Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-12
OIL TRUST TO ESCAPE.
Cleveland Grand. Jury Not Expected
to Indict


Cleveland Grand. Jury Not Expected
to Indict.
Cleveland, o. July 12-The govern
ment. the highest authority last night
declared, has practically given up all
hope of obtaining indictments of either
officers of the Lake Shore railroad or
the Standard Oil Company.
Officers of the Lake Shore We're
semiofficially notified of this yesterday
shortly before District Attorney Sulli-
van adjourned the special federal grand
jury until next Monday morning. Mr..
Sullivan decided upon adjournment at
ter long-distance telephone CONVEX
sation with Attorney General Moody,
in which it is understood the latter
was told that there was practically no
chance to indict in the cleveland dis
trict.
Mr.. Sullivan's suggestion that he add
journ the investigation pending a per-
sonal conference met with Mr.. Moody s
approval and the district attorney will
leave today for Boston, where he will
meet his chief. Then it will be &c
cided whether the present inquiry shall
be resumed.
Mr.. Moody, it is said, might direct
Sullivan to proceed with the work in
the hope of striking lead that might
make indictments possible or he might
order the investigation carried still
farther so that the evidence can be
submitted to the court which takes UP
the case in event of failure or indict
here.
Independents DispIeased.
MIR. Sullivan will meet Special Assist
ant Attorney General Pagin here today
before leaving for Boston. The latter
will continue the inquiry secretly dur
ing ,Sullivan's absence.
The investigation is termed weak by
Independent oil men, who are charg
ing a lack of sincerity on the part of
the government.
II haven't seen anything yet in the
entire inquiry that shows the thorough
sincerity necessary in such an investi-
CATION" declared William p. Wall,
president of the National Petroleum
Association, last night. For that rea
son ] have kept away from the grand
jury room. My mind was made UP
when l found that there were only six
teen jurors on the panel. Then when
1 saw the names of certain of these
Jurors / was doubly dissatisfied
just what he meant by saying Ger
tain of these jurors" Mr.. Wall declined
to state. The law allows maximum
of twen'ty-three jurors and twelve votes
would be necessary for an Indictment.
Despite the fact that there are only
sixteen jurors conducting the investiga-
ton it still requires twelve votes to in
dict.
Can Not Understand Action.
'tIn other words" said MIR. Wall. "the
law was framed so as to require simply
majority rule on indictments. AS the
present grand jury is constituted a
.three-fo urths vote is necessary. By in
direction the law is changed. Why this
should be SO in such an important case,
case widely heralded as the govern
ments opening attack on the oil trust
all over the country, is something
which [ can not understand.
1T seems to me that when a special
grand jury is summoned to investigate
a matter of vital interest to the entire
country it should not be difficult to OBJ
tain a full venire in such large dis
trict as this.
1t was declared yesterday that John
the suit brought by the state al Find
lay. The oil king, therefore, need not
be afraid of process servers while en-
joying his visit abroad