The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-09
ALLEGED NAVAL
STORES TRUST
Witnesses Summoned in the
Grand Jury Inquire at
Savannah.

Tue OulLcU OIdICS SOu4I III savannah
to several of the leading naval
stores men of that city directing them
to appeal today as witnesses before
the grand jury in the case of the Uni.
ted States against the Paterson-Down-
ing Company.
This was the opening gun at Sa-
vannah in what promises to become
celebrated case, and which is popu-
larly referred to as the ''turpentine
trust case"
On Tuesday The second step, says
the Savannah Press, was taken, when
Judge Speer drew the grand jury. The
box was brought into the court room
and the names drawn in the usual
form. But there was no publicity
given to the list. Every one of the
responsible court officials declined to
give any information. When there is
a very important criminal case to be
brought the grand jury list is not
made public until after the jurors are
served. Information was even re-
fused as to the date when the grand
jury would meet, but as the subpoenas
served on the naval stores men called
for their attendance today it is natur-
ally presumed that the grand jurors
have been summoned for this morn
ing.
Exporters Subpoenaed.
Three exporters are known to have
had subpOenas served on them IL has
been rumored that some of the en-
ployes of the houses against which
proceedings are apparently to be in
stitued, have also been subpOenaed,
along with some of the factOrage in
terests, but there is a decided diSin-
clination on the part of anyone to tell
what has or has not occurred. There
is what may be termed very healthy
respect" for the United States court,
and absolutely no inclination among
those who are expected to give evi-
dence to tell in advance about it or
to discuss what they may or may not
be able to tell the grand jury when
they appear before it
Zone exporter, who is known to
have been subpoenaed, joeularly re-
marked that he had been anticipating
a trip to Europe, but that when the
deputy marshal served the paper on
him he unpacked his trunk.
While those who have been sub !
poenaed will not discuss the case, now
that they are to witnesses, there !
is nevertheless considerable gossip |
the naval stores trade gener |
ally about it.
Mr.. Edick Departs.
Mr. Edick, the representative of the |
New York Federal court, who brought |
down the seized letter files of the two /
houses against which the government /
is proceeding, left for home Tuesday. !
The cases in which the seized dOcu- |
ments were found, said to be about /
seventy in all, are carefully stored !
away awaiting the beginning of the |
of the case to the grand /
jury today.
The arrival and unpacking of these /
boxes has caused much comment !
the legal fraternity, as TO the
seizure of them. and as
to the position a witness occupies in
such a case. 1t seems to be the pre-
Valent idea that witness called be-
lore the grand jury whose testimony
might incriminate himself, cannot es-
cape testifying by such a plea. BY
-estifying he frees himself from prose
,ution, but, so some of the lawyers
state. he must testify whether he
wants to or not, and divuIge all he
Knows.
The same authority exists in the
state courts it is pointed out and
case or two was cited in the local
courts, where men who had refused
% testify on the ground that they
would incriminate themselves were
aiken before the judge, who advised
hem that it was either the Jail or
he grand jury room, whichever they
preferred, and that in each instance
he giving of evidence was preferred
% soiourn in Jail Indefinitely.
any such question as this
Will arise in the present case is, of
course, mere conjecture. but the law
7ers naturally like 10 discuss all sides
If what they think bears promise of
light. if any indictments are returned.
Those Subpoenaed.
Among those who have been sub
,oenaed before the grand jury Of the
United States court are: F. A. Nash.
who was president of the Paterson
Downing Company, and who is now
president of the American Naval
Stores Company; Julius Schwarz,
manager of the LondOn-Savannah
Naval Stores Company, and r. G.
Tunno, representing the Naval Stores
Export Company. q
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