The daily sentinel., 1907-09-10
WAS A FAKER AND
PIPE DREAM MAKER
VI. j. Casey, Whom the Morning Pa
per HeraIded Profusely as an
Officer of Interstate Com
merce Commission, is
a Fraud.

II will be remembered by some
people that on August Do the Morn
ing Yellow came out with big dou-
ble-headed story entitled "Interstate
Commerce Official Here.-M. j. Ca
sey, After Spending Forty Days in
Grand Junction, Says the ID. N r. G.
Breaks no Laws"
Then followed windy story about
an interview with the said Michael
]. Casey. whom the Morning Yellow
pronounced undeniably as an officer
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
The article opened as follows:
The Gould system of railroads is
practically the best in the United
States and has never been found gull
ty of violating any of the federal
laws, is the substance of a statement
made yesterday by Michael J. Casey
of the Interstate Commerce commits
sion. who has been in Grand juno
tion for the past six weeks, but whose
mission was not known until he was
sought out by representative of
this paper yesterday"
The sensational news" 90 item
continued:
'Mr. Casey is one of the army of
men which the government has out
watching the various railroads of
the country to ascertain If any of
the interstate laws are being violat-
ed. He has spent much time on the
Denver & Rio Grande system In Col
orado, over a month having been de-
voted to the work in Grand juno
tion alone.
The example of the Gould sys-
TEN has a great reflective effect on
the railroad situation of the nation,
stated Mr. Casey. The Gould sys-
TEN is the farthest advanced of any
railroad in the country. Never have
any of the various Gould subsidiary
roads or their officials been caught
in wrong-doing. The Denver & Rio
Grande, the Missouri Pacific, the Iron
Mountain, the Wabash and other
Gould roads live strictly up to the
letter of the law.
You never hear of a Gould line
being offered an immunity bath,
nor will you. Gould settles his
strikes. 1t was his line, the Denver
& Rio Grande. that brought to Il
close the strike of the Colorado &
Southern switchmen.'
MIR. Casey declared that he had
spent just forty days on the Denver
& Rio Grande railroad trying to as
certain If any of the interstate COM
/ AANANt AhNo N0AF btAhb flOAdAfuf DuL
that he was unable to do So"
Grinding out still more of the dope
the Morning Yellow stated that for
days Mr.. Casey has roamed the
railroad yards and questioned en-
ployes of the road" and that he had
Investigated all departments. 1t was
declared that Mr. Casey had paid but
little attention to Colorado lines 9TH
er than the main lines.
oh, it was great dope" that
Casey handed out to one of the Kids
of the Morning Yellow and it was
still greater dope that the Yellow
handed out to the people. 1t is hard
to tell whether the Kids knew the
stun was rank fake. but believed
that ''it would fill up" and make
a hit and the people never be the
wiser. or if they We're just completely
duped by Michael j.
Most people less laughed" when
they read the article. Its rankness
was noticeable between lines. Evil
IDENTIFY the Morning Yellow Hammers
didn't take the trouble to ask for
Mr.. Casey's credentials. A few days
later he blew out of town. He was
a big man with a big voice.
i Now comes the sequel
i prominent business man who in
terviewed Casey after seeing that ar
i ticle in the Yellow, took the trouble
TO write to the Hon. C. H. Prouty of
the Interstate Commerce commission
about him. Yesterday he received a
reply from Mr.. Prouty and the official
stated that mo SUCH MAN AS ONE
| MICHAEL ]. CASEY is CONNECT
ED WITH THE INTERSTATE COM
MERGE COMMISSION IN ANY WAY
i AND HIS UTTERANCES SHOULD
BE GIVEN NO CREDIT WHATEV-
Err" Mr.. Prouty goes on to say
that he or the commission never
heard of such man as Michael J..
Casey and that any representative
of the commission would be fully
able to identify himself by proper
credentials. And Mike was what the
people thought he was-a fraud.
1 Too bad. Another pipe dream has
been dispelled and another fake per-
petrated on the public has been
bursted. Too bad.
In consideration of the sum of ST.