Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
MUST PRODUCE BOOKS.
Otherwise Fibre and Manila Paper
Trust Officials Will Be Committed.

New York, April 2S-Refusal to pro-
duce before the federal grand jury
which is investigating the fibre and
manila paper trust certain books and
papers demanded by the grand jury,
resulting today in three witnesses be-
ing sent before Judge Lacombe in thee
United States district court charged
by the grand jury with contempt. The
rccalcitrant witnesses We're DR.. j. H.
Campbell of the Sulphide Paper Co.,
Dexter, n Y; James Outerson of the
DeGraafe Paper Co, Carthage, N. Y,
and Louis +. Haupt, secretary of the
Mnnissing Paper Co., Munissing, Mich.
Judge I.acombe gave DR.. Campbell
and Mr.. Outerson until next Friday to
produce the documents wanted by the
grand jury before that body He dis
missed the matter with regard to Sec
rotary Haupt, saying that the latter
being only an employee was not at
fault. Judge Lacombe in giving his de-
cision, said:
"The court hasn't any doubt at all
that if all productions of the papers
of the council chamber of the corpora
ton itself was going to enable them to
Immediately, and largely advance their
income, or meant a good deal of mon
ey to them, or to put their plant in
better condition, the court has not the
slightest doubt, that unless those pa
pers have been carried to Europe that
the company could get them inside of
As hours.
81 am inclined to give the witnesses
a few days further time to get the
books and I am very strongly OF the
opinion that if they do not succeed in
the effort to get the books l will have
to commit them"
United States District Attorney
Stimson Informed the court that the
witnesses were arraigned an a pre-
sentiment by the grand jury which has
been investigating the manner in
which the several wrapping paper
companies included in the membership
of the Fibre and Manila Paper Manu-
facturers' Association, organized by
John H. Parks, was conducting busl-
ness. He said it was understood that
the mills included in the association
paid in the total amount of their pro-
duction and received back 20 per cent.
of the amount paid in and in this al
lotmeut allowances were made to mills
that had actually shut down in con-
sideration of their remaining closed
during the pleasure Of the associated
members.
The charge of contempt is based on
the failure of the three men to bring
before the grand jury the books and
papers belonging to their respective
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unfairly surrendered to John H. Parks,
secretary of the so-called Fibre and
Manila Paper Trust.
The three men informed the grand
jury that they had gone to Parks Of
flee but were unable to find the doc
uments. They learned that Mr.. Parks
was in Europe. The grand jury in
structed the three men to exhaust ev-
cry means of getting the books and pa
pers and even to institute legal pro-
ceedings if necessary. When the grand
Jury resumed it's session this morning,
the witnesses again appeared without
the desired data and all declined to
institute legal proceedings to recover
then drawn.
Samuel Untemyer counsel for DR..
Campbell and Mr.. Outerson, said on
the subject of instituting legal pro-
ceedings to recover the papers, that
first it must be done at their own ex-
perse, second that none of them could
swear to an affidavit since all had sur
rendered the papers voluntarily and
in view CT these reasons any legal pro-
ceedings instituted by his clients
would be worse than fruitless.
Mr.. Simpson said that the grand
jury was anxious to get the minutes of
the meetings of the association. its
books and correspondence. to deter
mine if the association was conduct
ing business in violation of the provi-
sions of the Sherman antitrust law.
by means of what is known as the
PARKS pooling plan"
The grand jury will defer any fur
Their taking of testimony until James
Outerson and DR.. Campbell report. on
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