The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-13
PACKERS HAVE
SPIES ON TRAIL
IN PACKERS INVESTIGATION
Merry Battle Waged Daily-Beef
Men After Government Iufor-
nation.


test between detectives employed by
Morris & Co.'s attorneys and gov
eminent secret service men was
waged yesterday in the federal
building and adjacent territory.
Spies of the packers sought to find
out what the government officials
were doing and the government s
secret service men tried to find out
how much the packers knew and
what they were doing to Offset the
federal investigation.
tom" Mcclure of Mcclure C
Whites detective agency was OBJ
served in the federal building, but
he said he was there on other bust
ness. One man was elected from
the main floor of the building after
he had been seen lettering around
the elevators all day. Police were
sent for at one time to drive spies
disguised as laborers away from the
grand jury room entrance, but the
police found that these laborers
were government sleuths.
When the packers were accused
of sending these detectives into the
lairs Of the government they in turn
accused the government officials of
sending men to watch the Offices of
the National Packing company in the
Rookery building.
Spies Follow Two Witnesses.
Two witnesses before the grand
jury--H. C. Bowling and H. A. Tim
minis, employees of Morris e Co.
were traced to the office of M. w.
Borders, one of the attorneys for the
firm under fire. Meanwhile District
Attorney Sims and his two star as
sistants, James H. Wilkerson and
Robert w. Childs, were more conf
dent than ever that results of mag
nitude would follow the work.
Nine new witnesses were sub
poenaed. They are Morris G Co. S
department men. such as bookkeep-
ers, accountants, and clerks. Their
names are Stephen Limiting, H. H.
LOOMS, Joseph T. Sumner, E. H.
Blocksom. John Berry. Thomas
HOPES, II. f. Miller, w. H. Sails
bury, and Fred G. Cure.
Timmins and Bowling were the
only witnesses on the stand during
the day. F. H. Sphinx will be re-
called to testify concerning the meth
DDS Of the National Packing COM
pany. Timmins has been the hard
est witness Mr.. Wilkerson and Mr..
Childs have had to deal with. He
became more communicative after a
severe grilling by Mr.. Wilkerson and
a lecture on the powers Of the grand
JURY in compelling witness to tes-
jury in compelling a witness to tes-
important series of claims transac-
lions. He told of the method OF
making out invoices of goods shipped
from Kansas City east and how the
profits Of the Kansas City and Chi
cago plants are charged into the
final bill rendered in claims.
Railroads Show Their Books.
H. B. Belt, freight claim agent for
the Chicago and Alton railroad
called upon Mr.. Sims in reference to
certain books of the road that the
government has asked for. The
readiness with which the railroads
have thrown open their books to Mr.
Sims has helped him greatlyi n the
investigation. He expects to prove
all the manipulations charged by
checking up the books of Morris &
Co. with the railroad claim docu-
ments. p ]. Cary, attorney for the
New York Central lines, also took
documents to the district attorneys
office.
Mr.. Sims was asked if the inves
tigation might be expected to extend
to any of the other packing houses
soon. He said he could not hazard
even a guess in this direction, but sc
far only Morris & Co. witnesses had
been summoned.
Attorney Borders yawned anc
looked weary when asked what hi
thought about the investigation.
at is the great American foul
fush," he raid. 81 do not know
what the government is after, and
am not worried about it. for Morris
G Co. could do nothing wrong"