The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-18
sullivan Makes statement.

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Sullivan Makes Statement.
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 at
torneyfs office in New York city and re-
viewed the evidence brought before the
present grand jury relative to alleged
violations of the federal law by the Stan
dard OIL company in connection with the
purchase and storage of its products by
| the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway company. We came to the con-
c1usion that the aforesaid testimony fixed
the legal Jurisdiction for the Indictment
and prosecution elsewhere than in the
jurisdiction of the Northern district of
Ohio, and special caunsel Oliver f. Pagn
confirms our joint opinion in this re-
spect and thus confined the inquiry be-
fore the present grand jury to an investi-
gat,pn of all alleged violations OF law as
- sHAxight be the suhjet OF prosecution
they Hss-,-risdictions. Evidence valua Die
! in other juz ment in any prosecution
to the govern@. enced elsewhere mas
| which may be cor1nhzSe grand jury and
been adduced before tho put into force
will probably be at once tction, ROD
and effect in the proper jurisc ge" ,
ably Chicago, by the attorney as,Ieral.
THE attorney general has directed tha
the summing up of the evidence take,
before the present grand jury, the prepar
alton OF the case and the conduct of tn
trial In Chicago be assumed by mysel
with the help of a special attorney gen
eral and the United States attorney il
Chicago
Has No Lawful Jurisdiction.
ut appearing from this statement thai
under the facts as they now appear there
| is no lawful Jurisdiction In this particu-
lar district, the grand jury did not voti
| upon the questions of indictments at al
but the sitting of that body at the pres
| ent time was very important in not onl,
developing that prosecutions should be
had but also brought out important tes-
| timony that can be effectively used all
| along the line according to the programme
| adopted by the attorney general In his
| earnest and vigorous campaign against
corporate and individual violations of the
'Elkins law and the act to regulate COM
merce among the states.'"
Followed Grammer's Testimony.
| The dismissal followed the testimony of
| Capt. G. ]. Grammer, president of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail-
i
room about an hour.
Questioned concerning the alleged cam
collation. of storage charges against the
Standard Oil company at Chicago. Mr..
Grammer sweepingy denied that any
charges had been cancelled. Mr.. Grammer
insisted that no storage vouchers had
ever been sent from Chicago to the
auditors department In this city to be
marked paid. and said that testimony to
that effect by NJ. c. Tully Lake Shore
employe. before the interstate commerce
commission, had been put into Tallys
mouth by Judge Prouty of the commits
sion.
Captain Grammer was elated following
the dismissal of the grand jury.
Because knew to an absolute certain
ty that there was no foundation for the
charge that the Lake Shore had extended
favors to the Standard OIL company to the
detriment of It's competitors, antici-
pated the result of the deliberations of
the grand jury" said Captain Graminer