow MORNING The 1,,an
are all retired farmers or Wen known
business men tbroughout tho no,tbarn
nart of Illinois. If some of the me-, fail
10 uualify another dra wing viii he beId
until the reouisite number of men anal
ify. No evidence will be heard nv The
i,lrv until Tuesday morning
The greatest secrecy is ia he n,ain-
tanned by EVERYONE connected with tho
case to prevent AN inI,lins of the owl
dence from Coaching the hackers
Assistant Attorney General Pacin and
Assistant District Attorney Morrison viii
conduct the Investigation.