Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-25
Exhaustive Report Made by Chit
tenden County Grand
Jury.
CATTLE SOLD FOR FOOD
Rendering Company Cited Tor CON
tempt of Court in Not Complying
Fully with Notice Calling Tor
Stntcments--Must Appear
October 30.

After having been wrestling with the
diseased meat question for prolonged Pc
RODS, since September ., the grand Jury
Of Chittenden County made Its first report
pn the subject Friday morning and the
Immediate result was the citation of the
consolidated Rendering company. Of
which the Burlington rendering company
Is a part to appear before the court to oe
Dealt with for contempt. III not complying
fully with the terms of the notice calling
ior the desired statements
Among the most interesting things con-
nected with the report are three sheets
showing that the State cattle commits ion
on many different occasions SOLD con-
den,sd cattle to the rendering company
for food purposes. These dealings are EN-
hodi ed in the report under the title OF DR.
Richs Transactions" The table shows
the date OF each transaction, the number
of the voucher. and whether the cattle
we're sold for food purposes, or to be rem
dered into fertilizer and what price was
paid for the hides. The explanatory key
Is included in the report OF the grand jury
which appears ia, full below.
It is noteworthy that from December H.
1905 to June 20. 1906, according to the table
just mentioned, all of the sales OF con-
demned cattle to the rendering company,
numbering "a, were for food purposes with
the exception Of two sales, one amount
Ing to sl.S5 and the other to 90 cents.
which, 1t Is expressed, were made for rem
hering purposes.
The report also charges that the rem
der,ng company has not produced all Of its
accounts but did at about the time or the
beginning Of the investigation by the
Of .hittppGen county, re-
move or cause to be removed from the
State certain books, papers, etc.
After the reading Of the report and Its
ecceptance by Judge Rowen, Attorney
General Fits petitoned the court to issue
an order citing the Consolidated Render
ing company to appear before 1t to be
dealt with in the premises, as for con-
tempt for failure to produce the state
merits, data and memoranda as required
by the notice served october 1o
Judge Rowell Immediately directed
the Issuance of the order asked by Az
torney-General Fits and named tues
day. October 80. at eleven o'clock as the
Sate for company to appear. Inc cour
announced to the grand jury lhat IL
would be excused from service until
the same date and after hearing rev
more witnesses that body took recess
shortly before noon.
THE GRAND JURY'S REPORT.
The report. at the outset states that
lie Consolidated Rendering company
Nganized under the laws OF the state
If Maine and doing business in chit
tenden county under the name of the
Burlington Rendering company, was
served with notice, as the law pro-
vides, to produce on october II, 1906
books, papers, correspondence. data
and memoranda containing accounts
statements of, or relating to any dea
with members of the Vermont cattle
rommi ssioners from January /, 1904, tC
July I. 1906. and the books. vouchers
and receipts issued by the company
which relate to the payment TO any OF
the members of the cattle commission
ers certain amounts on specified date:
within this time. tho same to be useo
as evidence before the grand jury rela
tive to the matter of complaint unde
investigation, in which the members o
the cattle commission are charged will
having unlawfully sold diseased mea
at Burlington.
The finding of the grand jury is the
as follows
THAT on said October II, 1905 sal
Rendering company did produce be
fore said grand jury, certain books o
account, containing accounts, data
memoranda, covering and concernin
deals with certain Of the parties nam
ed IN said notice and did produce a
but two ~ OF the checks Paid by sal
company to the said F. A. R.ch OF date
and amounts specified in said notice bu
have produced nothing further In re
6ponse to said notice:
THAT it has appeared from the ev
dence before said grand jury that tn
said +. A. Rich, as one of the cattle con
mission of the State Of Vermont, has sol
and disposed Of to the said Rendering con
pany, large number of carcasses an
hides OF cattle condemned by said catt
commission of the State Of Vernon
4. under the law since January I, 1904:
That a portion of said carcasses ha,
been sold for the purpose and with II
expectation that the Same were to !
used for food purposes; and a portion
the same for the purpose Of being re,
dered into fertilizer:
THAT the said Rendering company !
IT'S employees at It's plant in said Ru
lngton has kept an accurate and minu
account Of all the carcasses and hides
cold and disposed Of to It by said Rit
and said cattle commission. keeping
account of such carcasses taken Al
used for food purposes, and the ca
cases taken and used for render1I
into fertilizer, and of the hides, -
slips memoranda, or data, similar
character to the three (3) slips of memo
anda attached to exhibit two, Carl
Nay testimony, which Is attached to Al
made a part OF this presentation, al
that with each transaction there has be