The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-18
FAILURE AT
 CLEVELAND No Indictments Against
 the Standard. JURISDICTION IS LACKING Proceedings Will Be Transferred to
 Chicago. District Attoraey sullivan Says That Evidence Valuable to the Gov- srnmens In the Pro.ecussoa
 Has Been Adduced.

Cleveland. O.. July 1.-The federal grand jury this afternoon late report ed that no indictment had been found against the Standard oil Company ana .ne Lake shore and Michigan south ern Railway In connection with the charge of violating the inter-state commerce laws. This action waa de- cided on because of lack of turisdic- tion The ease and ali the evidences suomitted before the grand jury here VIII pc transferred to Chicago. where proceedings will be instituted In the federal court without delay
 Following the adjournment of the grand jury, District Attorney Sullivan gave out this statement:
 On Monday. Attorney General Moody and myself met in the United states attorneys ofice in New York city ana reviewed tho evidence brought Before the present grand jury, relative to alleged violations of the federal law by the Standard oil Company, in ocr-S nectfcn with the purchase and storage of It's products by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. We came to the conclusion that the aforesaid testimony fixed Che legal Jurisdiction for tho indictment and prosecution elsewhere than in the Jurisdiction of the Northern District of Ohio and spe- ciaI Counsel Oliver E. Pagin. confirms our joint opinion fin this respect and lnuE COuLtHGu Int inQutIy UD48AB tttH present grand jury to an investigation of all alleged violations of law as might be the subject of prosecution in other jurisdictions.
 Valuable Evidence. t
 .Evidence valuable to the gpvern- ment in any prosecution which may be commenced elsewhere has been ad~ duced before the grand jury and win probably at once be put into force ana effect In the proper Jurisdiction. proh- ably Chicago. by the attorney gener- aL
 ,The attorney general has directed that the sumuing up of the evidenre taken before the present grand 1ury, the preparation of the case and tio conduct of the trial in Chicago he as- aumed by. myself with the help Of d special assistant attorney general ana the United States attorney In Chicago.
 Tt appearing from this statement that under the fectsl as they now ap- pear. there is no lawful jurisdiction in thls particular judicial district, the grand jury did not vote upon the question of indictments. at all. but the sitting of that body at the present time was very important in not only developing where the prosecutions should be had, but also brought out important testimony that can be ef- Actively used all along the line ac- cording to the program adopted by the attorney general in his earnest and vigorous campaign against corporate ana individual violators of the El- kins law and the act to reguiate commerce among the statesr"
 Crammer Poor Witness
 The dismissal came immediately fol- lowing the testimony of Captain c. !. Cramrner, vice-President of the I.ake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail- road Company. who was in the grand jury room about an hour.
 Questioned concerning the alleged cancellation of storage charges against the Standard oil Company at Chicago Grammer sweepingiy denied that any charges had been cancelled. He insist- ed that no storage vouchers had ever been sent from Chicago to the audi tors department In this city to be marked paid and said that testimony to that effect by NJ. C. Pulley. q Lake Shore emp1oye before the Interstate Commerce Commission had been put Into Tuiley's mouth by Judge Prouty. of the Commission.
 Captain Grammer was eiated follow ing the dismissal of the grand jury.
 Because knew to an absolute cer- taenty that there was no foundation of the charge that the Lake Shore had ex- tended favors to the Standard oil Company to the detriment Of it's com petitors. I anticipated the result of the grand jury. said Captain Grammer.