The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05
SEEK INDICTMENT
OF ROCKEFELLER
IN CHICAGO PROBE
Federal Attorneys Gird fof
Important Case Open
ing Monday.
Guns All Loaded for Des-
perate War on Oil
Trust.
All Efforts Bent to Present
Evidence Showing pet
roleurn Kings" Guilt
Henry c. Barlow, Former
Railroad Chief, Named
in Subpoena.
Special to The journal.

- HICAGO, Aug. 4.-Opening guns
in the war of the governments
in Chicago on the Standard Oil
company will be fred Monday morning,
when federal grand jury will begin to
hear evidence concerning the relations
OF the company with certain railroads,
the alleged granting Of rebates and re- :
ported determinations in the mattersof
storage charges.
The inquiry is expected to be one4cS
the most important ever undertaken in
Chicago, and the governments prosecut-
ors are bending every effort to present
evidence sufficient to warrant the Se-
turn Of the indictments against per.
sons including John D. Rockefeller.
A new angle was added to the case
today when Henry @. Barlow, executive
director of the Chicago Commercial as
| sociation and formerly an official Of
railroads in which thte Standard Oil
railroads in which the Standard on
summoned to give testimony.
| Knows Railroads. Side.
| It is expected he will be one Of tho
most important witnesses before the in
qnisitorial body. Mr.. Barlow severed
his connection with the railroad bust
ness in 1901, ,and since that time has
been associated with various shipping
associations, and finally with the com.
Imercial association. -.
Mr.. Barlow was president for nine
/ years of the Evansville & Terre Haute
railroad, which is said to be controlled
| by Standard Oil interests, the right-ef-s
way being used for Standard Oil pipe
Hines. He also was traffic manager of
the Wisconsin Central railroad, which 5is
owned practically by the oil concern.
! . HI do not know what questions am
] expected to answer" said Mr.. Barlow,
ttI, have been subpenaed to appear be-
fore the grand jury. Aug. 8, and that
is all I know about it. ~
| It is said that MI. Barlow's knowi.
edge of the transportation Of oil by the
two roads in question will be Of great
value to the governments.
| Gramener to Testify.
| The Investigation will be In change
of District Attorney J. J. Sullivan o&
Cleveland, who will be assisted by DIS.
trict Attorney and Special Counsel Nor
rison, Assistant District Attorneys
Frank Hackett and E. G. Godmau4 and
Special Agent SCHNEIDER.
/ Among witnesses summoned several
DAYS ago is Captain g.; j. Gramnexs
vice president and general manages pff
the New York Central lines west OF
Buffalo. Captain Grammer was q Wit
ness before the Buffalo grand jury dur
ing the probe there into the affairs ~
the oil company, -. = -, :. l--
Other Lake Shore officials and EN-.
ployees who have been subpenaed are
Is. N. 81. Gusnapark, freight traffic
manager; r. M. Hudieston, general au-
ditor; C. A. Slausson, agent; NJ. @.
Tully, auditor Of freight accounts. and
III s. Meier, p. G. Crenshaw, GaorEs
II. Roberts and Edward MoselE
/ Probe Leads to ST. Louis.
| Tully testified before the Cleveland
grand jury and also gave evidence be-
fore the Interstate Commerce commis-
sion, which resulted In the present in-
quiry. Roberts, Slausson, Captain Gram.
mer and Hudleston also testified at
Cleveland.
| District Attorney d. P. Dyer Of st.
Louis was another official who went to
the office Of District Attorney Morri-
ann todav tn discuss the Standard Oil
company's case.
The investigation of the federal
prosecutors in Chicago concerning the
transportation Of oil led to st. Louis.
where it is said many important wit
nesses will be found.
! District Attorney. Dyer announced
that he was in possession of consider
able testimony about transportation
matters. He returned to st. Louis in
the afternoon, after comforting with
Messrs. Pagin, Goldman, Hanchett and
L H.. xx,bo,,, &c sold ho i'm.