The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-13
True Bill Against Warner
Moore and Company on the
Charge Of False Billing.
FORBES AND PERKINS
ARE NOT INVOLVED
Jury Found No Evidence Of
Wrongdoing by Two Con
ccrns-Bond for Gilbert
and Johnston In
creased Trial
!. in Fall.

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and Thomas l.. Moore. trading as
Warner Moore & Co. and the
Il Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
pany. were returned by the Fed
cral grand jury yesterday morning,
thus completing the investigation OF
irregularities in freight shipments at
this point The charge against Warner
Moore & Co. Is for false billing-tlat
Is. shipping out certain carloads of
meal billed as corn TO secure the lower
rnte accorded the unmilled grain. The
indictments against the Chesapeake
and Ohio refer to rebates in switching
charges given to w r. Johnston. There
were no indictments against r. 81.
Perkins & Co. or ". S. Forbes & Co..
the jury failing to find direct eyi-
dcnce OF wrongd ding.
District Attorney l. l.. Lewis in
his statement to the court. indicated
that the grand jury had concluded It's
investigation Of rebate charges, add
ing that 1t would convene this morn
Witnesses summoned on behalf of Col
cnel William II. Chapman. United
States internal revenue agent
Court Increased bond.
Alexander p. Gilbert. assistant gem
crai freight agent of the Chesapeake
and Ohio and William r. Johnston.
grain dealer. appeared before Judge
waddill. in the United states District
Court yesterday, and were surrendered
by their temporary bondsInen. Judge
waddil directed each to furnish a
permanent bond of $4,000 for his APP
pearance at the October term of the
United States District Court. The
temporary bail having been s2,5o0 the
increase was received with some sur
prise. Mr.. Johnston stated TO the court
that he was not prepared to give that
amount of bond at once, and was given
permission to secure bondsmen and
appear in court this morning at 1870
o'clock. Mr.. Gilbert gave bond imme-
diatcly, with Colonel Charles +. Wingo.
Robert NJ. Brandcr. James D. Crump
and r. a. Catlin as sureties. The Chesa-
pnake and Ohio. through Mr. Henry
TAYLOR. It's counsel. signifed it's willing
ness to furnish, whatever bond was
required the matter being deferred
until the grand jury has concluded It's
work. Tho bond OF Mr.. Gilbert was
made returnable on October 1st. the
opening date of the fall term of tho
United States District Court, when the
cases will be set for trial. :
None OF the parties indicted yes
terday had been summoned yesterday
evening. 1t Is expected. however. that
HI CEuGrs Will DO entered t0-Oay reQulr-
ing them to appear In court
Just before the grand jury reported
Yesterday morning District Attorney
Lewis entered the room and a moment
later there were sounds Of continuous
hand d-clapping, the Jurors evidently
greeting with delight the announces
ment that the prosecution had finish
ed with Its witnesses. Shortly after
wards the Jury filed into the court
nv a = ty.a,1
lanes r. Gordon handed Clerk Brady
three sealed papers. Reading from the
titles. Mr.. Brady announced the indict-
ment Of Warner Moore and Thomas I.
Moore on three counts for false bill
Ing, and OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company on four counts for
rebatng switching charges. A charge
OF rebating by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Company in favor of w. S. Forbes
q Company on three counts was in
dorsed Not q true bill.n
mrttaoin1fw mfwy mfwy
Indictment In Moore Case.
The Indictment of Warner Moore mn,
Thomas L. Moore. trading as Warner
Moore & Co.. for false billing, in vio-
lation OF the Interstate commerce act,
In which true bill was returncd,~reads
in part as follows:
''That on the lOtl, dny OF August.
1907, MT the city OF Richmond, In the
Esktcrn District OF vlrginin, Warner
Moore md Thomas Il. Moore, partners
trading under the firm name nnd style
( of Warner Moore & Co., sometime.
doing husincsS under the trade name
OF Dunlon Mills. bctns cngnscd in the
business of milling grain, did deliver
to the said Chesapcakc ana Ohio Rail-
way Company, In the name OF DunIop
Mills, certain property, to-wlt: 400
sacks of meal, wcighing 3S,4OO pounds,
loaded In n certain car, described In
the bill of ladtnE hereinafter Y mentioned
nv IT. II. II. :0763,' for transportation
by the said Chesapeake c and Ohio Rail-
way Company. md, Its said connecting
railway company the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway Company, to Wilmington,
In the State Of North Carollnn; ana
that the said @Chcsnpcakc ana Ohio
Railway Company Immediately upon
nnd In pursuance of said delivery of
the said property to II ns aforesaid,
billed the snme for transmiksion to
Wilmington, N. c., via the route of the
said Atlantic Coast Line Railway COm-
5rany, Mt the rate of cents per hundred
hounds, the freight for such trans
rortntion being then nnd there prepaid
to the said Chesnpenl>c and Ohio Rail
way Company by the sntd Warner
Moore and Thomas u, Moore, partners
~ aforesaid, MT the rate aforesnid, that
xhe RAILROAD Of the said Atlantic Conrt
Zine Railroad Company connected with
the railroad of the kald Chesapeake
and Ohio Hallway Company at Rich-
mond, "a. aforesaid, and extended thence
south to Wilmington aforesaid, ana
other points, over whlcl. snid line of 4
transportation the said Atlantic Coast
line Railway Company, upon such dat 9
engaged In the Transportation Of prop-
crty IN Interstate cOmMcrcc; tlutA the
said Chesapeake nnd Ohio Railway
Company immediately, lpon and In
pursuance OF said delivery ,of the said
property to It, switched and trans-
rortel the same, loaded "a. nforcxnid,
over itk tracks to the point Of Its CON
ncation with the tracks Of the said