Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-18
OCTOPUS AGAIN
ESCAPES TRIAL
OHIO COURTS ARE WITHOUT
JURISDICTION
tederal Grand Jury AdJourns, BrIno.
ing in No Indictments, and Case
Will Be Tried in
Chicago
BY Associa ted Press.

| By Associated Press
CLEN NELAND, o., July 17.-Tbe Tod.
! efal grand jury which has been in eos-
sio sio. mere investigating alleged viola
ana anti-rebate law, adjourned tbj, af
ternoon without bringing anv indiot-
ments in. S iluict-
me investigation was directed mar.
ucularly toward the Standard oil dnn,.
pahy ana the Lake Shore Railroad com
20 ps',S ,.y, . ana was the result of testimony
ol Witnesses before the interstate corr.
lnefce commission here recently in
MIlCh evidence of alleged rebat ting bv
tle Lake Shore In favor of the stand
ara Oil company was given.
me me failure to return indictments II
80 ~, on liSiahy stated, was due to the fact
mat the investigation developed tbe
iact iiact that the court here was without
jurisdiction over the alleged offensos
upon winch evidence given and the evi-
uence is to be transferred to the fed
eral OFFICIALS at Chicago. where rho
cases are to be prosecuted.
Following the discharge of tbe Grand
jury today, which made no report. Dis-
trIct Attorney Sullivan gave out fine
following statement: ''''
Talks With Moody
"On Monday Attorney General Moody
ana myself met in the United STATES
attorneys office in New York citv and
reviewed the evidence brought before
the present grand jury relative IN al
leged violations of the federal Iaws bv
me standard OIL company in connec-
eioh with the transportation and stor-
age of its product by the Lake Shore
ana Michigan Southern Railroad com
pany. Noi'i-
we came to the conclusion that the
aforesaid testimony fixed the legal iir-
lS1ulcIion Tor Indictment and prosecution
etLseWhere than in the jurisdiction of
the northern district of Ohio. and Sne-
cial Counsel oliver r. Pagin confirms
our Joint opinion in this respect. and
thus we confined the inquiry before the
present grand jury to an Investigation
or alleged violations of law as they
might be the subject of prosecution in
other Jurisdictions. -
evidence valuable to the govern
ment in any prosecution which NAV he
commenced elsewhere has been adduced
before the grand jury and will probably
az once be put into force and effect in
the proper jurisdiction. probably Chi
cago' py the attorney general
Good Results Predicted
The attorney general has directed
that the summing up of the evidence
taken before the present grand Jury.
the preparation of the case and the con-
duct of the trial in Chicago, be as
sumed by myself with the help of
specially appointed assistant attorney
general and the attorney in Chicago
1T appearing from this statement
that under the facts as they now ap-
pear there is no lawful jurisdiction in
this particular judicial district. the
grand jury did not vote upon the ques-
ton of indictments at all, but the SIT
ting of that body at the present time
was very important In not only deve.-
oping where the prosecution of the al
legged offenses should be- had. but also
brought out important testimony thar
can be, used all along the line accord.
ing to the program adopt ed by the az
torney general in his earnest and
vigorous campaign against corporate
and individual violators o5 the Elkins
law and the act to regulate commerce
among the states"