The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-23
Moody ON THE BEEF CASES.
.r-opyEY-GENERAL HOPES FOR
q" 4 TRIAL THIS YEAR.
,,c Meantime Fair Play Requires Us
" IN Hold our Judgments In suspense
.The Attitude of the Administration
remained In a speech at Nahant'


rne Attitude Of the Administration
,v,,o,ncd In a speech ut Nahant.
pos1oy, July %. - Attorney IL eneral
,,"av In an address at the outing OF the
Iiocou Rep ID lean Club OF Dorchester
:. S,hant this afternoon, made 1t plain
~ ". mere Is to be no let-up in the proeeou-
we. Ma' ~ the Chicago beef packers now under ..
W., ,'aio,n.nt. and that there Is posi-
sNnv that the trials may be held during
the present year
n, Moody had been urged by the club
.ne,k upon the causes for the investi-
Ss,on which led UP to the indictment OF
.hs .o.called beef trust. He said
.There has been an occasional COM
,,aint that upon subjects in which the
ppuhic naturally take keen interest have,
~ Attorney General. withheld facts which
~. neope have right to know. Much
". ,hs work Of the department Of justice,
oar only be done efficiently when 1t
!, done quietly and in secret 1t Is
~, easy TO draw the line between facts
" Nv ought to be confided to the public
".d those which, for the time being in the
;n,eres, Of public justice, ought to be with
hald from it. ! can only say that l have
,,iad to draw the line SHELLY in the public
,,,eres,. and that l recognize fully the
igbt Of the people, ultimately and In due
.essop, to know and judge of the conduct
oftheir servants"
.There has been so much not unnatural
Misunderstanding as to the attitude OF the
demonstration toward the proceedings at
Chicago which have resulted in indict-
~ Goa nat vyif
tho approval of the President, have con-
Guided that a brief review OF all the pro-
ceedines which have led up to the present
situation may not improperly be under
,.len This can be done without impairing
The inst rights of those who are under accu-
saon. who must by fundamental principles
he presumed to be innocent OF all mlsdoing
unless after hearing they have been ao-
Judged guilty
The Attorney General then rev iewed the
events leading up to the indictment OF the
hackers He said that during the investi-
cation persons whose testimony was be-
Ieyed to he OF importance fled to Canada
and Europe, some Of them under assumed
names. and that the Grand Jury returned
Two indictments against persons charging
them with secreting or corruptly influencing
witnesses District Attorney Morrison had
been instructed as follows. when giving to
the Grand Jury the advice it required
He should refrain from expressing any
opinion upon the facts or seek to influence
the Judgment of the jurors one way or the
other that he should advise them to dis
regard all public clamor, rumor or pre-
conceived opinion and to base their action
or failure to act solely upon the evidence
before them, including not only the evil
dence which might be discriminatory, but
also that which might have an opposite
tendency that he should advise the Grand
Jury 10 indict only where the evidence
before proved in It's opinion beyGnd r tSe
law, and that that body ought to be con-
vinced before indicting any corporation or
Individual Of its or his guilt with such
certainty as would lead 1t In case they
we're on trial before it on the same evidence
,os vardict of conviction.
the District Attorney was further In:
Erlaed that II any indictments were voted
by tie Grand Jury he, with the assistance
Of Mr. Pagin, with the utmost caro- and
diligence should draw in proper form the
indictments, and that IL any indictments
we're returned into court they should be
business OF the court. would permit and as
was consistent with the due regard for the
rights Of the accused
In closing Mr. Moody said: 1T is my
hope and belief that these indictments
may be brought to trial during the current
year. In the meantime both the prin-
ciples Of law and a sense Of fair play re-
quire US all to hold our judgments in sus-
pense The action Of the Grand Jury was
The result Of an ex parte Investigation.
The accused have not been heard. They
are each and all to be presumed innocent.
That presumption for their protection fol.
lows hem until the case has been passed
upon by the trial jury. Lot us hope that
lie verdict will be declaration Of truth
10 fact as II ia in name