The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-26
CASSATT TO A BAR
ON CRIMINAL
CHARGES
GOVERNMENT FAVORS CENTER
ING PROSECUTION ON HIS
HEAD.
CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
viii Ask Imprisonment, Evidence
Showing Private Understanding
Between Standard Oil and
Railroads.

Philadelphia June 25 Philadelphia
| is 10 be the scene of he first Ct the
great prosecutions to be brought by
the government against the Pennsyl.
yania Railroad and the Standard Oil
company.
United States. District. Attorney
Thompson will conduct The cases, ar
rangement for which will be complet-
ed this week in New York at a confer
ence between Alexander Simpson, Jr,
Of Philadelphia and Charles E. Hughes
Of New York.
The chief question under considera-
tion Is that of the advisabilty of in
dividual prosecutions against Alexan-
der J Cassatt, president Of the Penn
sylyania Railroad. This was plainly
inferred today by a lawyer who has
been intimately associated with the
mterst ate Commerce Commission
hearings
Center on cassatt.
BY 10th the commiss oners and spec
ial counsel. appoiated by the Attorney
General 10 follow the testimony and
prepare pre- esecutions. il ia believed
that more good can be accomplished
| by centering the prosecution upon Cas-
satt than by scattering their energies
over prosecutions OF the presidents OF
all railroads concerned. most OF which
are directly cr indirectly controlled
by he Pennsylvania.
!. slthnsgh Me srs, Simnson and
ffTughes We're the lawyers specially ap
pointed to report upon prosecutions, 1t
is understood that they have he con
sent Of the government TO associate
with themselves other cou1sel as they
see fiji, and whom the first Of The prose
cutions is called here William A. Glas-
gov. Jw., who has conducted the prob
ing for the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. win be found arrayed with
the prosecution.
Working on Defense.
District Attorney Thompson has
heen advised by the ..ttorney Gener-
al 10 prepare for he prosecutions and
the Pennsylvania Railroad lawyers are
working night and day making plans
for a defense from what the revela.
iC9s already made show will be the
strongest antitrust attack ever made
in American courts.
The charge TO be made by thc gov
ernment will be that of conspiracy
The lawyers believe that facts have
been brought ont in the investigation
Of the dealings between tn railroads
the Standard Oil company and certain
favored coal companies, which only
can be explained upon the ground OF
private understand
Moreover, the charge of conspiracy,
+ proven, carries with II the punish
peat of Imprisonment and President
Roosevelt has made il clear to the
prosecuting lawyers hat. in his opin-
ion, the public VIII have more respect
for the sincerity cf q prosecution thus
directed than one which only results
in fines against the richest corpora.
tiOns In the world.
Time Not Decided.
Mr.. Simpson before leaving Phila- |
delphia over Sunday. said it would be |
several days before he could announce !
the time CT the beginning of the first
He is I'm constant com
muIicaiion with President Roosevelt /
and the Attorney General and says |
that the great mass of testimony |
brought ont at the Interstate probe is
by no means all that the prosecution
will have TO depend on.
He says many points upon which ex.
act private Information was az hand 1
were passed over in the probing IN
the hope that when the prosecutions
came up the railroads would be caught
~ their guard at these points. and
saws hat since he hearings have clos.
eJ he has ob'a ned large amount o.
valuable information from private
sources.
The prorocutions are dist uctly sep
arate from the report Of the Interstate
C. mmerce Commissioners which they
will make to Congress. The Tepor' viii
directly charge Eve railroads with vio-
.ations Of the various antitrust and
interstate laws. will advocate govern
ment ownership o fthe anthracite coal
fields and leg sls ion completely di-
vorcinc the railroads from any con
noctirn with the biiuminmis coal IN
igary or any other induHries along
'ra afT rnra