Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-11-01
Heavy Penalty Imposed on Con
soldated Rendering Company
by Judge Rowell.
MANY INDICTMENTS FOUND
Rendering Company and Manager Brig.
ham Charged with Selling Diseased
Meat and Bob Veal-Former
Cattle Commissioners Rich
ana Spear Indicted.

The hearing in the matter of tho Bur.
lington Rendering company, which was
cited to appear before the Chttenden
county court to show cause why 1t should
not be adjudged in contempt for not pro-
ducing for the grand jury all the books
papers and memoranda called for in the
diseased meat investigation, was held
yesterday.
The motion made by attorneys for the
rendering company that the contempt
proceedings be dismissed WAS overruled
| by Judge Rowel at the conclusion OF
| the hearing.
In yesterdays hearing the ronderin &
company was represented by Freedom
Hutchinson of Boston, r. Z. Brown and
]. ]. E,nright Of this city. Attorney Gen
eral Clarke c. Fits and states Attorney
A. L. Sherman prosecuted.
MOTION FOR DISMISSAL FILED.
Soon after court opened Attorney
Brown filed motion for dismissal OF the
contempt proceedings on the following
grounds:
First, because the memoranda and pa
pcrs called for are not legally material and
competent evidence in the investigation
being made by the grand jury.
Second, because it is sought by said
petition to compel said rendering COM
pany to bring into the State OF Vermont
for use before said grand jury papers
and memoranda which may tend to
criminate said rendering company and
render it liable to criminal prosecution,
and because said statute and the re-
Quirements thereof is In contraventon of
the fourth, nfth and iourteenth amend
ments of the constitution of the United
States and in contravonuon OF the tenth
and eleventh articles OF the constitution
of the State Of Vernon
Mr. Brown, in moving for dismissal said
he desired that evidence might be pro-
duced tending to show ~ liability on the
part of the rendering company. without
prejudice to the motion above stated.
The court stated that the testimony
would be heard in the afternoon and a
recess was taken until two o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The answer Of the Consolidated Rem
dering company In re petition for con-
tempt was filed In the afternoon. The
document. without waving any of the
rights under motion to dismiss filed in
the morning, made answer that on or
about the 2Oth Of August the company
removed all of the books and papers
kept in burlington relative to the trans
actions with the cattle commissioners to
the main office in Boston for the purpose
of examination and verfication and that
after examination and long before the
service of the notice to produce some Of
ho
that the company was unable TO find
two checks and was therefore unable to
produce them; that aside from the papers
not in existence and the two checks all
the books and papers called for were
produced before the grand jury.
+. II. MANTOR
F. II. Mantor of RoXbury, Mass. man
ager of the Boston office Of the Consoli-
dated Rendering company. was the first
witness examined. He told OF receiv-
ing the notice to produce the books be-
fore the grand jury. He said he col
lected all the books pertaining to the
transactions with the cattle commi ss on
ers and forwarded them to Burlington.
Two checks called for he was unable to
find but he produced all the other books
in existence at that time and in the pos
session Of the company. These books
We're in the Boston office when called
for, having been brought there from Eur
lington August 20 The books were cal
led to Boston for the purpose OF being
examined to see II any Irregularities
existed between the company's employees
and the cattle commission. d 5 he had seen
newspaper comment about such irregu-
larltcs. He made careful examination
as far as the cattle commissioners were
concerned and found nothing wrong
After this examination the permanent
records were preserved and the miscel-
laneous papers were destroyed. At the
time of the destruction OF the papers he
said he had no intimation of proceedings
against the cattle commissioners
On ss-cXamination by Attorney
General Fits MI Mantor said il was
not the custom of the company to for
ward books and memoranda to the
home ofice The correspondence be-
tween the Boston and the Burlington
offices was also destroyed. He said he
was unable to tell what part of the
condemned cattle went for beef pur-
poses and what for rendering purposes,
but that he could furnish that informa-
tion il he was in possession OF the do
stroyed papers
ARTHUR L. HUCKINS.
Arthur L. Huckins, general superin-
tendent of the Burlington plant, testi-
fed that some time after October 23
he received notice to make a diligent
search of the premises for matters per-
tanning to Dr. Rich. He made a search
for the period from Sept. /, 1903, to
Sept. !, 1906. and found nothing except
one check, the amount OF which he did
not remember.
1t was admitted at this point that
Attorney Enright of the rendering com
pany and Attorney-General Fits went
out to tho plant and examined papers
from November. 1905, to January, 1906,
and that tho attorney general was CIV
en- an opportunity to make further ex-
animation.
MANAGER BRIGHAM.
Manager /. Z BRIGHAM. Of thA Bur