The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-20
RAILROADS FEAR
GOVERNMENT SPIES
Secret Service Men in Employ Of Cor
porations, Il Fear Of officials.

Chicago, Ill.,, Aug 20.- Secret service
agents Of the United States department
of justice, working through the bureau
OF corporations, are said to be on the
pay rolls OF all the big railroad cor
porations and trust combinations in the
country.
In Chicago alone, il is the almost gen
eral belief, there are at least $50 special
men who are working for the railroads
centering here and for the packing
house companies and are watching
every move that i made with view Of
asceltaiuing whether the corporation
laws are being observed in the letter
and IN the spirit.
trbe existence 81 these government
Enien was vague fnm0r several months
ago. Il became suspicion short time
lneo. New ii hab been famed into a
certainty in the minds Of many Of the
railway managers and heads OF the
packing concernsf No proof has been
secured regarding. the matter, but in
several instances men who have been
suspected have been removed from their
positions upon the ground that they
were in the employ Of the government
as secret spies Inquiry at the office Of
the United States district attorney
failed to throw any light upon the
subject,
One of the officials Of this end Of the
department Of justice when. asked il
such an army was at work for the
government said IF it were 80 ! could
not tell you. | hope you will not make
the suspicion public because know OF
cases where men have lost their posi-
lions uniustly from falling under sus-
picion You know we are not an hives.
| tigation institution, but prosecuting
machinery ] have made the statement
made before, but | shall neither affirm
nor deny It. Ii such work IS being done
agents Of the bureau Of corporations arc
those most likely to be engaged in IT,
The rumor that the government had
placed all OF the big railways and cor.
/ porations under surveillance was re.
ceived forcefully by the alleged rebate
case which the government Is inyesti
eating against the Schwarzschild &
Sulzberger company, The information
/ whether disclosing q rebate Of simply q
clerical error, was given to the depart
ment here by an employe of the packing
comptny Officials Of that company de-
clare they do not believe he was Sc
eret agent Of the government, but they
refuse to discuss his name. Officials 81
the government refuse to deny that h,
was an agent Of the United States Sc
cret service.
Railway officials declare he was 9
government agent and that there were
1 two Of them employed IN the packing
firm. The story Is told that the ALLEGED
spies were obliged to draw their re-
yolvers in order TO make their cscap,
with the evidence they secured.
IL Is thought the government ha'
grown tired of prying evidence ont Of
corporations and in return giving a con
tract Of immunity. In every wrong act
THAT has been uncovered thus far by
departments Of the government, en-,
evidence has been given by one Of thC
parties guilty Of the alleged crime. Il
the new method has been adopted b.
the government, however, il is the first
time, II is said, in It's history All rail
way officials interviewed. seemed to b.
convinced that secret service agents wer,
in their employ, one official stating that
he understood the espionage extended K
station work on the line Of his road.